Eden Festival

Eden Festival
Wicker sculpture in the garden at Eden Festival in 2014.
Genre Celtic, World, Electro, Psy trance, Hip hop, Folk, Reggae
Dates Mid-June
Location(s) Raehills Meadows, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Years active 2009 - present
Website
http://www.edenfestival.co.uk/

Eden Festival is a Scottish music festival held in Raehills Meadows near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. It is a relatively small event (under 5000 capacity), and was shortlisted for the Best Family Festival award in the UK Festival Awards in 2014.[1]

Hat after a paint fight at Eden Festival in 2014 and a pint of cider in a reusable pint glass.

History

Eden began as an area of the Wickerman Festival in 2002, before becoming its own event in 2009.[2] This first festival was held in the Forest of Ae between 4–6 September, and was headlined by The Levellers.[3]

In 2010, the event moved to Raehills Meadows, near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, again in September. In 2011, the date was moved to June.[4]

In 2015, Eden Festival was named as one of 12 events recommended to be funded by Dumfries and Galloway Council's Major Events Strategic Fund. Other events on the list included the Knockengorroch festival and the Lockerbie Jazz Festival.[5]

Stages

The festival has 9 stages:

The festival also features a children's area, workshop arena, cabaret, cinema, theatre and disco.

Line up

2014

De La Soul, Artful Dodger, Bez's Acid House, Howard Marks (DJ Set & stand up), Heatwave, The Nextmen, Ghetto Funk label party including JFB, Jus Now, Electric Swing Circus, Prince Fatty ft. The Horseman, Gypsy Disco, Will And The People, Mungos Hi Fi, Asbo Disco, Dreadsquad, Beans on Toast, Hector Bizerk, Federation of The Disco Pimp, Jinx In Dub, Monk3y Logic, The Black Diamond Express, Duncan Disorderly & The Scallywags, Solko, Biggles Wartime Band, Mr. Motivator.[6]

2013

Caravan Palace (DJ Set), Ed Solo & Deekline, The Asbo Disco, Beans On Toast, Dub Mafia, Smoove & Turrell, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer, Electric Swing Circus, Mungo's Hi Fi ft Charlie P, Resonators, The Drop, Woodenbox, King Lagoons Flying Swordfish Dance Band, and Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher, Sam and the Womp, Craig Charles, Shy FX & Stamina, The Carny Villains, The Correspondents, Electric Swing Circus, Slamboree, Mr. Motivator.[7]

2012

The Cuban Brothers, Badly Drawn Boy, Dub Pistols Soundsystem, The Peatbog Faeries, Skerryvore, A Skillz, Slamboree, Sicknote, Mungos Hi Fi, King Porter Stomp, Bombskare, The Undercover Hippy, The John Langan Band, Beans On Toast, Mr Motivator[8]

2011

Gomez, Parov Stelar, Emma's Imagination, Herbaliser DJs, Zion Train, Baghdaddies, Orkestra Del Sol, Shotnez, 3 Daft Monkeys, Smerins Anti-Social Club, Louis Barabas & The Bedlam Six, Bombskare, Yes Sir Boss, East Park Reggae Collective ft Lotek, Undercover Hippy, Horndog Brass Band, The Balkan Bandits, Mojo And The Beatniks, Thrill Collins, The Drop, Drunken Balordi, Esperanza, The Indian Postal Service, Your Dad, Celtic Rasta, Sinister Flynn, More From Jim, Ska Ya Man, Brynovsky, Horndog Brass Band, The Mike Kearney Ka-Tet, The Dull Fudds, Pikey Beatz, The Dark Jokes, The Inflictors, Jimmy Lightfoot and the Disciples, The Sundancer, Portnawak and the Woo[9]

2010

Gil Scott-Heron, Zero 7 (DJ Set), Pama International, Zion Train, Belleruche, 3 Daft Monkeys, Louis Barabbas & The Bedlam Six, Yes Sir Boss, The Balkan Bandits, Biggles Wartime Band, John Langan, Drunken Balordi, Roots Manuva, Bombskare, Big Hand, Wobbly Squadron, Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle, Juno Reactor, Morph, The Meatmen, Spartan Tartan[10]

2009

The Levellers, System 7, Eatstatic, Banco De Gaia, Nucleus Roots, Bombskare, Shooglenifty, Orkestra Del Sol, The Baghdaddies, The Apples, Zuba Bassa Beat, Samba Ya Bamba, Black Cat, Zub Zub, The Destroyers.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "UK Festival Awards shortlist revealed". http://www.entertainment-focus.com/. Retrieved 26 February 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ "Eden Festival: About". Eden Festival. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Eden Festival 2009". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eden Festival 2011". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dumfries and Galloway events to get funding". www.itv.com. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eden Festival 2014". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Eden Festival 2013". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Eden Festival 2012". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  9. ↑ "Eden Festival 2011". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eden Festival 2010". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Eden Festival 2009". eFestivals. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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