Montrose Music Festival
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Montrose Music Festival is a Scottish music festival which takes place at the end of May in Montrose, Angus
. It has become a much anticipated, annual event across Scotland. The festival committee is a non-profit, volunteer run organisation, dedicated to promoting free live music of all styles and genres, and at all levels, in Montrose
and surrounding areas. The festival actively promotes local acts as well as hosting musicians from across the United Kingdom
. It has become successful locally, winning the Pride of Angus Award in 2008.
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During the Saturday and Sunday, the music moved into the pubs and hotels with over 60 free entry gigs over the two days, with acts of varying genres entertaining thousands of music fans. Amongst these acts were: Highly respected harmonica player Fraser Speirs
, Award winning Scottish folk band Malinky
, Young English Singer/songwriter Joni Fuller
and upcoming Oxford based alt-rock band Lights Action.
to headline the 2009 festival. Demand for the opening concert was so high that the tickets were sold out within 20 minutes.
Montrose, Angus
Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...
. It has become a much anticipated, annual event across Scotland. The festival committee is a non-profit, volunteer run organisation, dedicated to promoting free live music of all styles and genres, and at all levels, in Montrose
Montrose, Angus
Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers...
and surrounding areas. The festival actively promotes local acts as well as hosting musicians from across the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It has become successful locally, winning the Pride of Angus Award in 2008.
Inaugural Festival
The first Montrose Music Festival took place over the weekend of Friday 31 May - Sunday 1 June 2008 and was an overwhelming success, bringing thousands of visitors and an estimated £500,000 boost to the local economy. The main attraction of the inaugural festival was the Friday night opening concert by the legendary Average White Band, regarded by many as the perfect band to open the first festival because of Montrose's connection with original AWB saxophonist's Malcolm Duncan (musician)Malcolm Duncan (musician)
Malcolm "Molly" Duncan is a tenor saxophonist and founding member of Average White Band.Duncan has recorded with Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Buddy Guy, Ben E...
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During the Saturday and Sunday, the music moved into the pubs and hotels with over 60 free entry gigs over the two days, with acts of varying genres entertaining thousands of music fans. Amongst these acts were: Highly respected harmonica player Fraser Speirs
Fraser Speirs
Fraser Speirs is a Glasgow-based harmonica player. Originally trained as a medical illustrator, Speirs has been performing for over 30 years and is now an internationally-known performer and teacher....
, Award winning Scottish folk band Malinky
Malinky
Malinky is a Scottish folk band specialising in Scots song.Formed in autumn 1998, the original members were Karine Polwart from Banknock, Stirlingshire , Steve Byrne from Arbroath , Mark Dunlop from Garryduff, Co...
, Young English Singer/songwriter Joni Fuller
Joni Fuller
Joni Amelia Fuller is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist from Lancashire.Joni persuaded her parents to buy her a violin for her 5th birthday. Aged 8, she was accepted into the Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music...
and upcoming Oxford based alt-rock band Lights Action.
2008 line up
- The Floor
- Havana Swing
- Brown Eye Superfly
- Average White Band
- MalinkyMalinkyMalinky is a Scottish folk band specialising in Scots song.Formed in autumn 1998, the original members were Karine Polwart from Banknock, Stirlingshire , Steve Byrne from Arbroath , Mark Dunlop from Garryduff, Co...
- Joni FullerJoni FullerJoni Amelia Fuller is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist from Lancashire.Joni persuaded her parents to buy her a violin for her 5th birthday. Aged 8, she was accepted into the Junior School at the Royal Northern College of Music...
- Lights Action
- Gerry Jablonski
- Georgia Crawl
- Lights Out By Nine
- Kashmir Red
2009 line up
The 2009 festival took place over the weekend from Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 May. Building on the success of the 2008 festival, organisers booked Scottish band, Deacon BlueDeacon Blue
Deacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond....
to headline the 2009 festival. Demand for the opening concert was so high that the tickets were sold out within 20 minutes.
- Deacon BlueDeacon BlueDeacon Blue are a Scottish pop band formed in Glasgow during 1985. Their name was taken from the title of the Steely Dan song "Deacon Blues". The band consists of vocalist Ricky Ross and Lorraine McIntosh, keyboard player James Prime and drummer Dougie Vipond....
- The Trade
- Alto Elite
- Blue Belly
- Descartes
- Doghouse Roses
- The Fortunate Sons
- Ghosts of Progress
- The Goodnights
- Havana Swing
- Home Made Jam
- Kinch
- The Sons O' The Soil
- The Worry Beads
2010 line up
Pre-Festival
- Skerryvore
- Heidrum
- Southern Tenant Folk Union
- The ProclaimersThe ProclaimersThe Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid . They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be ". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents...
- Ocean Colour SceneOcean Colour SceneOcean Colour Scene are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date.-Early days :...
Festival
- The Fortunate Sons
- The Simple Touch
- Independence
- Lord Luken
- Tommy Reilly (Scottish musician)Tommy Reilly (Scottish musician)Tommy Reilly is a Scottish singer–songwriter from Torrance, East Dunbartonshire. He gained recognition after winning the Channel 4 TV show Orange unsignedAct. Shortly after, Reilly's first single "Gimme A Call" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release. Reilly...
- Gerry Jablonski
- Baby Isaac
- Black Cat Jook band
- Bluebelly
- Blues Deluxe
- Boycotts
- Colin Clyne
- The ConspiratorsThe ConspiratorsThe Conspirators is a 1944 film directed by Jean Negulesco. It stars Hedy Lamarr and Paul Henreid.-Cast:*Hedy Lamarr as Irene Von Mohr*Paul Henreid as Vincent Van Der Lyn*Sydney Greenstreet as Ricardo Quintanilla*Peter Lorre as Jan Bernazsky...
- The Gillyflowers
- Millsyeck
- Nosmo King
- Peski Kings
- Retract The Accolade
- River Devils
- Sandy Tweeddale
- Scott MacDonald