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1st September 2023
04:33pm BST
Fiona Frawley
According to The Farmers Journal, local farmers have contacted county councillors and Electric Picnic representatives, calling for the event to take place a week later. Header images via Instagram / Electric Picnic / Getty READ NEXT: - Animal shelter uses AI to show how dog would look if her ears weren't cropped - Blink 182 forced to postpone Irish gigs due to 'urgent family matter' - Ireland's storm names for the new season have been unveiled"The Electric Picnic has become a huge event and much hard work has gone in over the years to retain the support of the local community. This changing of the dates came out of the blue and it is going to cause huge problems for local farmers.
The dates announced for 2024 - August 16th-18th - are right in the middle of harvest season. To expect that the harvest and the movement of grain can take place with 70,000 people piling into a small rural town is not realistic.
It’s a time where there will be lots of farm machinery on the roads at the busiest time of the year in one of the busiest tillage areas in the country.
There needs to be serious dialogue to resolve this issue and everything must be on the table".
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