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Electric Picnic day three in pictures: After the deluge, a day of blazing sunshine

Yellow weather warning due on third night as festival closes with headliners Arctic Monkeys

04/09/2022 - NEWS - Friends from Dublin make it through the inclement weather in the Jimmy Hendrix campsite on the 3rd and final day of music at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
04/09/2022 - NEWS - Friends from Dublin make it through the inclement weather in the Jimmy Hendrix campsite on the 3rd and final day of music at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally, Co Laois Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Sun Sept 04 2022 - 18:45
Craig Fitzgerald of The Academic on the main stage on the 3rd and final day of music at the Electric Picnic. Photograph: Alan Betson
Craig Fitzgerald of The Academic on the main stage on the 3rd and final day of music at the Electric Picnic. Photograph: Alan Betson
Friends from Dublin enjoy their time at the Jimmy Hendrix campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Friends from Dublin enjoy their time at the Jimmy Hendrix campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Evening sunshine lights the crowds watching the Coronas on the Main Stage. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Evening sunshine lights the crowds watching the Coronas on the Main Stage. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Crowds watch the Coronas. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Crowds watch the Coronas. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Danny O’Reilly from the Coronas performs on the Main Stage. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Danny O’Reilly from the Coronas performs on the Main Stage. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
The Charlie Chaplin and Jimmy Hendrix campsites. Photograph: Alan Betson
The Charlie Chaplin and Jimmy Hendrix campsites. Photograph: Alan Betson

[ Electric Picnic 2022: What happens would normally make me run for the hills. Here, it’s perfect ]

[ Met Éireann issues yellow level rainfall and thunder alert for Sunday evening ]

Friends from Leitrim dance to Wild Youth in the main arena. Photograph: Alan Betson
Friends from Leitrim dance to Wild Youth in the main arena. Photograph: Alan Betson
Members of the Horan Family from Mountmellick enjoy icecream and the band Wild Youth. Photograph: Alan Betson
Members of the Horan Family from Mountmellick enjoy icecream and the band Wild Youth. Photograph: Alan Betson
Friends from Athy and Carlow at the Jimmy Hendrix campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Friends from Athy and Carlow at the Jimmy Hendrix campsite. Photograph: Alan Betson
Final day of Electric Picnic. Photograph: Alan Betson
Final day of Electric Picnic. Photograph: Alan Betson
Fans of The Academic at the main stage. Photograph: Alan Betson
Fans of The Academic at the main stage. Photograph: Alan Betson
Alisha Clarke, Megan Molloy and Tess Shultz and Eoin Kelly from Galway prepare to watch the Coronas. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Alisha Clarke, Megan Molloy and Tess Shultz and Eoin Kelly from Galway prepare to watch the Coronas. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
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