The Speakeasy in association with The List will have a host of talent and conversation on show, from comedy acts which will be sure to get the tent erupting in laughter, to artist Q&A’s with some of Scotland’s biggest and best talent. 

The weekend’s music festivities will take place across 3 stages; The Grand Parade where guests can expect to get up close to the biggest names in music, Guitars & Other Machines which is a space for up-and-coming, grassroots artists and your favourites of the future, plus a few heroes in there too, and finally the Unknown Pleasures stage which invites fans to explore their adventurous side with a programme of electronic music.

FRIDAY 26th August 

THE GRAND PARADE

IDLES, Jon Hopkins, John Grant, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler, The Mysterines, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Future Utopia, Maeve

GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES

Joesef, Moses Boyd, CMAT,  LYRA, Cloth, Jealous of the Birds, LVRA

UNKNOWN PLEASURES

Optimo (Espacio), I. JORDAN, Hammer, TAAHLIAH, KILIMANJARO, Pocket

SPEAKEASY 

Black Scot Pod, LVRA in Conversation, Fern Brady, Tiny Changes Keynote, Sean McLoughlin, Mark Nelson, Katie Pritchard, Conor Burns. 

SATURDAY 27th August

THE GRAND PARADE

The Chemical Brothers, Bonobo, The Twilight Sad, Caribou, Holly Humberstone, Chloe Moriondo, Lucia & The Best Boys

GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES

RIDE playing Nowhere, LOW, Matt Maltese, Willie J Healey, NewDad, Swim School, The Joy Hotel, Opus Kink

UNKNOWN PLEASURES

Erol Alkan, Krystal Klear, Dance System, Nightwave, Push It, Nadia Summer B2B DIJA

SPEAKEASY

Leyla Josephine, Marjolein Robertson, Stuart Braithwaite & James Graham in Conversation, Tom Cashman, Finlay Christie, Jenny Bede, Brennan Reece

SUNDAY 28th August 

THE GRAND PARADE

The National, Mogwai, Bombay Bicycle Club, Little Simz, Self Esteem, Black Country, New Road, Rae Morris, Rachel Chinouriri

GUITARS & OTHER MACHINES

Idlewild playing The Remote Part, Admiral Fallow, Sudan Archives, DEHD, Hamish Hawk, Lizzie Reid, Kathleen Frances

UNKNOWN PLEASURES

Horse Meat Disco, Sam Gellaitry, Jamz Supernova, Barry Can’t Swim, Rebecca Vasmant, Karma Kid

SPEAKEASY

Darren McGarvery, Rebecca Vasmant in Conversation, Justin Moorhouse, Becky Lucas, Joe Wells, Troy Hawke, Jo Caufield & Alycia Pirmohamed.

Connect takes place on 26-28 August at The Royal Highland Centre Showgrounds, Edinburgh. Tickets are on sale now.