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Come Enjoy World Ceilidh!!
 

SIGN UP AS A KNOCKENGORROCH DOONHAME FRIEND AND RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO THE DOONHAME HAIRTH
16-20 SEPTEMBER 2009!
Friend - Individual Donate from £15
Doonhame Friend - Individual Donate from £80
Friend - Joint/Family Friend Donate from £30
Doonhame Friend - Joint/Family Friend Donate from £200

Knockengorroch's Famous Longhouse!

THE DOONHAME HAIRTH & FRIENDS OF KNOCKENGORROCH

THE DOONHAME HAIRTH. 16-20 SEPTEMBER
SIGN UP NOW TO RECEIVE YOUR INVITATION!!

We're now accepting donations from £15 to become an official year's
'supporter' of Knockengorroch?

As a ?Friend¹ you will enjoy special benefits:
Your name will be listed as a Friend in the festivals¹ printed programmes
You will receive 10% off all merchandise in the festival shop at the
festivals.
You will receive a complimentary programme at both festivals.
You will know that your contribution is going towards both the
sustainability and quality of Knockengorroch Festivals both now and for
years to come.

COME TO THE DOONHAME HAIRTH!!
If you donate £80 or more you'll receive ?friend¹ benefits plus an
INVITATION to join us on the bonny banks of Water of Deugh at the DOONHAME
HAIRTH. This will be a grassroots event with some of the best local and
homegrown musicians. The event starting on the Wednesday will give friends
plenty of opportunities to get to know and explore Knockengorroch and the
surrounding area. During five days of Knockengorroch hospitality, intimate
acoustic sessions and performance will take place and there¹ll be plenty of
time to sit around the fire, meet up with old friends, make new ones and
party on into the night!
Simon Holmes, Knockengorroch resident founder of the festivals, will also be
available on site to advise on places to see and visit!

Your donation will help pay for the Doonhame Hairth and also go towards
ongoing projects such as finishing the incomplete Longhouse venue,
environmentally desirable site improvements, including a proposed renewable
power generating system in the Longhouse, providing better eco-friendly
conditions for visitors and ensuring that Knockengorroch Festivals can
continue to develop in an ecologically sustainable way.

The Knockengorroch festivals have been going since 1998 despite stronger
competition from corporate run festivals across the UK. Our motives have
always been to spread appreciation of ?world¹ and ?celtic¹ music, nurture
appreciation of the land and SW Scotland, regenerate the community and
repopulate a once densely populated glen with folk again. We arrange
friendly, good natured, un-pretentious and un-censored festivals, where the
community takes responsibility for themselves and looks out for others,
creativity flourishes and the relaxed surroundings bring out the best in
everyone. Open to all ages and persuasions, the Knockengorroch festivals are
community festivals, which do not exclude or favour any age or social group.
The only pre-requisites to be a ?Knockengorrocher¹ is to enjoy the outdoors,
great music under the stars, and a good party!

Where the festivals now congregate, was once a populated glen, where stood
whole villages of communities. The festivals stand to remind us of our
heritage, and of the importance the land and community once played and
undoubtedly will play again in our lives. We hope that during the days that
people stay at Knockengorroch the piece of earth that has become a part of
our family represents the land that everyone is a part of. A small but
significant step towards recognising our relationship with the planet,
Knockengorroch brings the music to the hills and the people to the land!

As with many small community ventures getting to where we are today has
required a huge amount of energy, dedication, passion and plain hard and
unceasing work by the family, friends and volunteers. Knockengorroch still
exists not only due to this but also, vitally, through the continued
involvement and support from all who have visited the festival. This support
is the most important of all and we hope that people will continue to visit
from Scotland and all across the world to enjoy the festivals. We've had
weddings, births and even ashes scattered at Knockengorroch since the
festivals began.. and we'd like to extend and strengthen this ever growing
community.

Over the years we have succeeded in bringing great music and great people
from near and far and breathing new life into this beautiful rural area of
Scotland! Your contribution to our ?Friends¹ scheme will be greatly valued
and highly significant in helping us to continue this work! Without it, our
September event will cease to exist..

Knockengorroch Community Interest Company (CIC) was set up in 2006 (before
that it was a non-profit making association). Community Interest Companies
are social enterprises that exist for the public good and distribute any
profits for the community¹s interest (as judged by a CIC regulator).
Friend - Individual Donate from £15
Doonhame Friend - Individual Donate from £80
Friend - Joint/Family Friend Donate from £30
Doonhame Friend - Joint/Family Friend Donate from £200

 

BOOKING info TERMS & CONDITIONS:

  • We do NOT accept e-cheques - if booking on-line do not pay by e-cheque

  • Family tickets – 2 adults 16+ and 2 children 11-15 years are eligible for a family ticket which involves a £10 reduction on the total price to be paid. You can only book family tickets over the telephone from the fest office on 01644 460662

  • Tickets can also be purchased by telephoning the fest office on 01644 460662 or from over the counter agencies: Barnstorm Records [Dumfries], Magic Broomstick [Castle Douglas], Ripping Records [Edinburgh], Groucho’s [Dundee] and others tbc

  • You can buy a ticket by sending a cheque in £ sterling only in the post, payable to Knockengorroch CIC to Fest Office, Knockengorroch, Carsphairn, DG7 3TJ.  Cheque payments accepted up to 5th September 08.

  • If your address is outside the UK when you purchase your ticket, we will hold your ticket at the box office for collection on arrival at the event.

  • If booking tickets on-line, it is your responsibility to ensure your correct address is recorded as tickets will be sent to the address you provide.  If tickets are sent to the wrong address which you provided, you must either locate the tickets or purchase them again.

  • You must hand in your ticket to the box office on arrival. Do NOT leave your ticket behind – no ticket means no admission and you will have to pay again on arrival at World Ceilidh 2009

  • Camping, all entertainments and workshop participation are included in the ticket price. 

  • Any lost or damaged tickets/wristbands will NOT be replaced or refunded in any circumstances.

 

Vehicle charges

All private vehicles are subject to a parking fee per vehicle as follows:

    • Vehicle up to 1 tonne in weight………………………£10
    • Vehicle over 1 tonne and up to 3 tonnes, including caravans towed by car/van ……………   £15
    • Vehicle over 3 tonnes…………………………………£20
  • If you are bringing a vehicle you need to buy a vehicle pass as well as a festival ticket

  • Please note that vehicles may be subject to a search by festival staff.
  • Eco travel – to avoid vehicle/fuel charges and reduce your carbon footprint you can travel by bus to the festival.  The Knock Bus provides return travel from Edinburgh and Glasgow.at an affordable price.

  • If taking the Knock Bus, you will be taken to the festival box office and then shuttled to the festival camping grounds.
  • Public transport – please see ‘Travel’ for info.

At the Festival

  • The festival is situated 4 miles off a public road in the Southern Uplands.  Please be prepared for a drive into the hills on narrow roads.  Take it slowly, enjoy the scenery and allow plenty of time to get there. 

  • There is food, drink and other stalls at the festival, but there are no shops nearby so make sure you bring everything you need and enough money to last you.

  • O2, orange and 3 only receive mobile phone signals on site.  There is a festival phone for use in emergency only.

  • Come prepared for all weather conditions, bring enough bedding  (it can be cold at night) and waterproofs in case it is wet (also sunscreen!)

  • No private sound systems are permitted anywhere on site.

  • Dogs: only dogs with responsible owners will be permitted on site.  All dogs MUST be leashed at all times and all dog mess cleared up.

  • It is illegal to smoke in any of the festival’s covered venues – please smoke only outdoors.

  • In the event of antisocial, unruly, unsafe or illegal behaviour, or in the event of non-cooperation with event staff, you may be required to leave the site. In this case, no re-admission will be permitted.

Other terms and Conditions
Please note that purchase of tickets for World Ceilidh 2009 signifies your agreement to the following terms and conditions together with all other directives shown on the ticket and below:

  • The festival organisers, Knockengorroch Community Interest Company will not be held liable for any loss, injury or damage sustained whilst attending World Ceilidh 2009, including accessing and exiting the event a] between  the main box office and the festival camping areas and festival arenas  b) via the Brockloch forestry road for heavy vehicles except in respect of death or personal injury resulting from the promoter’s negligence or where there is any loss or damage to the personal property of the ticket holder whilst attending, accessing or exiting the festival as per a]and b] above, and this is caused by the negligence of the organisers.  In the case of damage to the ticketholder’s property caused by the organisers’ negligence, the organisers’ liability shall be limited to the reasonable cost of either repairing or replacing such property subject to fair wear and tear.

  • All ticket holders consent to any official filming and sound recording as members of the audience and to the use, reproduction, storage and broadcasting of such films and recordings (including any copies made) by the organisers