Loch Ness based music festival Rockness has won the Event Management Grand Prix at the Scottish Event Awards 2012, while the Event Services Grand Prix was handed to Diamond Event Services. The awards, which were handed out at the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow last night, also saw the Edinburgh Corn Exchange win Best […]
Category: Music Festival News
End of Festival Fireworks
As usual, come the end of the Edinburgh festival I was preparing to watch The Fireworks perched on top of a hill with a good view of the castle, photographing the amazing pyrotechnics from afar. However a couple of days before the event I received an email from the guys at Blipfoto saying that I (and one other Bliper, SlyBaconshots) had […]
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS JOIN LOOPALLU 2012
SCOUTING FOR GIRLS JOIN LOOPALLU 2012 We are delighted to announce Scouting for Girls as the 2nd headliner for this years 8th outing of Loopallu. They join previously announced and recently reformed headliners The Fratellis who have chosen Loopallu as their first live outing since reforming earlier this year. Scouting for Girls have been noimated for 4 Brits and an […]
Steve Wozniak at the Turing festival Edinburgh
In what seemed a fleeting interview at the Edinburgh Playhouse, during the Turing festival, Steve Wozniak discussed life at Apple, entrepreneurship, his autobiography iWoz and the future of computing and the web. Although hampered by what I though was some poor interviewing by Helen Arney Steve did shine through. I was hoping to hear more […]
The Gilded Balloon Festival Highlights
The Gilded Balloon is one of Scotland’s leading entertainment venues with the best of live entertainment. As one of the four largest venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the Gilded Balloon is respected internationally for presenting a stunning annual showcase of theatre, comedy and cabaret. Jarred Christmas, Gilded Balloon 2012 Fringe Venue: Gilded Balloon […]
OLYMPIC LEVELS OF EXCITEMENT AS FRINGE REACHES HALFWAY POINT
With the Olympic Games in London coming to an end organisers of the world’s largest arts festival are hoping the public focus will shift to Edinburgh where the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is already well underway. The Olympics have already added their own distinct flavour to the 2012 Fringe with a number of shows […]
Belladrum: No empty seats here!
TICKET RETURNS AND RESALE Due to continued demand for the transfer of Bella tickets, www.skiddle.com will offer a resale on Tuesday 31st July at 0900. They will place your e-tickets back on sale and if they are resold, they will then refund your order in full following this date. Please note they can only refund/resell full […]
Bandtastic Wickerman, Wicker review
Bandtastic Wickerman With the burning of the Wickerman and a sky full of exploding fire works, the Wickerman Festival came to an end for another year. The main contributing factors for a successful festival are good weather and good bands and with the Wickerman Festival ticking both boxes this year, it would been hard […]
It’s Hot, Hot, Hot at Belladrum
EDDIE & THE HOTRODS CONFIRMED Bella fans will be able to ‘Do Anything You Wanna Do’ with the arrival of Eddie & The Hotrods on the bill, the proto-punk band who toured with Talking Heads and The Ramones in their heyday. BUS TRAVEL INVERNESS TO BELLA Stagecoach will be providing shuttles from Inverness Bus Station to […]
The Wonder of Wicker!
Wickerman at its Sunshine Best as Texas Lead Fans to Fiery Festival Finale Sharleen Spitteri led the 15,000 strong Wickerman audience in one of the festival’s biggest sing-alongs last night before fans were treated to the spectacular burning of the 40 foot Wickerman against a night sky sparkling with fireworks. The sultry Scottish […]