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Following on from the success of last year’s event, Party at the Palace have announced the acts that will top the bill for 2016. Set against the stunning backdrop of Linlithgow Palace, this year’s two day spectacular is set to be another highlight in Scotland’s live music calendar. 

Saturday 13 August                                               ​​​​​Sunday 14 August

The Proclaimers​​​​​                                                     Billy Ocean

The Fratellis​​​​​​                                                            Andy Bell (of Erasure)

Bootleg Beatles                                                      Gavin Blackie

Gun​​​​​​​The Farm                                                         Scarlet Baxter

Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5​​​                          Heaven 17

Declan Welsh                                                          ​​​​​Big Country

Lucia Fontaine                                                       ​​​​​Dirty Harry

The Luci Bains Band                                            ​​​​Ashton Lane

Saskia Eng​​​​​​                                                              Apache Darling

                                                                                  ​​​​​The Begbies

Katy Doyle​​​​​​                                                              Altinak

Sara Swati                                                              ​​​​​​Katee Kross

​​​​​​​                                                                                 100 Fables

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Plus more to be announced

The Proclaimers said: “We are delighted to be playing at Party At The Palace and to be doing so in such a beautiful location. We hope everyone that comes along has a great time, it will be a brilliant day”

Sunday headliner, Billy Ocean is excited to be playing north of the border again. He said: “I am looking forward to coming to the Party at the Palace. Bring your dancing shoes and be ready to sing along to all my hits. It’s always great fun in Scotland!​​​​​​​​”

John Richardson and Peter Ferguson, PATP Producers said: “At the end of our first year we thought – how are we going to top that line up? and then last year we brought more great bands to play here and we asked the same question. It’s never easy for independent festivals to compete with the big boys so to secure the calibre of acts we have for this year is absolutely fantastic and the feedback we’ve received already has been amazing. August can’t come soon enough!”

Other big news for this year’s event…

McEwan’s Party at The Palace has jumped across the loch for 2016.

The move will allow a second stage to be introduced to the event, giving more bands access to the festival. It also gives festival go-ers easier access.  It’s closer to the parking areas, increases capacity and allows us to havemore on site facilities such as improved kids zone and more food outlets. It still has an amazing view overlooking the palace and down the loch. 

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.