The Isle of Skye Music Festival was an annual
music festival that took place on the
Ashaig Airstrip near
Broadford on the
Isle of Skye in Scotland.
Overview
It was one of the earliest festivals in the year, occurring in late May or June, a time known on the Island to be the driest in the year. From this location there are views of the coast and
Cuillin
The Cuillin ( gd, An Cuiltheann) is a range of mostly jagged rocky mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The main Cuillin ridge is also called the Black Cuillin to distinguish it from the Red Cuillin ('), which lie to the east of Glen Slig ...
hills; organisers describe it as "the most impressive backdrop of any UK festival".
The festival won the "Most Fan-Friendly Festival" award at the 2006
UK Festival Awards. The Festival offered on-site parking, a dedicated bus service and camping facilities.
The festival includes a mix of Scottish and international artists. It also seeks to promote the island's cultural identity by featuring lesser known local bands and by selling traditional food such as
porridge and local
wild boar
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is ...
burgers.
In 2007 the festival was included as part of the
Highland 2007
Highland 2007 was a year-long celebration of Highland culture which took place from January until December 2007. It involved local communities throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as people across Scotland, the UK and beyond.
Bac ...
culture festival, bands performing included Primal Scream, Kasabian and Mylo.
The 2008 festival was cancelled after the organisers ran up over £500,000 of debts, and it was reported some musicians and suppliers had not yet been paid for work at the previous festival. The shortfall was due to much lower than expected crowds at the previous event, after spending large amounts of money on bands.
In 2015 a new two-day event called
Skye Live Festival succeeded, taking place in
Portree
Portree (; gd, Port Rìgh, ) is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Murray, W.H. (1966) ''The Hebrides''. London. Heinemann. Pages 154-155. It is the location for the only secondary school o ...
on the
Isle of Skye.
2007 Line up
The festival took place on 25 and 26 May 2007.
Main stage
Non stop stage
Shipping forecast stage
ITSON stage
References
External links
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Music festivals in Scotland
Isle of Skye
Music in Highland (council area)
2005 establishments in Scotland
Music festivals established in 2005