Get yourself Doune to festival next weekend

Boutique Scottish festival Doune The Rabbit Hole is set to take place next weekend.

The event, which takes place Friday to Sunday, will be headlined by New York art punks Liars, Mali’s Songhoy Blues, and Scotland’s Start To End, who’ll close the show with a recreation of Daft Punk’s Discovery.

Held at Cardross Estate, in Stirlingshire, the festival hosts some of Scotland’s top established and up and coming acts, and renowned performers from around the world.

Friday’s highlights include six-time world snooker champion Steve Davis, who’ll be putting his considerable DJ skills to the test.

Saturday is topped by Songhoy Blues, who played storming sets at this year’s Glastonbury and BBC 6Music Festival in Glasgow, with a rare appearance from avant-garde Norwegian Jenny Hval, the political Anglo-French pop of Francois and the Atlas Mountains, and sets from Spinning Coin, one of the best guitar bands to emerge from Glasgow in years, and the energetic The Vegan Leather.

Before Start to End recreate Discovery, the Sunday sees performances from New York indie-folk act Big Thief, bringing tracks from their majestic new album Capacity to Doune, as well as Idlewild’s Roddy Woomble, Drag City singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt and the eclectic Karl Blau.

Across the weekend there’s performances from the likes SAY Award nominees Meursault and Happy Meals, Pronto Mama, Ulrika Spacek, plus comedy from Sage Francis & B Dolan and slam poetry from Neil Hilborn.

For tickets and more info visit dounetherabbithole.co.uk