Well, we're still waiting for the official schedule, but an artist booklet for EP07 fell into my hands and the schedule tallies with Nialler9's - but there are rumours of changes since the artists booklet would have been released a while back.
While we're waiting why not check out Nialler9's quick guide to the Electric Picnic.
The official Schedule is due out today, so I am waiting with bated breath hoping that some of the tough decisions will be alleviated by it...
In the meantime, Colin, a commenter at Nialler9.com, left a link to a PDF download of a lovely visual schedule which allows you to easily see clashes in your preferred acts.
Nialler9 provides us with an EP07 unofficial schedule that 'fell off a lorry! Nice.
With thanks to Nialler9, check out the schedule for:
Electric Picnic Schedule: Friday
Electric Picnic Schedule: Saturday
Electric Picnic Schedule: Sunday
Please visit the above links for the schedule, in the meantime, here are my first (red) and second (normal) priorities with time and stage... I can see I have some revising of my schedule to do, some conflicts in there that will mean some tough decisions. Well, that was bound to happen. 
plus, as the Picnic draws near I keep discovering more bands I want to see. My head is going to explode!!!
| Friday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Stage | Time |
| Hot Chip | Main | 7.00 - 8.00 |
| Bjork | Main | 8.45 - 9.45 |
| Modest Mouse | Crawdaddy | 9.30 - 10.30 |
| The Good the Bad and the Queen | Electric Arena | 9.15 - 10.30 |
| LCD Soundsystem | Main | 10.30 - 1200 |
| Saturday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Stage | Time |
| !!! (Chk Chk Chk) | Electric Arena | 03.15 - 04.15 |
| MIA | Electric Arena | 05.00 - 06.00 |
| Architecture in Helsinki | Crawdaddy | 06.30 - 07.15 |
| Jarvis Cocker | Electric Arena | 06.45 - 07.45 |
| Ladytron | Crawdaddy | 07.45 - 08.45 |
| Ratatat | Foggy Notions | 07.45 - 08-45 |
| Polyphonic Spree | Main Stage | 08.15 - 09.15 |
| Beastie Boys | Electric Arena | 10.45 - 12.00 |
| Nouvelle Vague | Trends Lab | 11.00 - 12.00 |
| Deerhoof | Foggy Notions | 11.00 - 12.00 |
| Chemical Brothers | Main Stage | 12.00 - 02.00 |
| Sunday | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Stage | Time |
| Warlords of Pez | Crawdaddy | 12.15 - 12.45 |
| Loney Dear | Foggy Notions | 02.30 - 03.00 |
| Bat for Lashes | Foggy Notions | 04.45 - 05.30 |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Electric Arena | 05.45 - 06.45 |
| Dans Le Sac VS Scroobius Pip | Foggy Notions | 07.15 - 08.15 |
| Unkle | Electric Arena | 07.30 - 08.45 |
| Iggy & the Stooges | Main Stage | 08.45 - 09.45 |
| Kila | Crawdaddy | 09.00 - 10.00 |
| Dub Pistols & Terry Hall | Trends Lab | 09.00 - 10.00 |
| The Go! Team | Electric Arena | 09.30 - 10.30 |
| Primal Scream | Main Stage | 10.45 - 12.00 |
Thought I had posted this already, but it deosn't look like I did. Hot Chip. Electric Picnic, Friday.
Damien Mulley has set up a Facebook meet-up at Electric Picnic... on Facebook? Then come and join us!!!
I'm looking forward to meeting some people who, up until now, I have only talked to online!
I absolutely refuse to miss Iggy and the Stooges at Electric Picnic this year. I hope he smears peanut butter on himself.
The Body & Soul area is the place to be at Electric Picnic. Regular visits throughout the day are a must. Last year the oddly soothing yet invigorating properties of Chai Lattés from a stall in the Body & Soul area kept me going all weekend.
The Chill Out Stage at the Body & Soul area means you are not music starved while taking refuge from the insanity of other Electric Picnic areas.
While we wait for the full schedule for other stages, the Chill Out Stage line up and timetable is freely available - check it out below.
I don't know many of the acts, there's a couple I know, like Mick Flannery, Liam O'Maonlai, Ronan O'Snodaigh, Donal Dineen, Lisa Hannigan and most importantly an old college friend of mine: Chequerboard - at 17.30 on Saturday!. If you don't know who he is check out the Chequerboard MySpace page and be sure and listen to 'Indian Ink'.
Friday 31st August 2007
13:00 Opening
13:40 DJ Noel Phelan
15:00 Love Deadly Yeah
15:40 DJ
16:00 Mick Crehan
16:30 DJ Will Softly
18:00 David Turpin
18:30 DJ Andy Barlow
20:00 Analogue Minefield
20:45 DJ Fiasco
22:00 Surprise Live Act
22:45 DJ Stephen Manning (Space Camp)
00:00 The Egg
02:00 Headgear
02:30 Cachimbo
03:30 Bedtime Treats
Saturday 1st September 2007
11:00 Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen
12:30 Liam O'Maonlai
13:00 Somadrone
13:40 Pressure Drop
15:00 Jenny Lindfors
15:40 DJ Slot TBC
16:00 YOAV
17:00 Christy McNamara
17:30 Chequerboard
18:00 Cane 141
18:45 DJ Shane Mannion
20:00 Si Shroeder (DJ & Live Solo Set)
20:45 DJ Hazo
22:15 Les Bien
22:55 DJ Will Softly
23:20 Halfset
00:00 Donal Dineen & Special Guests including Liam O'Maonlai and Ronan O'Snodaigh
03:00 After Hours: Djembe Faso
04:00 Bedtime...
Sunday 2nd September 2007
11:00 Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen & Special Guest Lisa Hannigan
13:00 Adrian Crowley
13:50 Iarla O'Lionard
14:30 Eoin Dillon
15:00 Mick Flannery
15:45 DJ Fiasco
16:30 Harry J & The Conspiracy
17:30 DJ Padraig Disconaut
18:15 Luna Seeds
19:00 DJ Aliji (ID Spiral)
20:00 Cinephile
20:45 DJ Aliji
21:15 Rumpistol (live)
22:15 Surprise Guest DJ
23:00 DJ Stevie G
00:30 Gaudi Live
02:30 After Hours: Surprise Guest!
03:00 After Hours: The Jahm
So while we're waiting for the timetable to be announced, let's have a quick look at whose playing on what day...
Looking through the list and trying to decide what to see is HARD. And that's before the scheduling clashes are apparent!
Assuming of course that I want to see everything, I have tried to put in red the acts I absolutely don't want to miss and in blue the acts I really don't want to miss, and the ones in black I would rather not miss.
What are your absolutely don't miss acts?
UPDATE This list was taken from the Electric Picnic site, however it seems to have some ommissions and discrepancies... for example, where is Marlena Shaw? Check out Jim Carroll's "fell of the back of a Lorry" day by day list too... where you will find other gems like the fact that Spilly Walker is also known as David Kitt who absolutely ROCKED last year.
Friday:
Saturday
Sunday
This time next week I will be recovering from Friday evening while checking out afternoon bands at Electric Picnic. With the Summer we've been having I've been worried about whether it would rain at EP this year. We were lucky last year with the odd shower, not enough to dampen anyone's spirits or take from the festive atmosphere.
So what can we expect this year?
Well, at the moment the weather forecasts are good. We're looking at zero rain for the weekend, temperatures between 14 and 17 degrees and Saturday looks to be a great day with very little cloud cover.
Fingers crossed people, fingers crossed.