Insider 2010

After it's inaugural year last year the The Insider will happen again, a bit bigger and with another stage and even more of Scotland's talent. Set in the gardens and grounds of the Inshriach estate, in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park and with 30 acres of riverside camping shared by just 500 people the Insider is a bohemian garden party adventure.

Expect whisky tastings and welly wanging, ballad singing and breakdancing, spit-roasts and scallops, boat trips, bike trips, stories, poems, woodwork and more.

The Insider starts on Thursday 17th June with a Festival of Firewood, a free public day organised with the Cairngorms National Park, then continues until the Sunday 20th June with the festival proper.

Line-up

Sparrow and the Workshop, Jo Mango, Admiral Fallow, Bob Hillary and the Massive Mellow, Mary Hampton, Mike and Solveig, Mike Heron and Daughter Donna Maciocia, The Banana Sessions, Horndog Brass Band, Joe Acheson Quartet, Three Blind Wolves, The Woodland Orchestra, Adopted as Holograph, Matt Bennett (Kinky Afro), The Injuns, Claes Cem, Rachel Sermanni, Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers, Charlie McKerron & Friends, King Arthurs Men, John Langan Band, Feis Spe, Jack Sandison and The Holy Ghosts, The Stagger Rats, Over The Wall, Alasdair Roberts, Kill It Kid, The Bonfire Band, Chris Bradley, The Hundred Metre Club, and more.

Tickets

Weekend tickets are £70, day tickets are £20 for Friday and £30 for Saturday or Sunday, they are available locally at the Ord Ban Restaurant, the Old Bridge Inn and the Doo Below and will soon be available online. To buy tickets, click here.

Camping

Camping is included in the weekend ticket price, yurts, tipis, bell tents, kabooses and classic VW campers are all available.

Green ethos

Green ethos The festival is locally organised and all the food, drink, and most of the bands are locally sourced, apart from maybe a couple from Ireland, and probably some Scandinavians. Wherever possible the bars and stages are made of recycled materials and the whole event takes place in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The Firewood festival is about woodworking, trees and renewable energy and the National Park have provided an electric car for the organisers to run around in.

The Insider happens in an area of outstanding natural beauty and they want it to stay that way. Please remember that horses live in the fields the rest of the year and don't leave anything behind.

More information will be here when available.

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