The very first batch of 2011 Wickerman Festival tickets will be released to the public on Halloween - Sunday 31 October. And for every tenth ticket buyer, there’s an extra-special treat to mark Scotland’s best-loved festival reaching its tenth birthday.
The tenth Wickerman Festival takes place at East Kirkcarswell Farm in Dumfries & Galloway on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 July 2011 with the first batch of adult weekend tickets held at the 2010 early bird price of £85. Every tenth adult weekend ticket of the first batch, however, will be sold at the 2002 price of £23.
What started as a relatively small-scale community youth project of 1,500 people has now grown ten-fold with the 2010 festival attracting more than 15,000 music fans from all around the world.
Building its reputation on the extraordinary diversity of its acts and friendliness of its audience, such stellar names as Ocean Colour Scene, The Charlatans, KT Tunstall, The Human League, The Zutons and The Proclaimers, have appeared at Wickerman over the years. It’s also the place to discover the stars of the future with Frightened Rabbit, I Blame Coco and Emma's Imagination (winner of Sky TV's 'Must Be The Music' competition) having played Wickerman early on in their careers.
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- Date: Friday 22nd July 2011
- Event: The Wickerman Festival 2011 at Wickerman Festival Site
- Venue: Wickerman Festival Site
- Artists: Riva Starr, Citizen, The Dangleberries, Krafty Kuts, Craig Charles, Feeder, Yasmin, The Hoosiers, The Damned, Utah Saints, D.O.D, Fire Exit, King Kurt, X-Press 2, David Dunne, Department S, Middle Finger Salute, Ki Creighton, James, Meat Katie
It’s not just about music though. Away from the multitude of music stages Wickerfans have enjoyed grass sledging, fun fairs, dance lessons, headphone disco, movie screenings, wood carving and even ice skating at previous festivals.
Highlight of the weekend is always the burning of the vast Wickerman sculpture whose presence is a nod to the cult film which was filmed in the area. Each Wickerman Festival comes to a climax with the torching of this specially-commissioned work of art creating the most memorable image of the whole festival calendar.
Helen Chalmers, festival coordinator, said: “With every year the Wickerman Festival has grown in stature, but we have maintained our core spirit by focusing on what we set out to do in the first year, which is to create a community music event that everyone can enjoy.”
TICKETS FOR THE WICKERMAN FESTIVAL 2010 GO ON SALE WITH SKIDDLE ON SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER
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