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Event Information:
The
Wickerman Festival is an annual
music festival held near to
Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway,
Scotland. Dubbed 'Scotland's
Alternative Music festival', the
festival will celebrate its 10th
Birthday in on Friday 22nd &
Saturday 23rd July.
It
began in 2001 when the festivals
artistic director Sid Ambrose,
whilst working with the Stewartry
Music Initiative, hit upon the idea
of a local counter-culture based
family-friendly festival due to the
surrounding area being inextricably
linked with various locations used
within the classic British horror
film 'The Wicker Man' (1973)
starring Christopher Lee and Edward
Woodward. He took the idea to local
farmer Jamie Gilroy, and by doing
this, they ensured that the festival
would eventually settle within a
natural amphitheatre of 120 acres
(0.49 km2) of prime Galloway grazing
land at East Kirkcarswell Farm,
Dundrennan.
Musically as well as creatively, the
festival has been likened to a
smaller version of Glastonbury with
a widely eclectic mix of music to
suit everyone. It has several stages
and these include a main stage (Summerisle),
the Axis Sound System reggae sound
systemtent, the Acoustic Village, a
stage for punk/ska/northern soul
called The Scooter Tent, The Solus
Tent for new Scottish bands, several
dance tents, as well as a children’s
area, workshops, beer tent, crafts,
a cinema, and much more. The 2010
event saw Ocean Colour Scene play
the Saturday night headline slot
before the ceremonial and
spectacular burning of the Wickerman,
the 808 State DJ's then rounded off
the main stage proceedings. On
Friday night the Summerisle stage
hosted Teenage Fanclub before a
storming set from headliners The
Charlatans.
Buzzcocks, The Futureheads, Tony
Christie, Goldie Lookin' Chain, The
Undertones, The Go! Team, Withered
Hand, The Saw Doctors, Fenech Soler,
Erland and the Carnival, The Saw
Doctors, Sons & Daughters, The Grass
Mountain Hobos, Back To The Planet,
The Sex Pistols Experience, Ed Tudor
Pole, The Amphetameanies & Root
System all also appeared on various
stages over the weekend.
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