The inaugural Everywhere At Once Festival, an initiative designed to champion grassroots music venues and music-making, has announced its vast Scottish line-up with acts including Brooke Combe, Mungo’s Hi-Fi, Pippa Blundell and more. Taking place from Friday 26–Sunday 28 June, the Festival is a UK-wide line-up of gigs at more than 400 venues, with performances from more than 2000 artists. 

The line-up for the Scottish portion of Everywhere At Once includes a show from Jo Mango, who’ll showcase her forthcoming album The Lightswitch; a special performance from witty songwriter Withered Hand; an energetic gig from Vlure; and hard dance from Basshunter. 

According to a press release discussing the festival: ‘This is not a festival in a field. It’s a festival on your doorstep, no tent required. Forget the trek, the traffic and the campsites. This summer’s biggest live music weekend happens in a venue near you. Everywhere At Once is more than a line-up of gigs. It’s a national moment to celebrate the grassroots music ecosystem.’ 

Confirmed Scottish shows are: 

Support Your Scene and Open Mic Night, Leith Depot, Edinburgh
This Feeling, Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh 
AC DC GB, The Venue, Dumfries 
Pippa Blundell, The Vault Arts Centre, Newton Stewart 
Anti Nowhere League, Beat Generator Live, Dundee 
Hidden, Pharmacy, Edinburgh
Basshunter, Music Hall, Dundee
Goodbye Mr Mckenzie, PJ Molloys, Dunfermline 
This Feeling, Audio, Glasgow 
Girls Rock Glasgow, Bloc+, Glasgow 
Basshunter, Slay, Glasgow 
Juni Habel, The Glad Café, Glasgow 
Sean Choon and The Prawn Monsoon, The Hug And Pint, Glasgow 
Radio Buena Vida Artist Showcase, The Rum Shack, Glasgow 
Withered Hand, Backstage, Kinross 
Erasured, The Bungalow, Paisley
Phonics, MacArts, Galashiels
Illegally Blondie, Dreadnoughtrock, Bathgate 
Dead Dolphins, Purple Orange Arts Venue, Bathgate 
Jo Mango, Saint Luke's & The Winged Ox, Glasgow 
Cumbiatones, Stramash, Edinburgh 
Kelburn Presents Lezzer Quest, People’s Leisure Club, Edinburgh 
Vlure, Tolbooth, Stirling 
Headset140 with Rapture 4D & Feena, Stereo, Glasgow 
Mungo's Hi-Fi, Rapture, Kirkwall 
Brooke Combe, Purple Orange Arts Venue, Bathgate 

We spoke to an array of small venue owners on the struggles and joys of running small venues in a special feature. ‘The world of gig-going is as fertile as ever,’ we wrote. ‘The community-spirited atmosphere of many music spaces across Glasgow and Edinburgh nonetheless remains in a state of precarity, struggling to pay back debts accrued during covid, coping with increased living costs, wrangling with demands from local councils, and adjusting to an era of declining alcohol consumption. Two grassroots music venues are closing their doors every week, according to the Music Venue Trust (MVT); these hotbeds of cultural vibrancy are hitting crisis point.’ Read the full feature. 

Everywhere At Once Festival, various venues, UK-wide, Friday 26–Sunday 28 June; Picture: Jack Finnigan. 

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