HebCelt Festival has added 12 bands and singers from home and abroad to its four-day event for their 20th anniversary. The Festival is held in Stornoway in the island of Lewis from 15th-18th July.

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Photo: Daisy Costello & Gaurav Vaz

The acts added include: Chastity Brown, Le Vent du Nord, Raghu Dixit, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys & Jamie Smith's MABON. 

Heading the Scottish contingent is Karen Matheson, who will be heading her own band which will include husband and fellow founder member of Capercaillie, Donald Shaw. Also confirmed for the line-up is Siobhan Miller, Iain Morrison, Halcyon, Malin, Sunshine Social and Earths.

Treacherous Orchestra, and The Elephant Sessions, were previously confirmed for this year’s event.

HebCelt director Caroline Maclennan said: “We are delighted to confirm these next additions to the 2015 line-up. They represent an exciting mix of well-established and emerging talent, Scottish performers and international artists which added to those already announced will help us prepare a party to remember for our 20th anniversary.

"We look forward to adding more names to the line-up in the coming weeks.”

The festival’s landmark 20th year kicked off on 1 January, as part of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations, when artists representing HebCelt performed at a special ceilidh being held as part of a series of free live gigs in the Old Town. HebCelt:Land was one of two of events held as part of ‘Scot:Lands’ to receive a 4 star-review.