Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival Unveils Second Wave of Artists for 2026
…featuring ELLA HENDERSON, SIGALA, SKERRYVORE, LOTTERY WINNERS, MÀNRAN, THE SCRATCH, and moreBelladrum Tartan Heart Festival announces exciting second wave of artists for its 2026 edition, taking place Thursday 30 July – Saturday 1 August 2026, as tickets continue to sell at quick speed with a sell-out in sight.Leading the latest artist announcement is
ELLA HENDERSON, the multi-platinum British singer-songwriter whose vocals and emotive songwriting have made her one of the UK’s most successful pop artists of the last decade. Since her chart-topping debut
Ghost (the fastest-selling debut single by a British artist in its year), Ella has amassed over
3 billion global streams,
10 UK Top 10 singles,
four BRIT Award nominations and an
Ivor Novello nomination. With recent hits including
Alibi and
Filthy Rich, and collaborations with artists such as David Guetta, Becky Hill and Rudimental, Ella Henderson’s Belladrum debut promises a huge festival moment.Also joining the bill is global dance heavyweight
SIGALA, the chart-topping DJ and producer behind a run of feel-good anthems including
Easy Love,
Sweet Lovin’,
Lullaby,
Wish You Well and
Lasting Lover. With eight UK Top 10 singles, a number one UK Dance Album, and collaborations spanning Rita Ora, James Arthur, Ella Henderson and Sam Ryder, Sigala’s high-energy live show is set to light up the Belladrum fields on Saturday 1
st August.
Making a very welcome return are three-time winners of Scotland’s ‘Live Act of the Year’ award, SKERRYVORE. The band have evolved from their humble beginnings to become one of the country’s leading forces in a thriving live music scene. At the forefront of a movement that has reinvented and reignited a traditional Scottish scene for a modern, multicultural audience, the band have brought their high energy performances to audiences across the globe.
Scottish trad trailblazers MÀNRAN return to Belladrum’s Grassroots stage, as one of the most respected and celebrated bands in contemporary Celtic music. Blending Gaelic and English song with driving rhythms, pipes, fiddle and flute, the multi-award-winning seven-piece have spent over 15 years captivating audiences across more than 30 countries, earning international acclaim including International Artist of the Year at the Australian Celtic Music Awards.
“Tickets are flying out the door for 2026, and this next wave really shows the breadth of what Belladrum is all about,” says Festival Producer Dougie Brown. “From global pop stars and dance icons to trad legends, breakthrough artists and homegrown favourites, we’re once again building an unforgettable weekend for our ‘Belladrum family’.”
Joining the bill are chart-topping indie favourites LOTTERY WINNERS, whose rise over the past few years has cemented them as one of the UK’s most exciting and in-demand live acts. Their fourth studio album KOKO stormed to #1 on the UK Official Charts in March 2025, selling over 23,000 copies in its first week, and topping the Independent, Vinyl, Physical, Download, CD, Cassette and iTunes album charts. Featuring collaborations with Reverend and the Makers, Chad Kroeger, Shed Seven and Frank Turner, the album followed 2023’s Anxiety Replacement Therapy, which also debuted at #1, becoming the fourth highest first-week album of that year.
Also joining the lineup are Dublin four-piece THE SCRATCH, a band that sound like no one else on the contemporary music landscape. Known for turning expectations on their head, the band fuse raw energy, humour and heartfelt storytelling into something entirely their own. Originally emerging from the metal scene, The Scratch famously made the unconventional leap from electric to acoustic instruments, forging a distinctive sound that quickly set them apart and led to a signing with Sony Music Ireland.
Further additions to the 2026 lineup include PISTOL DAISIES, JARAD ROWAN, BROOKI, DEVIN CASSON, DR WOOK & THE HOLLOW PINES, GURRY WURRY, JOSHUA BURNSIDE, ALICE FAYE, LUKE RADFORD, JACK RUBY 5, JASPER HODGES, LUKE RADFORD, MICHAEL MCGOVERN, LYNSEY DOLAN BAND, THE ROOKS , ORLA NOBLE, + more adding to the festival’s trademark mix of established names and rising stars.
These artists join an already packed lineup for Belladrum 2026 including CALLUM BEATTIE, MIKA, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, JAMES, RAZORLIGHT, SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, BROOKE COMBES and many more across 14 stages reinforcing the festival’s reputation for delivering one of the most eclectic, welcoming and family-friendly events in the UK, with music, arts, culture and over 100 free family activities across the weekend.
