NOW’S THE DAY AND NOW’S THE HOUR
Music Arena The stage will come to life with a top quality mix of folk and contemporary music includ- ing two of the country’s finest award-winning artists, Dougie MacLean (Saturday) and Julie Fowlis (Sunday). The stage will be live from 11.15am until 6.45pm. Artists on the Saturday include: Rura; The Deadly Winters; Siobhan Wilson; and Saor Patrol. Sunday’s line up will include: Treacherous
Orchestra; Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire; Ross Ainslie & Jarlaith Henderson; and Cask Strength Ceilidh Band. Additional performers will be announced in the run up to the event.
Storyville A festival within a festival, Scotland’s culture and history will be told by a range of artists from writers to stand-up comedians and renowned singer-songwriters. Featured musicians include Karine Polwart and Rachel Sermanni on the Saturday and, on the Sunday, UK Folk Awards 2014 Singer of the Year Bella Hardy and Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble. Authors Alistair Moffat and James Robert-
son take to the stage to talk about their new books, Bannockburn: The Battle for a Nation and Robert the Bruce: King of Scots. Family activities will be in abundance in Storyville with Living History Scotland, the National Trust for Scot- land and other organisations. Storyville will have creative craft stalls,
a book shop (with book signings) and be served by the adjacent bar in the Land of Food and Drink. Additional performers will be announced in the run up to the event.
Land of Food and Drink Curated by Scotland Food & Drink, visitors to Bannockburn Live can sample and savour deli- cious Scottish products, whiskies, real ales and more, as well as meet the passionate producers behind them. Visitors can picnic under giant teepees and enjoy Food Talk, a programme of talk and discussion about Scottish food – its history and provenance.
Clan & Family Village Around 40 clans from across the UK and over- seas will converge at Bannockburn for this historic occasion. Visitors will be invited to meander through the clan society and family community, talk to members and find out about their history and how they can get involved. Audiences can also uncover their own ancestry with ScotlandsPeople, the official genealogical resource for Scotland with expert advice and demonstrations. Experts from MacDonald & Rees will lead a
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said: ‘With
the Homecoming 2014 programme well under- way and with hundreds of events lined up for the rest of the year, the signature weekend commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn will be a memorable family weekend. ‘It will celebrate the very best of Scotland’s
food and drink, our assets as a country of natural beauty, as well as our rich creativity and cultural and ancestral heritage. ‘Bannockburn Live is attracting people from
across the globe with an affinity to Scotland and, given the focus on Scotland’s past, I am delighted that 39 individual clan organisations are participating in the event and also by the strong words of support being received from clan representatives both at home and abroad.’ Mike Cantlay, Chairman of VisitScotland,
said: ‘On the 700th anniversary of one of the most significant battles in Scotland’s history, we had to make sure we created an event to remember – and, with such an exceptional amount of activity planned, Bannockburn Live is going to be simply breathtaking. ‘All the performers – from those with
swords to those with musical instruments – are incredible and it is an honour to have such world-renowned Scottish stars as Dougie MacLean and Julie Fowlis, who we worked with on Brave, perform in the atmospheric surround- ings of the Bannock Burn in Stirling. It’s going to be an amazing experience for young and old.’
panel of qualified genealogists to offer consul- tations on family history as well as talks on records of finding people, places and inherit- ance. Visitors will also get the opportunity to find out if they were related to anyone who fought at the battle thanks to Strathclyde University’s Bannockburn Genealogy Research Project, which uses DNA testing.
Opposite page: Bannockburn Live will have events for all the family. Below: The new visitors centre at the battlefield will be the centrepiece for the weekend of commemorations.
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FACTS Bannockburn Live
will run from 10am to 7pm on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June. Tickets are available online: Adults (14yrs+) £20; Children (5-13yrs) £12.50; Family ticket £55; Children under 5yrs go free. Up to 20,000 tickets are available for the weekend. Please note: King’s Tickets are now sold out for both days. Due to capacity, the new Battle of Bannockburn visitor centre (opened in March) will only be open to King’s Ticket Holders holders during the Bannockburn Live event. For more information: www. bannockburnlive. com
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