Wickerman

Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Dreadzone and DJ Greg Wilson announced for Wickerman Festival 2013

The Vinyl Frontier Outdoor Stage is also back with Dave Dunne, Kid Blast, James Ryan and more

The latest additions to 2013’s Wickerman Festival line-up will include disco legends Chic fronted by prolific producer Nile Rodgers, Glasgow-based folk-pop five-piece Admiral Fallow, electro-dub pioneers Dreadzone and London electro-pop trio…

Amy Macdonald, The Enemy, KT Tunstall and Dexys join Primal Scream on Wickerman 2013 bill

Music festival in south west Scotland takes place on Sat 27 Jul 2013

Primal Scream and Amy MacDonald are the two headline acts at the 2013 Wickerman festival. MacDonald, whose debut album This Is The Life went twice-platinum in the UK, will close the Dumfriesshire festival on Saturday 27th of July. Making her debut at…

Wickerman Festival - East Kirkcarswell, Fri 20-Sat 21 July 2012

Scissor Sisters, The Levellers, Newton Faulkner, Texas and more hit Scotland’s pagan festival

Wickerman. For those not already familiar with the 10-year-old music festival in hilly Dumfries, the word might conjure up images (or nightmares) of pagan rites, maniacal dancing, heady Hebridean-island-hippyism gone terribly awry, as witnessed in the…

Wickerman Festival 2012 - picture gallery

Some visual highlights from Scotland's pagen-rooted festival

The annual Wickerman Festival took place in East Kirkcarswell from 20-21 July. The theme of the event was ‘Olymics’, thus this year the 40ft Wickerman wore the Union Jack boxing shorts and held the Olympic torch in his hand. With more than 10 stages…

Summer Festivals 2012: Music

T in the Park, Wickerman and Belladrum among the music fests pleasing your ears this summer

T in the Park Basics: Balado by Kinross, Fri 6–Sun 8 Jul, tinthepark.com Price: Weekend: £179 (campsite tickets available separately). Day: £70–£77.50. Line-up: The Stone Roses, Snow Patrol, Kasabian, New Order, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds…

Wickerman Festival 2010

‘Most people don’t realise that the Wickerman film was the first ever horror musical,’ muses Sid Ambrose, the man behind the Dumfriesshire festival that bears its name. So, alongside bands like The Charlatans, Buzzcocks, Unicorn Kid and Teenage Fanclub…

Festival Fever

Each year, the glow of summer brings with it a particularly exciting string of events - the live music festivals! Here’s the low-down on the big Scottish ones you won’t want to miss