First acts announced for NC50 Music Fest in Inverness city centre – they include Rope Limit, The Whiskys; Chancers; Space Van; The Groove Bloods; The Vandal; Sherbit; Craig Robertson; Lucid Liars; Paul Maciver; Pat Dennis; Dylan Tierney; Felix Saunders; 100th Monkey; and Ramanan Ritual
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Organisers of the Highland capital’s newest music festival have revealed some of the acts who will be taking part.
The NC50 Music Fest will run next month at a number of venues over two days across Inverness.
Organiser Steve Robertson, from Hootananny, said they were hoping to have more than 50 bands performing – with the main day on Thursday, October 27, and fringe activities on Wednesday, October 26.
He said the list of acts was growing and so far they include: Rope Limit, The Whiskys; Chancers; Space Van; The Groove Bloods; The Vandal; Sherbit; Craig Robertson; Lucid Liars; Paul Maciver; Pat Dennis; Dylan Tierney; Felix Saunders; 100th Monkey; and Ramanan Ritual.
Mr Robertson said: “We are blown away by the excitement from the local community over the announcement of NC50 happening in the Inverness city centre.
“It’s amazing to see such a collection of fantastic acts taking part in the event and the public showing such great support already.”
Mark Savage, from Space Van, said: “It’s amazing to see something like this come together and being steered by the pubs and bars in Inverness.
“We had a great set at Belladrum Festival and are very much looking forward to playing NC50!”
Dylan Tierney added: “First of all I would like to say that I am happy to be taking part in this new and exciting festival, NC50. I think it’s great for Inverness to have something new and something fresh. I think Inverness certainly does need something like this. It’s always nice to be involved in new projects and hopefully this will be a successful couple of days for our city and our music scene.”
The Groove Bloods, which consists of two sets of brothers, started during Covid and plays a mix of obscure covers described as funky Americana.
They said: “We are all members of Inverness Shinty Club and hope to see some caman-wielding comrades see us play at [an] NC50 that looks absolutely fantastic.”
