Cream of young Laois talent set for Electric Picnic gig
Youth Work Ireland Laois is delighted to partner again this year with Electric Picnic to bring you Electric Youth which will see a select group of young artists play at the Picnic.
Electric Youth winners will perform on the Hazel Wood stage in Stradbally Hall from September 1 to 3.
While the meet and greet session takes place last Saturday, August 19, the selection auditions will not take place until this week. However, entries closed at 1pm on August 16.
Young musicians and singers in Laois who think they have what it takes to gig at the Picnic are were due to be invited to the auditions on August 23 and 24. The auditions take place at Youth Work Ireland Laois, Unit D, JFL Avenue, Portlaoise. Slots at the picnic have been reserved for two age groups: 14 to 17 and 17 to 24 years.
The finals were scheduled to take place on Friday, August 24 from 7-10pm.
In 2022 Anita, Motion Sickness, Aly, and Brinda Irina flew the flag for Laois.
Glory Anumundu, Alice Laffan, Tia Burke, Paper Planes qualified to perform at the 2019 edition from the Electric Youth process which is supported by the Laois Offaly Education and Training Board.
Regional Director of Youth Work Ireland Laois Clive Davis said: “Since being established in 2018, the Electric Youth Music and Arts initiatives have been widely anticipated annually by the young people of County Laois. We are delighted to have the support of Electric Picnic, Laois Offaly Education Training Board and Local Creative Youth Partners once again this year. The young people who took part in Electric Youth in previous years have been thrilled by theexcitement and buzz generated by the programme, and as an organisation we are very grateful indeed for the support of all the team at Electric Picnic”.
Programme Co-Ordinator of Electric Youth Elaine Boyle said: “We are hugely excited to be working with Electric Picnic again on this wonderful initiative, which gives our young people an amazing and unique opportunity. We are hugely appreciative to all the team that enables this engagement annually, which has gone from strength to strength, and has caught the imagination of our young people.”
YWI Laois aims to provide the best possible service to the young people of Laois