Youth Beatz Second Stage, Third Stage, and Kids Tent Line-ups Announced

Event organisers are delighted to share details for this years Second Stage, Third Stage and Kids Tent for Youth Beatz 2023.

This year’s Second Stage will be brought to you in partnership with local organisation Dumfries Music Collective. DMC have developed a fantastic programme for the Second Stage on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 July, featuring an amazing line up of young musicians from across Dumfries and Galloway and the central belt. The stage will offer a vast range of types of music from solo artists, bands, and DJs across the event weekend.

DMC said: “We are immensely proud to be programming the second stage at this year’s Youth Beatz Festival. It’s an honour for us to have been able to offer this incredible performance opportunity to eighteen home grown Scottish bands and musicians, and to support them in playing to such a huge crowd. It is also a brilliant chance for us at Dumfries Music Collective to get out there and shout about what we do, which will allow us to support even more young people in Dumfries and Galloway in pursuing a career in music.”

For the Third Stage at this year’s Festival, we will be showcasing dance acts from across Dumfries and Galloway. The stage will feature dance groups, cheerleading squads, solo performers and much more. This is a great opportunity for young people who are involved in grass roots dance groups in their local community to showcase their talents to audiences over the event weekend. In the evening, the stage will host two young DJs from Dumfries and Galloway.

Chair of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Communities Committee, Councillor Ian Blake said: “It is incredibly important to our Council to give young people a platform where they can showcase their talents to audiences from our own region as well as the rest of Scotland. Thank you to our partners at Dumfries Music Collective for bringing together an exciting line up of local talent for this year’s Second Stage. We are also delighted to be welcoming young dance performers from across our region to perform on the Third Stage over the event weekend.”

Returning to Youth Beatz Festival is the popular Kids Tent. The Kids Tent will feature a series of scheduled performances from children’s entertainers from across Dumfries and Galloway including the Road Runner, Daffy Dill, Double Trouble, and Uncle Billy. At 5:30pm, the Kids Tent will turn into a Family Rave courtesy of Big Fish Little Fish, complete with balloons, confetti, bubbles and more.

Vice Chair of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Communities Committee, Councillor Jackie McCamon said: “It is great that we have so much talent on offer here in Dumfries and Galloway, and that there is a substantial offer for younger children at this year’s event through the Kids Tent and other activities that will be running as part of the event days.”

If you would like more information about stage line ups, please visit our website at www.youthbeatz.co.uk and keep an eye out on our social media channels.

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