Every year since 1998, musicians from around the world have journeyed to Knockengorroch to perform against the stunning backdrop of the Carsphairn hills in the South West of Scotland; celebrating, showcasing and sharing their unique sounds. 2016’s line up sees a diverse and rich pool of talent native to Scotland set to play alongside their transcontinental contemporaries. Here we take
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Music from Around the World to The Ceilidh
The World Ceilidh each year plays host to an unmatched range of diverse sounds, cultures and peoples coming together from all far corners of the world to meet in the hills of Galloway and take on a new musical journey together. This year the party promises to be bigger than ever and we take a
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Soundsystems to the Hills, Bass to the People!
As picturesque as the setting of the Knockengorroch World Ceilidh may be, the hills will be alive and jumping with sounds and people the weekend of 26—29 May and we’ve invited a couple of world famous soundsystems to help us along on our musical travels… Knockengorroch residents of the highest reggae order since 2005, once
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Dress Up Theme 2016: Journeys
If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Our dress-up theme this year follows our theme of migration onto the subject of all types of journeys. Birds, beasts and humans: from the migrating buffalo to the Scottish human diaspora, all have migrated across sea and land since the dawn of life on earth.The meetings
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The Longhouse, Knockengorroch’s Gem
There are many unique areas of Knockengorroch World Ceilidh to be discovered – from saunas by the river to voodoo dance dens… By the medieval village at the quieter end of the site, the Langwhan (Longhouse) is one of the gems of Knockengorroch. Begun in 2005 the Langwhan has slowly progressed, with the help of
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Worldwide Old Skool Names Rock the World Ceilidh 2016
Along with the vast, diverse range of world and roots music on offer for the visitors to this year’s Knockengorroch festival, we also have some of the biggest old skool names travelling to our unique Scottish location to rock the party with us into the wee hours… Krafty Kuts is one of the original pioneering names
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