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Retreat IV - Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Aug 2011

Retreat IV - Pilrig St Paul’s Church, Edinburgh, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Aug 2011

Glorious fourth appearance from the indie DIY pop fest

(4 stars)1 Sep 2011

All Sunday afternoons should be like the one at this year’s Retreat DIY pop festival: tea in our hands, bacon rolls in our bellies, and eagleowl gently blowing our minds. That was before a toddler joined them onstage and stole our hearts; before the…

Retreat 2011

Edinburgh's Retreat festival 2011

A fine August ending to Edinburgh’s annual festival hoopla

27 May 2011

It’ll be the fourth year running for the pocket-sized festival, which the organisers describe as ‘an independent micro music festival celebrating Edinburgh’s contribution to the international pop underground.’ And by ‘pop underground’, last year that…

Withered Hand and Meursault head up Edinburgh's Retreat!

Withered Hand and Meursault head up Edinburgh's Retreat!

Home-grown, DIY city festival, in a church

24 Aug 2010

As we stagger, tired and bewildered, in the twilight of this year’s Edinburgh Festival, there’s a DIY pop haven on the horizon, and it’s got all of our names on it. It’s locally-sourced, it’s BYOB and it’s for all ages. Its name is Retreat. Sorry…

David Shrigley's top ten tips

David Shrigley's top ten tips

19 Aug 2010

Kevin Eldon COMEDY ‘My wife and I saw him last week in the Edinburgh Festival. He’s very funny. It’s sort of character-driven comedy, and then he goes off on these weird rants. It gets quite otherworldly, and a bit surreal. It’s very verbose, and…

Retreat!

Retreat!

A mini-festival of fantastically named locally sourced indie

6 Aug 2009

Shopping local is even better when it’s free. So it goes with the second edition of Retreat!, a bijou DIY all-day smorgasbord of 14 acts, many of whom are culled from Edinburgh’s fertile lo-fi anti-folk circuit. Rather than hosting a slew of drippy boys…

Retreat!

Retreat!

Indie magic from spanking new mini-fest

31 Jul 2008

In recent years mini-festivals Planet Pop and Tigerfest have sought to showcase local artists to Fringe visitors, before eventually folding or changing date and location. Now it’s Retreat!’s turn to try and demonstrate some staying power, with a line-up…

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