Knockengorroch Festival is offering a unique opportunity for you to bring your work to a fabulous location in South West Scotland. We invite you to develop a new work, or to re-imagine an existing work within the context of the Glen and its river The Water of Deugh.

Open Call for Site-Responsive Performance

Knockengorroch Festival 2027 is inviting submissions for site-responsive, live performance in the landscape on and around the festival site.

This opportunity is open to artists at all stages in their careers and can be solo or group work. We are looking for a genuine commitment that engages with the land and community.

Your performance will be shown outdoors and be able to adapt to variable weather conditions.

This first performance call-out for Knockengorroch offers a limited number of artists the opportunity to present work of a high standard. *




Background


Knockengorroch was the first greenfield festival of its type in Scotland and began in 1998.

The Festival now attracts people from all over Scotland, the UK, and beyond.

Knockengorroch Festival promotes multi-cultural forms and musical genres, highlighting the connection between roots music, the lands, the people that have lived there and the people and all living things that still do.



What the festival can provide:


• A residency of up to five days, including the festival weekend.


• Stage-management support for your performance during the the festival.

• Camping accommodation on-site.


• Mentoring from Alex Rigg of Oceanallover.


• Crew meals during the festival.


• Access to an audience pool of over three thousand people.


• Some limited help with travel costs.

• Marketing and publicity through the festival.


• On-site marketing and information for the festival audience.


• Photographic documentation of your performance.



*This opportunity is not a commission.

We hope to be able to offer funded opportunities in the future.

How to apply


Please send a simple pitch telling us:

• Who you are.

• Include as many links to your work as you wish but no large attachments in your email.

• How many people will be in your team and their roles.

• What you’d like to do - is it an existing piece of work or something new you want to try out?

• How do you envision it working on our site?

• Your experience relating to Knockengorroch festival, if any. 
• 
Where you’d be travelling from.

Please keep your pitch to us clear and concise.