It’s getting close, with the Picnic in three weeks time! Quite exciting really, and the wonderful Body and Soul Area is returning also, with it’s blend of weird and wonderful events as detailed below.

BODY&SOUL is set to light up its place as the central creative beacon of Electric Picnic for the tenth year in a row.

Body&Soul Village at Electric Picnic ‘13

SKIP&DIE | PHANTOM | HK119 | MATTHEW E WHITE | TOURIST | FRIDA SUNDEMO | JOSEF SALVAT | SAMARIS | FALLULAH | MÁIRTIN O’CONNOR BAND | RYAN VAIL| MARK MULCAHY | LE GALAXIE | WIFE |SLOW SKIES| COME ON LIVE LONG |OVERHEAD, THE ALBATROSS |AJO ARKESTRA | JOHN SMITH | DAITHÍ| GHOSTS | VANN MUSIC | TIG LINN| ULTAN CONLAN | I HAVE A TRIBE | COVE | BAND OF CLOUDS | JENNIFER EVANS | THE ESKIES| R.S.A.G. | LAST DAYS OF 1984 |THE DEAD HEAVYS | SWORDS | THE DIONNES | KING KONG COMPANY |

The full line up of main events is also pretty dazzling, with My Bloody Valentine, The Knife, David Byrne and St. Vincent, Warpaint, The Walkmen, The Duckworth Lewis Method and many, many others.

LINE UP SO FAR….

FATBOY SLIM|BJORK| ARCTIC MONKEYS| ROBERT PLANT PRESENTS THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS | MY BLOODY VALENTINE| TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB| THE KNIFE| WU- TANG CLAN| DAVID BYRNE AND ST.VINCENT| FRANZ FERDINAND| GIORGIO MORODER (FT CHRIS COX) (DJ set) | ELLIE GOULDING | EELS| NOAH &THE WHALE| DISCLOSURE| KODALINE | BILLY BRAGG | WARPAINT| BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB (BRMC) |JOHNNY MARR| THE DUCKWORTH METHOD | THE WALKMEN| HURTS| BLACK UHURU| LITTLE GREEN CARS | MICK FLANNERY| OCEAN COLOUR SCENE| TIGA| MILES KANE| JOHN GRANT | HUDSON MOHAWKE| JAGWAR MA | CRYSTAL FIGHTERS | THE BEAT | THE STRYPES| MATTHEW E. WHITE| MOUNT KIMBIE| SAVAGES| POLICA| CHVRCHES| MØ | YOUNG WONDER | FACTORY FLOOR | PALMA VIOLETS| SAM SMITH | THE 1975| PARQUET COURTS| DEAP VALLY| MS MR| PEACE| MERCHANDISE| NIGHT BEDS |CYRIL HAHN | DAWES | GAVIN JAMES | MANO LE TOUGH| BLONDES| BRAIDS | CLINIC| NINA NESBITT| CAYUCAS | BIG BLACK DELTA| NO CEREMONY | CHROME SPARKS| SUMMER CAMP| SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER | LUKE SITAL-SINGH| LULU JAMES | INDIANS | VALERIE JUNE| LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER | TERRI HOOLEY (DJ SET) | SOAK |DUBLIN GOSPEL CHOIR |