Ironworks, Inverness, 28 March 2010 INVERNESS must have been eagerly awaiting the return on Amy Macdonald, as the opening night of her tour at the Ironworks has been sold out for months. Having been a fan of Amy Macdonald since her Belladrum appearance in 2006, this would be the 3rd time I’d seen her perform live, […]

Village Hall, Ullapool, 6 March 2010 HAVING been going to Ullapool on camping holidays since the young age of 18 months, it’s one of my favourite places in Scotland. Always keen for a reason to return, the chance of seeing one of my favourite festival bands, The Vatersay Boys, in the village hall soon had me […]

Broomfield Campsite, Ullapool, 17-20 September 2009 WITH FORECASTS of sunshine ringing in my ears, the car was packed on Thursday morning and a quick drive up the A835 meant we were on site and the tent was pitched ready for a weekend of Loopallu fun by lunchtime. Although the festival proper does not kick of until late […]

Scone Palace Parklands, Perthshire, 29 August 2009 HAVING missed Runrig at Drumnadrochit in 2007 (the Year of the Flood), I was determined to see them at their concert at Scone Palace, as part of the Homecoming celebrations. Thankfully, the day was a lot drier (well, it couldn’t really get much wetter!) than in 2007, however it […]

Tobermory, Isle of Mull, 24-26 April 2009 GOING TO festivals and camping are two of my favourite things in life. The two together, not so much – normally camping at a festival means being stuck in a big muddy field, tripping over your neighbour’s guy ropes as soon as you come out of the tent door, […]

Ullapool, 19-20 September 2008 ALTHOUGH this may have been my fourth (and final) festival of 2008, it was the first time I had managed to make it to Loopallu. Having enjoyed many family holidays with our caravan in Ullapool in my younger years, the draw to return was huge, especially combined with the strong musical line-up Loopallu […]

Belladrum, 9 August 2008 ON WAKENING up on Saturday morning to the sound of rain hitting my tent roof, my first thought was ‘Typical Belladrum weather.’ After being treated to glorious sunshine the day before, where not an hour went by without someone commenting on the lack of rain that is normally associated with the August […]

Dores, 7 June 2008 ANOTHER WEEKEND of glorious weather for Rockness! With some English festivals already cancelled this year due to flooding and heavy rain, the organisers must have been praying to the sun gods in the run up to the two day festival. My two main aims this year were to see more of the […]

Ironworks, Inverness, 14 May 2008 ALMOST a year after their first Highland performance at Rockness 2007, the Wombats returned to Inverness as part of their most recent tour. The Liverpudlian band played to a sell out crowd at the Ironworks and didn’t disappoint their Highland fan base. Support was ably provided by fellow Liverpool band goFaster, […]

Ironworks, Inverness, 29 April 2008 IF I’M honest, I’d not heard much about Seth Lakeman when I booked my tickets for his show. Considering the last gig I went to there was Fatboy Slim, and the next will be The Wombats, that’s maybe no surprise! However, a close friend has been a fan of Mr Lakeman […]