Kelburn Garden Party 2011

Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd July 2011
Kelburn Country Park, nr. Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, KA29 0BE, Scotland MAP
£55 for weekend

Daily capacity: 500

Last updated: Thu 26th May 2011

Kelburn Garden Party, takes place at Kelburn Castle and park, near Largs on Scotland's West coast on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July 2011.

The Kelburn Garden Party 2011 is an intimate affair of just 500 capacity in a magical environment. The main stage is set on a natural lawn surrounded by ancient trees, and under the gaze of the surreally painted Kelburn Castle.

Line-up

Viewpoint Stage

Sons & Daughters, JD Twitch (Optimo), Quantic (DJ Set), Hidden Orchestra, Jackmaster, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Horndog Brass Band, RBRBR, The Stagger Rats, The Black Diamond Express, Lipsync For A Lullaby, The Soul Foundation, Captain Slackship's Mezzanine Allstars, The Gilly Flowers, Das Contras, Northern Xposure, Conscious Route Band, DJ NoFACE, Departure Lounge DJs.

Square Stage

Rise Kagona, The Bevvy Sisters, Tinderbox Orchestra, Donna Maciocia, Daccordiana, Gecko 3, Baobab Gateway, The Stantons, Buick 55's Rockabilly Band, Chris Bradley, The Skarsoles, The Edinburgh Samba School, Chanty Dyke Ceilidh Band, The Gus Ferguson Jazz Band.

Pyramid Stage

Iona Marshall, White Heath, Pooch, Frogpocket & Sindri, David Donnelly, Tall Tales (formerly The Social Services), Nevada Base, Tokamak, Foxgang, Open Swimmer, Small Feet Little Toes, Adopted as Holograph, Earl Grey & The Loose Leaves, Lewis Gibson & The Midas Touch, FuelDiva, The Dark Jokes, My Tiny Robots, Pillarcat, iliop, Zebra!, Kung Fu Mother!, Jonnie Common, The Ideal Crash.

Musically the festival will offer a line-up of talent from around the UK.

Tickets

Early bird tickets have sold out. Tickets are priced at £55. To buy tickets click here.

The site

The Garden Party is taking place in the grounds of the Kelburn Castle near Largs (40mins from Glasgow, 90mins from Edinburgh), known around the world as the site of the Graffiti Project. Entertainment will be spread over three areas, the Garden Stage, The Viewpoint Area and the Electric Cocktail Bar. Quality food, bars, chill-out areas, stalls, cinema, BBQ, woodland walks all within the site.

Other entertainment

Friday Night Party with Balkanarama Klub, Dance Tent in the Tall Trees, Secret Forest of Otherworldly Cabaret & Dreams, session in the Formal Gardens, late night jam sessions, poetry by the waterfall, workshops for big & little kids, guided tours, , cinema & Chill out zone, good food & drink, BBQs, cocktail bar, live art from Too Much Fun Club, pop-up tennis, suitcase theatre, stiltwalking & storytelling.

Travel

The festival site is very easy to reach. Trains go to Largs from Glasgow on a regular basis, and from Largs it is a very short and cheap taxi ride. For those coming from further afield cheap flights to Glasgow Prestwick are available at Ryanair. You can get to Largs by train or bus from the airport (around 1 hour journey). Cheap advace train tickets are available now for travel to Glasgow from around the UK. More info will be available on the website soon.

Cars & camping

To encourage car-sharing and public transport there will be a nominal fee for vehicles. The campsite will be open from Friday afternoon to Monday morning.

More information will be here when available.