Insider 2012

Returning for a fourth year and now Olympic flavoured The Insider set in the gardens and grounds of the Inshriach estate, in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park and with 30 acres of riverside camping shared by just 500 people the Insider is a bohemian garden party adventure. The festival takes place from Friday 15th until Sunday 17th June 2012.

Line-up

Friday: KAN, Optimo Espacio – feat. Den Haan (Live), Organs Of Love (Live), Roddy Woomble, The Mike Kearney Ka-Tet, Remember Remember, Miaoux Miaoux, Kettle Of Kites, The Dirty Beggars, Two Wings, Homework, The Paul Simon Treatment, Gav Prentice, Georgia Gordon, Ashley and the Cosmonauts, Dirty Hearts Club DJs.

Saturday: The Phantom Band, Stanley Odd, Melting Pot, Three Blind Wolves, Profisee, Adopted As Holograph, The John Langan Band, Little Kicks, Bard, Finlay Wells & Sorren McLean, The Bevvy Sisters, Adam Beattie & the Consultants, The Whisky River Boat Band, Brooke Sharkey, Dr. Mango & the Chickpeas, The Goodtime Family, Alistair Ogilvy, The State Broadcasters, Eric Chenaux, Sarah Hayes, Dead Man's Waltz, Grandma Sta-Flash and the Furious Grandads, Super Adventure Club, Michael McLennan, Puff Uproar and the Shimmering Sound Affair, The Insider Olympiad Orchestra featuring: The Horndog Brass Band, The Hidden Lane Choir and more special guests.

Sunday: Session A9, Admiral Fallow, Rachel Sermanni, The Loveboat Big Band, The Banjo Lounge 4, The Federation of the Disco Pimp, Meursault / Ross Ainslie & Jarlaith Henderson, This Is The Kit, Laki Mera, Rae Morris, Poppy Ackroyd, Babelfish, Rozi Plain, Miss Irenie Rose, DJ Dolphin Boy, The Ham-Strings, Findlay Napier & The Bar Room Mountaineers, Fèis Spè Junior Ceilidh Band, The Insider Jazz Ensemble, The Admiral Fallow Lawn Takeover featuring Siobhan Wilson, Open Swimmer, Blochestra & some special guests.

Tickets

Tickets are priced at £80 for a Weekend ticket, A Friday day ticket is priced at £25 with Saturday or Sunday day tickets priced at £35. To buy tickets, click here.

Camping

Camping is include in the ticket price. Expect a chance to hire other fine festival dwellings of varying size and luxury may be available. A campervan pass is an extra charge, as is car parking.

Getting there

Aviemore station is 5 miles away from where you could share a lift. The organisers will provide a bus at busy times.

Green ethos

Green ethos The festival is locally organised and all the food, drink, and most of the bands are locally sourced, apart from maybe a couple from Ireland, and probably some Scandinavians. Wherever possible the bars and stages are made of recycled materials and the whole event takes place in an area of outstanding natural beauty. The Firewood festival is about woodworking, trees and renewable energy and the National Park have provided an electric car for the organisers to run around in.

The Insider happens in an area of outstanding natural beauty and they want it to stay that way. Please remember that horses live in the fields the rest of the year and don't leave anything behind.

More information will be here when available.