The Outsider Festival
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The Outsider Festival is a music and comedy festival
first held in 2007 in the Rothiemurchus Estate near Aviemore
in the Highlands
of Scotland
. It has been described as a new ground breaking environmental festival, the first of its kind in the world.
The 2007 festival was held over the midsummer
weekend, and was part of Highland 2007
. As well as music and comedy, the festival featured a variety of outdoor activities, including a 12km run and a mountain bike marathon.
The festival did not happen in 2008 due to concerns over the environmental impact on the estate and funding problems. It was planned to return in 2009 as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009
, but was cancelled due to the recession and poor ticket sales.
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
first held in 2007 in the Rothiemurchus Estate near Aviemore
Aviemore
Aviemore is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is popular for skiing and other winter sports, and for hill-walking in the Cairngorm...
in the Highlands
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It has been described as a new ground breaking environmental festival, the first of its kind in the world.
The 2007 festival was held over the midsummer
Midsummer
Midsummer may simply refer to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice, but more often refers to specific European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice, or that take place on a day between June 21 and June 24, and the preceding evening. The exact dates vary between different...
weekend, and was part of Highland 2007
Highland 2007
Highland 2007 was a year-long celebration of Highland culture which took place from January until December 2007. It involved local communities throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as people across Scotland, the UK and beyond....
. As well as music and comedy, the festival featured a variety of outdoor activities, including a 12km run and a mountain bike marathon.
The festival did not happen in 2008 due to concerns over the environmental impact on the estate and funding problems. It was planned to return in 2009 as part of Homecoming Scotland 2009
Homecoming Scotland 2009
Homecoming Scotland 2009 was a series of events designed to attract people of Scottish ancestry to visit Scotland. The campaign, organised by EventScotland and VisitScotland on behalf of the Scottish Government, and part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, claimed that "for every...
, but was cancelled due to the recession and poor ticket sales.
2007
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