Connect Festival
Immerse yourself in a unique and extraordinary celebration of music and the arts when the Connect Festival returns to the Royal Highland Centre in August!
About Connect Festival
Connect will celebrate the best of times – allowing us to reconnect with live music and with each other in 2023. We will share the music and our experiences as we live in the moment together. Let’s reconnect with the people and things we love. This is Connect.
Bringing you the very best music from global stars to local heroes, from grassroots to international, we are building a festival for you to discover and enjoy. But Connect is so much more than music, it’s wrapped in outstanding experiences; comedy, spoken word, debate, visual arts as well as exceptional food and drink from local talent and big-name Scottish chefs. Open minds and open hearts welcome.
Line up:
Friday 25th:
Primal Scream / Franz Ferdinand / Future Islands / House Gospel Choir / Ethan P. / Flynn / Confidence Man / Jockstrap / Humour / Kruder & Dorfmeister / David Holmes / DIJA
Saturday 26th:
Fred again.. / Young Fathers / Roisin Murphy / MUNA / Kelly Lee Owens / Biig Piig / Free Love / Friendly Fires / Rachel Chinouriri / TAAHLIAH / Leith Ross / Terra Kin / Redolent / Louis Culture / L'objectif / Optimo (Espacio) / Eclair Fifi / Sofay / Joy (Anonymous) / J Wax / Jamie Gunn
Sunday 27th:
boygenius / Loyle Carner / Raye / Olivia Dean / Public Service Broadcasting / Lightning Seeds / Christian Lee Hutson / Arab Strap / Beth Orton / Wunderhorse / Kamal. / Katie Gregson Macleod / Panic Shack / Daniel Avery / Mona Yim (DJ Set) / Frankie Elys
Taking the weekend beyond live music, organisers have announced yoga instructors, tarot readers, breathwork coaches and so many more wellness practitioners will be at the Rest & Be Thankful tent this summer, a wellness retreat nestled in the Royal Highland Showgrounds.
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