Killin Music Fest is a Scottish music festival held annually in Killin, Perthshire. Killin Music Fest The festival was launched in late 2015 by a local voluntary team who started planning for their first event in the summer of 2016. In June 2016, the weekend festival was attended by nearly 1,000 people and hosted over 100 artists across Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June 2016. The festival incorporates one main stage in the McLaren Hall, Killin, along with workshops, sessions and fringe activities throughout the area. In November 2016 the festival was nominated as the Best New Festival at the UK Festival Awards 2016. In June 2017, the festival expanded to include a session tent marquee. In November 2017, the festival was nominated for Event of the Year in the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2017, one of five finalists. In February 2018, the festival was nominated for an Epic Award from Voluntary Arts, one of ten Scottish finalists. In June 2018, the festival session tent marquee evolved into a second stage. In July 2019, the organising group became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. In January 2020, the event was rebranded using the shorter name 'Killin Music Fest'. In March 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 the fifth festival, which was scheduled to take place from 19 to 21 June 2020, was postponed and rescheduled to take place from 18 to 20 June 2021. In December 2021 the Manran concert scheduled for 30 December was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. In May 2022 the festival announced the renaming of the marquee stage to the Danny Kyle Stage. 2016 The first Killin Music Festival was held from 17 to 19 June 2016. The main stage ran from 18:00 until 01:00 on Friday 17 June, and from 15:30 until 01:00 on Saturday 18 June. The lineup on Sunday 19 June focused on an open stage competition, running from 12:00 until 17:30. Various ancillary events ran across the weekend, including singing and music workshops, gigs in local pubs and bars, and local heritage tours. The event ran in the McLaren Hall, Killin. The festival office was located in an empty shop on the main street of the village. The event was compered by Liz Clark of Celtic Music Radio, who helped organise the Killin Traditional Music and Dance Festival in the mid 1990s. Artists Notes 1. The