Electric picnic announces the return of iconic LGBT+ 'Mother after Dark' showcase
The iconic ‘Mother After Dark’ returns with drag queens, iconic hits and entertainment all night long
Electric Picnic 2026 in Stradbally, Laois has just announced that Mother After Dark is returning.
Mother, Dublin’s iconic LGBTQ+ club night, is bringing its Queer Dance Party in the Woods back to the festival's forest floor.
It will turn the woods into a late-night dancefloor from Friday through Sunday, running from 11pm to 4am.
Mother After Dark will feature Mother's resident DJs alongside a run of very special guests; drag performers, dancers and Dublin's queer nightlife regulars for their most decadent late-night takeover of Stradbally to date.
Mother was conceived in June 2010 as an old-school club night for Dublin's club-loving LGBTQ+ community and friends, and its DJs have been a fixture across Electric Picnic's stages for over a decade.
The festival gave Mother its own dedicated late-night home in the woods in 2022, and this year's edition builds on that tradition, cementing Mother After Dark as one of Electric Picnic's most anticipated after-hours destinations.
- Mother DJs Rocky T. Delgado,
- Ruth Kavanagh
- Ghostboy
They will be joined across the weekend by special guest DJs Kelly-Anne Byrne, Glamo and Shrem behind the decks with the following cast of characters gracing the stage across the weekend:
- Abrakedavre,
- ADW
- Annie Queeries
- Anziety
- Blaq Coffee
- Blue Flame
- Butch Chastity
- Cornflake Girl
- Crimson leCreme, Diablo
- GayDHD
- Haus of WIG
- Naomi Diamond
- Queenn Marie
- Richard Joke
- Scarlett Van Tassel
- Shaqira Knightly
- Terri Fierce,
- The Mother Dancers: Tony & Toni, Tricksy Nixx and Vicky Volltz.
Mother was founded in Dublin in June 2010 and is built around disco, house and pure queer joy.
Beyond its regular Dublin residency and its annual Pride Block Party, Mother has become a fixture of the Irish festival circuit, with its DJs having played Electric Picnic's stages for more than ten years before taking on their own dedicated late-night space in 2022.