In its fifth year deep in the woods at Stradbally, Fishtown is home to The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow – Circus Tent, three pop up Sideshow Stages and The Heart and Anchor Bar. 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, there’s everything from a trad rave to a custom-built wrestling ring, for the first time at Electric Picnic, Jerry Fish is thrilled to bring OTT WRESTLING to Fish Town, a chaotic, high-energy live wrestling show, mixing world-class athleticism with unpredictable wild, crazy theatre. This isn’t your traditional wrestling show. It’s a loud, interactive spectacle driven by massive crowd energy, great comedy, and intense action! And of course you’ll find the usual incredible array of performances from some of Ireland’s most cutting-edge and experiential live artists such as MayKay, Shobsy and Malaki, house music icon Rowetta and dance-floor filling DJs like The Kilo 1977 and Kelly-Ann Byrne… this is where the party is at!
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. Fishtown 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’.