This north east festival takes place at Portsoy about 50 miles west of Aberdeen. This is a Festival where every member of the family can discover, enjoy and participate in the maritime and cultural heritage of the North East. This includes sailing, fishing, history, crafts, theatre, literature and language, music, dance and dancing and food and drink.
The shoreside of the festival has an ongoing programme of music, dance, theatre, story telling and writers, onstage and around the harbours. Portsoy Harbour lies in the middle of the southern shore of the Moray Firth. It sits north of the A98, about 50 miles west of Aberdeen and about 60 miles east of Inverness.
1, Durn Road,
Portsoy,
Banff,
AB45 2QDTel: 01261 842951
email: contact@scottishtraditionalboatfestival.co.uk
website http://stbf.bizland.com
2008: 20th - 22nd June 2008. Guests include The Rapparees, The Calum Stewart 3, Mags Adamson & Brian Nicolson, Inspire Choir, Sheena Wellington
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2007: 30th June - 1st July 2007: guests include Stephen Quigg, Old Blind Dogs, Bruce Davies, North Sea Gas, Gaberlunzie, Makarakit, Swingin' Fiddles, The Rapparees, Calum Stewart
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2006: 8-9 July 2006
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2005 guests: Isla St Clair, Jock Duncan & Bill Gray, Paul Anderson, The Strathspey Fiddlers, Stephen Quigg.
online box office and further information: contact@scottishtraditionalboatfestival.co.uk
2004 guests were:
Gaye and Trish
The Cast (Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis)
Jock Tamson's Bairns
Fine Friday
Jock Duncan
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