Electric Picnic - 2005 Festival

2005 Festival

The 2005 festival took place on Saturday 3 September and Sunday 4 September. It is best remembered for Arcade Fire's performance which came before their subsequent mainstream success. Headlining acts included Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Kraftwerk, The Flaming Lips, Röyksopp, Mercury Rev and The Human League.

The premiere of "Electric Picnic: The Documentary" took place at the Irish Film Institute on Tuesday 4 July 2006 at 19:00. The critically acclaimed documentary directed by Nick Ryan, was filmed by a small camera crew who recorded the events of Electric Picnic 2005. Narrated by musician Nick Seymour and economist David McWilliams, the documentary includes footage from Kraftwerk's first recorded live performance in twelve years plus interviews with the performing bands and comedians, with a few festival-goers and with the locals of Stradbally Village, who claimed: "We get more trouble at the Vintage Steam Rally".

• Kraftwerk
• Fatboy Slim
• The Flaming Lips
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Röyksopp
• Mercury Rev
• Arcade Fire
• Soulwax / 2 Many DJs
• Damien Dempsey
• Lemon Jelly
• Laurent Garnier
• Dublin Gospel Choir
• The Human League
• LCD Soundsystem
• Audio Bullys
• Doves
• Vitalic
• JJ72
• The Rakes
• Hot Chip
• Boss Volenti
• James Blunt
• Be Your Own Pet
• Ben Watt
• Channel One
• Goldfrapp
• The Subways
• The Chalets
• Clor
• The Unabombers
• Mr Scruff
• De La Soul
• Stereo MCs
• DJ Format
• Mixmaster Mike
• Matthew Herbert Big Band
• The Kills
• Toots & the Maytals
• The Herbaliser