the Creative Scotland Kaleidoscope Club for T in the Park

brand new structure announced for this year

By Scott Williams | Published: Fri 22nd Jun 2012

T in the Park 2012 - Foo Fighters
Photo credit: Steven McKenna

T in the Park 2012

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th July 2012
Balado, nr Kinross. Scotland, KY13 0NJ, Scotland MAP
£199 full weekend with Thursday camping
Daily capacity: 85,000

Scotland's T in the Park organisers have unveiled a brand new structure for this year, the Creative Scotland Kaleidoscope Club.


Foo Fighters
T in The Park
Located in the new Kaleidoscope Fields which will this year include Healthy T and the Eco Village, festivalgoers will get a taste of everything from string quartets to physical theatre, solar powered films to urban dance.

The festival are working in partnership with The Arches and Creative Scotland will showcase a diverse range of performances and art and will offer graffiti artists alongside robots, and art installations as a backdrop to acts including Arches Community Choir, Cairn String Quartet and Electric String Orchestra, Horndog Brass Band, Flying Jalapenos, Ceilidhdonia, Whiskey Kiss, Koda, new Scottish five piece rock band CAL, Glasgow music/cabaret girl group The Redettes, and Bearded Kitten will be hosting a variety of events throughout the weekend, including live comperes, DJs, visuals games, free give aways, stage dancers and more.

Outside the new venue in Kaleidoscope Fields entertainment will include Herbert's Dream five majestic, ethereal characters who will also be performing at Sunset Strip on Thursday evening, Kaleidoscope Fields on Friday evening and other locations across Saturday and Sunday. Also in the Fields will be human Jukebox - The Dukes Box a custom built audio-visual show that crams an entire band and a sound system and light show, into a jukebox the size of a wardrobe. Plus a brand new micro movie house, powered entirely by the sun The Sol Cinema with a capacity of eight people and showing everything from independent short films about the environment to music videos and silly snippets.

T in the Park takes place at Balado over the weekend of Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th July and has a line-up that includes Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses and Kasabian. Also confirmed are Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Florence + The Machine, Tinie Tempah, New Order, David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Nicki Minaj, Swedish House Mafia, Elbow, Example, Professor Green, Kaiser Chiefs, Jessie J, Chase & Status, Skrillex, The Temper Trap, Hilltop Hoods, Fun. King Charles, The Parlotones, Dog is Dead, Sven Vath, Bombay Bicycle Club, Feeder, J. Cole, Emeli Sande, Ben Howard, Happy Mondays, James Morrison, The Darkness, Miike Snow, The Maccabees, The Horrors, Miles Kane, The Vaccines, Maverick Sabre, Frank Turner, Two Door Cinema Club, Devlin, Bellowhead, Little Roy, Spector, and more.

For the line-up details, stage and day splits, as available please click here.

T in the Park 2012 will open its gates in under three weeks on the Thursday to for a four-day weekend. On site will be Healthy T offering fans a chance to refuel with the fresh festival cuisine, relax with a massage or soak up the sun on the picnic benches. Also on offer is Refresh which offers a pamper parlour that's equipped with mirrors, hair dryers and straighteners, plus posh flushing loos and a luxurious salon-standard hair washing facility.

Those looking for luxury living at T in the Park can camp in style in The Residence, with a range of boutique accommodation options available, see links below.

Tickets for T in the Park are priced as follows:

A full weekend camping ticket (Fri-Sun arena access) £189
A full weekend with Thursday camping (Thurs - Sun) £199
A weekend (Fri-Sun) with no camping £179
A Saturday or Sunday day ticket £77.50
Friday only £70

No under 5s. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 21+ with a full priced ticket.

To buy tickets, click here.



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