Connect Music Festival

For the unrelated festival in Saskatchewan, see Connect Music Festival (Canada).

Connect Music Festival

Jarvis Cocker performing on the main stage of the inaugural Connect Music Festival held on the banks of Loch Fyne on the west coast of Scotland, UK
Location(s)	Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland
Years active	2007, 2008
Genre	Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Dance

The Connect Music Festival was a music festival that took place in the grounds of Inveraray Castle, located on the banks of Loch Fyne in Argyll, Scotland. It was aimed at more mature music fans^[1] and recent headliners included the Beastie Boys, Björk and Franz Ferdinand.^[2][1] The inaugural festival was held in 2007 and was repeated in 2008. The festival did not take place in 2009^[3] or 2010 with the organisers blaming high running costs and the effects of the Financial crisis of 2007–2010.

Format

It is composed of five stages of music and two other areas:

• The Oyster Stage - Main Stage hosting the headline acts and other bands
• Guitars & Other Machines - More popular and less well known rock bands
• Manicured Noise - Electronic and Dance acts
• Unknown Pleasures - Ambient acts (playing through the night)
• The Double Six Club - A drinking and social area
• Circuses and Bread - Food and drink area
• Your Sound Bandstand - Unsigned Scottish acts chosen by the Your Sound Network

2007 Festival

The festival was held between the 31st of August and the 2nd of September 2007. The festival damaged the Winterton shinty pitch, home of Inveraray Shinty Club, meaning that the pitch was unplayable for the rest of the 2007 season.^[4]

Line-up

Oyster Stage

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Beastie Boys The Jesus and Mary Chain Jarvis Cocker Cansei de Ser Sexy Trashcan Sinatras Steven Lindsay Amy Macdonald	Primal Scream Mogwai Teenage Fanclub The Divine Comedy The Hold Steady The Only Ones The Fire Engines 1990s	Björk LCD Soundsystem M.I.A. Regina Spektor Craig Armstrong Scott Matthews Seasick Steve Patrick Wolf

Guitars & Other Machines

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
The Go! Team Super Furry Animals King Creosote Aereogramme Jamie Scott and the Town Captain Stephen Fretwell Make Model	Modest Mouse Echo & the Bunnymen Sons & Daughters Rilo Kiley Vashti Bunyan Bat for Lashes Astrid Williamson The Parsonage Choir	Idlewild Big Star The Polyphonic Spree Seth Lakeman My Latest Novel Tilly and the Wall Newton Faulkner The Kissaway Trail

Manicured Noise

Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Nouvelle Vague Optimo The Aliens Alex Smoke Vector Lovers Palladium Big Face Dblspk DJs Sleepless Crew	Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet & Steve Reid Black Dog Slam Two Gallants Nathan Fake Marcia Blaine School For Girls Numbers DJs	Hot Chip Tom Middleton & Fred Deakin present Cosmic Fury Paul Hartnoll's Ideal Connection The Bays Candie Payne Harri and Domenic Octogen Aqualung Jim Hutchison and Brian Murnin

Your Sound Bandstand

In no specific order We Are The Physics The Twilight Sad Invisibles Stopstarts Oscillation The Kazoo Funk Orchestra Le Reno Amps Yellow Bentines The Scarlet Early Songs Rick Redbeard Six People Away The Ads Jack Butler Frightened Rabbit Low Miffs Baillie And The Fault The Apple Scruffs Hi 5 Alive El Padre

2008 Festival

In 2008, the festival changed its name to Hydro Connect due to sponsorship from Scottish Hydro Electric.^[5] It was held between Friday 29 August and Sunday 31 August.

Line-up

The artists that performed included Kasabian, Manic Street Preachers, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Amy MacDonald, Sigur Rós, Goldfrapp, Paolo Nutini, Glasvegas, Mercury Rev, Gossip, Elbow, Duffy, The Coral, Ladytron, The Roots, Sparks, Crystal Castles, Young Knives, Santigold and Joan As Police Woman, Gomez, Foy Vance, Noah and the whale.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "BBC News Article". 2008-04-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7328430.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
2. ^ "BBC News Article". 2007-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6472087.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
3. ^ "BBC News Article". 2009-02-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7865390.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
4. ^ "Wing Centre Shinty Blog". http://keepingoutofthed.blogspot.com/2007/09/snatching-defeat-from-jaws-of-victory.html. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 
5. ^ "Scottish Hydro Electric News Article". http://www.hydro.co.uk/News/Archives.aspx?ID=15614. Retrieved 2009-03-10. 

External links

• BBC Coverage