This was my first time attending Les Fest and this year's event had been moved to a new location, Wiston Lodge situated in South Lanarkshire. Following a 4+ hour train journey from Crewe to Glasgow + connecting train to Lanark, then a 25 minute car journey, with an hours sleep after a 10 hour nightLes-Fest site by Dougie Purves This was my first time attending Les Fest and this year's event had been moved to a new location, Wiston Lodge situated in South Lanarkshire. Following a 4+ hour train journey from Crewe to Glasgow + connecting train to Lanark, then a 25 minute car journey, with an hours sleep after a 10 hour night shift, I was tired to say the least but the short walk from the lodge to the site of Les-Fest 3 immediately alleviated said tiredness. Situated at the foot of a hill and a lake, the campsite and 3 log cabins had some stunning views and the acoustic stage was situated next to Lodge. Once unpackeded I made my way to the marquee that housed the main stage. The main stage was impressive and as I walked in Kingwinsford based band Martyr De Mona were blasting through a very punchy p.a system (my ears are still ringing 5 days later). Playing a set featuring material from their debut album Impera, their set was chock full of biting, twin guitar melodic hard rock with a solid backbone rhythm section. A fine example of this was from their single 'Influence & Persuasion [...]
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