Saturday marks the eighth anniversary of Fife’s popular Rockore festival, with music lovers set to descend on Lochore Meadows.
Big names including Midge Ure and local heroes The Skids have helped to draw in another sell-out crowd.
Gates will open at 11am, before Roberta Childs kicks off the music at 12.30pm.
A host of acts will entertain crowds throughout the day, including Parka Life, Stop the Clocks, Erasured, Ultimate Rock, and Pork Pie.
The Skids will take to the stage at 6.50pm, followed by a major vibe shift when the DJ GBX comes on at 8.10pm.
Midge Ure will play the closing set at 9.15pm, lasting for around an hour.
The vocalist is known for his work with the group Ultravox, and organised the famous “Live Aid” concert, which raised money for famine-stricken Ethiopia back in July 1985.
He was reportedly shocked when he found out that Benarty Events Group was able to organise something the size of Rockore.
Chair Eddie Easson, 72, said: “He can’t believe it. He was asking the name of our organisation, and said, ‘that’s only a community thing, how do you do that?’"
It has become a highly anticipated date on the Scottish musical calendar, pressing on whilst other small festivals have stopped altogether.
Around £65,000 has been spent on this year’s acts, paid for through ticket sales. Everything is sorted by volunteers, which organisers say provides an advantage over for-profit events.
As always, there will be food, and alcohol stores open throughout the day, with Eddie emphasising the need to keep drink prices affordable.
It should be a sunny Saturday. At the time of writing, the Met Office is predicting a sunny 18c.
But as Eddie stated: “The thing we can’t control is the weather, and touch wood it’s never been a problem for us. Like the organiser of Glastonbury says, ‘a festival isn’t a festival without warm beer and a pair of wellies’.”
It’s the first time that the event will strictly be for over 18s, with organisers citing medical incidents at last year’s festival as the reason.
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