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Party animals flock to Belladrum for festival's final day

Music fans arrived for Belladrum's final day dressed to the party animals theme, as James prepared to headline the main stage later.

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The families are dressed in blow-up animal costumes and polka dot dresses and animal print onsies.

The Morton and Maciver families from Inverness embraced Belladrum's party animals theme as music fans arrived for the final day of the Highland festival. More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the event, near Beauly, between Thursday and Saturday.

Who is headlining Belladrum's final day?

Manchester indie band James will headline the main stage later, returning to Bella for the first time since 2013. The band's hits included Sit Down and Laid in the 1990s and Getting Away With It in 2001.

Bassist Jim Glennie said their performance could include a taster of some of the music from a new album the band is working on.

What has the festival featured so far?

The weekend so far has seen performances on the Hot House main stage by Callum Beattie, Mika, The Human League, Rizzle Kicks and Scouting for Girls.

A group of friends from Dores turned up as a menagerie of animals, including a badger, penguin and zebra.

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The families from Dores are dressed as different animals, including a badger, zebra, lion, hippo, goat and penguin
Image caption, A group of friends from Dores turned up as a menagerie of animals, including a badger, penguin and zebra

A group of friends and family from Aberdeen entered the fancy dress contest as a caterpillar "cake".

Looking at the Calian the Caterpillar
Image caption, A group of friends and family from Aberdeen entered the fancy dress contest as a caterpillar "cake"

What did James say about playing Belladrum?

James are returning to Bella for the first time since 2013. Bass player Glennie, who lives about 50 miles away near Ullapool, said the band always enjoyed playing the festival.

"It's just down the road for me, usually for me I have extra travelling to do for a gig. This time it's on my doorstep," he told BBC Scotland News.

Glennie said the Belladrum crowd was always special, adding:

"They bring the party to you and all you need to bring is the soundtrack."
Jim Glennie is wearing a blue long sleeved top and jeans and is sitting on a platform on the back of a lorry.
Image caption, Jim Glennie said James always enjoyed playing Belladrum

Glennie said the crowd could expect a "mixture of things" from the late night performance.

"Even for the die-hard James fans there will be a few surprises on the set list," he said.
"We tend to take people on a journey and we might play a new song that we are in the process of working on and recording. We are doing a new album and there are whole lot of new songs."

There is coverage of Belladrum on BBC Alba and .

Key Facts

  • Belladrum's final day drew music fans dressed to this year's theme, party animals.
  • More than 20,000 people are expected to attend the event near Beauly between Thursday and Saturday.
  • James are headlining the main stage and returning to Belladrum for the first time since 2013.
  • The weekend also featured performances by Callum Beattie, Mika, The Human League, Rizzle Kicks and Scouting for Girls.
  • BBC Alba and are covering Belladrum.

This article was sourced from bbc

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