Emma Kelburn Garden Party returns this July to the enchanted grounds of Kelburn Castle, celebrating its 16th year of music, art, nature and adventure, as well as a landmark moment for Scotland’s independent festival culture.
Now officially Scotland’s second-largest camping festival, Kelburn continues to grow while still retaining the magic, intimacy, and creativity that have defined it since day one.
Taking place across four unmissable days 2-6 July, Kelburn Garden Party is set beneath ancient woodlands at the foot of a spectacular Scottish glen, surrounded by waterfall plunge pools, secret pathways, and the striking painted walls of the 13th-century Kelburn Castle.
The festival will host music across 14 bespoke stages, ranging from Scotland’s premier outdoor electronic arena, the Landing Stage, to the far-flung Beech Plateau, a breathtaking venue nestled on a wooded promontory some 30 minutes’ walk up the glen. Celebrating its new charitable status, the Neverending Glen offers an immersive open-air gallery experience, featuring a record-number of installations of multidisciplinary art hidden throughout the estate’s ancient landscape. Two brand-new micro-venues will debut in 2026, rewarding curious wanderers willing to follow the paths deeper into the landscape.
In the first phase artist announcement, Kelburn’s commitment to progressive club culture and grassroots collaboration continues through a series of special stage takeovers. Edinburgh club institution Sneaky Pete’s curate Thursday on the Pyramid Stage, while the essential Glasgow party Subculture take over the Landing Stage on Friday, headlined by the pioneering French-born DJ and producer Jen Cardini and featuring a rare b4b between the beloved Subculture residents. The same stage welcomes Headset back to curate a night of cutting edge bass music, jungle and D’nB.
Award-winning rap sensation BEMZ brings his own M4 banner to Kelburn to curate the Saloon on Friday and performing live with his full band on the much-loved Viewpoint Stage, while The Skinny returns to curate the Pyramid Stage, spotlighting Scotland’s most exciting emerging artists. In a new addition for 2026, Gilded Balloon joins the programme, introducing a dedicated comedy offering to Kelburn’s expanding cultural landscape.
Keep up to date at Kelburn Garden Party Website
HEADLINE LIVE ACTS ANNOUNCED TODAY
BEMZBonfire Radicals
El Buho
Emma-Jean Thackray
Hodge
Huartan
Indoor Foxes
Jinje
Joshua Idehen
La Tromba
megaTRAD
Oby Onyioha & Sai Galaxy
Paranoid London
Pictish Trail
Snapped Ankles
Soapbox
Solo Banton
Soothsayers
Tanzana
The Menstrual Cramps
Toya Delazy
Valtos
HEADLINE DJs ANNOUNCED TODAY
Ash Lauryn
BADSISTA
Cooly G
Dom Servini
Earthly Measures
Jen Cardini
Krust
Leon Vynehall
Mango Park
Mattana
Mungo’s Hi-Fi
Quantic
Sean Johnson
Sherelle
Tigerbalm
Wallace
