08 Feb 2016
Combining a music festival with a holiday not only means you can see your favourite band in a remote and beautiful spot, it's also an easy way to mingle with the locals, sample regional food and immerse yourself in an area's culture.
Scotland has seen a boom in festivals and whether you like them big or small, mainstream or quirky, it has them all - T in the Park, Loopallu and Belladrum being amongst the most well known.
See Ten of the Best below.
Skye Live
An eclectic mix of more than 30 Scottish folk music and cutting edge dance and electronica acts, coupled with a stunning island location makes Skye Live the must go event of Scotland's blossoming festival scene.
Simian Mobile Disco, Capercaillie, Bicep, Jackmaster and Mercury Music Prize nominee C Duncan will be amongst the headliners at the unique two-day event, taking place ahead of the May Day bank holiday, next April. See www.skyelive.scot for the full line up.
Festival goers can also catch a daredevil display of skills - made famous in the iconic jaw-dropping movie, The Ridge - as local hero, stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill brings his Drop and Roll tour of street trials stunts home to Skye for the weekend.
With cheap direct flights to Inverness from most UK airports and good public transport connections to Skye it's easy to get to Scotland's best new boutique music festival.
Ten of the Best Scottish Music Festivals
Groove groovecairngorm.co.uk
11-13th March, Cairngorm, Aviemore
Music only tickets from £65
UK's first snowboard festival, snowsports and dance music, established 2016
Skye Live skyelive.scot
29-30th April, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides
Day tickets £55, weekend £95
Boutique island festival, eclectic mix of Scottish folk and dance and electronica, established 2015
Knockengorroch knockengorroch.org.uk
26-29TH May, Carsphairn Village, Dumfries & Galloway
Adult tickets from £91
Showcasing Celtic and World music, established 1998
The Eden Festivaledenfestival.co.uk
9-12th June, Raehills Meadows, Dumfries & Galloway
Adult tickets from £85
Family friendly smorgasbord of music, theatre, cabaret, circus skills, craft workshops and ceilidhs, established 2009
Kelburn Garden Partykelburngardenparty.com
1-4th July, Kelburn Estate, Ayrshire
Tickets from £33
Mind-expanding music, live theatre and late night cabaret, established 2009
T in the Park tinthepark.com
8-10th July, Strathallen Castle, Perthshire
Ticketprice not yet available
Major Scottish music festival, established 1995
13-16th July, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis
Ticket price not yet available
International Celtic, Roots, Gaelic, Folk music festival, established 1996
Loopallu loopallu.co.uk
30th Sept – 1st October, Ullapool, Ross-shire
Adult tickets from £70
Small and friendly festival, established 2005
Belladrum Tartan Heart tartanheartfestival.co.uk
4-6th August, Inverness
Adult day ticket from £77, adult weekend from £112
Alternative rock, independent and folk music music, established 2004
Doune the Rabbit Holedounetherabbithole.co.uk
19-21st August, Cardross Estate, Stirlingshire
Adult weekend tickets from £68
Family friendly, small and quirky festival with a range of diverse artists, established 2010
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For further information, images, or to request artist interviews or enquire about press tickets related to Skye Live, contact: Sam Purnell sampurnellpr@gmail.com 01470 532 640
Notes to editors:
Award winning acts performing at Skye Live 2016
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Scots Trad Music Awards, 5th Dec 2015 |
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Treacherous Orchestra - Album of the year (Grind) |
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Rura - Live act of the year |
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League of Highland Gentlemen - Up and coming artist of the year |
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Ame Bicep (Bicep's Just track voted best dance tune of the year by Mixmag in their 2015 top 100) |
Jackmaster
About Skye Live
Skye Live is the brainchild of Skye based businessman and DJ Ali MacIsaac aka (McFly) and DJ and club promoter Niall Munro (aka Munroso) – son of Scottish music legend, Runrig front man Donnie.
Having been involved with the Skye Music Festival, Ali wanted to fill the gap it had left since the last event was held in 2007. Together with Niall, they organised Skye Live's first festival at The Lump in Portree in April 2015. The event was a sell-out success reaching its capacity of 1,800 tickets sold over the weekend.
Reflecting the promoters and islanders eclectic music taste headliners included: Hot Chip, Andy Weatherall the Peatbog Faeries and Donnie Munro.
