Arts / Boppapalooza back with a bang in biggest year yet
THE ALL-DAY, multi-venue music festival Boppapalooza returned bigger than ever for its third year on Saturday.
This year’s main event was held at the Mareel auditorium for the first time, with Glasgow funk and soul group Tom McGuire and the Brassholes headlining on Saturday night.
Joining them on the bill for the Mareel late-night gig were home favourites The Dirty Lemons, The Fiction, The Black 8s, Sheer and The One-Man Disco Band.
Earlier in the day acts like Keirynn Topp, Dominic Bogle and Magic Money Tree Band played in the Mareel cafe/bar at a free concert, while metal acts such as Bitumen River and Grimlok brought the riffs to Trench bar in the afternoon.
Boppapalooza gets its name from The Bop Shop, the not-for-profit record shop on Lerwick’s Harbour Street, whose music-loving volunteers run the event.
Here’s a photo gallery of images from Mareel on Saturday, with photos from Marvin Smith:
Become a member of Shetland News
Shetland News is asking its readers to consider paying for membership to get additional perks:
- Removal of third-party ads;
- Bookmark posts to read later;
- Exclusive curated weekly newsletter;
- Hide membership messages;
- Comments open for discussion.
If you appreciate what we do and feel strongly about impartial local journalism, then please become a member of Shetland News by either making a single payment, or setting up a monthly, quarterly or yearly subscription.
Already a member? Sign in to hide this message.
