Eden Festival

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DatesMid-June
LocationsRaehills Meadows, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Years active2009 - present
Eden Festival
Named after local bard and icon Rabbie Burns, Rabbies Tavern is one of Eden Festival's many bars
GenreAlternative, World, Electro Rave, Trance, Folk, Reggae, Psychedelic, Celtic, Chillout, Disco, Comedy, Spoken Word, Theatre, Cabaret
DatesMid-June
LocationsRaehills Meadows, Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Years active2009 - present
Websitehttp://www.edenfestival.co.uk/

Eden Festival is a Scottish music festival held in Raehills Meadows near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway. In 2023 it had a capacity of 4999, and has recently been shortlisted for the Best Family Festival award in the UK Festival Awards in 2023.[1]

Great Mountain Stage
Cycle Powered Reggae Stage in the Boardwalk Arena
The festival has a large kids area and has a large family attendance
chilling at the main stage
Hat after a paint fight at Eden Festival in 2014 and a pint of cider in a reusable pint glass.

Eden began as an area of the Wickerman Festival in 2002, before becoming its own festival in 2009.[2] This first festival was held in the Forest of Ae between 4 and 6 September, and was headlined by The Levellers.[3]

In 2010, the event moved to Raehills Meadows, near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, again in September. In 2011, the date was moved to June.[4]

In 2014, Eden Festival was named one of the Lonely Planets' top 10 European festivals and the Guardians' top 20 family festivals. Along with being shortlisted for Best Family Festival, Best Small Festival and Best Grassroots Festival at the UK Festival Awards in 2014 and 2015.

In 2015, Eden Festival was named as one of 12 events recommended to be funded by Dumfries and Galloway Council's Major Events Strategic Fund. Other events on the list included the Knockengorroch festival and the Lockerbie Jazz Festival.[5]

In 2017, the festival received £12,500 in funding from Event Scotland to support the creation of the "Great Mountain Stage", part of a new area of the festival called "The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon."[6] Dumfries and Galloway council awarded the festival an £18,000 grant, and the capacity of the festival was also increased to 9000.[7]

In 2018, the festival held its 10th anniversary with an audience estimated to be around 9000. The festival also announced that they would ban single use plastics for the 2019 event which had already been reduced to bottled juices on some trade stalls (though water is available freely around site).[8]

The 2019 Festival was held between 6 and 9 June.[9] After two years out due to covid the festival is due to return on 9–12 June 2022 with headliners Supergrass, Basement Jaxx and Coolio topping the bill.

Stages

Line up

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