Idlewild for HebCelt Festival

plus Siiga, Eleanor Nicolson, and Alyth McCormack

By Scott Williams | Published: Thu 26th Mar 2015

HebCelt Fest 2015

Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th July 2015
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, HS1 2BW, Scotland MAP
£79 for a weekend ticket

Daily capacity: 16,000

Scottish indie rock band Idlewild have been added to the line-up for the four-day 20th Hebridean Celtic Festival.

Frontman Roddy Woomble, who has appeared previously at HebCelt as a solo artist, said, "We are all delighted to be returning to the beautiful Isle of Lewis again for HebCelt’s 20th anniversary.

"Idlewild played in Stornoway as part of our Highlands and Islands acoustic tour in October, so it will be nice to come back with the full band in the summertime to play at one of Scotland’s best festivals."

Day tickets for the 20th anniversary festival go on sale today. At the same time, festival organisers have also announced three more artists for the acoustic stage, introduced for the first time last year - they are Richard Macintyre’s latest solo project Siiga, Eleanor Nicolson, and Alyth McCormack.

They join Afro Celt Sound System, Treacherous Orchestra, Chastity Brown, Le Vent du Nord, Shooglenifty, Salsa Celtica, Niteworks, Manran, Sorren Maclean, Have Mercy Las Vegas, Vincent Cross, Scott McWatt, Raghu Dixit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, Jamie Smith's Mabon, Karen Matheson, Siobhan Miller, Iain Morrison, Between Islands, Shinty's Heroes (Curaidhean na Camanachd), Na h-Òganaich, Shine, Halcyon, Malin, Sunshine Social, Earths, and The Elephant Sessions..

The 20th HebCelt, based in Stornoway in the island of Lewis, Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th of July 2015.

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Tickets are being held at the 2014 prices of £79 for the weekend (£61 for concession and £19 for children under 14) for the main arena events.

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