{"id":15999,"date":"2022-05-23T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=15999"},"modified":"2022-05-23T12:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:33:52","slug":"more-acts-revealed-as-remaining-tickets-for-speyfests-anniversary-go-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/more-acts-revealed-as-remaining-tickets-for-speyfests-anniversary-go-on-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"More Acts Revealed As Remaining Tickets for Speyfest’s Anniversary Go On Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As much-loved Moray folk festival\u00a0Speyfest<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0gears up for its long-awaited return this summer, organisers have unveiled the schedule for the 25th anniversary festival, with more acts added to the line-up. The three-day event will take place between\u00a022nd – 24th July<\/strong>, with tickets on sale 12pm today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a two-year break,\u00a0Speyfest<\/strong>\u00a0will celebrate a quarter of a century at the heart of the Speyside community in style, with a packed weekend of evening concerts, late-night \u2018stomps\u2019 and family-friendly day-time fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the raft of Scottish talent already announced to perform at the Fochabers festival, including\u00a0Red Hot Chilli Pipers<\/strong>,\u00a0Skerryvore<\/strong>,\u00a0Elephant Sessions<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham<\/strong>, emerging and local talent will also have their chance to shine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the sad news of the passing of the festival\u2019s founder, James M Alexander, organisers are now planning a fitting tribute to him and his incredible musical legacy as part of the 25th anniversary event. The festival’s closing day will see some of James\u2019 closest musical colleagues gather, including\u00a0Charlie McKerron<\/strong>,\u00a0Douglas Lawrence<\/strong>,\u00a0Paul Anderson<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Gregor Borland<\/strong>,\u00a0to share some of the tunes they played together over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speyfest<\/strong>\u00a0will once again welcome festival favourites\u00a0RURA,<\/strong>\u00a0who have been regulars on the line-up over the years, with local audiences always keen to catch Moray native\u00a0Jack Smedley<\/strong>\u00a0perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will also welcome Celtic pop act\u00a0Dougal’s Jumper<\/strong>,\u00a0upbeat contemporary trad band\u00a0T\u00ecr-M\u00f2r<\/strong>, ceilidh band\u00a0Makarakit<\/strong>\u00a0and Moray seven-piece\u00a0The Forty Elephants<\/strong>, local talent\u00a0Colin Campbell & Friends<\/strong>, Speyside trio\u00a0Kilderkin<\/strong>, north-east musicians and tutors\u00a0Don & Emma Holdernesse<\/strong>, Elgin rock artist\u00a0Danny Mortimer<\/strong>\u00a0and exciting Edinburgh folk-pop-rock group\u00a0Chameleon Lady<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Speyfest Young Entertainer of the Year<\/strong>\u00a0competition will return, with youngsters involved in all forms of Celtic entertainment, from singing and instrumental music to poetry and comedy, invited to apply. Entries are open now and the winner will get a coveted spot on the Speyfest 2022 line up.
Alongside the exciting mix of music and culture hosted in Speyfest\u2019s Tented Village, the best in local food and drink will be showcased throughout the weekend. To mark the festival\u2019s 25th anniversary, a bespoke commemorative gin created in partnership with\u00a0AVVA Scottish Gin<\/strong>\u00a0will be launched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The picturesque banks of the River Spey will also come to life with a bustling craft fair, traditional music workshops and a non-denominational Celtic Kirk Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speyfest Association Vice-Chair Ashleigh Macgregor said<\/strong>: \u201cIt\u2019s just two months until Speyfest comes back to Fochabers and we are so looking forward to welcoming faces old and new to our beloved festival as we mark an incredible 25-year milestone within the Moray community. This year\u2019s festival is made all the more poignant by the passing of our dear friend and founder James Alexander and we have every intention of doing him proud with this year\u2019s milestone event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be showcasing the very best in traditional and Celtic music and giving keen young musicians a valuable opportunity to meet and learn from the best known musicians on the scene, while injecting economic opportunities into the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you to everyone who snapped up an early bird ticket and to everyone planning on joining us across the weekend this July, it\u2019s going to be a really special weekend. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all of our sponsors and supporters\u00a0who make the festival possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First held in 1995, Speyfest has grown from a local event with one small tent holding around 300 people, to a 1500-capacity festival and much-loved jewel in the traditional music calendar in the north-east.
General tickets for Speyfest 2022 go on sale at\u00a012pm<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0Friday 20th May<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0www.speyfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As much-loved Moray folk festival\u00a0Speyfest\u00a0gears up for its long-awaited return this summer, organisers have unveiled the schedule for the 25th anniversary festival, with more acts added to the line-up. The three-day event will take place between\u00a022nd – 24th July, with tickets on sale 12pm today. After a two-year break,\u00a0Speyfest\u00a0will celebrate a quarter of a century […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-newsletter","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-4a3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16001,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15999\/revisions\/16001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}