A Celtic Festival

Fiddle player Duncan Chisholm. Photo credit: The Hebridean Celtic Festival.

Fancy going to a celtic festival, this summer? If you’re traveling or living in Scotland, then head to Hebridean Celtic Festival which has again been named one of the top 10 UK summer festivals by Songlines.

Based in Stornoway, in the island of Lewis, the Hebridean Celtic Festival (HebCelt) will be held this summer from July 16-19, 2014. The festival’s headliners will include Levellers, Big Country and Donnie Munro.

Award-winning fiddle player Duncan Chisholm will be recognized by the Scottish festival by being invited into the Hebridean Celtic Festival’s Hall of Fame. A solo artist, composer and accompanist, Chisholm was nominated as Musician of the Year in the 2013 Radio 2 Folk Awards.

“The Hebridean Celtic Festival is a jewel in the Scottish music calendar,” says Chisholm. “I was lucky enough to play the first festival and over the years I have seen it grow into a major international event.”

Hebridean Celtic Festival. Photo credit: Hebridean Celtic Festival.

Considered one of the greenest festivals in the world, in 2013, HebCelt was the only Scottish event to receive an Outstanding award from the environmental campaign group A Greener Festival. HebCelt was also shortlisted in the Best Independent Festival category in the AIM Independent Music Awards and the Greener Festival category of the UK Festival Awards.

Here are the Songlines Top 10 UK Summer Festivals:

1. Africa Oyé
2. Cambridge Folk Festival
3. Hebridean Celtic Festival
4. Glastonbury Festival
5. Larmer Tree Festival
6. Norfolk & Norwich Festival
7. Shambala Festival
8. Shrewsbury Folk Festival
9. Towersey Festival
10. WOMAD Charlton Park