In its third year deep in the woods of Stradbally, Fish Town is home to The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow – Circus Tent, three pop up Sideshow Stages and The Heart and Anchor Bar, a guaranteed magnet this year with its unique offerings of signature cocktails and sideshow circus themed bespoke drinks. The whole town is inhabited by circus, cabaret, burlesque, pole, drag and sideshow walkabout performers – you never know who you may bump into at Fish Town!
This year’s line-up includes Don Letts, Jerry Fish feat. MayKay, Mik Pyro, Jack L, David Kitt, High Fade, FangClub, The Bonnevilles, Melts, Sexy Tadhg, Billy Scurry, Kelly Anne Byrne, The Love Buzz, CheryM, Jayne, Anamoe Drive, Boola Boom, Matt Benson, Paranoid Visions, Aoife Destruction and The Nilz, Fierce Pole & Fire Troupe, Regina & The Queens (Drag Show), Sideshow Disco, The Kilo 1977, Dirty Circus, Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers, The BallyBoyz, The Year That Grunge Broke, Earthquake Hair, Telebox, Gabriel Cavagna, and much, much more…
Celebrate! This party is far from over!
Fish Town would not be complete without its dandy concoction of carnival sideshow theatre, and this year we have doubled the carnival. Expect unearthly performances from Fire and Pole Queens, Fierce Family Troupe, The Pony Girls (Our Police Force), Regina & The Queens (Drag Show) Time Travel Theatre, Wobbly Circus, Miss Mary Jane, Dirty Circus and many more of our Sideshow Sweethearts. Fish Town promises once again to be a highlight of this year’s Picnic, delivering three debauched days and nights of mind blowing, soul bending entertainment under its unwavering banner of ‘unity through diversity’.
More about Jerry Fish:
Jerry Fish is one of Ireland’s most enigmatic and entertaining performers to the point where Electric Picnic have afforded him his very own Fish Town. An indie legend and ringmaster of exceptional renown, Jerry Fish has evolved into a showman extraordinaire, capturing the hearts and minds of audiences all over with his now legendary live shows, a unique live theatrical experience that dissolves all boundaries between performer and audience. These days the name Jerry Fish is synonymous with festivals, carnival sideshow, circus and theatre.
