# Tartan Heart Festival

The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival is an annual music and arts festival, held on the Belladrum Estate in Kiltarlity, Scotland. The festival was founded in 2004. In 2022 it attracted 20,000 attendees.

## Background information

The festival is well known for its wide-ranging musical scope, as well as its family friendly atmosphere, with a large dedicated family camp-site, as well as free entry for children under the age of 12.
Previous acts that have played at the festival include Madness, Tom Jones, Two Door Cinema Club, Kaiser Chiefs, Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard, James, Manic Street Preachers, Deacon Blue, Texas Embrace, The Automatic, The Proclaimers, The Wombats, Travis, and many more.
Stages include, The Garden Stage (Main Stage set in Italian Gardens), The Hot House (Rock Indie, Alternative, Singer-songwriter), The Grassroots (folk, roots, acoustic), Venus Flytrap (comedy, wrestling, cabaret), The Seedlings (emerging and buzz new acts), Mother's Ruin (Dance and Electronic), The Verb Garden (talks, debates, films), The Burke and Hare (cabaret, performance, dj's), The Bella Bar stage, Free Range Folk Stage (singer-songwriters, traditional, acoustic based bands), Jazz Bar (new for 2016) and an array of busking stages.
Other areas of the festival include a dedicated children's area, with puppet workshops, arts and crafts, circus skills, dance and music classes and much more. The Walled Garden hosts a variety of alternative therapies, the Burke & Hare and Free Rage Folk stages, and re-enactment groups.
Over the years the festival has also hosted Ice-rinks, roller discos, Danny Maccaskills Drop & Roll, and a zip line.
The festival has a tradition of selecting a theme and organisers encourage revellers to don fancy dress on the Saturday. Previous themes have been:
2023 - Cartoons
2022 - Myths and Legends
2021 - [cancelled due to covid]
2020 - [cancelled due to covid]
2019 - Science Fiction
2018 - Bollywood
2017 - Summer of Love
2016 - Superstition
2015 - Superheroes
2014 - Wild Life
2013 - Carnival
2012 - Royalty
2011 - Space
2010 - Wonderland

## Fringe

In previous years as well as the festival itself there was also a Festival fringe which centered around the 2 weeks surrounding the festival. This finished in the early hours of Hootananny's on the Thursday prior to the festival. The fringe's gigs had no entry-fee in some bars/pubs however others may charge, the fringe showcased a variety of Acts and Music Genres. The Fringe set the mood in the run up to Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival on 8 and 9 August 2008, offering a musical trail around the Highlands for the intrepid music lover.

## 2004

The festival began in 2004 with 2,000 people attending for one day in Belladrum's Italian Gardens, the terraced arena that now acts as the Garden Stage. Since then, the capacity has grown 18,500 people over two and a half days (3 - 5 August 2017), with an additional headliner being added to the ceilidh warm up on the Thursday night in 2015.

### Garden Stage

* Friday 14 August
* Linda Gail Lewis & The Lewis Three
* The Grim Northern Social
* The Andy Gunn Band & Geno Washington
* James Grant & Friends
* Karen Matheson & Donald Shaw of Capercaillie
* The Lush Rollers
* The Peatbog Faeries
* The David Ogilvy Band
* Totó la Momposina
* Dionyssus
* Mystic Shoes
* Winners of the Hootananny's Battle of the Bands Competition

## 2005

In 2005 the festival was on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 August. This year it had five stages, ranging in size from the Grassroots Tent, which has a capacity of approximately 250 and is dedicated to small acoustic and folk acts, through to the Garden Stage, which is a natural amphitheatre that can hold several thousand people
In 2005, new features include the Seedlings Stage for new or unsigned artists and the Venus Flytrap Palais, a stage totally dedicated to the wonderful and sometimes, frankly, weird in music, theatre, cabaret and performance art.

### Garden Stage

| Friday 12 August | Saturday 13 August |
| Alabama 3 The Bees Emiliana Torrini The Duhks Stetsonhead El Presidente Pulse Winners | The Proclaimers The Peatbog Faeries British Sea Power Aberfeldy Ricky Ross The Country Joe Band Karine Polwart Baka Beyond Galipaygos |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 12 August | Saturday 13 August |
| Jah Wobble The Black Velvets Editors Exist Endrick Brothers Ruthless Blues The Sundowns | The Bluetones Trashcan Sinatras Mohair Brakes The Cinematics Poor Old Ben The Jim Hunter Band Dexter Ardoine & The Creole Ramblers The Hazey Janes |

### The Black Isle brewery Grassroots Stage

| Friday 12 August | Saturday 13 August |
| Andy White Karl Broadie Band Alex Ryan Jason Ringenberg Wadada The Hotlicks Cookies N'Faly Kouyate Gypsy Dave Smith | Michael Marra Unholy Trinity - Ronnie Elliott, Terry Clarke & Wes McGhee Andy Gunn Foy Vance Heather MacLeod Calamateur Craig Anderson Ruth Sutherland Davy Cowan Feis Rois Ceilidh Band |

## 2006
### Garden Stage

| Friday 11 August | Saturday 12 August |
| Echo & the Bunnymen Mark Saul Mystery Jets Lee Scratch Perry The Cinematics Camera Obscura Union Avenue The Hazey Janes | Embrace Bellowhead Bell X1 The Automatic Dreadzone Arlo Guthrie The Vatersay Boys Batucada Sound Machine Dangleberries |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 11 August | Saturday 12 August |
| Red Hot Poker Session: Andrew MacDonald Biffy Clyro Guillemots 3 Daft Monkeys Forward Russia The Young Knives The Rumble Strips Cord The Green Machine Paddy Rasta | The Eco Policeman's Ball(Featuring Dolphin Boy) The Wonder Stuff King Creosote Morning Runner Seth Lakeman Tiny Dancers The View Vincent Vincent and the Villains Stereoglo Acoustic Love Experience |

### The Black Isle brewery Grassroots Stage

| Friday 11 August | Saturday 12 August |
| Global Cooling Session: The Shortwave Set Chris Difford Culture Clash Unkle Bob Shipcote Seasick Steve David Ogilvy Scott MacDonald The Moonshiners Claire Campbell Caley Ceilidh Trail Band | Global Cooling Session: Grandadbob Stephen Fretwell Breaks Co-Op The Puppini Sisters Martin Stephenson & The Toerags Charlotte Gordon Cumming Luke Toms I See Hawks in LA & Tony Gilkyson Errol Linton Tom Morton Hobotalk Feis Ross |

### Hail Seedlings Stage

| Friday 11 August | Saturday 12 August |
| The Rites Edgar Prais Our Small Capital Magdalen Green Endor The Galipaygos Employee of the Month Shutter Call to Mind Copy Haho Beerjacket | Jyrojets Drive-by Argument Invisibles Pop-up Marshall Arts Vivian Scotson The Side Hussys Mouse Eat Mouse Michael Rattray The Now |

### Venus Flytrap Palais

| Friday 11 August | Saturday 12 August |
| I Can't Handle Me' Chantale MacCormick Jamboree/Wardrobe of Delights The Ralfe Band Hot Potato Syncopators Joe West The Laundrettas Kid Carpet Attic Lights | Flash Monkey & Rev Rum Tum Ti Bum Bum iLiKETRAiNS Illicit Session A9 Puppetry of the Pops (Nathan Evans) Mama's Brand New Bag Meg & Peg Go To The Fest (The Reduced IMPs) Mark Dean - the Yodelling Mix Meister Cape Reality (Jeep Solid & Graeme Roger) |

## 2007
### Garden Stage

| Friday 10 August | Saturday 11 August |
| Magic Numbers Alabama 3 The Peatbog Faeries Ghosts Jackie Leven, Robert Fisher, Michael Weston King The Law Nuru Kane Crash My Model Car Jazz On The Lawn - Four On Six | James The Ring Of Fire Misty In Roots The Hoosiers Fred Morrison The Dykeenies Dangleberries The Parsonage Choir Beat That |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 10 August | Saturday 11 August |
| Julian Cope Nine Black Alps 1990s Martha Wainwright The Earlies Phil and Ally Jyrojets Skilda The Lorelei | Pigeon Detectives Mumm Ra Scouting for Girls Bens Brother Pete & The Pirates String Driven Thing Polytechnic Babel Paul Steel |

### The Black Isle brewery Grassroots Stage

| Friday 10 August | Saturday 11 August |
| Red Hot Poker Session: Skibunny DJ Sandi Thom Amy MacDonald Tom Russell Angus & Julia Stone 6 Day Riot Lisa Haley & The Zydekats Nick Harper Ben Taylor Jaymay Gypsy Dave Smith with Retro Smith | Red Hot Poker Session: Oom Lloyd Cole Duke Special Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby Martha Tilston Kris Drever Piney Gir Loomer Lach Roddy Hart James Lawton Feis Ross |

### Hail Seedlings Stage

| Friday 10 August | Saturday 11 August |
| The Needles Theatre Fall Sergeant The Wallbirds Lowtide Revelry Luva Anna Strike the Colours Micheal MacLennan Haight Ashbury Brendan Campbell Caley Ceilidh Trail | Action Group The Vivians Make Model Figure 5 Le Reno Amps Our Luna Activities Foxface Baxter Sorren MacLean FiveFifteen |

### Venus Flytrap Palais

| Friday 10 August | Saturday 11 August |
| Headphone Disco Flash Monkey The Strange Death of Liberal England Murdina Morag - The Musical with the Love Pylons Blazin' Fiddles Circulus Luminescent Orchestrii All Three Kingdoms by The Tartan Troubadors Slow Club The White Cat/ Jaberwocky | Invernetian Masked Ball/ Secret Chamber Orchestra Club Noir & The Martians in the intermission Tunng Murdina Morag - The Musical with the Love Pylons Kate Nash Fake Bush Orchestre del Sol The Seven Plots by R.I.P. Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man The White Cat/ Jaberwocky |

## 2008

2008 saw the Tartan Heart Festival win the award for the best Grass Roots Festival (2008)

### Garden Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| Scouting For Girls Jefferson Starship One Night Only Vatersay Boys Baka Beyond Big Hand Union Avenue Leonard Jones Potential | The Waterboys Sons and Daughters Dreadzone Nouvelle Vague Salsa Celtica Attic Lights Punch and the Apostles Dangleberries Low Tide Revelry & Inverness Gaelic Choir |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| Idlewild Black Affair The Twilight Sad Red Light Company Old Blind Dogs Broken Records The Brute Chorus Frightened Rabbit Call to Mind | Cold War Kids Infadels Sergeant Kissmet Look See Proof Friends Of The Bride The Hosts The Xcerts |

### The Black Isle brewery Grassroots Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| Justin Currie Angus & Julie Stone Kathryn Williams & Neil McColl Rachel Unthank and the Winterset Southern Tenant Folk Union Pete Molinari Brendan Campbell Rosabella Gregory The Lost Brothers Calery Ceilidh Trail | Edwyn Collins Pete Wylie Lisa Knapp Wallbirds Dennis Hopper Choppers Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir The Mercury Men Wynntown Marshalls Jake Cogan Feis Rois |

### Hail Seedlings Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| Abigail Gray The Kazoo Funk Orchestra Jocasta Sleeps Jack Butler Captain and the Kings Root System 28 Jacks Manor Park Elite Battle for Bella Winners | Shutter Twin Atlantic Edgar Prais Paper Planes Alto Elite Injuns The Draymin Dotjr Ketimine Deco |

### Venus Flytrap Palais

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| Baby Beat (for Kids) Rhythm & Rhyme (for Kids) Yusef Azak Reggae Woodland Roots Derek Meins The Blank Album Orchestra del Sol The Cyriac Review Cabaret Show (Adult Only) | Baby Beat (for Kids) Bruce Fummey (Adults Only) Animal Behaviour The Parsonage Choir Four On Six Kerieva Izo Fitzroy & The Royal Bastards The Cyriac Review Cabaret Show (Adults Only) The Invernetian Masked Ball (Adults Only) |

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## 2009

The 2009 festival took place on 7 and 8 August, and the headline acts were the Editors and Ocean Colour Scene

### Garden Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| Editors Peatbog Faeries Toploader Transglobal Underground Broken Records The Joy Formidable Kid British Scooty & the Skyhooks Grousebeater Soundsystem | Ocean Colour Scene The Saw Doctors Noah & the Whale Treacherous Orchestra Kissmet Edward II The New Forbidden Dangleberries Theatre Fall |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| Shed Seven Alabama 3 *The Wallbirds Dananananaykroyd Orkestra Del Sol Little Comets Official Secrets Act The Unthanks Shutter The Holloways replaced The Wallbirds after they cancelled their appearance | British Sea Power Sons & Daughters DeVotchKa Twin Atlantic The Phantom Band Magistrates Hatcham Social 3 Daft Monkeys Sparrow & Workshop |

### The Black Isle brewery Grassroots Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| Glenn Tilbrook & Fluffers Tommy Reilly Lau Pearl and the Puppets Tommy Womack Blue Roses Babel Jo Hamilton Rebecca Hollweg Caley Ceilidh Trail | Seth Lakeman Aberfeldy The Lost Brothers Rory McLeod Sam Issac Phil Lee Ballachulish Hellhounds Jonathan Jeremiah Alex Cornish Feis Rois |

### Hail Seedlings Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| The Side Sergeant St Deluxe Flood Of Red Bronto Skylift Healthy Minds Collapse Cast Of The Capital Washington Irving Colour Coded Battle4Bella Winners | Our Lunar Activities Punch & The Apostles Unicorn Kid Party Horse Sucioperro The Naked Strangers Cruisers Cassidy Three Times Daily Battle4Bella Winners |

### Potting Shed Stage

* Friday 8 August MIR FRIDAY AT 5 POTTING SHED

### Mother's Ruin DJ Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| Colin Gregory Robbie Dunsmore Araya Alex Tronic Technocelt Bourbon Surf Esko Frog Goes ERP | Colin Gregory Robbie Dunsmore Esko Dolphin Boy Plexus Butterscotch Joystick Discothèque Look Mum It's the DJ's |

## 2010

* Feeder
* Amy Macdonald
* The Wailers
* Badly Drawn Boy
* The Divine Comedy
* The Levellers
* King Creosote
* Twin Atlantic
* Candy Staton
* Dick Gaughan
* The Vatersay Boys

## 2011

* Texas
* Deacon Blue
* Ed Sheeran
* Ben Howard
* King Charles
* Frank Turner
* Skerryvore
* Teddy Thompson
* Vintage Trouble
* Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire
* The David Latto Band (Potting Shed Stage)

## 2012
### Garden Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| The Wombats We Are Scientists Kassidy The South (formerly "The Beautiful South") Vintage Trouble Red Kites James Mackenzie Hoodja Bwani Junction | Travis Frightened Rabbit Beverley Knight Treacherous Orchestra Kobi Dangleberries Federation of the Disco Pimp Bombskare Teenage Gaelic Singing Group w/Eilidh Mackenzie |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 8 August | Saturday 9 August |
| The Buzzcocks Black Affair Foy Vance Headphone Disco Make Sparks Sweet Billy Pilgrim Fatherson The Draymin Torridon | Bobok Dog is Dead Headphone Disco Iain McLaughlin & The Outsiders Karima Francis Little Mill of Happiness Man Like me The Blackout The Milk Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation Zombie Militia |

## 2013

Garden Stage (Main Stage) saw James headline along with Twin Atlantic, Pigeon Detectives, Alabama 3, Seasick Steve and many more.

### Mothers Ruin Stage (DJ Stage)

| Friday 2 August | Saturday 3 August |
| Filth DJs Ally McCrae Them & Us Mike Mcdonald Bullwhack Esbjerg Connor Bryne Alottaryhthmman | Jakk It & Saizme Sounds Clash DJs Count Clockwork Aaron Russell Alan Macpherson Digitized Shameless Alan Grant |

## 2014

* Tom Jones
* Reef
* Frightened Rabbit
* Billy Bragg
* Glenn Tilbrook
* The Temperance Movement
* Grandmaster Flash
* Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds
* The Vatersay Boys

## 2015
### Garden Stage (Main Stage)

| Friday 7th Augustday Garden Stagei | Saturday 8 August |
| Manic Street Preachers Idlewild Stornoway Hayseed Dixie Prides Torridon Fun Box Head North Vigo Thieves | Kaiser Chiefs The Stranglers Martha Reeves Manran King Creosote James Brown is Annie The Dangleberries Silver Coast Dorec-a-Belle Rhythm Wave |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| Superheros Disco The Sunshine Underground Drenge JP Cooper Louis Berry Adam French The LaFontaines Model Aeroplanes Hidden Charm JuneBug | The Cuban Brothers Rival Sons Fatherson Kill it Kid Honey Blood Neon Waltz AKAska Winter Tradition Vukovi Hector Bizerk Iain McLaughlin and the Outsiders Frozen Disco (kids) |

### Grassroots Stage

| Friday 7 August | Saturday 8 August |
| The Dolly Parton Story Eddi Reader Martin Stephenson & The Dainties Dizraeli and The Small Gods Blackbeards Tea Party The Skull Kids The Shee Have Mercy Las Vegas The New Madrids Siiga The Elephant Sessions Caledonian Ceilidh Trail Spinning Tots | MacFloyd Villagers John Langan Band Tantz CoCo and the Butterfields RURA Rusty Shackle Miss Irenie Rose Jamie Lawson The Goat Roper Rodeo Band Willie and Tabs MacAskil Feis Rois |

## 2016
### Garden Stage (Main Stage)

| Thursday 4 August | Friday 5 August | Saturday 6 August |
| The Darkness Beardymans Dream Team Tiggs D'Author Main Street Blues Torridon Stephanie Urbana Jones & The New Madrids The Retrophones ft Colin Steele Woodentooth Rock Challenge | Two Door Cinema Club Super Furry Animals Bombskare Skipinnish The LaFontaines Grousebeater Sound System Fun Box Elephant Sessions James Mackenzie | Madness Wilko Johnson Donald Shaw and Diane Garisto perform: Graceland Breabach CC Smugglers The Dangleberries Spring Break Inverness Military Wives Choir |

### Hothouse Stage

| Friday 5 August | Saturday 6 August |
| The Orb Alabama 3 Dreadzone Gun Whyte Astrid Man Made Catholic Action Sinderins Nieves Schnarff Schnarff | Hot Dub Time Machine Circa Waves Public Services Broadcasting Lucy Spraggan Craig Duncan The Hunna Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 Man of Moon Lional The Lush Rollers The Side |

## 2017

* The Pretenders
* Franz Ferdinand
* Sister Sledge
* K T Tunstall
* First Aid Kit
* Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5

## 2018

* Paloma Faith
* The Fun Lovin' Criminals
* The Charlatans
* Amy Macdonald
* Professor Green
* Ward Thomas
* Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5
* Gerry Cinamon
* Primal Scream

## 2019
### Garden Stage (Main Stage)

| Thursday 1 August | Friday 2 August | Saturday 3 August |
| Luna The Professor Torridon Dodgy Tom Odell Elbow | Highland Voice Choir Lional Fun Box Swampfog Royal Sounds Elephant Sessions Dodie Johnny Marr Chvrches | Rionnagan Rois Tamzene The Dangleberries The Local Honeys Colonel Mustard and The Dijon 5 Skerryvore The Selecter Lewis Capaldi Jess Glynne |

### Hot House Stage

| Thursday 1 August | Friday 2 August | Saturday 3 August |
| Stephanie Cheape The Dazed Digital Age Fat Suit Scooty and the Skyhooks Stone Broken Hawkwind | King Kobalt Indigo Velvet Vistas Paris Monster Bis King Nun BombSkare The Rezillos SOAK Glasvegas The Cuban Brothers | Josephine Sillars Black Cat Bone Man of Moon Be Charlotte PAWS The Ninth Wave Maisie Peters Self Esteem The Sugarhill Gang (Did not perform) The Coral |

## 2022

The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival returned to Scotland on 28 July 2022 with the festival featuring performances from The Magic Numbers, Tide Lines, Daytime TV, Emeli Sandé, Admiral Fallow, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Dreadzone, The Fratellis, Siobhan Miller, Vistas, Peat & Diesel (replacing Sam Ryder at short notice), Shed Seven, Passenger and a DJ set from Gok Wan. Highlights from the festival were broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC Alba, with Fiona MacKenzie and Niall Iain MacDonald presenting. Full sets from a number of acts were also available on the BBC iPlayer.