Alcohol-free music festival in Glasgow to return with well-known 90s stars
Scotland's alcohol-free music festival is returning with two big 90s acts headlining.
Recovery Connects, designed to support and celebrate people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, will return to Queen's Park Arena in Glasgow on Saturday, 6 July.
The event is free to attend, with no ticket required, and is open to everyone, including those simply looking for a festival experience without alcohol.
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This year's festival is set to be headlined by Leeroy Thornhill, formerly of The Prodigy, and will feature an acoustic set from Britpop indie band The Bluetones.
DJ Snoopy, known from the Metro nightclub in Saltcoats, and tribute band Ocean Colour Scheme will also perform.
Scottish comedian Darren Connell will introduce each act at the event.
The festival is sponsored by Abbeycare, which runs drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinics in Scotland and England, and the charity We Are With You, with funding from the Corra Foundation.
Now in its sixth year, Recovery Connects has grown from a small gathering to a festival attracting thousands of music fans from Glasgow and beyond.
As well as the musical entertainment, the festival will feature a variety of other family-friendly activities, as well as food and non-alcoholic drinks.
Stalls operated by recovery, mental health, and homelessness services and local social enterprises will run throughout the event.
The festival was founded by three friends in recovery — Eddie Clarke, Derek Watt, and Shaun Kenny — who together make up The Recovery Collective.
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Eddie Clarke, outreach manager at Abbeycare and one of the festival organisers, said: "Recovery Connects keeps getting bigger every year, and we can't wait to hear the roar of the crowd in Queens Park Arena this summer as they sing along to some 90s classics.
"We've come a long way over the past six years, starting off with just a few hundred people and growing into an event attracting thousands of music fans from Glasgow and beyond.
"The festival started with the simple idea of bringing people in recovery together to celebrate what they've achieved, rather than hiding it away.
"There is a community, family-friendly feel to it that you just don't get at other festivals, with people able to enjoy the music without being surrounded by alcohol."
Doors for the event open at noon, with the festival running till 6.30pm.
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