The festival was established in 2015 with organisers hoping to "fill the void" left by the since defunct
Isle of Skye Music Festival. The first year's festival featured one stage, with performances from DJs on the Friday and bands on the Saturday. Bands appearing including Skye's own
Peatbog Faeries,
Donnie Munro and
Niteworks, with DJs including
Andrew Weatherall and
Hot Chip on the Friday night. In 2016, the festival changed sites to the King George V Park in Portree, with a view to expanding capacity and offering to two stages. It featured performances from
Public Service Broadcasting,
Capercaillie,
Treacherous Orchestra,
Bicep_(duo),
Simian Mobile Disco and more. While the 2016 location enabled a greater capacity, organisers felt it lacked the "iconic" status of the original site and so returned in 2017, while retaining a second stage, hosted by the Apocathery Tower overlooking
Portree Harbour. The festival was headlined by
Mercury Prize nominees
Django Django. The festival was a critical success, declared "a unique and essential festival experience". The festival's 2018 edition featured performances from Session A9, Denis Sulta,
Pictish Trail and other. 2019's edition of the festival saw the addition of a third day of programming, with the festival taking place from Thursday 5th until Saturday 7 September 2019. The new Thursday's programming took the form of an opening concert featuring a performance from
The Waterboys. Appearances across the Friday and Saturday included
Niteworks,
Peatbog Faeries,
Tide Lines,
Lau_(band),
Erol Alkan and
Optimo (Espacio). The festival was forced to take initially due to grounds works on the site in 2020, and then again in 2021 due to the
COVID-19_pandemic. In July 2021 Skye Live broadcast a free online festival featuring performances by
Sian_(band),
Brìghde_Chaimbeul &
Aidan_O%27Rourke_(musician), Lord Of The Isles (feat. Ellen Renton) and
Niteworks. The performances were shot at various locations across Skye, including the
Quiraing and
The_Storr. During the broadcast the dates for an in person return of the festival were announced as 13 and 14 May 2022. == References ==