Ullapool Guitar Festival 2010

The 11th Ullapool Guitar Festival takes place from Friday 8th until Sunday 10th October 2010 at in the Macphail Centre at Ullapool in Scotland. With the Late night Festival club will take place in the Arch Inn West Shore Street Ullapool.

Line-up

The acts confirmed include Jennifer Batten, Gordon Giltrap, John Etheridge( Soft Machine, Zapatistas, John Williams), Jerry Donahue and Doug Morter( The Hellecasters, Fotheringay, Fairport Convention), Gary Potter, Clive Carroll, Erik Mongrain, Richard Smith and Julie Adams, Nigel Clark, Hugh Burns, John Goldie, John Smith, Jimmy Wahlsteen, Wingin it, Ken Nicol (Steeleye Span), Allan Neave with Ian Watt and Sasha Savaloni, Ian Watt, Sascha Savaloni, Jon Strong, Lee Westwood, Stefan Galt, Tristan Seume, and Paul Buckley.

The artists will be appearing in the 5 concerts and 3 Festival clubs over the weekend.

The programme of concerts is as follows:-
Friday Night 1900 hrs: John Etheridge, Clive Carroll, Wingin It, Festival Club in the Arch Inn starts at Midnight.
Saturday Afternoon 1200hrs: Ken Nicol, Erik Mongrain, Hugh Burns.
Saturday Evening 1800hrs: Gordon Giltrap, Gary Potter, Jennifer Batten, John Goldie, Festival Club in the Arch Inn starts at Midnight.
Sunday Afternoon 1200hrs: Richard Smith and Julie Adams, Allan Neave with Ian Watt and Sascha Saveloni, Jimmy Wahlsteen.
Sunday Evening 1900hrs: John Smith with Clive Carroll, Jerry Donahue and Doug Morter, Nigel Clark, Festival Club in the Arch Inn starts at Midnight.

The Festival also has a trade show with guitars for sale from the likes of Fylde, Moon and Avalon Guitars.

Tickets

Early bird weekend tickets are no longer available. The normal ticket price is £130 each. Individual concert tickets will not go on sale until much closer to the festival and will sell at £30 each. To see ticket ordering info, click here.

To make stewarding easier all concerts will require the ticket holder to wear/display a Festival wristband. Depending on availability, some individual concert tickets will go on sale in due course.

Accommodation

This event does not have camping but there are a number of hotels, hostels and guest houses in Ullapool which are all supporting the festival.

More information will be here when available.

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