Doune the Rabbit Hole festival has announced that The Peatbog Faeries will headline Friday night at this years festival. Doune the Rabbit Hole returns for its fifth year described as a small-scale music and art festival that aims to offer a friendlier alternative to larger events by creating a fantastically unique atmosphere and offering visitors the chance to take part in a variety of activities and workshops that will appeal to the whole family.

Joining the Friday line up is

Peatbog Faeries, Acid Mother’s Temple, Jeffrey Lewis & the Jrams, Laura J Martin, Heatsick, The Cosmic Dead, Howie Reeve, Mickey 9s, My Old Blue Terraplane, New Urban Frontier, East Coast Defector,Sloth Metropolis & Woodwife

SATURDAY line up
Secret Chiefs 3, Balkanarama, Victorian Trout Conspiracy, Josephine Foster, Bass Clef, Stanley Brinks & The Wave Pictures, Richard Dawson, Grumbling Fur, Babe, Glad Community Choir, The Yawns, Eugene Twist Fists, Jer Reid & Solène Weinachter (Collective Endeavours), The Daddy Naggins, Daniel Meade, Jamie Flynn, Molly Wagger, Steven Kemp, Billy Ray Osiris, Looking Forward to Yesterday

SUNDAY line up
The Wave Pictures, The One Ensemble, Ela Orleans, The Shiverin’ Sheikhs, Woodenbox, Adam Stafford, Strange Blue Dreams, Dan Haywood, The Oscillation, Let’s Talk About Space, Esperanza, Flamingods, Freschard, Galoshins,
Honey & the Herbs, No More Tiger, Sharptooth, The Rope and the Colt, The Dodgy Characters, Hometown Social Club, Jacob & Rory Green 

With RockNess, The Insider and The Big Tent Festivals all being cancelled; Doune The Rabbit Hole offers a chance to relax, have fun and discover some amazing new music whilst basking in the glorious Stirlingshire countryside for a whole weekend.

Many of the artists will be hosting workshops or master-classes at the event with the focus of the festival angled towards getting people involved. From weird and wonderful instruments including Synths, Theremins and The Musical Saw, through to more traditional Fiddle, Keyboard and Drums; there will be a chance for everyone to pick up a new skill. It’s not all music: pottery, knitting, crocheting and a variety of other workshops will be on offer. Not to mention the Spoken Word tent which will host poetry, stand-up and storytelling and the Cinema which will show a range of films from family friendly flicks through to life-changing documentaries and even a late-night horror session.

The festival organisers say there are still more acts to be announced so keep your ears to the ground for the next few weeks!

Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival takes place at Cardross Estate near Port of Menteith not too far from its original home in Doune on the weekend of August 22-24 2014. Tickets are £90 for full weekend adult camping but significant early-bird discounts are available until June 1st! Under 12s go free. For more information and ticket links click here