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Discover a festival like no other… a feast of music, art and adventure in a fairytale setting only 50 minutes from Glasgow...

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The Neverending Glen

The Neverending Glen is an extension of The Kelburn Garden Party that takes guests on a surreal, enchanting and stimulating multi-media adventure, where contemporary art meets ancient landscape and pop-up parties in the historic Kelburn glen. Artists and art collectives are invited to create site-specific installations, sculptures, performances and events which enhances your experience of the amazing Kelburn glen with its magical and ancient forestry, mysterious pathways and mesmerizing views over the Atlantic. All festival-goers are free to explore the glen and the delights within at their leisure, during daylight hours at the Kelburn Garden Party.

We ask all visitors to the Neverending Glen to bring with them enough water and supplies, and leave no trace of their visit behind them, except perhaps a dash of their magical essence.

The Neverending Glen: 2023

After three years of sleep, the glen is once again awake and writhing with art, performances and happenings. Kelburn Garden Party 2023 will see nine new artworks join the existing cohort… 

As you walk through the glen, you will spot craggy sculptures inspired by our planet’s geological deposits, which elicit reflections on natural resource depletion (Katie Hallam). An ancient yew tree conceals a secret colony of birds, while further up the glen, the Hart of Kelburn gazes out over the valley and invites revellers to dine by his copper-wrought bust (David Cemmick).

In Coppice, take a moment to sketch out your outline on soft felt inside a woollen pupa, which cocoons all who enter to enable expansive metamorphosis (Máté Géhberger and Elle Colverson). Remode Renfrewshire encourages a new relationship with our textiles through workshops that teach participants tactile skills like natural dyeing, printing and sewing – all valuable crafts in the era of fast fashion, helping to counteract the fashion industry’s unsustainable practices with good garment care.

Natural dyes sourced from the land itself colour the Pupae, burrowed throughout the glen’s branches and burn and hanging frozen by the festival’s atemporal sense of time (Annie Flora Watson Donaldson). Pupa becomes butterfly in The Body Is Home, an interactive sculpture that invites participants to stretch their bodies in mimicry of the three stages of metamorphosis (Sophie Blee). And just as insects undergo fantastic transformations, so lizards can make themselves anew by shedding their skins – Oceanallover guides the glen’s guests on a pilgrimage through landscape and words inspired reptiles that live wild in the UK.

A gentle breeze rustles through the forest, momentarily disturbing a flock of mechanical birds that adjust their flight according to movements in the wind (Natasha Russell and Dan Kingston). The minutiae of the glen reveals itself to its visitors in Strange Loop, where participants gather treasures from the woodland before transforming them into a co-created cosmocentric audio-visual masterpiece (Sita Iona Pieraccini & Jamie Wardrop).


Glimpse the glen of previous years below…

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  • Kelburn Garden Party 2016
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  • Kelburn Garden Party 2015
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  • Kelburn Garden Party - the Neverending Glen
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Getting lost in the woods is always better with pa Getting lost in the woods is always better with pals 🦖  Just watch out for any beasties...  Who will be in your festival squad next summer at Kelburn Garden Party 2024? Tickets available on @skiddleuk
Leave your cares behind at the door. The Smuggler' Leave your cares behind at the door. The Smuggler's Tent is the home of wild abandon, grinning dancers, kissing your friends and ceilidh dancing with strangers 🕺  At least it was when @mazphantasms took to the stage, the surf/psychedelic/sassy band with a big heart and an equally big sound.  Who here helped to pack out the Smuggler's for this electric set?  Check out the latest local talent at Kelburn Garden Party 2024. Book tickets on @skiddleuk
Bathing in forest sounds, courtesy of @thephoenixc Bathing in forest sounds, courtesy of @thephoenixchoir 🍃  Another long-time favourite of ours, this local choir returned to Kelburn Garden Party this summer to bring a series of pop-up soulful sets in hidden corners all over the festival, from the hilltop Beech Plateau to the sheltered nook by The Waterfall.  Discover more at Kelburn Garden Party 2024. Book tickets on @skiddleuk (link in bio)
A historic moment for bass music at Kelburn Garden A historic moment for bass music at Kelburn Garden Party hit the Landing Stage this summer 💥  @mcchickaboo, jungle's first ever woman MC, and @metalheadz/@eq50dnb stalwart @djflight both hit the mothership with a growling onslaught of drum & bass, all seasoned with the signature funk of Boo's lyrics.  Who caught this power pairing back in July?  More music legends coming your way at Kelburn Garden Party 2024. Book your tickets on @skiddleuk
When life gives you lemons, fetch yourself a libat When life gives you lemons, fetch yourself a libation at the lemonade stand 🍋🍋🍋  As you ascend through the dense foliage of the Neverending Glen, take a quick pitstop halfway up at this delicious drinks stall.  A place for thirst-quenching, jamming and tomfoolery - who stumbled on this quirky corner this summer?  Grab your tickets to Kelburn Garden Party 2024 today on @skiddleuk
2024 ARTIST APPLICATIONS OPEN! Over the years we'v 2024 ARTIST APPLICATIONS OPEN! Over the years we've seen some great acts come to Kelburn via our application process, and we're delighted to say that these are now open for 2024. If you or someone you know would sound or look great at next year's festival, you can now apply. We welcome submissions from bands, solo performers, visual artists, walkabout acts and more - we love the weird and wonderful. Go to our website and find the form under "get involved" 🙏
Global sounds 🌍 At Kelburn Garden Party, we lo Global sounds 🌍  At Kelburn Garden Party, we love to celebrate the cross-pollination of music subcultures from across the world.  Just a few highlights this summer included @kogmusicuk's transcendent afro-futurism, @dardisku_records' border-dissolving blend of dance music and Arabic tunes, @iamoptimisticsoul_'s  afro-house debut, and long-time KGP favourites and purveyors of afrobeat and beyond, @samedia_shebeen.  We're bringing the world's music back to Scotland's door at Kelburn Garden Party 2024. Book your tickets on @skiddleuk
Songs of the forest come tumbling out of The Treeh Songs of the forest come tumbling out of The Treehouse stage, curated by Kelburn Garden Party fam member PJ Coyle 🍃  A multi-genre vibe station where feel-good tunes rule the roost - how many of you came by for a quick "pop-in" (then realised you'd just spent an hour here grooving)?  Tickets to Kelburn Garden Party 2024 are available to book now on @skiddleuk
Storytelling, art and magic... there are plenty of Storytelling, art and magic... there are plenty of imaginative oddities to be discovered in The Summerfields 🪄  Old school Kelburners may remember the Twin Peaks Cabaret Tepee from a few years ago. This summer we brought this old favourite back to host a fizzing mix of circus, cabaret and creativity. Hands up if you paid it a visit 🙌  Don't miss the fun next summer at Kelburn Garden Party 2024. Book your tickets now on @skiddleuk
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