Wickerman Festival Unveils goNORTH Line Up and More!
With only three weeks to go until the first campers arrive at the festival gates, Scotland’s
hottest independent music and art event, The Wickerman Festival (20th & 21st July) has
announced even more acts for 2012 and unveiled its eagerly anticipated goNORTH Festival Tour
Tent line up.
Now in its second year at Wickerman goNORTH presents the hottest talent from across
Scotland, with bands selected following submissions and performances earlier in the year. A
favourite stomping ground for fans of grassroots talent, the line up on Friday 20 th July is topped
with Glasgow’s Xavia, Fat Goth and melodic act Olympic Swimmers while folksters Washington
Irving, singer-songwriter Yusuf Azak, Stirling’s Miniature Dinosaurs, upbeat folk rock five piece
The Whisky River Band, the tranquil Quickbeam, quirky post-rock pop act Blue Sky Archives
and experimentalists Campfires In Winter have all been confirmed to perform.
On Saturday 21st July hip-hop act Stanley Odd are joined on the bill by Largs three piece Brown
Bear & The Bandits, energised CLEAVERS, Dundee’s The Mirror Trap, singer-songwriters Aaron
Wright and Michael Cassidy, Blindfolds, Pioneers of Love, indie act John Wean and alt-rock
band Café Disco have all been chosen to perform.
“We are thrilled to be taking the goNORTH Festival Tour back to the Wickerman Festival this year”, said
goNORTH Director for Music, Shaun Arnold. “Wickerman has established itself as one of the most
diverse festivals on the calendar and has demonstrated a sustained commitment to supporting new
music across genres. Our stage last year proved a huge success and we are really excited to be returning
with twenty of the most exciting new acts in Scotland”.
On the Summerisle Stage singer songwriter Jake Bugg, recently compared to the talent of Alex
Turner, joins foot-stomping Tiree band Skerryvore on what’s shaping up to be an electric two
days of live music. Wickerman’s biggest ever punk and ska line up is added to with a great new
addition, in the form of deep funk masters and BBC6 music favourites The Leonard Jones
Potential and explosive new alt-punk band Legend In Japan.
Over at the Acoustic Village the Ingrid Pit stage, hosted by Milton Balgoni, includes the best
stand-up comedy and poetry, with a sprinkling of outstanding music. Highlights of this year’s
programme include musical comedy from Ginger and The Tramp, spoken word from Edinburgh
collective Neu Reekie and the all new Headless Chicken Comedy Club, featuring the cream of
new Glasgow comedy talent and hosted by the inimitable Lay Lafferty.
With ten stages of live music overall, art, entertainment and surprises planned across the
weekend The Wickerman Festival is shaping up to be one of the UK’s most vibrant live events
this year. Summerisle Stage headliners Scissor Sisters and Texas join very special guests The
View, Cast, Levellers, Newton Faulkner to name a few, the Scooter Tent is headlined by
legends The Blockheads and Bad Manners more innovative Scottish musicians include Human
Don’t Be Angry and United Fruit on the Solus Tent bill and top DJs and dance acts such as Steve
Lawler and Darren Emerson will keep the decks spinning in Bass Camp until 5am.
To view the full festival line up and purchase tickets head to www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk,
priced at £90 per adult (inclusive of camping and car parking).
ENDS
Notes to Editors
Please visit www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk for full details of the 2012 line up
The Wickerman Festival is supported by Scotland’s national events agency
http://www.eventscotland.org/
About goNORTH
goNORTH was launched in 2001 to provide a platform for artists from the north of Scotland to
showcase for music industry and media representatives on their own patch. Originally hosted in
several venues on Aberdeen’s Belmont Street, we briefly relocated to Dundee, before settling
in Scotland’s most northerly city, Inverness. The event has since developed into one of the
country’s leading Creative Industries Festivals, covering a much wider remit from Screen and
Broadcast to Designer Fashion and Publishing. Each year, goNORTH brings a world class
programme of panels, workshops, film screenings, training opportunities, Q&A sessions,
camera equipment and special effects showcases, and a global marathon of live music
showcases to the north of Scotland.
Notes to Editors
EventScotland
EvenScotland is the national events agency.
EventScotland is working to make Scotland one of the world’s leading event destinations. By
developing an exciting portfolio of sporting and cultural events EventScotland is helping to raise
Scotland’s international profile and boost the economy by attracting more visitors. For further
information about EventScotland, its funding programmes and latest event news visit
www.EventScotland.org.
The Wickerman Festival is part of the Year of Creative Scotland 2012: The Year of Creative
Scotland began on January 1, 2012 and is a chance to showcase, celebrate and promote Scotland’s
cultural and creative strengths on a world stage. Through a dynamic and exciting year-long
programme of activity celebrating our world-class events, festivals, culture and heritage, the year
puts Scotland’s culture and creativity in the international spotlight with a focus on cultural tourism
and developing the events industry and creative sector in Scotland. More information about the
programme can be found at: www.visitscotland.com/creative The Year of Creative Scotland is a
Scottish Government initiative led in partnership by EventScotland, VisitScotland, Creative Scotland
and VOCAL.