Mull of Kintyre Music Festival: Join the Adventure

The Mull of Kintyre Music Festival (MOK Fest) is an event for all the family which celebrates traditional and contemporary Scottish, Irish and Pan Celtic music.  Based in Campbeltown, the event has a great mix of free outdoor events, concerts, ceilidh’s, music sessions, workshops, children’s entertainment, parades from large venues to intimate halls.  

This five-day event offers a mixture of ticketed concerts as well as the return of Up the Close at Springbank Distillery carpark.  What’s more, this year’s event is the first live festival in Scotland this year and also one of the first events where dancing will be allowed which means that all three Victoria Hall concerts will be much closer to normal. All concerts will be held within Scottish Government guidelines having lower capacities which will allow the audience to enjoy each concert. 

Mull of Kintyre Music Festival: The Line Up

Image: Elephant Sessions are playing this year's MOK Fest 

The Saturday night concerts on Aug 20 promise a fantastic night of music with indie folk sensations Elephant Sessions and Trail West headlining the ‘Glen Scotia West Coast Rocks’ concert with Rhuvaal. The Traditional concert the same night in Campbeltown Heritage Centre will headline with Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham supported by Ellie Beaton with Gillie O’Flaherty.

The Fiobha Ceilidh Band is guaranteed to get everyone dancing at the Festival Ceilidh Night on Aug 19.  Also playing are a young six piece traditional band, Cala with The Dalriada Connections Band and Kintyre Schools Pipe Band also performing.

The Kilkerran Dalriada Connections Concert on Aug 21 has another great line-up with headline act Brian MacNeill supported by Ceolta from NI plus many more local and visiting artists. 

The festival opening concert on Aug 17 is the Beinn an Tuirc Festival Gaelic Night in the Argyll Hotel  Campbeltown which headlines with Calum Alex MacMillan & Ross Martin who will be joined by a host of Gaelic performers.  The following evening Young Folk Night will feature the usual fantastic selection of young musicians from across Kintyre.

The closing concert on Aug 21, Survivors Night, headlines with Slainte Davaar Allstars with many guest bands including Rhuvaal, FLING, Alex, Archie & Arran McAllister, Gilchristians and Che Martin.

Buy your tickets for The Mull of Kintyre Music Festival now

Tickets are going well for this year’s events are on sale from TicketWeb and A.P. Taylors, Main Street Campbeltown. Purchase your tickets now.

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