JUBILOOtastic

WILLIE CAMPBELL & THE OPEN DAY ROTATION Willie Campbell & The Open Day Rotation have been confirmed for Bella's Hothouse Stage on the Saturday. Last night’s documentary by Cromarty producer/director Don Coutts about Willie on BBC 2 featured a touching half hour's worth of music , memories, personal insight and hope. GoNORTH Seedlings Stage We are pleased to announce the acts selected for the GoNORTH Seedlings Stage at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2012. GoNORTH are delighted to have programmed over half this line up from their 2012 live showcase list. The artists include: Anderson, McGinty, Webster, Ward and Fisher; Brown Bear & The Bandits; Chasing Owls; Chris Devotion & The Expectations; City In Surveillance; Donald Macdonald & The Islands; FInding Albert;Graham Brown; Last Summer Effect; Megan Blyth; Miss Irenie Rose ; Olympic Swimmers; Oskar Empire; Rae Morris; ROADWAY;Selective Service; Stanley Odd; Team Kapowski; The Machine Room; The Maginot Band; This Silent Forest; and Toby Michael’s Rolling Damned . “We are excited to be continuing our long standing relationship with Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in 2012”, said goNORTH Director for Music Shaun Arnold.“Belladrum has developed into one of the key festivals on the Scottish calendar, and has become firmly established as an important platform for connecting new artists with a broad and passionate audience”. "We’re really excited about the strength of the unsigned line-up at Bella this year", added festival promoterJoe Gibbs. "Most of these artists are to be found in the GoNORTH Seedlings Stage which has become a mecca for people seeking the next wave of music talent coming from the Highlands and wider Scotland." BELLA TO HOST BIG DEBATE We are delighted to be hosting BBC Radio Scotland’s popular Brian Taylor’s Big Debate which this year will be broadcast live from the Co-operative Verb Garden on Friday 3rd August. Glen Campbell will be in the hot seat with his guests for news, views and discussion on the week's big stories. Get your seat at the Verb Garden by 11.30  and instead of shouting at the television/radio you can put Glen’s guests on the spot by asking a question. You can submit your question on line by visiting the BBC Scotland website or emailing brian@bbc.co.uk The Co-operative Verb Garden has hosted debate, discussion and interviews for the last four years. It is supported by Co-operative Membership and 2012 is the United Nations Year of Co-operatives. KEEP CALM AND BELLA DRUM At Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, the theme for this year’s Official Merchandise is Keep Calm and Bella Drum! So turn off that television news, leave your worries behind and join us for a wonderful weekend of music and festivities in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland. Merchandise sells out quickly at Bella, so this year you can buy a selection of t-shirts in advance of the event - and have them delivered direct to your door. There's a special early bird offer too, with prices reduced for advance sales. Keep Calm and Bella Drum shirts are now online here.  ‘JUBILOO’ POSH LOOS DEBUT AT BELLA At last….after nine years … what we’ve all been crossing our legs and waiting for….. posh pay-as-you-go loos at Bella! For £10 per adult and £5 per 12 and under child, weekend ‘passes’ will be available to the wonderful Jubiloo, specially themed for this year’s event so that you can enthrone yourself in clean splendour. Open 0600 – 2200. C’mon. You’ve gotta go! FAIR TRADE FESTIVAL Bella is proud to be Scotland’s first Fair Trade Festival as our country gears up to become a Fair Trade Nation. The Co-Operative Verb Garden Cafe are pleased to be offering Fair Trade drinks and snacks and will also be holding another Fair Trade treasure hunt for children. For details, go to the Co-Operative Verb Garden where participants will collect and return their sheets and each will receive a small prize. All correct entries get entered in to a prize draw. FEATURED ARTIST: ORQUESTRA LATINA DEL NORTE Orquesta Latina Del Norte will be bring some Latin American sunshine and smiles to Madame Fifi's Dance Parlour for a couple of hours each night from 2000. They are an Inverness based Salsa band, playing a mix of Salsa, Cha-cha and Latin party tunes. There are 19 in the band, bringing about 1 million years of music experience with them! This is their second year at Belladrum. Check them out in advance atwww.orquestalatina.com.