Search is on for Face of Bella

Inverness Courier – THE race is on to find the Face of Bella. The Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, which takes place over the weekend of 5th/6th August, has teamed up with The Inverness Courier and the Eastgate Shopping Centre to offer the ultimate modelling prize. We need one boy and one girl to be the [...]

Belladrum Festival adds to line-up as Saturday sells out

STV – Saturday tickets to Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival have officially sold out, with Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed and Tom Odell also now added to the bill. The event takes place on August 5 and 6 this year near Beauly in Inverness-shire, and is headlined by Texas and Deacon Blue. As well as the Saturday tickets [...]

Top groups to headline Belladrum festival

Press and Journal – Echo and the Bunnymen and Frightened Rabbit are joining the line-up for a hotly anticipated Highland summer festival. The two critically-acclaimed groups will be headlining the Hothouse Tent at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, near Beauly. Scottish acts Texas and Deacon Blue are headlining the main stage at the two-day festival, which [...]

Deacon Blue and Texas to headline Belladrum

BBC – The headline acts for this summer’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival have been announced. Texas and Deacon Blue will top the bill at the music event at Beauly, near Inverness. Musician Newton Faulkner, gypsy punk band Drunken Balordi and Celtic rock fusion band Skerryvore, from Tiree, will be among the other acts appearing over [...]

PICTURES: Tartan Heart Festival, Belladrum

The weather turned nice for the Tartan Heart Festival at Belladrum and thousands enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in dry conditions.
And local police have said they are generally pleased with the behaviour of the majority of revellers at this year’s event.
Around 13,000 people attended the ‘family-friendly’ festival between Thursday and Sunday and, as in previous [...]

VIDEO: Belladrum festival set for biggest event ever

STV – Beauly in Inverness-shire is gearing up for another sold out Belladrum festival. Acts including Amy Macdonald, Badly Drawn Boy and Feeder will be entertaining the crowds in this, the event’s seventh year. Around 13,000 revellers are expected to attend the musical showpiece which has built up a firm reputation for being family friendly. [...]

Badly Drawn Boy latest to sign up for Belladrum

Press and Journal – MERCURY Prize winning singer-songwriter Badly Drawn Boy is the latest artist to be confirmed for the Tartan Heart Festival at Belladrum this summer. The star is best known for his album The Hour of Bewilderbeast and his soundtrack to the film, About A Boy.

Bob Marley’s wailers coming to Belladrum

Press and Journal – BOB Marley’s legendary The Wailers are to make their first visit to the Highlands as one of the headline acts playing the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in August.

Scots star Amy Macdonald gets private jet to fly in for Belladrum

Daily Record – AMY Macdonald has given in to rock star excess – by hiring a private jet for her headline slot at Belladrum. The This Is The Life singer will ditch her girl-next-door image as she flies in luxury from the Highland festival on August 7. The millionaire star’s management lined up the plane [...]

Feeder and Amy MacDonald to play Belladrum

BBC – Singer Amy MacDonald and the band Feeder have been announced as the headline acts at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival. Other acts to appear over 6 and 7 August include the Wailers, Levellers, The Vatersay Boys, Stornoway and Divine Comedy.

Forres hotelier wins tourism ‘oscar’

THE owner of the Knockomie Hotel in Forres has won a Scottish tourism ‘oscar’ for his leadership and vision in the industry.

Early bird tickets released for Belladrum

One of the Highlands’ most successful music festivals is celebrating being nominated for four awards by releasing 500 tickets for next year’s festival this week, reports STV

‘Big cat’ shock for Highland rocker

THE lead singer of a Highland rock band claims he had a close encounter with a big cat coming back from the Belladrum Festival on Friday, reports the Highland News today.

Fees fear for future festivals

TICKET prices for major festivals such as RockNess and Belladrum look likely to increase if “ludicrous” plans to hike up licensing fees get the go ahead, reports the Inverness Courier today.

Headliners are a hit at Belladrum

THE crowds at Belladrum were in raptures as soon as the familiar guitar riff of Ocean Colour Scene’s The Riverboat Song began late on Saturday night.
Press and Journal

Belladrum revellers win praise from police

Police have praised the behaviour and general good-hearted atmosphere at the Tartan Heart Festival, which attracted record crowds at the weekend at Belladrum.
Event commander Chief Inspector Jim Neil praised revellers who attended the two day festival for their good behaviour throughout.
Around 12,000 music fans attended the event and Police are pleased to report that there [...]

Belladrum 2009 video and pictures

Watch the Belladrum video on YouTube
Video by Marc Hindley.
Photos by Marc Hindley and Aaron Sneddon.
Click here for more pictures and see if YOU’VE been caught on camera by one of our photographers at the festival..
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‘Positive’ atmosphere at Belladrum

The Tartan Heart festival at Belladrum got off to a sunny start yesterday with people in good spirits and no reports of trouble.
Police have reported that there have been no instances of disorder and no serious incidents, and appears to be living up to its reputation of being a friendly festival.
Event Commander, Chief Inspector Jim [...]

Belladrum, your tweets:

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Belladrum festival a ’sell-out’

The Belladrum Tartan Heart music festival in the Highlands sells out ahead of the start of the two-day event.

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