Winners of the prestigious Mercury Award in 2014 Young Fathers have been announced for Knockengorroch World Ceildh festival’s 18th year. They will travel to the natural amphitheatre in the hills to play the Saturday night on the Bo Airigh Greenstage.

The band will be joined by Peatbog Faeries and Shooglenifty, with Knockengorroch’s infamous Sunday ceilidh to be called by ceilidh maestros Awry. Also added is London Afrobeat Collective, Ferocious Dog, Aziza Brahim Scratch Perverts & Mungos Hi Fi. 

Festival director Liz Holmes said ‘we are delighted with our line-up which covers music from all walks and lives and backgrounds, rich and diverse and reflecting the communality of music which Knockengorroch has always promoted.’

One of the longest running greenfield festivals in Scotland the event features further attractions including theatre, dance, circus, fire, environmental workshops, kids area, silent disco, arts, crafts, food, camping, a sauna and a cinema. The festival takes place 21 to 14 May 2015 at Knockengorroch farm in Dumfries and Galloway

The full line-up so far Young Fathers, Peatbog Faeries, Shooglenifty, Scratch Perverts, Macka b, Ferocious Dog, Baghdaddies, DJ Format, Mungos Hi Fi Sound System, Aziza Brahim, John Langan Band, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, Age of Glass, Awry, Blackbeard’s Tea Party, London Afrobeat Collective, No Go Stop, the Amphetameanies, Bunty Looping, Jeremy Mage, Colonel Mustard and the Dijon Five and many more to be announced.