{"id":29650,"date":"2025-08-28T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/29650\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:41:09","slug":"friday-stage-times-for-all-the-top-areas-weather-forecast-and-more-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/29650\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday stage times for all the top areas, weather forecast and more \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Are you EP-ready? Whether you\u2019re on your way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/electric-picnic\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/electric-picnic\/\">Stradbally<\/a> or already settling in at your campsite, plan your day to make the most of this year\u2019s Friday line-up. We have all the acts and stage times you\u2019ll want to know below, from Main Stage headliner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hozier\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/hozier\/\">Hozier<\/a> to Luvcat at the Electric Arena.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the weather forecast?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Blustery southwest winds are expected on Friday, so check those tent pegs and rain flies. There will be frequent showers, some heavy and merging to longer spells of rain at times, so you may need to keep the wellies and raincoat handy. It will be a little cooler than recently,  with highest temperatures of 17 to 19 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Stage times<img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Electric Picnic 2025: Hozier plays the Main Stage at 10.30pm. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LORHA2GVYNHB3BD3PCAKVE5XU4.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"513\"\/>Electric Picnic 2025: Hozier plays the Main Stage at 10.30pm. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Main Stage <img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Electric Picnic 2025: The Saw Doctors play the Electric Arena stage at 9pm. Photograph: Alan Betson\/The Irish Times&#10;&#10;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/RNWECVDAQJEHJKHJUJSNVYOXEE.JPG\"   width=\"800\" height=\"543\"\/>Electric Picnic 2025: The Saw Doctors play the Electric Arena stage at 9pm. Photograph: Alan Betson\/The Irish Times<\/p>\n<p> Electric Arena <\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list paywall\">\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">10.45pm-midnight <b>Barry Can\u2019t Swim (live)<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">9pm-10pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/the-saw-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/the-saw-doctors\/\"><b>The Saw Doctors<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">7.30pm-8.30pm <b>The Academic<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">6.30pm-7pm <b>Luvcat<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3Music Stage Friday<\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list paywall\">\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">10pm-11pm <b>Confidence Man<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">8.15pm-9.15pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/self-esteem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/self-esteem\/\"><b>Self Esteem<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">7pm-7.45pm <b>Suki Waterhouse<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">6pm-6.30pm <b>Alessi Rose<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Terminus <\/p>\n<ul class=\"c-unordered-list paywall\">\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">10.30pm-midnight <b>Azyr<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">9pm-10.30pm <b>Holy Priest<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">7.30pm-9pm <b>Mark Blair<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"c-list-item paywall\">6.30pm-7.30pm <b>Kirk<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More on this year\u2019s Electric Picnic<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">For all the latest festival news, reviews and more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download The Irish Times app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you EP-ready? 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