Heartland Festival Named Runner-Up at the Scottish Live Music Awards 2025
What a fantastic evening we had in Glasgow on Thursday 5th March as we attended the Scottish Live Music Awards 2025 at Òran Mór. We’re absolutely delighted to share that Heartland Festival was named runner-up in the ‘Festival of the Year 2025’ category. To receive this recognition after only launching the festival in 2024 is…
[ARTISTS ANNOUNCEMENT] – Scratchcard Wednesday
As we continue building towards #HF26, we wanted to share an important line-up update for Sunday. Unfortunately, Emerald Sunday are no longer able to perform at this year’s festival. While it was disappointing news, it also gave us the opportunity to find a standout replacement — and we’re delighted to confirm that Scratchcard Wednesday will…
Our March 2026 Update
We’re getting closer and closer to the big weekend, and we’re still deep in the planning for the festival. February seemed to fly by after a long (and dark) January, and the countdown is now well and truly on. Here’s a roundup of everything Heartland-related from the last few weeks. It’s awards week! On Thursday…
Main Stage Update – Sunday 28 June 2026
With the Heartland Festival now only a few months away, we wanted to share an important update regarding one of our Sunday Main Stage acts. Emerald Sunday, originally scheduled to perform on Sunday 28 June in Pitlochry, will no longer be appearing as the band has officially parted ways. While it’s always sad to lose…
GREAT NEWS! Nibbles & Drinks Allowed at Heartland Festival 2026
After listening to our attendees and reviewing your responses in the 2025 feedback survey, we’ve decided to adjust our policy on bringing food, nibbles, and drinks into the venue. From #HF26 onwards, you are welcome to bring certain items with you — as long as they are sealed in their original packaging and unopened on…
Our February 2026 Update
Hello and welcome to our February 2026 update. We’ll try to keep this one short – unlike the long month of January! It’s been another busy few weeks behind the scenes, and we’re now just five months away from the Heartland Festival weekend. We hope you’re as excited as we are. If you haven’t got…
Celebrating Scottish Artists at Heartland Festival
From day one, our vision for the Heartland Festival has been clear – to celebrate the incredible music coming out of Scotland, and to give Scottish artists a platform to shine in the heart of this beautiful country. In 2024, we welcomed 24 Scottish artists across our two stages. In 2025, we raised that number…
Tier 4 Ticket Price Update
We wanted to let you – our brilliant Heartland Festival community – know that Tier 4 pricing will come into effect from Monday 16th February 2026 at 10am. This will be the final ticket tier and the price that remains in place right up to the festival weekend (if we don’t sell out before then).…
