Wickerman Festival 2016 cancelled

The Scottish festival, headlined in 2015 by Example, Squeeze, The Waterboys and Tom Odell, will be back next year

News By | 27 January 2016

The eponymous wicker man at Wickerman Festival 2009 © Stephen McLeod Blythe

There will be no Wickerman Festival this year. The Scottish festival, held near the village of Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright, was scheduled for 22 and 23 July but had yet to announce a line-up. Example, Julian Cope, Squeeze, Tom Odell and The Waterboys headlined in 2015.

There will be no Wickerman Festival this year.

The Scottish festival, held near the village of Dundrennan, near Kirkcudbright, was scheduled for 22 and 23 July but had yet to announce a line-up. Example, Julian Cope, Squeeze, Tom Odell…

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