MUSIC FESTIVALS SUMMER FESTIVALS
Downhill Downtown
K e l b u r n G a r d e n P a r t y Where: Kelburn Castle, Largs, Sat 30 Jun & Sun 1 Jul, kelburngardenparty.com
Where: Nevis Centre, Fort William, Fri 8 & Sat 9 Jun, downhilldowntown.com Price: Weekend: £65
Price: Weekend: £17.50. Fri: £6. Sat: £15. Line-up: The Phantom Band, King Creosote, Admiral Fallow, Homework, Bwani Junction (pictured), Little Kicks
Expect freewheeling adventures of a sporting and a musical stripe as the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup takes to Fort William, and a veritable pop throng of ear-pleasing easy riders lead the party into the night. The List does not endorse crowd surfi ng on a BMX, as per the Downhill Downtown poster, but a weekend of fi tness and hot alt-pop stars sounds like a ball. (Nicola Meighan)
Line-up: The Phantom Band, Submotion Orchestra, DJ Food, The Banana Sessions, Washington Irving, Boom Monk Ben, Miaoux Miaoux Boundaries be damned at Kelburn Garden Party, where a broad church of bands, solo performers, DJs and street artists will meet in the grounds of a partly graffi tied 16th century castle for a weekend of colourful genre-mashing entertainment. Art-rock sextet The Phantom Band and dubstep-electronica-soul- jazz ensemble Submotion Orchestra are the suitably contrasting headliners. The rest of the bill yields all from an audio-video set by DJ Food to samba groups, ska bands and sensitive singer-songwriter types. (Malcolm Jack)
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Where: Inshriach House, Aviemore, Fri 15–Sun 17 Jun, insiderfestival.com
Price: Weekend: £80. Fri: £25. Sat: £30. Sun: £30. Line-up: Optimo ft. Den Haan (live), Stanley Odd, Three Blind Wolves
In line with this year’s Olympic Games, which will descend on the UK like a big sweaty behemoth, Insider fest is cashing in with some egg and spoon triathlons, cabbage tossing events and traditional tug o’ wars. The musical athletes also offer fi erce competition: electro-synth-pop folks at Optimo collaborate with like- minded Organs of Love and Den Haan, with electronica fave Miaoux Miaoux stopping in (read our interview with MM on page 101). Hip hop/electronic artist Profi see plays on the Saturday, while Scottish chill-out darlings Admiral Fallow and Rachel Sermanni calm the fi nal day. (Andrew Latimer)
Away Game
Where: Isle of Eigg, Highlands, Fri 20–Sun 22 Jul, fencerecords.com
Price: £140 (sold out). Line-up: TBC
If it’s a small, independent antidote to the mammoth likes of T that you seek, you’ll fi nd none better than Fence Records’ Away Game. Held on the far-fl ung Isle of Eigg, the festival returns for only its second instalment following a legendary 2010 debut. The yet-to-be-announced line-up promises a familiar mix of Fence stalwarts and friends plus a few surprises. With a tiny capacity down in the hundreds, tickets are long sold-out, but if you’re lucky enough to have snapped one up already you’re in for an experience to treasure in an epic setting. (Malcolm Jack)
REWIND TRUCK
FRI 20–SUN 22 JUL FRI 20–SAT 21 JULY
MERCHANT CITY FESTIVAL
PERTH
HILL FARM, OXFORDSHIRE SAT 21–TUE 24 JUL
Retro and corny, Rewind Festival grants 80s heroes Right Said Fred, Chesney Hawkes and Village People another stab at the limelight.
Celebrating its 15th
anniversary with Mystery Jets, Frightened Rabbit and
Emmy the Great, Truck is still the godfather of small
festivals.
GLASGOW
Glasgow’s trendiest part of town joins in the Olympic
hype with arts, comedy and theatre all crammed into the fashionable Merchant City.
CAMP BESTIVAL FRI 27–SUN 29 JUL LULWORTH CASTLE, DORSET
The family friendly, little brother of Bestival themes
a 1950s British Holiday
Camp alongside music from Happy Mondays, Hot Chip
and Rolf Harris.
GLOBAL GATHERING
FRI 27–SAT 28 JUL STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
Bringing the biggest world-known names in
dance and electronic music together over one weekend, this is the British leg of 10 worldwide festivals.
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