Wickerman Festival announces line-up for Solus Tent

The Wickerman Festival 2015

Friday 24th to Saturday 25th July 2015
Kirkcarswell Farm, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, DG6 4JQ, Scotland MAP
£110 with camping and parking

Daily capacity: 18,000

Scotland's Wickerman festival happening on Friday 24th and Saturday 25th July 2015 has announced the line-up for this year's Solus Tent.

On Friday the tent will host Tuff Love, Zyna Hel, Bossy Love, Skies Fell, Ubre Blanca, and Miaoux Miaoux.

Other acts set to play include Sluts of Trust, Washington Irving, Kathryn Joseph, Martha Ffion, Aaron Fyfe, Blochestra, Tommy Reilly, Man of Moon, Kobi Onyame, C Duncan, Mogen, Outerblinker, Rob Lynch, Shield Patterns, Kids On Bridges, and DJ duo Optimo will be closing the Festival’s main bar after the burning of the Wickerman appearing until the early hours.

They join the previously announced headliners The Waterboys, Tom Odell, Squeeze, and Lulu, plus Jimmy Cliff, The Sonics, Neneh Cherry, Stereo MC's, Julian Cope, The Sugarhill Gang, John Cooper Clarke, Steve Ignorant, Errors, Withered Hand, The Phantom Band, Youth Man, PAWS, Holy Mountain, Example & DJ Wire, This is the Kit, The Saints, Pere Ubu, TV Smith, Hector Bizerk, The Amphetameanies, The Ramonas, Ela Orleans, Esperanza, and Halfrican.

The Wickerman Festival’s Brian Reynolds, commented, "The team at XFM Scotland share Wickerman’s passion for encouraging and celebrating up and coming artists, so we are really excited to be working closely with them on this year’s Solus line-up. Everybody wins thanks to this exciting new collaboration –with the biggest winners being music lovers who are keen to discover some great new and established bands and fantastic live performances."

As always, the weekend festivities will be brought to a spectacular close with the crowd-gathering tradition of burning the 40ft Wickerman statue at midnight on Saturday.

Sited on the 120 acre East Kirkcarswell Farm, near Dundrennan, South West Scotland, in deepest Galloway, the festival welcomes families, and features two main stages, as well as a dance area, acoustic tent, a campsite, trade stalls, alternative area, bars, and food stalls.

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Tickets are priced at £110 for weekend adult tickets and £55 for weekend concession tickets, with children aged 12 and under able to attend for free. A campervan/caravan pitch is priced at £55 or £105 with an electric hook up. There are also VIP, and camping options available.

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