Festivals

Round the World

28 May 2009

Just for Laughs Montreal, Canada, 16-26 Jul Legendary comedy fest brings together global superstars of comedy including Tommy Tiernan, Bill Cosby and John Cleese. www.hahaha.com Iceland Airwaves Reykjavik, Iceland, 14–18 Oct Weekend-long…

Festival people

28 May 2009

THE PROMOTER Sid Ambrose, founder, Wickerman Having been involved in a range of events from raves to scooter rallies and punk events during the 90s, I started Wickerman eight years ago. It was hard going at the time. There was huge local…

Field of Dreams - Festival History

28 May 2009

Jay-Z, Glastonbury 2007 The announcement that Jay-Z was to headline Glastonbury was seen by some – mainly the weekend-hippie middle classes who have adopted their annual pilgrimage as self-serving statement of their true nature whilst working for…

Summer festivals line-up announced

16 Apr 2009

Here at The List, we can barely take a jaunt to the water cooler without another festival announcement popping into our inbox. At the offices of T in the Park (Fri 10-Sun 12 Jul) there’s been the usual flurry of activity. One of New York’s finest…

Biffy Clyro to headline Rockness 2009, with festival stretching to three days

28 Nov 2008

Scottish band Biffy Clyro have announced that they will be headlining the final day of RockNess 2009. The festival, which takes place in Dores on the eastern banks of Loch Ness, is set for June 12th, 13th and 14th in 2009, growing from two days to three…

How to bribe your way to Fringe success

The List payola blog

6 Aug 2008

Every year, thousands of performer flock to the Edinburgh Fringe in order to showcase their talent and kickstart a career in the performing arts. Unfortunately, there's so may other blighters doing the same that it's hard to make yourself heard above…

Live at Loch Lomond - Róisín Murphy

31 Jul 2008

A backless dress with a microscopically small pork pie hat. A sequinned black body sock topped off by a feather boa. Spray-on Lycra and a red ‘Allo ‘Allo beret. Pop chameleon and ex-Moloko frontwoman Róisín Murphy knows a thing or two about killer…

Pornography - Simon Stephens interview

Shock values - Traverse Theatre

17 Jul 2008

As the Traverse embarks on its first Edinburgh Festival Fringe season under the artistic directorship of Dominic Hill, Steve Cramer talks to acclaimed dramatist Simon Stephens, writer of Pornography, about 7/7 and a new definition of the pornographic

Fall

War requiem - Traverse

17 Jul 2008

New director of the Traverse Dominic Hill’s own directorial debut is an unobtrusive choice. Kirstin Innes meets Zinnie Harris, the playwright behind Fall

Festival focus

17 Jul 2008

All festivals announce last minute additions to programmes

Take three: Fringe firsts - new Edinburgh openings for the festival 2008

17 Jul 2008

Olive Branch Bistro 44-46 George IV Bridge, 0131 226 4155, www.theolivebranchscotland.co.uk This intriguing site has hosted pioneering modern Scottish restaurant Dial as well as Marque Central scion Herbe Bistro. The dining space is one below…

T in the Park line-up 2008

3 Jul 2008

The full line-up for Scotland's biggest music festival, which takes place 11th to July 13th in Balado, Kinross.

Eco-friendly festival shopping

5 Jun 2008

Never mind Kasabian at Connect or Shaky at Glasto, the real headliner at this year’s festivals is the environment, stupid. The ecological impact of 80,000-odd people producing a huge amount of concentrated waste is immense but festivals are offsetting…

Festivals - Something For Nothing

5 Jun 2008

If you’re looking to wet a whistle, then look no further than the Orkney Beer Festival (22–24 August, www.visitorkney.com), held at the Stromness Hotel. A now annual wing-ding, guests are invited to join fellow tipplers for a taste of the local Orkney…

Festivals - Hire Learning

5 Jun 2008

From bar worker and front of house to book seller and litter picker, the festival world needs literally thousands of paid and unpaid staff to help make their events a success. DC Site Services help run many of the major festivals, so keep a close eye on…

Festivals - Strange Days Indeed

5 Jun 2008

An integral part of the cultural calendar, festivals are fast becoming a vibrant part of the tourism industry – both at home and abroad – and organisers are undoubtedly raising the bar to keep up with demand, pushing the boundaries to give the audience…

Festivals - Capital Gains

5 Jun 2008

Kicking off the capital’s world famous summer festivals in late July, it’s the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival (25 Jul–3 Aug) which is the longest running jazz festival in the UK. Following hot on its heels is relative newbie to Edinburgh’s festival…

Refugee Week

5 Jun 2008

This year, Refugee Week has built a programme loosely themed around the idea of ‘Different Pasts, Shared Futures’, with exhibitions looking at the different ways individuals interpret the cities around them, plays, talks, fairs and film festivals…

Festivals

5 Jun 2008

Until 8 June Leith Festival Various venues, Leith, Edinburgh, prices vary www.leithfestival.com Leith Festival showcases its trademark brew of home-grown talent and big name headliners with over 100 musical acts, 50 comedians and a dozen visual…

Edinburgh Fringe Festival fever begins

5 Jun 2008

Fresh from attendance at the Fringe press launch this morning, we can bring you news of a jam-packed programme for August featuring more performances than ever before - 31,320 to be precise - spread across 247 venues throughout the capital and making…

The Edge Festival announces line-up

5 Jun 2008

The line up has been announced for The Edge Festival, the new August music festival which replaces T on the Fringe. The festival takes place in August throughout the capital in various venues ranging from Cabaret Voltaire to the Corn Exchange.

Hydro Connect festival announces further additions to bill

22 May 2008

Hydro Connect, which takes place in Inveraray between the 29th and 31st of August 2008, has announced the addition of Joan as Policewoman, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Black Lips to the bill. DJ’s from Soma and Optimo have also been confirmed as…

T in the Park announces additional stage

22 May 2008

T in the Park is to have an additional stage this year and will also feature night-long DJ’s. The Relentless Energy Drink Stage will showcase up-and-coming British and International music. The Duracell Powerhouse is also set to make is fourth…

Sugababes, The Feeling And Gnarls Barkley to play Princes Street Gardens

9 May 2008

Sugababes, The Feeling And Gnarls Barkley are to perform in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens on Sunday June 1st. The Sugababes, with a line up now consisting of Keisha, Heidi and Amelle, have sold five million albums (including 3 triple-platinum…

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…

Big in Falkirk

Callendar Park, Falkirk, Sat 5-Sun 6 May. Free.

23 Apr 2007

‘Nine or ten years ago, if I’d said to you “come and see a show in Falkirk” you’d have laughed at me.’ Neil Butler, Artistic Director of the Big in Falkirk festival, which has been running in Callander Park since 2001, is quite used to this particular…

French Flm Festival Round-up

11 Apr 2007

It’s that time of year again when the great and the good who coordinate the national French Film festival unleash their wares on those Francophiles among us. Taking in four Scottish cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen) this three week…

Beltane Fire Festival

Eternal flame

9 Apr 2007

(Photo: © Two Truths) In 1988, a small group of enthusiasts, led by Angus Farquhar of industrial rockers Test Dept, approached the School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University, for funding. They wanted to stage an outdoor performance…

Festival Fever

News

27 Mar 2007

Early Bird tickets still available for The Outsider

News - Edinburgh International Festival Programme

When Worlds Collide

27 Mar 2007

Words: Allan Radcliffe As this issue of The List hits the shops, the covers are being whisked off the programme for the 2007 Edinburgh International Festival. One of the highlights of the first programme with Jonathan Mills at the helm is the UK…

Edinburgh International Science Festival

World of Wonder

26 Mar 2007

Once upon a time, only the biggest geeks at school were ever even vaguely interested in the ways and doings of test tubes and Bunsen burners. Nowadays, it’s not just the cool kids who are getting into science, as everyone with an interest in making any…

Festivals Edinburgh director announced

11 Dec 2006

Faith Liddell, one of the hardest working figures in the Scottish arts world, has been announced as the inaugural director of Festivals Edinburgh. The organisation was created by the directors of Edinburgh’s festivals with the aim of co-operating around…

Of minds and men

Theatre editor Steve Cramer rounds up the themes a

7 Sep 2006

The coffee and cigarette diet (smoke until you’re too hungry, then eat a cigarette) of the Festival is, at last, over. As ever, it was an exhilerating experience, but beyond this, it was a genuinely strong festival, as might be attested to by our…

Merchant City Festival

Tales of the Merchant City

7 Sep 2006

This year’s celebration takes place from 20-24 September across Glasgow’s vibrant artistic quarter, and features more than 300 events in 70 venues, which this year includes the recently renovated Old Fruitmarket and City Halls. Jason Byrne and Adam…