http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Dear+Rain%3A+in+spite+of+your+exhaustive+efforts+this+past+weekend IrishCentral Dear Rain: in spite of your exhaustive efforts this past weekend en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/living_irish_dream/spirits-were-high-despite-rain-at-electric-picnic-2011-129264943.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/roots/living_irish_dream/spirits-were-high-despite-rain-at-electric-picnic-2011-129264943.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:20:18 PDT Dear Rain: in spite of your exhaustive efforts this past weekend, the 2011 Electric Picnic festival was a smash hit Armed with galoshes and thick skin, an estimated thirty thousand people enjoyed three days and nights of outdoor music and arts activities on a 600-acre estate in Stradbally, Co Laois There wasn't a hint of recession blues about the festival – except, perhaps, in the timely name of a band called "Ghost Estates" – which was visually spectacular in presentation READ MORE ]]>