Several dozen creations are stuffed into caravans, horseboxes, mobile homes, and repurposed vehicles and displayed proudly by their owners with toothy grins. It is a creative greenhouse for artists to present large scale installations, for dreamers to be believed, and for those who don’t mind being a little silly in public.
Clustered around one of the quirkiest stages at any festival in Europe, installations such as Caravanaoke (12 people stuffed into a caravan for rowdy karaoke), Apres Ski (a party at an alpine chalet complete with real snow), Hothouse Eatery (a spectacular restaurant in a polytunnel for the weary to be waited upon), and Who Let the Dads Out (old fellas clinging on to their dreams), are just a few examples of the many neighbours to a main stage hewn from the carcass of a mobile home. There is nowhere more immersive in Electric Picnic than the time squandered in Trailer Park.