Mull of Kintyre Music Festval Tickets go on sale tomorrow

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Mull of Kintyre Music Festval Tickets go on sale tomorrow

Tickets for this years 15th Mull of Kintyre Music Festival will go on sale at 9am on Thursday 28th June. Headlining this year are the Stranglers, the Dougie MacLean Trio, Moishe’s Bagel, Canterach and Horizon. Following it’s nomination in the Best Event category in the Hands up for Trad Awards 2006, the event organisers feel they have created an event that offers festival goers new choices whilst also keeping the favourites.

The Ceilidh Night, Friday 17th, boasts Scots Singer of the Year, Hands up for Trad 2006, Sylvia Barnes making a much-anticipated return. Edinburgh based band Moishe’s Bagel, have attracted particular attention as it will be the first time a band featuring Eastern European Folk music have appeared at the Festival. Having toured extensively over the past two years they have recently released their second CD Salt to critical acclaim. The Kintyre Schools Pipe will start the night of and Skerryvore from Tiree end it with a ceilidh set that will have you kicking up your heels on the dance floor.

This years Grand Parade promises to have a particularly Scottish feel to it to tie in with The Highland Year of Culture 2007 celebrations and will have three cash prizes for the best dressed float. Festival organisers would like to ask each group or organisation who are participating to nominate one of their members to sit on the judges panel to ensure unbiased results. An extended “Doon The Green” concert follows on from the parade in the afternoon.

Dougie Maclean, singer/songwriter of hit tune ‘Caledonia’ and many others has earned an international reputation and also penned soundtracks for “The Last of the Mohicans” & TV drama “A Mugs Game”. Dougie makes a welcome return to Campbeltown in Campbeltown’s Wee Picture House with Ross Ainslie and Jamie Maclean. Another treat for concert goers at this venue is the debut of singer songwritter Ed Miller who is joined by Scooter Muse, guitarist from The Full Moon Ensemble making a return appearance at the festival with, Campbeltown fiddle player Archie McAllister Jil Chambless lead singer with the band Hen

Since changing the concert format on the Saturday night the all standing concert has proved to be a great success and this years headline act The Stranglers, a ‘new wave’ punk band established in the mid 1970s should be another popular choice. They had 32 Top 40 hits spanning over four decades and 8 Gold Albums, audiences will recognise more tracks than they realise as their greatest hits are part of our culture. Among them are; “No More Heroes”, “Peaches” followed up in the 1980s by “Golden Brown” and “Strange Little Girl”.

The Dalriada Connections Concert on Sunday 19th in the Heritage Centre, Campbeltown features Canterach who played a fantastic set as support to Eddi Reader at last years Picture House concert. Featuring local artists Ross Kennedy and Lorne MacDougall and described as a cross between the Tannahill Weavers and The Who the band's line up can range from a three to four piece and even a six depending on the occasion. Also confirmed is Clarsach, player Rachael Hair and expect a special guest fiddle player and a few surprise guests along the way.

The legendary Survivors Night has its fair share of up and coming local bands queuing up to play but this year the reunion of local 80s band “Horizon” shows the young ones how it is done. Fiddle and guitar tuition workshops on the Thursday kick start a Festival weekend, which will be hard to surpass.

More details can be obtained from the Festival Web Site at www.mokfest.com where regular updates will be posted.

[bigchang]

got mine

[Reidiboy]

I didnt, survivors night tickets are sold out!

[Hels]

Thankfully got my survivor night ones. Refreshed a minute or 2 later and they were sold out - 11 minutes past! Blimey!

[4th gen Suthen']

Jeez, tried to get them by phone and web at same time....whichever came first sort of thing.....nothing would happen on the internet but the phone guy had them for each night....while we were processing the Survivors Night sold out!! 9.08!!

But I did get tickets for Friday and Saturday.....they're naw even for misel'!!

[Malky]

Got my tickets for Stranglers and Survivors Night so happy

There are still Stranglers tickets for sale by the way.

Malky

[linda]

Got our tickets for Saturday and Sunday night no bother.

[general jack o'niell]

i have no idea!!!!

just hope somebody was up earlier than me, knew i shouldn't have gone back to bed at 5am

[knock]

I got my tickets at 0905! Bit shocked at the service charge though.

[Annie]

I hope the Stranglers are good! It would be such a bummer for them to be there and the whole thing just suck!

Good luck to all that got survivor's night tickets! Wish I could be there!

[Tubby the Tuba]

Would be nice to know how many tickets are actually on sale from Ticketweb and how many are given away by other means, if theyre sold out that quickly.....

[general jack o'niell]

apparently i got mine and they weren't nearly sold out later in the day, tho this being tomorrow i expect they are now, you did understand that didn't you?

[Ninja Mania]

For only the 2nd time ever, have we managed to get tickets for Sat/Sun nights events , so I will have a hoora drinking to catch up on for all those missed years
Sorry to anyone who wanted the Survivors night tickets and never got them. NOT I will enjoy this night like it was my 1st, probably better to take the next day off work, will have a word with my boss next time I see him.

[Annie]

Aye, that's a cracker of a boss you've got there! Slavedriver he is!!!

[IainJ]

The MOK Fest committee are delighted with the initial ticket sales for this year’s event in August with tickets for the Survivors already sold out.

Tickets are still available for the Young Folk Night, Friday Ceilidh Night, Traditional concert, Stranglers Concert and the Dalriada Connections concert. Certain concerts that are selling very well are expected to sell out well before the event so don’t waste time if you don’t have your tickets already.

Tickets can be obtained from AP Taylors, Main Street (Young Folk Night, Festival Ceilidh and Dalriada Connections) or www.ticketweb.co.uk or 08700 600 100 (Stranglers and Dougie Maclean Traditional concert).

Iain