Dumfries and Galloways Newest Festival ‘Electric Fields’ Lights up with a bright start !
With the end of August only a days away, 1500 people could be found partying to more than 40 bands, artists, and DJ’s, under the watchful gaze and sun-filled serenity of Drumlanrig Castles green and verdant tree-lined grounds. So, as a new adventure, a one-dayer, the new kid on the festival block smashed it. We’d like to this think that this was a fantastic way to close the summer festival season in Dumfriesshire, if not Scotland.
Co-founders Alex Roberts & Chay Woodman, as well as the rest of our truly dedicated team, would like to thank everybody that turned up. The atmosphere veered between the best festival we’ve ever been to,including having families galore, and a classic Hogmanay vibe with the atmosphere turned up high. The music ran from 11.30am to 00.30am and apart from one DJ being replaced due to illness, the full brace of bands arrived, played and partied with everyone else, including our stunning headliner, Fatherson. Having Alex Kapranos from Franz Ferdinand strap on his guitar and jump onstage for the last song with his old band The Amphetameanies was a fantastic surprise. Thankfully we managed keep that one a secret, in between a lot of grinning.
Will the festival get any bigger? There’s always room for expansion.
Sadly, a handful of tents did have some items stolen, which is being dealt with by the police. Although the loss figure is quite high, half of this is roughly due to one particular tent containing a very expensive high end camera & lens as well as a significant amount of cash. We are of course disappointed that this happened, however, this does seem indicative of all festivals. The crowd, other than this incident and one person being arrested for drunk and disorderly, behaved impeccably, and we salute their greatness immensely.
Chay Woodman and Alex Roberts (co-founders) stated
“We’re delighted with the overall success of the first and now inaugural Electric Fields. The weather was kind and the festival goers were in great spirits. We feel that we’ve created a family friendly event that stands out from everything else in Dumfries & Galloway, including musically. The feedback has been overwhelming and with the majority of ticket buyers coming from outside of the region, we’re obviously on the right path nationally. More than enough reason to start planning for 2015!’
Jim Gellatly – DJ & Broadcaster, XFM Radio. Who introduced the bands onto the stages stated –
“My dream festival line-up, with so much amazing emerging music from Scotland.”
The Full DGWGO review with Loads more photos and video footage from the festival will be Online soon.
All Photos Copyright R.B Photography .
