PERTH music fans are being urged to buy tickets to ensure the fifth Craigie Hillfest goes ahead as planned next month.
Eighties band Fiction Factory are reforming and a string of bands from across Tayside and beyond are ready to play the boutique festival at Craigie Hill Golf Club on Saturday, September 10.
While early ticket sales were promising, organisers have warned they will be forced to pull the plug on the event unless interest translates into firm purchases this weekend.
Promoter Pauline Harrier is hopeful they’ll hit the magic number required to commit to the day-long festival, which enjoys backing from civil engineering firm Kilmac.
“Many events in the wake of the pandemic have reported that they’ve had to rely on a late rush of ticket sales,” she said.
“There has been a lot of positive feedback with people saying they plan to come along. They’ve told us they were planning to buy tickets nearer the time.
“But as the ‘Craigie Hillfest’ is a fundraiser for the city golf club we can’t just afford to take that sort of gamble.
“We have a fantastic line-up of talent with nearly 20 bands, something for all tastes, so hopefully the festival can be given the green light by generating enough ticket sales over the next day or two to ensure we will be at least covering our costs.
“The Hillfest has featured the likes of Eddi Reader and Fish in the past.
“It is a great day out for the family and under-16s enjoy free admission.”
Fiction Factory, who enjoyed an eighties chart hit with (Feels Like) Heaven, are getting back together for rare live gigs, including a hometown appearance and a festival in Belgium.
Popular Fair City duo The Mad Ferret Band are also booked for the outdoor stage.
The bill also includes The Curtains, No Class, True Gents, John Martin’s Five Piece Band, My Pet Rocket, The Catch 22s, The Regrets, Zennira, Katie Whittaker, Bohemian Monk Machine, Hathaway, Vinyl Tap, Papa Hotel, Floyd Tomlinson, the Big Light and Stevie Wood.
Tickets for “Craigie Hillfest”, priced £35, tickets can be secured online from ticketweb.co.uk.
“The team has put in a lot of work getting to this stage and the bands are right up for it,” said Pauline.
“So hopefully we get the response needed this weekend to ensure Perth’s boutique festival goes ahead as planned.”
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