Wickerman adds Shed Seven, and Augustines

The Wickerman Festival 2014

Friday 25th to Saturday 26th July 2014
Kirkcarswell Farm, Kirkcudbright, Galloway, DG6 4JQ, Scotland MAP
£105 with camping and parking

Daily capacity: 18,000

Last updated: Fri 20th Jun 2014

More acts have tonight been announced for Wickerman festival happening on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th July 2014.

Shed Seven join the Friday night Summerisle Stage bill. Also added to Friday’s main stage line-up will be American rockers Augustines. Joining them will be Skinny Lister, The Hosts, and on Saturday's bill Punk group Life. Elsewhere the Acoustic village will be headlined by Roddy Woomble.

Also confirmed for The Acoustic Village are John Smith, Emily Smith, The Mae Trio, Bridie Jackson and The Arbour, Sorren Maclean, Nick Harper, and Esperanza, The Skarsoles join the Scooter Tent bill, and walkabout band Blowjangles. Confirmed for the Ho Down Wendy House are Inishowen, and Full Tonne Kidd. Thursday night sees the Greenman Inn Opening Party will host rhythmnreel, Jason Dupuy, and Them Beatles.

Helen Chalmers, Wickerman’s Festival Coordinator, commented, "With only a couple of months to go it is brilliant to reveal such a great range of acts. The Festival is always evolving and aims to showcase some of the best artists, whether they are new on the scene or established performers. We can’t wait for our fans to enjoy our 2014 line up."

Friday headliner is Dizzee Rascal, and on Saturday it's Del Amitri. Joining them are Alabama 3, The Beat, Lee Thompson's Ska Orchestra, Sonic Boom Six, Imperial Leisure, Cockney Rejects, Anti Pasti, The Feeling, Martha Reeves and The Vandellas, The Zombies, Big Country, Finding Albert, Model Aeroplanes, Young Fathers, Hector Bizerk, The Amazing Snakeheads, Neon Waltz, LAW , Tuff Love, Cairn String Quartet, Tijuana Bibles, Colonel Mustard and Dijon Five, The New Piccadillys, The Pukes, Berry Tweed and the Chasers, Root System, The Members, The Counterfeit Clash, The Lurkers, Victorian Trout Conspiracy, Atom Tree, Thin Privilege, Algernon Doll, Call to Mind, Fat Suit, Gastric Band, Pronto Mama, Deathcats, Foreign Fox, and Cutty’s Gym.

Badmouth Battles rapper Gasp will pick up the pace by MCing the festival’s first ever rap battle.

For the line-up details as available, click here.

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 £105 for weekend adult tickets and £52.50 for weekend concession tickets, with children aged 12 and under able to attend for free. A campervan/caravan pitch is priced at £45 or £95 with an electric hook up.

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