Perthshire Amber
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{{Infobox music festival
| name = Perthshire Amber
| image =
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| location = Perthshire, Scotland
| years_active = 2005 - 2016
| founders = Dougie MacLean
| dates = November
| genre = Multiple
| attendance = 9,000
| capacity =
| website = {{URL| http://www.perthshireamber.com}}
}}
Perthshire Amber is a music festival that took place annually in central Scotland from 2005 to 2016. First organised by Dougie MacLean as a two-day event in 2005, within a few years it had grown to a 10-day event. The 2016 event scaled back to four days in length and the festival is not scheduled to be held in 2017.
History
In 2005 it began as a two-day event. It was sold-out in its third year.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/brian-ferguson-aberfeldy-festival-just-start-perthshires-success-story-2461637 |title=Aberfeldy Festival is just the start for Perthshire's success story |first=Brian |last=Ferguson |work=The Scotsman |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=30 April 2022}} The fifth festival in 2009 was held over ten days.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/travel-perthshire-amber-festival-2463376 |title=Travel: Perthshire Amber festival |work=The Scotsman |date=23 October 2009 |access-date=30 April 2022}}
In 2014, around 9000 visitors were expected to attend shows at 25 venues, featuring more than 350 musicians.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/dougie-maclean-festival-celebrate-10th-year-1522664 |title=Dougie MacLean festival to celebrate 10th year |first=Brian |last=Ferguson |work=The Scotsman |date=23 October 2014 |access-date=30 April 2022}}
In 2016, the 12th year the festival was held, it was scaled back to four days.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/hundreds-dougie-maclean-fans-descend-perthshire-1463289 |title=Hundreds of Dougie MacLean fans descend on Perthshire |first=Brian |last=Ferguson |work=The Scotsman |date=3 November 2016 |access-date=30 April 2022}}
After the 2016 festival, MacLean announced that the organisers would take a break and that there would not be a festival held in 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-38143637 |title=Dougie MacLean's Perthshire Amber festival to take break in 2017 |work=BBC News |date=29 November 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.perthshireamber.com}}
{{Scottish Festivals}}
Category:Music festivals in Scotland