Big Tent 2010 opens on Friday 23 July at 6pm with an evening that celebrates some of Fife’s best music scene. We are delighted to welcome back Kinross’ most (in)famous export, the inimitable and ever-inspiring comedic genius PHIL KAY. Phil will host the Main Stage and bring his glorious realm of maverick magic to share maverick and magical and madcap festival moments with you all weekend.

On Friday night, the Main Stage is dedicated to Fife’s Fence Records with none other than KING CREOSOTE, founder of Fence Records topping the bill from 10pm. KC has been making music and running this renowned record label in Anstruther, his quiet corner of Fife for years. He is one of the most original and prolific songwriters Scotland has to offer and has gained larger successes in the UK through major releases on Domino. KING CREOSOTE makes music described by the press as folk, and

by him as pop. KC is definitely one of our Fife heroes, which is why he’s back at Big Tent to headline our Friday night, celebrating the best of Fife. Enjoy.

At 9pm the Solar Cinema will preview a pre-release screening of the much-hyped NO IMPACT MAN. This doc pits a husband’s obsession with energy reduction against his wife’s love of shopping and electricity . . . Take One Action and World Development Movement

. . . a festival born as a response to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles. The idea then (and now) is that the environmental crisis we face is far too serious to be left to a few politicians in a high-security hotel. We believe that the life-force of artists and the celebratory mass of folk will have a much more positive affect in achieving social and environmental justice.

Since 2005 we have grown into Scotland’s largest eco-festival but we are much more than that, looking for local solutions to global problems. Our performance programme echoes that ethos, hosting artists from Auchtermuchty to Argentina!

Emerging musicians share the bill with Grammy-Award winners and electronica sits happily alongside classical. Local legend KING CREOSOTE opens on Friday with FENCE COLLECTIvE artists and the weekend programme is more diverse than ever from sultry Jazz vocalist NIKI KING to twisted Folk-Pop wonders TuNNG.

We kick off with a Ceilidh, but you can dance all weekend. Try South African Gumboot Dance – a whole new use for those wellies! Or find glamour at the Tango Salon and don’t miss BRAzIL! BRAzIL!’s acrobatic street football, Capoeira, and Salvadorian Carnival.

Theatre ensemble GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE from Harare tell their story and ROSANNE CASH explores her cultural heritage in Fife, an interest she inherited from her father, the late JOHNNY CASH. ROSANNE will play an exclusive, intimate set topped off by feisty Orcadian dance band THE CHAIR.

The landscape of Falkland becomes a fantastical festival village complete with natural amphitheatres, and our reputation for the finest festival food in the country lives on. Where else could you find organic burgers reared in the field you’re looking at? There is so much much more going on but for now we give you just some programme highlights. Let the sun shine . . .

Dana MacLeod and Mike SmallProgramme Directors

KING CREOSOTE:Main Stage 10pm

Solar Cinema 9pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

Big Tent 2010 opens on Friday 23 July at 6pm with an evening that celebrates some of Fife’s best music scene. We are delighted to welcome back Kinross’ most (in)famous export, the inimitable and ever-inspiring comedic genius PHIL KAY. Phil will host the Main Stage and bring his glorious realm of maverick magic to share maverick and magical and madcap festival moments with you all weekend.

On Friday night, the Main Stage is dedicated to Fife’s Fence Records with none other than KING CREOSOTE, founder of Fence Records topping the bill from 10pm. KC has been making music and running this renowned record label in Anstruther, his quiet corner of Fife for years. He is one of the most original and prolific songwriters Scotland has to offer and has gained larger successes in the UK through major releases on Domino. KING CREOSOTE makes music described by the press as folk, and

by him as pop. KC is definitely one of our Fife heroes, which is why he’s back at Big Tent to headline our Friday night, celebrating the best of Fife. Enjoy.

At 9pm the Solar Cinema will preview a pre-release screening of the much-hyped NO IMPACT MAN. This doc pits a husband’s obsession with energy reduction against his wife’s love of shopping and electricity . . . Take One Action and World Development Movement

. . . a festival born as a response to the G8 Summit in Gleneagles. The idea then (and now) is that the environmental crisis we face is far too serious to be left to a few politicians in a high-security hotel. We believe that the life-force of artists and the celebratory mass of folk will have a much more positive affect in achieving social and environmental justice.

Since 2005 we have grown into Scotland’s largest eco-festival but we are much more than that, looking for local solutions to global problems. Our performance programme echoes that ethos, hosting artists from Auchtermuchty to Argentina!

Emerging musicians share the bill with Grammy-Award winners and electronica sits happily alongside classical. Local legend KING CREOSOTE opens on Friday with FENCE COLLECTIvE artists and the weekend programme is more diverse than ever from sultry Jazz vocalist NIKI KING to twisted Folk-Pop wonders TuNNG.

We kick off with a Ceilidh, but you can dance all weekend. Try South African Gumboot Dance – a whole new use for those wellies! Or find glamour at the Tango Salon and don’t miss BRAzIL! BRAzIL!’s acrobatic street football, Capoeira, and Salvadorian Carnival.

Theatre ensemble GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE from Harare tell their story and ROSANNE CASH explores her cultural heritage in Fife, an interest she inherited from her father, the late JOHNNY CASH. ROSANNE will play an exclusive, intimate set topped off by feisty Orcadian dance band THE CHAIR.

The landscape of Falkland becomes a fantastical festival village complete with natural amphitheatres, and our reputation for the finest festival food in the country lives on. Where else could you find organic burgers reared in the field you’re looking at? There is so much much more going on but for now we give you just some programme highlights. Let the sun shine . . .

Dana MacLeod and Mike SmallProgramme Directors

KING CREOSOTE:Main Stage 10pm

Solar Cinema 9pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

At 8pm the Solar Cinema will host the discussion QuESTIONING RESILIENCE. Resilience seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. But what does it mean and does it help to get practical stuff done in communities? Carnegie UK Trust has been exploring this question recently. Come along to join our conversation including some provocations from NICK wILDING (Carnegie) GRAHAM LEICESTER (International Futures Forum) and guests.

Meanwhile at 6.30pm on the Main Stage hosts THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND; a charmingly unwieldy collection of musical troubadours from all over Scotland who come together magically to fill the stage (and field!) with almost every instrument imaginable: guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, melodicas, accordions, trumpets, saxophones, triangles, marching drums, violins, clarinets. This veritable collective of wandering minstrels will treat you to a timeless mix of folk style songs, alongside upbeat marching music, chanson and everything in between. Catch them roving around the fields on Saturday.

If you are looking for a more intellectual bite of the festival pie, you should head to the Head Zone at 7pm where the Talk Tent opens. Come and have a glass of wine, collect your programme and get clued up on the weekend’s line-up of speakers. You can also use the graffiti wall to sign up for the Soapbox. Getting to the heart of the festival filling at 8.30pm is the CLIMATE CHAMPIONS PANEL featuring people from across Scotland helping them to transform into low-carbon communities. Chaired by: DAvIE PHILIP (Cloughjordan Eco Village)

Meanwhile at 8.30pm the Main Stage continues with select Fence artists. From rock guitar to dance beats and a soulful pop twist with the vocals of Ziggy Campbell, FOuND are in a league of their own. ‘Theirs is an ever-evolving musical voyage gliding somewhere between The Earliers’ psychedelic pulse, Arab Strap’s woozy wonder-pop and an explosion in an Indie vinyl pressing plant.’ Clash

Since winning the PRS New Music Award in 2006, DAS CONTRAS have been playing live non-stop, however June 2010 sees the launch of their debut album. The band, who describe themselves as ‘ a six-headed musical monster with a Latin temperament, a worldly attitude, two devilish horns and a rock n roll heart’ will be getting back to their Fife roots to showcase tunes from their new album on the Main Stage at 7.30pm.

All weekend – in The Lounge there is lots going on. Take a breather and relax on a comfy sofa in the Big Tent Cafe serving sensational veggie pasties from the Engine Shed, freshly baked melt-in the mouth cakes, summer drinks, tea and coffee. Profits go to the Big Tent and to the Child Future Welfare Samithi, an organisation for street children in Dehli, India. Elsewhere in The Lounge browse the Word Power Book Stall, get inspired by projects far and wide at the IACD stall or take part in some serious fun at the Peak Oil Party in the Transition area.

Down in the Wee Shindig tent where Friday Night is CEILIDH NIGHT, Auchtermuchty’s own LOMOND CEILIDH BAND start at 7pm and will play the night away. Don’t be afraid to wear a kilt and bring those dancing wellies.

FOUND: Main Stage 8.30pm

DAS CONTRAS:Main Stage 7.30pm

Welly Boot dancing in the Wee Shindig all weekend:Ceilidh, Gumboot and Tango

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

At 8pm the Solar Cinema will host the discussion QuESTIONING RESILIENCE. Resilience seems to be on everyone’s lips these days. But what does it mean and does it help to get practical stuff done in communities? Carnegie UK Trust has been exploring this question recently. Come along to join our conversation including some provocations from NICK wILDING (Carnegie) GRAHAM LEICESTER (International Futures Forum) and guests.

Meanwhile at 6.30pm on the Main Stage hosts THE SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND; a charmingly unwieldy collection of musical troubadours from all over Scotland who come together magically to fill the stage (and field!) with almost every instrument imaginable: guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, melodicas, accordions, trumpets, saxophones, triangles, marching drums, violins, clarinets. This veritable collective of wandering minstrels will treat you to a timeless mix of folk style songs, alongside upbeat marching music, chanson and everything in between. Catch them roving around the fields on Saturday.

If you are looking for a more intellectual bite of the festival pie, you should head to the Head Zone at 7pm where the Talk Tent opens. Come and have a glass of wine, collect your programme and get clued up on the weekend’s line-up of speakers. You can also use the graffiti wall to sign up for the Soapbox. Getting to the heart of the festival filling at 8.30pm is the CLIMATE CHAMPIONS PANEL featuring people from across Scotland helping them to transform into low-carbon communities. Chaired by: DAvIE PHILIP (Cloughjordan Eco Village)

Meanwhile at 8.30pm the Main Stage continues with select Fence artists. From rock guitar to dance beats and a soulful pop twist with the vocals of Ziggy Campbell, FOuND are in a league of their own. ‘Theirs is an ever-evolving musical voyage gliding somewhere between The Earliers’ psychedelic pulse, Arab Strap’s woozy wonder-pop and an explosion in an Indie vinyl pressing plant.’ Clash

Since winning the PRS New Music Award in 2006, DAS CONTRAS have been playing live non-stop, however June 2010 sees the launch of their debut album. The band, who describe themselves as ‘ a six-headed musical monster with a Latin temperament, a worldly attitude, two devilish horns and a rock n roll heart’ will be getting back to their Fife roots to showcase tunes from their new album on the Main Stage at 7.30pm.

All weekend – in The Lounge there is lots going on. Take a breather and relax on a comfy sofa in the Big Tent Cafe serving sensational veggie pasties from the Engine Shed, freshly baked melt-in the mouth cakes, summer drinks, tea and coffee. Profits go to the Big Tent and to the Child Future Welfare Samithi, an organisation for street children in Dehli, India. Elsewhere in The Lounge browse the Word Power Book Stall, get inspired by projects far and wide at the IACD stall or take part in some serious fun at the Peak Oil Party in the Transition area.

Down in the Wee Shindig tent where Friday Night is CEILIDH NIGHT, Auchtermuchty’s own LOMOND CEILIDH BAND start at 7pm and will play the night away. Don’t be afraid to wear a kilt and bring those dancing wellies.

FOUND: Main Stage 8.30pm

DAS CONTRAS:Main Stage 7.30pm

Welly Boot dancing in the Wee Shindig all weekend:Ceilidh, Gumboot and Tango

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

A warm welcome from Gambia, to our keynote speaker ADELAIDE SOSSEH, Co-Chair of Global Call To Action Against Poverty, the largest anti-poverty campaign in the world. ADELAIDE SOSSEH and MALCOLM FLEMING (Oxfam) focus on the need for global solidarity around climate justice and the impact on the lives of the world’s poorest people. In the Talk Tent 12noon – 1.30pm

Returning to Scotland from New York, we welcome award-winning jazz-soul vocalist NIKI KING, who will be singing a funked up mix of classic tunes and her own compositions on the Main Stage at 2.30pm.

CHARLIE HENDERSON talks about The Janeemo Project, a Malawian enterprise named after three trees, whose leaves, seeds and wood are used to produce renewable bio energy, food and medicine. Solar Cinema 12noon – 1pm

No Big Tent Festival would be complete without the CHIPOLATAS’ colourful fare of English folk music and circus - back by popular demand! The CHIPOLATAS are with us for the whole weekend on the Main Stage and the Wee Shindig.

NATuRE wRITING SCOTLAND, discussion panel chaired by PAT KANE. Three acclaimed but very different writers reflect on how the natural world affects their work: ‘Slow nomad’ Gerry Loose, forest activist, Mandy Haggith and Jim Crumley described as ‘the best nature writer working in Britain today’. Solar Cinema 1pm – 2pm

You can’t miss one of the festival highlights WORLD IN TRANSITION, live video talk from ROB HOPKINS co-founder of the Transition Network and author of ‘The Transition Handbook: from oil dependence to local resilience’. Solar Cinema 2pm – 3pm

Wake up and smell the LIBERTAD ORGANIC COFFEE from 10am in the Talk Tent. Taste rebel Zapatista coffee from Chiapas, Mexico, hear how the local indigenous people are creating ecological self-governing communities, and discuss what it means.

All day the delightful SHARON KING is back in the Wee Shindig as our host, while PHIL KAY is master of mayhem on the Main Stage – both performance stages kick off at 10.30am

Theatre ensemble GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE open the Main Stage at 10.30am with joyous traditional song and dance. They also give a poignant expression of Harare today with their

heartfelt and powerful theatre work. See them play, hear them speak and join their workshops throughout the weekend on various stages. First workshop 8pm Solar Cinema

At 11am PAT KANE, author of ‘The Play Ethic’ talks about The Ecology Of Play. We regard what is truly scarce as plentiful (nature), and what is truly plentiful as scarce (information). How can a play mentality help us achieve what Tim Jackson calls ‘prosperity without growth?’ Talk Tent

At 11am at the Solar Cinema, ELIzABETH LEIGHTON from WWF SCOTLAND focuses on LOW CARBON HOMES. Street by Street, house by house - making our homes warm, healthy and green. If Scotland is to reach its 2020 target to reduce emissions by 42%, all our homes will need to be cosy and warm.

Brand new to Big Tent and performing throughout the weekend, are the stars of Rio’s spectacular street football – BRAzIL! BRAzIL! Their acrobatic dance and Afro-Brazilian music is nothing short of jaw-dropping! Catch them on the Main Stage and Wee Shindig at various times, first set 3.55pm

ADELAIDE SOSSEH:Talk Tent 12noon

NIKI KING:Main Stage 2.05pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

A warm welcome from Gambia, to our keynote speaker ADELAIDE SOSSEH, Co-Chair of Global Call To Action Against Poverty, the largest anti-poverty campaign in the world. ADELAIDE SOSSEH and MALCOLM FLEMING (Oxfam) focus on the need for global solidarity around climate justice and the impact on the lives of the world’s poorest people. In the Talk Tent 12noon – 1.30pm

Returning to Scotland from New York, we welcome award-winning jazz-soul vocalist NIKI KING, who will be singing a funked up mix of classic tunes and her own compositions on the Main Stage at 2.30pm.

CHARLIE HENDERSON talks about The Janeemo Project, a Malawian enterprise named after three trees, whose leaves, seeds and wood are used to produce renewable bio energy, food and medicine. Solar Cinema 12noon – 1pm

No Big Tent Festival would be complete without the CHIPOLATAS’ colourful fare of English folk music and circus - back by popular demand! The CHIPOLATAS are with us for the whole weekend on the Main Stage and the Wee Shindig.

NATuRE wRITING SCOTLAND, discussion panel chaired by PAT KANE. Three acclaimed but very different writers reflect on how the natural world affects their work: ‘Slow nomad’ Gerry Loose, forest activist, Mandy Haggith and Jim Crumley described as ‘the best nature writer working in Britain today’. Solar Cinema 1pm – 2pm

You can’t miss one of the festival highlights WORLD IN TRANSITION, live video talk from ROB HOPKINS co-founder of the Transition Network and author of ‘The Transition Handbook: from oil dependence to local resilience’. Solar Cinema 2pm – 3pm

Wake up and smell the LIBERTAD ORGANIC COFFEE from 10am in the Talk Tent. Taste rebel Zapatista coffee from Chiapas, Mexico, hear how the local indigenous people are creating ecological self-governing communities, and discuss what it means.

All day the delightful SHARON KING is back in the Wee Shindig as our host, while PHIL KAY is master of mayhem on the Main Stage – both performance stages kick off at 10.30am

Theatre ensemble GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE open the Main Stage at 10.30am with joyous traditional song and dance. They also give a poignant expression of Harare today with their

heartfelt and powerful theatre work. See them play, hear them speak and join their workshops throughout the weekend on various stages. First workshop 8pm Solar Cinema

At 11am PAT KANE, author of ‘The Play Ethic’ talks about The Ecology Of Play. We regard what is truly scarce as plentiful (nature), and what is truly plentiful as scarce (information). How can a play mentality help us achieve what Tim Jackson calls ‘prosperity without growth?’ Talk Tent

At 11am at the Solar Cinema, ELIzABETH LEIGHTON from WWF SCOTLAND focuses on LOW CARBON HOMES. Street by Street, house by house - making our homes warm, healthy and green. If Scotland is to reach its 2020 target to reduce emissions by 42%, all our homes will need to be cosy and warm.

Brand new to Big Tent and performing throughout the weekend, are the stars of Rio’s spectacular street football – BRAzIL! BRAzIL! Their acrobatic dance and Afro-Brazilian music is nothing short of jaw-dropping! Catch them on the Main Stage and Wee Shindig at various times, first set 3.55pm

ADELAIDE SOSSEH:Talk Tent 12noon

NIKI KING:Main Stage 2.05pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

The afternoon in the Talk Tent is a foodie double-bill, starting with the One Planet Food Report – with TERESA MARTINEz and KIRTANA CHANDRASEKARAN 2pm – 3pm. Then a culinary and critical triple-decker 3pm – 4pm: What Will We Eat Tomorrow? With Britain’s leading investigative food journalist JOANNA BLYTHMAN, DONALD REID, and CRAIG SAMS. CRAIG SAMS is a director of Slow Food UK, founded Whole Earth Foods in 1970 and he also co-founded Green & Black’s chocolate.

In the Solar Cinema 3pm – 4pm the food continues…Food needs land to grow in. JOHN FERGuSON and PETE RITCHIE of Nourish propose a Land Use Strategy for Scotland, their manifesto for Sustainable Local Food.

We welcome back the enigmatic 9-peice BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS for some rocking pre-war Blues ‘soaked in poetry, myth and bourbon . . .’ 5.35pm on the Main Stage and 8.30pm at the Wee Shindig

Folk-rock sextet, wOODENBOX wITH A FISTFuL OF FIvERS fuse old school country rhythms with Stax-influenced horns, coming across like The Band jamming with the E-Street band in a Spaghetti Western! They are influenced by none other than our own KING CREOSOTE . . . tipped to be big . . . remember, you saw them at the Big Tent first. 12.50pm Main Stage and 6.30pm in the Wee Shindig

The SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND will be roaming around the Big Tent fields. This collective of wandering minstrels will treat you to a timeless mix of folk style songs, alongside upbeat marching music, chanson and everything in between.

At 4pm over at the Talk Tent we welcome back ALASTAIR MCINTOSH, author of ‘Soil and the Soul’ talking on Facing the Future: Outer Resilience and Inner Depth: ‘We stand at a remarkable turning point in the evolution of life on Earth. What’s needed is a fundamental shift in human consciousness. This means matching outer achievements with a radical deepening of our inner lives.’ Next up, Crack Capitalism. The task – according to writer JOHN HOLLOwAY is not to ‘destroy’ capitalism, it is to stop creating it. Instead we should widen and deepen the ‘cracks’ of an alternative world, based on values other than exploitation and on experiences other than consumption. Talk Tent 6pm– 7pm

Purveyors of ‘Pastoral Pop’, London-based TuNNG are the hidden treasure of a Fairytale. A delight to watch, like being in a surreal 21st century musical toy shop, playing on typewriters to laptops and arcane dulcimers. Acoustic instruments are set awry with wayward syths as otherworldly vocals are layered on a backdrop of pizzicato. ‘Wistful and charming . . . melodies from the English folk tradition but with real oomph and purpose’ The Guardian. ‘If King Creosote is the amiable godfather of twisted folk . . . then Tunng are the messy and artful younger sibling. Tinkering with technology and inspired by The Wicker Man and Pentangle, they write fragile, groovesome and sun-kissed songs about girls turning into hares.’ TIME OUT. ‘Unadulterated genius – we’re practically drooling.’ NME. TuNNG play the Wee Shindig at 4.10pm and the Main Stage 7.05pm

BILL MCKIBBEN, award winning American author launches his new book ‘EAARTH’ at the Big Tent. Live video talk from the USA at the Solar Cinema 4pm – 5pm

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHI. Inspirational biopic of the environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who gave Kenyan women a vital political voice and helped bring down twenty-four-year dictatorship. Screening plus panel with www.takeoneaction.org.uk Solar Cinema 5pm – 7pm

TUNNG: Wee Shindig 16.10 & Main Stage 19.05

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

The afternoon in the Talk Tent is a foodie double-bill, starting with the One Planet Food Report – with TERESA MARTINEz and KIRTANA CHANDRASEKARAN 2pm – 3pm. Then a culinary and critical triple-decker 3pm – 4pm: What Will We Eat Tomorrow? With Britain’s leading investigative food journalist JOANNA BLYTHMAN, DONALD REID, and CRAIG SAMS. CRAIG SAMS is a director of Slow Food UK, founded Whole Earth Foods in 1970 and he also co-founded Green & Black’s chocolate.

In the Solar Cinema 3pm – 4pm the food continues…Food needs land to grow in. JOHN FERGuSON and PETE RITCHIE of Nourish propose a Land Use Strategy for Scotland, their manifesto for Sustainable Local Food.

We welcome back the enigmatic 9-peice BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS for some rocking pre-war Blues ‘soaked in poetry, myth and bourbon . . .’ 5.35pm on the Main Stage and 8.30pm at the Wee Shindig

Folk-rock sextet, wOODENBOX wITH A FISTFuL OF FIvERS fuse old school country rhythms with Stax-influenced horns, coming across like The Band jamming with the E-Street band in a Spaghetti Western! They are influenced by none other than our own KING CREOSOTE . . . tipped to be big . . . remember, you saw them at the Big Tent first. 12.50pm Main Stage and 6.30pm in the Wee Shindig

The SECOND HAND MARCHING BAND will be roaming around the Big Tent fields. This collective of wandering minstrels will treat you to a timeless mix of folk style songs, alongside upbeat marching music, chanson and everything in between.

At 4pm over at the Talk Tent we welcome back ALASTAIR MCINTOSH, author of ‘Soil and the Soul’ talking on Facing the Future: Outer Resilience and Inner Depth: ‘We stand at a remarkable turning point in the evolution of life on Earth. What’s needed is a fundamental shift in human consciousness. This means matching outer achievements with a radical deepening of our inner lives.’ Next up, Crack Capitalism. The task – according to writer JOHN HOLLOwAY is not to ‘destroy’ capitalism, it is to stop creating it. Instead we should widen and deepen the ‘cracks’ of an alternative world, based on values other than exploitation and on experiences other than consumption. Talk Tent 6pm– 7pm

Purveyors of ‘Pastoral Pop’, London-based TuNNG are the hidden treasure of a Fairytale. A delight to watch, like being in a surreal 21st century musical toy shop, playing on typewriters to laptops and arcane dulcimers. Acoustic instruments are set awry with wayward syths as otherworldly vocals are layered on a backdrop of pizzicato. ‘Wistful and charming . . . melodies from the English folk tradition but with real oomph and purpose’ The Guardian. ‘If King Creosote is the amiable godfather of twisted folk . . . then Tunng are the messy and artful younger sibling. Tinkering with technology and inspired by The Wicker Man and Pentangle, they write fragile, groovesome and sun-kissed songs about girls turning into hares.’ TIME OUT. ‘Unadulterated genius – we’re practically drooling.’ NME. TuNNG play the Wee Shindig at 4.10pm and the Main Stage 7.05pm

BILL MCKIBBEN, award winning American author launches his new book ‘EAARTH’ at the Big Tent. Live video talk from the USA at the Solar Cinema 4pm – 5pm

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHI. Inspirational biopic of the environmental activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who gave Kenyan women a vital political voice and helped bring down twenty-four-year dictatorship. Screening plus panel with www.takeoneaction.org.uk Solar Cinema 5pm – 7pm

TUNNG: Wee Shindig 16.10 & Main Stage 19.05

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

What better to do on a festival Sunday than get-up-and-dance, so don’t forget your wellies or your ballroom shoes!

Start your day with a Gumboot Dance Workshop with GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE at 10.30am at the Wee Shindig

FOOD INC (film). Breakfast movie: pick up your organic butties and join us for this award-winning doc, which lifts the veil on the US food industry, exposing compelling dilemmas with implications for us all. Screening plus panel with Take One Action. Solar Cinema 10.00am – 12.00pm

For those looking for a bit more style on the festival fields, stay in the Wee Shindig which will transform into an elegant, authentic Tango Salon from 11.45am – 1.25pm. Tango Class followed by live Tango music.

12.45pm Wee Shindig & 4.50pm Main Stage MR MC FALL’S CHAMBER will be joined by two instrumentalists of world renown: bandoneon player, vICTOR vILLENA and violinist CYRIL GARAC and stunning singer vALENTINA MONTOYA MARTINEz.

vICTOR vILLENA from Buenos Aires was a former member of the highly influential group, the GOTAN PROJECT. He is currently a member of the QuINTETO EL DESPuÉS in Paris, alongside CYRIL GARAC, and together they accentuate the blend of traditional and avant-garde tango elements. They are joined by Chilean-born singer vALENTINA MONTOYA MARTINEz, her haunting and enchanting songs are at once both vibrant and evocative, and passionate and tragic.

How Did We Get Here? Transport panel discussion & debate sponsored by Sustrans with Andrew Dougall with and guests. Talk Tent 11am –12noon

Zero Carbon Britain 2030 sets out exactly what Britain must do to meet the challenges posed by the climate security, energy security and economic security, creating a roadmap for the de-carbonisation and re-vitalisation of the UK economy. With PAuL ALLEN (Centre for Alternative Technology) Talk Tent 12noon – 1.30pm

THE YES MEN FIX THE wORLD (film). Just two years before BP/Gulf of Mexico, the hilarious Yes Men take on another case of heinous corporate mismanagement – the 1984 Bhopal disaster – with painfully comic effect. Screening plus panel with Take One Action. Solar Cinema 9pm – 10.30pm

Back on the Main Stage for your dancing feet, we present a very special band making an exclusive Scottish summer festival appearance. A high-octane twist on traditional tunes from the mighty SESSION A9. The band comprises the main players of the top Scottish folk bands including Capercaillie, The Peatbog Faeries, Fiddlers Bid; Blazing Fiddles and Karine Polwart.

SESSION A9 capture that true spirit of the Scottish session and offer a snapshot of the vibrancy of talent that makes up some of our most famous Scottish artists. Over the years SESSION A9 have won numerous accolades and are described as a ‘Scottish super group’, ‘The best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years’, ‘Tighter than James Brown’ and an ‘Amazing Festival band’.

Understood in Scottish roots music circles as ‘the musicians’ DJ of choice’ DJ DOLPHIN BOY will play at 10.30pm til close in the Wee Shindig for your delectation.

SESSION A9: Main Stage

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

What better to do on a festival Sunday than get-up-and-dance, so don’t forget your wellies or your ballroom shoes!

Start your day with a Gumboot Dance Workshop with GRASSROOTS zIMBABwE at 10.30am at the Wee Shindig

FOOD INC (film). Breakfast movie: pick up your organic butties and join us for this award-winning doc, which lifts the veil on the US food industry, exposing compelling dilemmas with implications for us all. Screening plus panel with Take One Action. Solar Cinema 10.00am – 12.00pm

For those looking for a bit more style on the festival fields, stay in the Wee Shindig which will transform into an elegant, authentic Tango Salon from 11.45am – 1.25pm. Tango Class followed by live Tango music.

12.45pm Wee Shindig & 4.50pm Main Stage MR MC FALL’S CHAMBER will be joined by two instrumentalists of world renown: bandoneon player, vICTOR vILLENA and violinist CYRIL GARAC and stunning singer vALENTINA MONTOYA MARTINEz.

vICTOR vILLENA from Buenos Aires was a former member of the highly influential group, the GOTAN PROJECT. He is currently a member of the QuINTETO EL DESPuÉS in Paris, alongside CYRIL GARAC, and together they accentuate the blend of traditional and avant-garde tango elements. They are joined by Chilean-born singer vALENTINA MONTOYA MARTINEz, her haunting and enchanting songs are at once both vibrant and evocative, and passionate and tragic.

How Did We Get Here? Transport panel discussion & debate sponsored by Sustrans with Andrew Dougall with and guests. Talk Tent 11am –12noon

Zero Carbon Britain 2030 sets out exactly what Britain must do to meet the challenges posed by the climate security, energy security and economic security, creating a roadmap for the de-carbonisation and re-vitalisation of the UK economy. With PAuL ALLEN (Centre for Alternative Technology) Talk Tent 12noon – 1.30pm

THE YES MEN FIX THE wORLD (film). Just two years before BP/Gulf of Mexico, the hilarious Yes Men take on another case of heinous corporate mismanagement – the 1984 Bhopal disaster – with painfully comic effect. Screening plus panel with Take One Action. Solar Cinema 9pm – 10.30pm

Back on the Main Stage for your dancing feet, we present a very special band making an exclusive Scottish summer festival appearance. A high-octane twist on traditional tunes from the mighty SESSION A9. The band comprises the main players of the top Scottish folk bands including Capercaillie, The Peatbog Faeries, Fiddlers Bid; Blazing Fiddles and Karine Polwart.

SESSION A9 capture that true spirit of the Scottish session and offer a snapshot of the vibrancy of talent that makes up some of our most famous Scottish artists. Over the years SESSION A9 have won numerous accolades and are described as a ‘Scottish super group’, ‘The best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years’, ‘Tighter than James Brown’ and an ‘Amazing Festival band’.

Understood in Scottish roots music circles as ‘the musicians’ DJ of choice’ DJ DOLPHIN BOY will play at 10.30pm til close in the Wee Shindig for your delectation.

SESSION A9: Main Stage

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

‘UN Talks, Big Business or Local Action – Who’s Going to Save the Planet?’ with RICHARD DIXON (WWF Scotland). There is plenty of great stuff happening at a local level but can it ever head off climate change? Looking at the UN process and the role of big business, Richard will try to find a way through. Talk Tent 2pm – 3.30pm

Be one of the first to catch a glimpse of ABERFELDY’s new line-up. Purveyors of fine folk-tinged pop, in their return since 2002 with a new album, entitled ‘Somewhere to Jump From’ which follows on from several highly-acclaimed releases on the Rough Trade label. Led by singer/songwriter Riley Briggs, the band have performed all over the world, supported the likes of REM, Blondie, Beautiful South and Paolo Nutini. 2.05pm Main Stage and also in the Wee Shindig later.

The magically mercurial Irish flautist and singer NuALA KENNEDY performs a set from her new album ‘Tune In’, inspired by an old-fashioned circular radio dial she found in a junk shop. ‘Kennedy doesn’t so much imbibe or inhale as swallow, whole and unadulterated, melodic and rhythmic influences from beyond her kith and kin. She is not only an exceptional interpreter of the tradition; her own music glistens with freshness’ **** The Irish Times 3.50pm Wee Shindig

Around the site we will be treated to sizzling rhythms of a Salvador carnival as BRAzIL! BRAzIL! present heady street percussion and Capoeira Rodas. On the Main Stage they show off their killer moves and footballing acrobatics joined by a full-power live band.

Would you walk 370 miles to make a statement? Oxfam’s PuSHPANATH KRISTNAMuRTHII talks about walking from Oxford to the Copenhagen Summit. Part of MOVING WITH AFRICA at the Solar Cinema 12noon – 1pm

TRANSITION AND AFRICA: Erasing the Global North/South Divide? Drawing on recent work in Cameroon and Fife with Justin Kenrick of the Holyrood 350 campaigns Solar Cinema 2pm – 3pm

Don’t miss rising Amercian star AJ ROACH, a singer-songwriter from the Appalachian mountains. Winner of the coveted ‘Chris Austin Songwriting award’ at MerleFest, AJ ROACH has shared the stage with artists such as Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Wee Shindig 2.50pm

HIDDEN ORCHESTRA (Formerly known as Joe Acheson Quartet) create exquisite, emotive, electronic music using traditional instrumentation, organic samples and two live drummers. With strong jazz and classical influences, HIDDEN ORCHESTRA’s sound has been described as ‘...lush, sweeping and groovy hybrid of trip-hop swagger, discerning drum’n’bass, epic soundscapes, funky electronica, cosmic zouk, melancholy space synth, Ozric Tentacles-esque danceability, and impeccable nu-classical.’ The Skinny. ‘A band that you won’t come across anywhere else in the world at the moment, one of the most impressive things you can see live’ BBC Radio 1 DJ Vic Galloway

Bhopal Voices, edited by EuRIG SCANDRETT is a powerful testimony of survivors left unbowed by vicious corporate crime. Launched in Bhopal during 25th anniversary commemorative activities. Published by Word Power Books earlier this year. Solar Cinema 3pm – 4pm

Plants grown using locally-saved seed are more robust as they’ve been adapted to local growing conditions. Get planted at the Talk Tent at 5.30pm to join the All-Scotland Seed Swap with MATTHEw LOvE.

BRAZIL! BRAZIL: Main Stage / Wee ShindigVarious performances throughout weekend

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

‘UN Talks, Big Business or Local Action – Who’s Going to Save the Planet?’ with RICHARD DIXON (WWF Scotland). There is plenty of great stuff happening at a local level but can it ever head off climate change? Looking at the UN process and the role of big business, Richard will try to find a way through. Talk Tent 2pm – 3.30pm

Be one of the first to catch a glimpse of ABERFELDY’s new line-up. Purveyors of fine folk-tinged pop, in their return since 2002 with a new album, entitled ‘Somewhere to Jump From’ which follows on from several highly-acclaimed releases on the Rough Trade label. Led by singer/songwriter Riley Briggs, the band have performed all over the world, supported the likes of REM, Blondie, Beautiful South and Paolo Nutini. 2.05pm Main Stage and also in the Wee Shindig later.

The magically mercurial Irish flautist and singer NuALA KENNEDY performs a set from her new album ‘Tune In’, inspired by an old-fashioned circular radio dial she found in a junk shop. ‘Kennedy doesn’t so much imbibe or inhale as swallow, whole and unadulterated, melodic and rhythmic influences from beyond her kith and kin. She is not only an exceptional interpreter of the tradition; her own music glistens with freshness’ **** The Irish Times 3.50pm Wee Shindig

Around the site we will be treated to sizzling rhythms of a Salvador carnival as BRAzIL! BRAzIL! present heady street percussion and Capoeira Rodas. On the Main Stage they show off their killer moves and footballing acrobatics joined by a full-power live band.

Would you walk 370 miles to make a statement? Oxfam’s PuSHPANATH KRISTNAMuRTHII talks about walking from Oxford to the Copenhagen Summit. Part of MOVING WITH AFRICA at the Solar Cinema 12noon – 1pm

TRANSITION AND AFRICA: Erasing the Global North/South Divide? Drawing on recent work in Cameroon and Fife with Justin Kenrick of the Holyrood 350 campaigns Solar Cinema 2pm – 3pm

Don’t miss rising Amercian star AJ ROACH, a singer-songwriter from the Appalachian mountains. Winner of the coveted ‘Chris Austin Songwriting award’ at MerleFest, AJ ROACH has shared the stage with artists such as Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson. Wee Shindig 2.50pm

HIDDEN ORCHESTRA (Formerly known as Joe Acheson Quartet) create exquisite, emotive, electronic music using traditional instrumentation, organic samples and two live drummers. With strong jazz and classical influences, HIDDEN ORCHESTRA’s sound has been described as ‘...lush, sweeping and groovy hybrid of trip-hop swagger, discerning drum’n’bass, epic soundscapes, funky electronica, cosmic zouk, melancholy space synth, Ozric Tentacles-esque danceability, and impeccable nu-classical.’ The Skinny. ‘A band that you won’t come across anywhere else in the world at the moment, one of the most impressive things you can see live’ BBC Radio 1 DJ Vic Galloway

Bhopal Voices, edited by EuRIG SCANDRETT is a powerful testimony of survivors left unbowed by vicious corporate crime. Launched in Bhopal during 25th anniversary commemorative activities. Published by Word Power Books earlier this year. Solar Cinema 3pm – 4pm

Plants grown using locally-saved seed are more robust as they’ve been adapted to local growing conditions. Get planted at the Talk Tent at 5.30pm to join the All-Scotland Seed Swap with MATTHEw LOvE.

BRAZIL! BRAZIL: Main Stage / Wee ShindigVarious performances throughout weekend

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

wOOD AND CRAFT zONE – At the entrance to the Big Tent you will find the amazing Wood and Craft Zone. Take time to wander and enjoy the talents of craft workers in many mediums, including wood, textiles, paper, metal and stained glass to create handmade craft. There will be an exhibition by the Past Present and Future Craft Practice team from Duncan of Jordanstone and you will be able to book tours to the House of Falkland.

POETRY IN THE PLACE APART – There’s a feast of poetry, music and stories in the Memorial Chapel, Lapidus Tent and Blether Tay-Gither Yurt. Line-up includes: ANNA CROwE, MANDY HAGGITH, JANE LEwIS, TRIO vERSO QuIXOTE, BRIAN JOHNSTONE, GERRY LOOSE, KENNETH STEvEN, SHELIA KINNIMONTH, TESSA RANSFORD and others. Other features include: Sounds of Falkland, a talk by sound artists LOuISE K wILSON and DAvID CHAPMAN and REMIND MIND REMEMBER, a collaborative project between sculptor IAN NEwTON, poet/ecologist LARRY BuTLER and geology professor STuART HASzELDINE.

Big Tent is a family friendly festival with lots of children’s activities. Don’t miss the a fantastic children’s procession on Sunday at 4pm or the return of the famous MR BOOM! And remember, you don’t have to pay for your kids to get in to the festival (under 12s go free).

Big Tent is organised by Falkland Centre for Stewardship, a small charity based in the heart of Falkland Estate. As well as caring for the A-listed House of Falkland, we are developing Falkland Estate as a place where people are learning how to live and work more sustainably. We run action learning programmes on the themes of food, wood and craft with events throughout the year, including walks, talks and workshops. We are also home to the One Planet Food project, which aims to encourage a sustainable, healthy and inclusive food culture. Our website is www.centreforstewardship.org.uk

Thanks to all the team at Falkland Centre for Stewardship and Simon Bateson for the films.

Event times are subject to change, so please check web / on-site boards for updates.

Climate change’s impact on local weather patterns has affected farmers everywhere. Though we in the global north have done the most to create the problem, the impact has been most devastating for farmers in the developing world. Come to hear about how African farmers are addressing the impact of climate change through Fairtrade with BETSY REED, SCOTTISH FAIR TRADE FORUM. Solar Cinema 4pm – 5pm

Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter ROSANNE CASH returns to her ancestral home in Fife. Rosanne has a deep affinity for Falkland, a place held in high affection by her father, the late country star JOHNNY CASH

ROSANNE CASH will give an exclusive and intimate acoustic performance with

her husband JOHN LEvENTHAL, which is set to be a fantastic and moving experience as she reconnects with her roots, and sings of her ancestors. An absolute must-see. 6.10pm Main Stage

ROSANNE CASH said: ‘I’m thrilled to visit Fife once again, and delighted to perform at the Big Tent Festival. Falkland is one of the most special places on earth to me.’

THE CHAIR, a bunch of feisty musicians from the Isle of Orkney, close the Main Stage on Sunday. Music critic Sue Wilson, describes them as ‘raw, anarchic energy unpderpinned by impressively tight delivery: a true party band with depth, heart and ample collective talent’; ‘Their set was sheer joy’ Mike Harding BBC Radio 2. We are sure you will enjoy them too, so no going home early!

BRAzIL! BRAzIL! will wind up the festival spirit with a Bahian ‘Arrastao’ – a processional clean up of the carnival will send the spirits of the festival off with a bang.

ROSANNE CASH:Main Stage 6.10pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS

wOOD AND CRAFT zONE – At the entrance to the Big Tent you will find the amazing Wood and Craft Zone. Take time to wander and enjoy the talents of craft workers in many mediums, including wood, textiles, paper, metal and stained glass to create handmade craft. There will be an exhibition by the Past Present and Future Craft Practice team from Duncan of Jordanstone and you will be able to book tours to the House of Falkland.

POETRY IN THE PLACE APART – There’s a feast of poetry, music and stories in the Memorial Chapel, Lapidus Tent and Blether Tay-Gither Yurt. Line-up includes: ANNA CROwE, MANDY HAGGITH, JANE LEwIS, TRIO vERSO QuIXOTE, BRIAN JOHNSTONE, GERRY LOOSE, KENNETH STEvEN, SHELIA KINNIMONTH, TESSA RANSFORD and others. Other features include: Sounds of Falkland, a talk by sound artists LOuISE K wILSON and DAvID CHAPMAN and REMIND MIND REMEMBER, a collaborative project between sculptor IAN NEwTON, poet/ecologist LARRY BuTLER and geology professor STuART HASzELDINE.

Big Tent is a family friendly festival with lots of children’s activities. Don’t miss the a fantastic children’s procession on Sunday at 4pm or the return of the famous MR BOOM! And remember, you don’t have to pay for your kids to get in to the festival (under 12s go free).

Big Tent is organised by Falkland Centre for Stewardship, a small charity based in the heart of Falkland Estate. As well as caring for the A-listed House of Falkland, we are developing Falkland Estate as a place where people are learning how to live and work more sustainably. We run action learning programmes on the themes of food, wood and craft with events throughout the year, including walks, talks and workshops. We are also home to the One Planet Food project, which aims to encourage a sustainable, healthy and inclusive food culture. Our website is www.centreforstewardship.org.uk

Thanks to all the team at Falkland Centre for Stewardship and Simon Bateson for the films.

Event times are subject to change, so please check web / on-site boards for updates.

Climate change’s impact on local weather patterns has affected farmers everywhere. Though we in the global north have done the most to create the problem, the impact has been most devastating for farmers in the developing world. Come to hear about how African farmers are addressing the impact of climate change through Fairtrade with BETSY REED, SCOTTISH FAIR TRADE FORUM. Solar Cinema 4pm – 5pm

Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter ROSANNE CASH returns to her ancestral home in Fife. Rosanne has a deep affinity for Falkland, a place held in high affection by her father, the late country star JOHNNY CASH

ROSANNE CASH will give an exclusive and intimate acoustic performance with

her husband JOHN LEvENTHAL, which is set to be a fantastic and moving experience as she reconnects with her roots, and sings of her ancestors. An absolute must-see. 6.10pm Main Stage

ROSANNE CASH said: ‘I’m thrilled to visit Fife once again, and delighted to perform at the Big Tent Festival. Falkland is one of the most special places on earth to me.’

THE CHAIR, a bunch of feisty musicians from the Isle of Orkney, close the Main Stage on Sunday. Music critic Sue Wilson, describes them as ‘raw, anarchic energy unpderpinned by impressively tight delivery: a true party band with depth, heart and ample collective talent’; ‘Their set was sheer joy’ Mike Harding BBC Radio 2. We are sure you will enjoy them too, so no going home early!

BRAzIL! BRAzIL! will wind up the festival spirit with a Bahian ‘Arrastao’ – a processional clean up of the carnival will send the spirits of the festival off with a bang.

ROSANNE CASH:Main Stage 6.10pm

BIG TENT PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS VISIT WWW.BIGTENTFESTIVAL.CO.UK FOR FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS