Piknic Electronik 2010 kicks off Sunday

Piknic Electronik 2010: Now Eight Years Old and Has All Its Teeth!

Music lovers, dancers, and party worshippers from all dimensions!
Consider this your invitation to convene, from May 23rd (this Sunday) to October 3rd, for the 8th season of the best-known Sunday mass in Montreal – a season that is primed to convert the inconvertible! Old lions and young wolves of the electronic music scene will get you ready to dispatch your picnicking selves to The Calder of Place de l'Homme at Parc Jean-Drapeau.

On The Menu
Our aspirations for the programming this year: diversify, take chances, mix it all up in devious fashion! As a result, we've secured the arrival of a number of artists who've never played in Montreal before, as well as a bunch of names we've been chasing for years. Furthermore, we're presenting artists working in styles less explored within our past events, like dubstep and bass-music. Of course, local and national acts will also be quite busy this season, with the STM stage, which is devised in collaboration with Bande à Part and is totally dedicated to homegrown talent.

Family Space
Piknic Electronik pursues its initial vocation with its new Family Space. Situated in a specially designed area of the park, young and old will discover a haven of tranquility filled with inflatable games and mini-golf. All in all, everything you need to entertain the family while listening to the music you love!

An Offer You Can’t Refuse
The Piknic Electronik pass returns, as always in limited quantities. At a meager $65 (plus tax and service charges), it offers a discount of over 70% to 500 lucky patrons, who'll have access to all our regular-programming events (21 in all, excluding Piknic @ Osheaga). The pass is available exclusively from the Ticketpro.com website, from May 5th to the 28th.

Eco-Piknic
Since every little contribution counts, a number of initiatives have been put in place over the years to reduce Piknic's carbon footprint, so that in 2010 we can claim the sought-after “Eco-responsible Event” certification. We're participating in Défi Climat, we're implementing recycling bins at our site, and we're raising the discount on reusing your beer cup to $1, all of which geared toward affirming Piknic's leadership among eco-responsible event organizers.

Just so you don’t miss anything
Visit our redesigned website, which is now bilingual and has a busy blog!
www.piknicelectronik.com

To view our entire program, go to:
http://piknicelectronik.com/en/program/events


Piknic Electronik 2010 programming

105 acts // 8 nationalities
62% artists are from Québec / Canada
13% artists are American
10% artists are British
8% artists are French


Aun (Ca)
Joel Aimé (Ca)
Ostrich (Ca)
Bassnectar (Us)
Josh Wink (Us)
Oxia (Fr)
Bender (Ca)
Justin Martin (Us)
Paul Kalkbrenner (De)
Boyscout Killers (Ca)
Kasdal (Ca)
Paul Ritch (Fr)
Carlo Lio (Ca)
Kastenieda (Ca)
Pépé Bradock (Fr)
Chainsaw Tooth (Ca)
Kevin Yost (Us)
PoPof (Fr)
Claire (Ca)
Konrad Black (De)
Qubiq.mc (Ca)
Damian Lazarus (Us/Uk)
Kôze (De)
Riva Starr (Uk)
Dave Aju (Us)
Krafty Kuts (Uk)
Rhys Taylor (Ca)
Dig-iT-alL (Ca)
Kressel (Ca)
Roska (Uk)
dDamage (Fr)
Krill Minima (De)
Round Table Knights (Ch)
Dirtyphonics (Fr)
Lazer Sword (Us)
San Propper (Nl)
Djenless & Slap (Ca)
Le Boucher (Ca)
Seb Diamond (Ca)
Duvall (Ca)
Lucie Lebel (Ca)
Sequential Factory (Ca)
Elio Krass (Ca)
MadKids (Ca)
Scooloops (Ca)
Elite Force (Uk)
Maher Daniel (Ca)
Shuttle (Us)
ESL (Ca)
Mary Hell (Ca)
Soundshaper (Ca)
F.AN (Ca)
Mary-Anne Hobbs (Uk)
Snork (Ca)
Flosstradamus (Us)
Mateo Murphy (Ca)
Steinski (Us)
Fu Ancko (Ca)
Maudite Machine (Ca)
Stern* (Ca)
Generic (Ca)
Meek (Ca)
Synthamesk (Ca)
Ghostbeard (Ca)
Mike Mind (Ca)
The Gulf Stream (Ca)
Giles Smith (Uk)
Minilogue (Sw)
The Recepteurz (Ca)
Golgo 13 (Ca)
Misstress Barbara (Ca)
Thomas Von Party (Ca)
Green & Lateez (Ca)
Mono-Poly (Ca)
Toddla-T (Uk)
Green Velvet (Us)
MMdM (Ca)
Vilify & Construct (Ca)
Greg Pidc*ck (Ca)
Moebius (Ca)
Vincent Gauvin (Ca)
Hakim Guelmi (Ca)
Mr Seb (Ca)
Vincent Lemieux (Ca)
Hovatron (Ca)
Nicolas Jaar (Us/Cl)
Visions (Ca)
Intoccabile (Ca)
Noyl (Ca)
Wally (Ca)
Jackie Spade (Ca)
Nôze (Fr)
X-Cube (Ca)
James Priestley (Uk)
NROTB (Ca)
Xavier Lebuis (Ca)
Jeff Fontaine (Ca)
Olivier St-Germain (Ca)
Yankat (Ca)
Zombie Disco Squad (Uk)

(Press Release, Source: Morgan Steiker)