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Skerryvore Pushes Out the Boat as Scottish Traditional Boat Festival Returns

Scottish trad rockers Skerryvore will ensure that the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival hits the high notes when it returns this summer.

The Celtic rockers will honour a pledge made back in 2019 to perform as headliners at the festival’s opening concert.

They will finally play the live stage at Portsoy’s Big Gig on Back Green on Friday, 17 June, after Covid restrictions put paid to them bringing their distinctive brand of rock to Portsoy for two years running. He comments: “It’s taken time, but Skerryvore will certainly be worth the wait, as this will be a top-rate concert that will set the tone for the return of our in-person festival.

“We’re eager to get people back to Portsoy – savouring a distinctly nautical atmosphere with heritage boats, maritime crafts, sailing and rowing events. All this alongside a medley of music, dance, crafts, food and drink marquee, stalls, road races, children’s entertainment and much more.”

Scotland’s leading maritime festival makes its welcome return to Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June.

Organisers are inviting retailers and traders, food and drink producers, craftspeople and entertainers to join the celebration. Applications are now open and with limited availability, the advice is to register interest early via the website stbfportsoy.org

In between times, Skerryvore whetted fans’ appetites with a set recorded exclusively for the Ahoy Portsoy virtual boat festival last year which attracted thousands of viewers from around the world.

Now, the chance to see the award-winning rockers perform in person at Portsoy is being met with eager anticipation, according to David Urquhart, chair of the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival committee. Portsoy’s unique boat festival has been running since 1993 and has welcomed visitors from across Scotland and much further afield, including boat clubs in Germany, Norway and Sweden, cultural groups from the Baltic States and Shetland’s Jarl Squad Vikings. In 2019, it won best cultural event/festival at the Aberdeen City and Shire Tourism Awards.

Find out more about the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival on social media at @STBFPortsoy #ahoyportsoy or at https://www.stbfportsoy.org/

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