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Connect Music Festival
Connect Music Festival 2007 - Jarvis Cocker.jpg
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
Genre Alternative rock, Punk rock, Indie rock, Dance
Location(s) Inveraray Castle, Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland
Years active 2007, 2008

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 and recent headliners included the Beastie Boys, Björk and Franz Ferdinand. The inaugural festival was held in 2007 and was repeated in 2008, sponsored by SSE and named Hydro Connect. The festival did not take place in 2009 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 31 August and 2 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.

Line-up

Oyster Stage

Friday Saturday Sunday
  • Primal Scream
  • Mogwai
  • Teenage Fanclub
  • The Divine Comedy
  • The Hold Steady
  • The Only Ones
  • The Fire Engines
  • 1990s

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
  • 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

2008 Festival

In 2008, the festival changed its name to Hydro Connect due to sponsorship from Scottish Hydro Electric. 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.

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