Kelburn Garden Party, 3 & 4 July
Two days of superb talent in sublime settings. Oh, and IT HAS A PAINTED CASTLE
One-hundred-and-fifty words offers precious little opportunity to wax lyrical on all of the meritorious facets of the Kelburn Garden Party, but I only need five anyway: it’s got a painted castle. A. Painted. Castle. A sizeable posse of local and international bands and DJs have jumped at the chance to gawp at the Technicolor edifice on the idyllic Kelburn grounds; alongside Scottish indie favourites Broken Records and Meursault, rave kids and techno grown-ups alike can look forward to globetrotting Ninja Tune mainstay DJ Vadim’s presentation of ‘The Electric’, dubstep from Glasgow-based DJs Taz Buckfaster and NoFACE, the chameleonic house music pillar that is Tom Middleton and a ton of other beatsmiths worth the attentions of your spirit-glazed eyes and ears. Incidentally, Kelburn’s aural delights are also augmented by various workshops, one of which includes Brazilian martial art Capoeira – presumably so as to demonstrate the consequences of peeing on the mural. Consider yourself warned, a certain Mr. Vile.
3 & 4 July, Capacity limited to 500, £48