The addition of a Quiet Campsite means that this is probably the most family-friendly fire – or indeed music – festival you’ll find anywhere. The climax of the week comes, inevitably, with the burning of a thirty-foot wicker man. Big names appearing in recent years have included KT Tunstall, The Human League and Goldie Lookin’ Chain. As well as the main stage (named Summerisle after the island in the film), there’s a reggae stage, a punk stage, the Solus tent for new Scottish bands and the usual collection of children’s areas, beer tents and craft workshops. If you can’t take the word “festival” seriously unless there are big stages and rock bands all over the place, Wickerman is your answer – since 2001 this small-scale version of Glastonbury has been drawing thousands of visitors and winning awards for its eclectic mix of music. While Burning Man has always insisted it has no connection with the horror movie, the Wickerman festival in Scotland rejoices gleefully in the link. The end of the week brings the burning of a great human figure and a temple, before what is perhaps the most breathtaking communitas of all, absolutely every trace of the festival is painstakingly removed leaving nothing but desert behind. If you’re planning a visit, look seriously into how well you’re going to be able to look after yourself in what is, after all, a desert – without even cell phone coverage. A gift economy operates onsite, nobody uses money, which seems to work remarkably well considering that 2011’s attendance was capped at 50,000 and sold out. Tens of thousands descend on the Black Rock Desert for the week running up to Labor Day, for this great experiment in community and self-expression. Possibly the best-known modern fire festival, Burning Man is often seen as more of a temporary city than a festival. The Wickerman Festival Genre: Rock, Ska, Alternative rock, Northern Soul, Dance, Indie, World music, Punk, Reggae, Folk music.
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