Country, folk and trad bill assembled for a one night main stage at The McLaren Hall, Killin, on Saturday 20 June. Six acts, seven hours, 550 capacity. Final tickets on sale at killinmusicfest.com.
Cammy Barnes will headline Killin Music Fest at The McLaren Hall on Saturday 20 June 2026. The Fife singer songwriter played Killin as a featured act in 2022 before reaching a UK wide country and americana audience of more than a million followers across social media, with national radio play on BBC Radio 2 and Absolute Radio Country and a recent run of sold out tours.
The 550 capacity show takes place in a Highland village hall less than two hours by car from Glasgow or Edinburgh. Killin sits at the western end of Loch Tay, at the foot of Ben Lawers, and is best known to visitors for the Falls of Dochart in the centre of the village.
The event is supported by EventScotland’s National Events Funding Programme.
The Saturday lineup
A six act bill running across seven hours, crossing country and americana, contemporary folk, neo trad and Gaelic song.
● Cammy Barnes. Fife singer songwriter, audience of over a million across social media, national radio play and a recent run of sold out tours.
● Copper Lungs. National tours in 2026 and daytime radio play.
● Project Smok. Neo trad trio of Ali Levack, Ewan Baird and Pablo Lafuente. Levack was BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2020.
● Beth Malcolm. Scots Singer of the Year 2022 and 2024, with five star reviews in The Scotsman.
● Ruairidh Gray. Won both gold medals for Gaelic song at the 2022 Royal National Mod in Perth, only the second person ever to achieve this in the same year, and named MG ALBA Gaelic Singer of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards.
● Mad Ferret Band. Folk duo from Perth drawing on The Corries, The Pogues and Capercaillie, with credits alongside Dougie MacLean, Mànran and Julie Fowlis.
The festival has been off for two years for a reason familiar to anyone running a community event in a small village. Two couples on the volunteer organising team welcomed new babies during the break, and the team did not have the capacity to put on a full festival weekend during those early months. The 2026 event is a one night return at the team’s current capacity, with a view to building back to a fuller programme in future years.
Festival Director Gregor MacKenzie said the lineup closes a circle for the festival, and reflects its wider approach of backing artists from grass roots through to headlining.
“This year is one packed night, not our usual full weekend, and that’s our deliberate choice. A few of us on the team welcomed babies during the break, myself included, and we’re not back to full capacity yet. We wanted to come back at a pace we can sustain and deliver on. Cammy is the right artist to hit the ground running with. He featured on our 2022 lineup when we recognised the quality of his songwriting and talents back then. The wider audience he’s earned since hasn’t changed his values at all, and it’s warming that more people are discovering what we all felt in 2022. Welcoming him back now as headliner is exactly how we want our festival to operate. We back artists when they’re building, and they have a stage with us when they break through.”
Past Killin Music Fest artists include Skerryvore, Dougie MacLean, Skipinnish, Karen Matheson, Talisk, Elephant Sessions, Peatbog Faeries, Mànran and Tide Lines.
Killin Music Fest has run since 2016 and won Best Scottish Annual Music Festival at the Media Innovator Awards 2020 and Annual Music Festival of the Year at the CorporateLiveWire Global Awards 2020. The 2023 event generated an estimated £194,000 of local economic impact for Killin and the surrounding area.
Doors open at 4pm. Music runs to around 11.30pm. Accommodation in Killin is sold out for the festival weekend. Most ticket holders from outside Killin are travelling in for the night. Times, lineup and activities subject to change.
Sunday community day
Sunday 21 June is free and open to all. Capacities may be limited, so first come, first served.
● Pipe band parade through the village. Main Street, morning.
● The Col Charles Stewart Quaich, with local music, poetry and stories. The McLaren Hall, morning.
● Aberfeldy Gaelic Choir. The McLaren Hall, morning.
● Gaelic Singing Circle. Killin Hotel, afternoon.
● Shinty match. Breadalbane Park, afternoon.
Tickets
Standing, £45
Balcony seated (40 reserved seats), £45
Under 18s, £25
Last remaining tickets available at killinmusicfest.com