Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival

I love Belladrum festival. Main reason being it takes place in the Highlands of Scotland about 20 mins drive from where I grew up.
Bella is a fun, friendly, family festival. there is so much to see and do. There’s lots of activities for the kids, theatre, comedy, art instalations, weddings, flashmobs, bike tricks, booze, music, good food and fun.
There are 4 or 5 stages full of local bands, ceilidh bands and some big names. But we always say we don’t always go for the music we go for the laugh with friends.
Bella has had some up and coming bands play including Ed Sheeran, The 1975 and catfish and the bottlemen who have gone on to become pretty big names.
Bella is a lovely size, big enough to have a good wander around but small enough to get to the bar, toilet and stages easily.
Bar queues aren’t too bad and toilets are maintained well. The food is also really good. You get your usual burger and chip vans but they also have the nicer versions. My fav is always the stovies, good hearty food to keep your energy levels up. This year they had a new section where you could go and get locally sourced 3 course meal for around £35 each. A few of my friends went and said the food was amazing.
All in all, my heart belongs to belladrum. If you fancy a little chilled out happy festival vibe then I would highly recommend giving it a go.