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The Darkness delivered a killer headline set at Vibration Festival 2022. Pictures by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Vibration keeps Falkirk at forefront of Scottish festival scene
THERE is no other way to look at it – Vibration is an amazing music festival.

Swim School on the Guitar and Other Machines stage at Connect Festival.

PICS: Relive the return of Connect Festival in Edinburgh

Callum Beattie at Party at the Palace 2022. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Party at the Palace – a welcome return for jewel of West Lothian scene

Joesef is among those set to play the Tiny Changes X Gardeners Cottage at Connect later this month

Tiny Changes stage announced for Edinburgh's Connect festival

PERFORMANCE: Honeyblood, peforming at Doune the Rabbit Hole recently, will be back in the area later this month. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Honeyblood to play Stirling as part of Scotland on Tour

The Rain Experiment performing at Bute Fest. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Bute Fest 2022 now among the heavy hitters of Scottish festival scene

Corin on stage at Doune the Rabbit Hole. Picture by Iain Smith

Doune the Rabbit Hole comes thumping back for 2022

Tenement Trail returns with Vistas, Baby Queen and Dead Pony

Tenement Trail returns with Vistas, Baby Queen and Dead Pony

Pitch on the hunt for artists to perform at conference

Pitch on the hunt for artists to perform at conference

The 2022 ceremony takes place at The Albert Halls in Stirling this October.

Final call to enter Scottish Album of the Year

The Hug and Pint to host birthday night celebrations

The Hug and Pint to host birthday night celebrations

ON SONG: Anna on stage with Medicine Cabinet at TRNSMT last Saturday.

From Alloa to TRNSMT: Medicine Cabinet frontwoman charts her course

LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY: The Gator is raising £5,000 to perform the gig in Mississippi next year and is pictured at a recent Record Store Day performance in Stirling

Alloa's The Gator kickstarts fundraiser for 'dream gig' in Mississippi

Matt Hickman, of Brownbear, ahead of shows in Dundee, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Paisley and others.

Brownbear kickstarts Scotland on Tour dates

Aiitee will be among the performers at Pitch this summer

Pitch: A 'celebration' of hip hop and underground culture in Glasgow

There are a few bands not to be missed at this year's TRNSMT

10 acts to watch out for at TRNSMT 2022

HISTORY AWAITS: Connor Fyfe's TRNSMT debut will be a clear highlight of the three-day festival. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Connor Fyfe prepares to take next big step with TRNSMT debut

WinterStorm takes place in November at Troon Concert Hall

WinterStorm gears up for its return this November

Bute Fest returns at the end of July, 2022

Bute Fest: 'It's just a special place to be'

STAGE IS SET: Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 on stage at Party at the Palace in 2019. Picture courtesy of the PATP website

Emerging acts to catch at this year's Party at the Palace

Mark Sharp and The Bicycle Thieves at Vibration Festival in 2021. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

West Lothian's Party at the Palace set for 2022 return

Mason Hill singer Scott Taylor performing at Glasgow's King Tut's in late 2019. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Mason Hill begin work on second album

The crowds will flock to Doune the Rabbit Hole once again this summer. Picture courtesy of ReCompose

Doune the Rabbit Hole organisers waste no time for 2022

READY TO GO: Nina Nesbitt will open the main stage at TRNSMT on Sunday, July 10

Nina Nesbitt gears up for TRNSMT main stage set

Idlewild will perform The Remote Part in full when they play Connect in August

Roddy Woomble: Reflecting on Idlewild's The Remote Part, 20 years on

Frankie Poullain, performing on stage with The Darkness

The Darkness set for another Scottish chapter with Vibration Festival

Amy Papiransky with mentor KT Tunstall

Amy Papiransky aims to make the most of KT Tunstall support

ALMOST THERE: Luke La Volpe will finally play TRNSMT after having to miss last year due to Covid issues. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

TRNSMT: Luke La Volpe's waiting game is almost over

Voodoos frontman Piero Marcuccilli performing at TRNSMT last year. Picture by Tim Craig

Voodoos gear up for 'massive' Stereophonics support show in Dundee

Dylan John Thomas returns to TRNSMT this year to play the main stage

Dylan John Thomas: From busking outside TRNSMT to playing the main stage

Fatherson will make a return to Ayrshire to perform at the Making Waves festival in Irvine. Picture by David Anderson

From the Barras to the Beachfront: Fatherson set for Ayrshire return at Making Waves

Belladrum makes its return to the festival scene in July. Picture by Paul Campbell

Tartan Hearts will beat again as Belladrum prepares for return

Memes play with Isabella Strange, The Exhales and Kilgour on Friday, August 19.

Line-up unveiled for King Tut's Summer Nights festival 2022

Sandi Thom returns to the Scottish festival scene with a main stage slot at Breakout in Kirkcaldy.

Sandi Thom edges closer to return with new album in 2023

The first-ever Otherlands will be held on August 19-21 at Scone Palace, near Perth

Be Charlotte, AiiTee, Redolent announced for Otherlands festival

Breakout Festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales

Breakout Festival cancelled due to poor ticket sales

STILL GOING: David MacGregor has released two albums under Broken Chanter name

Broken Chanter set for Stirling show this month

Daytime TV will perform at this year's Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival in late July

Daytime TV, Vistas and Uninvited added to Belladrum line-up

The Skinner Brothers will headline the Friday River Stage at TRNSMT

Skinner Brothers to headline TRNSMT Friday River Stage

Rage Against the Machine set for Scottish show this summer

Rage Against the Machine set for Scottish show this summer

BACK ON IT: Dead Sea Souls delivered during their Òran Mór headline show. Pictures by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Dead Sea Souls, Òran Mór, Glasgow, Apr 15

Declan Welsh and The Decadent West headlined King Tut's in Glasgow. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Declan Welsh and The Decadent West – King Tut's, Glasgow, Apr 14

BEMZ was crowned the BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year.

Bemz brings home title of BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year

The Falkirk festival will return in September 2022

The Darkness and The Charlatans to headline Vibration Festival

Crashkid! at Vibration Festival last year. Picture by Iain Smith

Gig Diary - Live Music in Scotland, March 30-April 8

HYTTS, Parliamo and VLURE join Otherlands Festival bill

HYYTS, Parliamo and VLURE join Otherlands Festival bill

Mason Hill - (from left to right) Marc Montgomery (guitar), Matthew Ward (bass), Scott Taylor (lead vocals), James Bird (lead guitar), and Craig McFetridge (drums) - at their sold-out Garage show last year.

Mason Hill to release live album of Glasgow Garage show

Susan Bear teases second album with new single M6

Susan Bear teases second album with new single M6

Lawrence Chaney, The Vivienne and Tia Kofi set for Colourboxx Festival

Lawrence Chaney, The Vivienne and Tia Kofi set for Colourboxx Festival

A MAN DETERMINED: Baker McKinney writes viscerally-vulnerable songs as Gravedancer. Picture by Iain Smith/The Weekender

Cover Feature Gravedancer: An artist made in Arkansas, reborn in Scotland

Jill Lorean will release her debut album in early April. Picture by Stephanie Gibson

Jill Lorean set for debut album release in early April

FOLLOW-UP: wrest will release their second studio album early next month.

wrest place faith in 'emotional contact' with follow-up album

Dancing on Tables:- Robbie McSkimming (lead vocals, keyboard ), Callum Thomas (lead vocals, guitar), Hamish Finlayson (guitar), Gregor Stobie (bass, backing vocals) and Reece Dobbin (drums). Picture by Jenn Curtis

Dancing on Tables embrace the challenge of their debut album

READY TO ROCK: Tom McGuire & The Brassholes play their biggest show to date next month in Glasgow. Picture by Svetlana Velichko

Tom McGuire & The Brassholes raring for biggest show to date