Connect Festival is returning to Scotland this weekend, kicking off at The Royal Highland Centre on Friday, August 26.
The festival unites some of the most influential and pioneering names in music from around the world with some of Scotland’s up and comers. Connect Festival hasn’t been put on in over ten years, with the last events held at Inveraray Castle in Argyll in 2007 and 2008.
This time, organisers say it’s back and ‘better than ever’. We’ve got everything you need to know about whose performing, how to get tickets, timings and more.
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Acts
August 26
IDLES, Jon Hopkins, John Grant, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, The Mysterines, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Future Utopia, Maeve, Joesef, Moses Boyd, CMAT, LYRA, Cloth, Jealous of the Birds, LVRA , Optimo (Espacio), I. JORDAN, Hammer, TAAHLIAH, KILIMANJARO, Pocket, Black Scot Pod, LVRA in Conversation, Fern Brady, Tiny Changes Keynote, Sean McLoughlin, Mark Nelson, Katie Pritchard, Conor Burns.
August 27
The Chemical Brothers, Bonobo, The Twilight Sad, Caribou, Holly Humberstone, Chloe Moriondo, Lucia & The Best Boys, RIDE playing Nowhere, LOW, Matt Maltese, Willie J Healey, NewDad, Swim School, The Joy Hotel, Opus Kink, Erol Alkan, Krystal Klear, Dance System, Nightwave, Push It, Nadia Summer B2B DIJA, Leyla Josephine, Marjolein Robertson, Stuart Braithwaite & James Graham in Conversation, Tom Cashman, Finlay Christie, Jenny Bede, Brennan Reece.
August 28
The National, Mogwai, Bombay Bicycle Club, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Rae Morris, Rachel Chinouriri, Idlewild playing The Remote Part, Admiral Fallow, Sudan Archives, DEHD, Hamish Hawk, Lizzie Reid, Kathleen Frances, Horse Meat Disco, Sam Gellaitry, Jamz Supernova, Barry Can’t Swim, Rebecca Vasmant, Karma Kid, Darren McGarvery, Rebecca Vasmant in Conversation, Justin Moorhouse, Becky Lucas, Joe Wells, Troy Hawke, Jo Caufield & Alycia Pirmohamed.
Tickets
Tickets are available on the website.
General Admission begins at £65 plus booking fees for a day ticket, or a three-day ticket for £165 plus booking fees. VIP day tickets are priced at £95 plus booking fees, or a VIP three-day ticket is available for £240.
Travel
Car parking at the festival is available for £10 per day on Ticketmaster. The nearest tram stop is a 25-minute walk away, or is accessible through the festival’s free shuttle bus.
Happy buses are available from various points across Scotland from Hamilton to Helensburgh or Glenrothes. Prices start at £16.
Additionally, the Airlink buses run regularly from both Glasgow and Edinburgh and drop off near the festival site.
Timings
The car parks at the festival are open from 8am on Friday, August 26 until midday on Monday, August 29. The arena is open from midday until 10.30pm each day.
If you’re camping, the campsite is open from Friday, August 26 at 9am until Monday, August 29 at 11am.
Age policy
The festival doesn’t allow anyone under the age of five, and anyone between the age of five and fifteen must be accompanied by someone over the age of 21. They’ve asked anyone with a child to print out a guardianship form, and pass it to a member of staff on entry.
A full list of information is available on the Connect Festival website.
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