The Ullapool Guitar Festival provides festival goers to enjoy a mixture of music old and new, of electric and acoustic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers and those, like the students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their careers. The festival is informal here’s no “us and them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a guitar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamming with them on one of the trade stands.

It is located on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the informal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a guitar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamming with them on one of the trade stands.

Clive Carroll, Tim Edey, John Goldie, Hugh Burns, Tristan Seume, David Buckingham, Adam Bulley, Chas Mackenzie, Will McNicol, and Prof Allan Neave.