Genre Multiple Attendance 2,500 | Years active 2005 - present Capacity 2,500 Dates 29 Sep – 30 Sep 2017 | |
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Nominations UK Festival Award for Best Grass Roots Festival Similar Tartan Heart Festival, RockNess, Hebridean Celtic Festival, Callander Jazz and Blues Fes, Solas Festival Profiles | ||
Davy sam cowan davy the hosebeast loopallu festival 2016
Loopallu is a 2-day music festival that takes place in Ullapool, in the north of Scotland. It has been held annually since 2005 attracting 2,500 people which essentially doubles the population of the town while the event is being held.
Contents
- Davy sam cowan davy the hosebeast loopallu festival 2016
- Lucy spraggan dear you live at loopallu festival ullapool 2016
- History
- 2013 lineup
- 2014 lineup
- References
The festival takes place in Ullapool with the main stage located only metres from the shore of Loch Broom, in a big-top tent. After the acts on the main stage finish a string of fringe events continue into the early hours, offering live music.
Lucy spraggan dear you live at loopallu festival ullapool 2016
History
The first Loopallu was held in 2005, with the American rockgrass band Hayseed Dixie promoting the festival and being the headline act. The success of the event was also attributed to support being shown by BBC Radio 2’s Janice Long. The festival has been organised by local promoter Robert Hicks. The name of the festival is the name of the town, spelled backwards. It has played host to Mumford & Sons, Franz Ferdinand, Paolo Nutini. Echo & the Bunnymen and the Levellers.
In 2014 the festival added a literary tent, teaming up with the Ullapool Book Festival. That year the ticket quota sold out in advance of the acts being announced, and there were about 2,500 people attending the event on each of the days it was held.
The next festival will be held on 29 – 30 September 2017.
2013 lineup
The Enemy, Newton Faulkner, The Temperance Movement, Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire.
2014 lineup
Utah Saints, Twin Atlantic, The Undertones, Shed Seven, Alabama 3, Public Service Broadcasting, Hunter and the Bear, Caithness-based rock band Neon Waltz and Wishaw-based indie band Vigo Thieves, Mark Radcliffe and his band The Foes.