The Dunstaffnage Music Festival (Oban) takes place on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th of July 2007 and is one of Scotland’s most exciting independent festivals.
Dunstaffnage is programmed and run by passionate individuals who want to deliver a festival in Scotland's calendar of events that is more challenging and indeed the programme for 2007 has much more to offer than just music. An array of Art installations (both environmental and interactive), street performers, circus acts and puppet shows populate the site along with full locally sourced organic food concessions to suit all tastes and licensed bar facilities open till 1am.
This Festival is a true boutique festival with a history stretching back over 15 years. From humble beginnings in June 1992, the festival began simply as a birthday party ("Pikey's Party" named eponymous after its founder Pikey). However by 1997, with ever larger numbers joining the audiences, the party had outgrown its original setting, moving 200 yards to a beach location, developing and diversifying into a small festival with three stages of music. By this time the party had become an electronic based music tent, an acoustic stage and a main stage. All in all this amounted to more than 20 acts for the hundreds of people arriving from all over the country to what was becoming an established and free annual event.
As a result of this popularity, the festival moved again in 2006, this time a full 3 miles to its present site at Dunstaffnage Castle. Here it retains the intimate atmosphere for which it is so well known, with the stunning setting now an integral part of the party. The festival today remains very much true to the ethos of the original events with excellent bands and artists, a great mix of people of all ages and beautiful scenery.
With a capacity of 4000 per day and full camping facilities, the intimate atmosphere is fed by 4 stages from mid-day till 1am delivering a high quality blend of national and international talent encompassing both established and breaking artists and spanning a wide array of musical styles including indie, rock, reggae, folk, Celtic, electronic, funk, soul, jazz and dance.
Acts this year including emerging independents the 1990s, dance talents Union of Knives, folk legend Dick Gaughan, platinum selling festival legends The Levellers alongside djs from Kinky Afro, Mark Robb's "Regal Social" soul club to name but a few. Timorous Beasties are dressing the event with donated fabric, making cushions and curtains to elevate the environment to a level of ‘chi-chi’ not normally associated with larger festivals. While artists from the Chateau will take charge of the decoration of all three stages for band’s performances.
A light installation by will highlight trees and cliffs around the site throughout the event, in addition to a spectacular light show promised from a barge in the bay which will be viewable from the castle site at the end of the music performances on both nights.
The festival site is situated 2 hours from Glasgow then 1.5 miles outside the town of Oban and sits on the shore by Dunstaffnage Castle with beautiful views west to the islands of Lismore & Mull. This location provides a stunning destination at the end of a journey that will carry visitors through some of the highlands most dramatic landscapes. With a shuttle bus service to the town it offers easy access to all the usual amenities/travel links.
The small company set up to manage the party (Stonefield Events) even takes its name from the original location ‘Achnacloich‘, which is Gaelic for stone field.
For more information and interview, image or ticket requests please contact Alan Miller or Chris Hunt @
Genuine™ on 0845 838 0268 or e-mail alan@genuinepr.com or chris@genuinepr.com
The final line up for bands performances on each of the days - TBAnnounced very soon.
BANDS STAGE
The Law - The Rumble Strips - 1990's - The Cinematics - Levellers - Isoceles
- Pop up - How to swim - Found - The Amphetameanies - Pama International
- Theatre Fall - The Needles - Nanobots - O B E - Poison Sisters - Yellow Bentines
ELECTRONIC BASED MUSIC TENT (organic beats tent)
The Under Skirts - Mark Robb presents “The Regal Social Club” - Union of Knives
- Alex Smoke - Galchen - The little digitals - Moog Groove - Kinky Afro - kid-twist
- Jim Hutchison - Record Playerz - Andy Pirie (Melting Pot) - Western Alliance
ROOTS STAGE
Wilson Tan - Dick Gaughan - Mike Whellans - Harem Scarem - Red Hot Chilli Pipers
- Fox Face - Roddy Hart - Peter Samson - Tannahill Weavers - Dumb Instrument
- Box o' Bananas - Skerryvore - Peter Sinclair & Friends - Planetman & The Internationalz
OBANS ‘STICK IT ON’ TENT
This stage is run by local lads the muth crew www.muth.co.uk and will hold around 150. Based around
Oban's "stick it on.." a night were you the masses can turn up with your 7 favourite tunes and play them
out to the world... to take part, mail your 7 song set list to info@dunstaffnagemusicfestival.co.uk
WANDERING PERFORMERS
Samba-Ya-Bamba - Snakeoilsteve
Ticket Information.
Tickets available On-line or by Phone and are a bargain, at £60.00 for the weekend £35.00 for the day,
with free camping.
At Dunstaffnage you WON'T get ripped off for buying on-line or over the phone. All tickets sold this way
have a single charge which is the same if you buy 10 or just 1. There are no hidden costs on the camp
site; you get good sheltered ground and all the facilities with the price of the ticket.
BOOK ON-LINE
www.thebooth.co.uk
www.dmfoban.co.uk
Tickets available in person from Ticket Scotland (subject to booking fee)
Glasgow - 239 Argyle Street, G2 8DL. Phone; 0141 204 515
(Open 9am- 6pm (7pm Thursday) 12pm - 5pm Sundays)
Edinburgh - 127 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DT - Phone; 0131 220 3234
(Open 9am - 6pm (8pm Thursday) 11am - 6pm Sunday.
MONORAIL- Monorail Music, 12 Kings Court, Glasgow, G1 5RB – Phone; 0141 552 9458
12 - 7pm 7 days with late opening till 8pm on Thursday.
Local outlets in Argyll are:
Oban - Urban Summits, Music & Books, BollyWood.
Connel - Saulmore Farm Shop, Oyster Inn (Glue Pot)
Dunbeg - Dunbeg Stores.
Ardrishaig & Lochgilphead - Argyll Arms Hotel
