Wickerman 2009

[treacle]

I would definitely recommend this festival to anyone. Unfortunately Kim and myself will not be in attendance this summer. We are unlikely to be going to any festivals this year due to the pending birth of our first kiddie

A real shame we can't make it as it was the best festival we attended in a long time. Have fun everyone

[Swieve]

Congrats mate, all the best to you both.

Guess I will see you in 2010 then unless I make a trip over to Ireland sometime before then

[Swieve]

Congratulations to you both!

When is the new arrival expected?

[irons]

The baby is due on 10th June. Might even make it's festival debut at Wickerman next year although I imagine we will be in family camping if that is the case.

I will keep you all posted on the progress

[treacle]

Information from Rich posted on Skiddle Forum earlier today.

Bass Camp

I thought I would announce something, as it has now semi appeared on the website.

This year the dance setup at The Wickerman is changing. In previous years there was Eden, then we (Skiddle) came along and added our setup to provide something a bit different.

This year, following lengthly discussions, Eden is gone, apart from the Bhuta tent (Breaks) where Annie Nightingale and The Plump DJ's have played in the past.

Skiddle and Bhuta have now joined forces to create a themed area to be known as 'Bass Camp'

This will feature 2 big tops, one the Skiddle tent and one the breaks tent, and we will also be seeing an introduction of an outdoor 'stage' which will be playing soul infused disco funk during the day.

There is also the alleged return of the tent that never quite made it up last year (the skiddle dome), as well as a chill out tent.

The whole dance village will be military themed, hence the title 'bass camp' so please do feel to dress up and come and join the fun. Once again we will be putting a lot of effort into the production, and then some, and im very very excited to say that both dance tents will have full Funktion1 stacks which means we can have a lot cleaner quality signal without disturbing the campsites.

[Paul ™]

I think it needed a re-think, was too many dance tents IMO and this set up sounds far better

[treacle]

I think it needed a re-think, was too many dance tents IMO and this set up sounds far better

[tonyonekenobi]

Information from Rich posted on Skiddle Forum earlier today.

Bass Camp

The whole dance village will be military themed, hence the title 'bass camp' so please do feel to dress up and come and join the fun.

[Donkey]

Alright troops. I'll probably be going this year, i'm a bit worried about a lack of line up so far though, its about time they had it up on the website!

[treacle]

Alright troops. I'll probablydefinately be going this year, i'm a bit worried about a lack of line up so far though, its about time they had it up on the website!

[redstar]

its coming. soon.

[michaeldugan]

friday 6th march according to the official site.

[Paul ™]

Human League

Zutons

Dreadzone

Billy Bragg

Uk Subs

Zion Train

Penetration

All playing apparently

[rollergirl]

Human League

Zutons

Dreadzone

Billy Bragg

Uk Subs

Zion Train

Penetration

All playing apparently

[treacle]

That'll do me for starters

[Donkey]

Was a wee bit underwhelmed when I first saw the headliners but then I remembered I never saw any headliners last year and still had a great time.

[Paul ™]

Glad it's not a must see Saturday headline act for me, saves me trying to figure out how to get there on the Saturday, to be honest neither of the headliners floats my boat so not bothered am missing out.

[Kowalski]

Glad it's not a must see Saturday headline act for me, saves me trying to figure out how to get there on the Saturday, to be honest neither of the headliners floats my boat so not bothered am missing out.

[Paul ™]

I take it the headliners are The Zutons and Human League?

If so, +1.

[redstar]

Shame you wont be there Paul. Heard a few whispers about who else is playing. It's looking good.

[Paul ™]

Shame you wont be there Paul. Heard a few whispers about who else is playing. It's looking good.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Paul ™

[stevieg72]

Yup they are, HL for Friday and Zutons for Saturday.

Might head up to Fife that weekend to see the family and go to the Big Tent Festival in Falkland instead so I don't feel am missing out too much while Rollergirl is away

[Paul ™]

Big tent is a cracking wee festival mate, shoogle nifty and attic lights are some of the acts already confirmed, some rumours of isobel campbell maybe playing too so all good.

[treacle]

Shame you wont be there Paul. Heard a few whispers about who else is playing. It's looking good.

[irons]

I quite like the line-up so far. Human League (thou they'll be great for a singalong) I probably wont see, the UK Subs will probably be headlining the Scooter tent, so will miss them. The Zutons I've seen twice and their always a good festival band. Looking forward to Billy Brag too.