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Fears eased over Festival performer visa crisis

8 May 2008

Fears that thousands of performers at the Edinburgh Festival would be prevented from entering the UK due to new immigration legislation have been eased with the introduction of a new type of visa. The Home Office has announced that visiting…

Leith Festival announces line up

8 May 2008

Leith provided further evidence of its status as one of the city's most vibrant areas with the launch of its annual festival. Organisers revealed that the Leith Festival would showcase its trademark brew of home grown talent, alongside big name…

Hey You Get Off My Pavement! announces line up

8 May 2008

The best-monikered music festival in Scotland - Hey You Get Off My Pavement! - returns to Glasgow’s King’s Court on 29 June.

Meadows Festival seeks volunteers

8 May 2008

The Meadows Festival in Edinburgh is seeking volunteers to help in the run up to the event as well as assisting on the day of the festival itself.

Travel - Festivals 2008

4 Jan 2008

Around Town There’s a lot going on in Liverpool this year; unsurprising, really, given that it’s the European Capital of Culture 2008. The celebrations begin with the last couple of weeks of 2007’s Turner Prize exhibition (Tate Liverpool, until Sun 13…

Eavis receives CBE from Queen, fields questions about mud

15 Nov 2007

Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis was questioned by the Queen about his muddy fields when he accepted his CBE at Buckingham Palace. The 72-year-old later recounted the experience: ‘I said it’s a very lovely farm and was looking splendid now.’ She…

John Lennon festival to return next year – with a different name

8 Nov 2007

A festival in the north of Scotland to celebrate John Lennon’s links with a remote Highland village will carry on next year, but under a different name. The Northern Lights Festival in Durness, which was recently voted best new event at the UK…

Eight festival award nominations for T in the Park

9 Oct 2007

T in the Park has been nominated in eight categories for the annual UK Festival Awards, including the gong for Best Major Festival. More than 80,000 fans travelled to Perthshire to take in this year’s Balado event, at which the likes of The Killers…

Sounds of the City

Hey You Get Off My Pavement

1 Aug 2007

Fed up wading through the mud and the crowds at major music festivals? Karin Goodwin gets the lowdown on an innovative alternative and finds there is a whole lot going on in Glasgow this summer

Festivals

5 Jun 2007

At last, summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the streets. Not to mention fields, parks, islands, pubs, clubs and village halls. As the festivals season gets underway across the globe, Brendan Perring and Cate Simpson present a…

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