The Mhor Festival!

So the Harvey / Nichols got the opportunity to head off to their first festival this weekend, and it was Mhor Festival, a 3 day festival situated in the grounds on Monachyle Mhor Hotel in Balquhidder. So packed up with sun cream and glasses (me) and flowery headbands and bangles (the 11 and 13 year old kids), we headed west. After a small delay in a convoy between Mhor 84 and the festival site, we arrived and parked up.

It’s hard to explain the setting for this festival, its breath-taking, in a valley at the end of Loch Voil, it took our breath away, the views were amazing and it was the perfect setting. For campers, there was an abundance of space, spotless toilets, hot showers and a café set up too.

The festival itself is compact, there’s an area for stalls, with some of our best producers there including Venachar Lochside, Perthshire Oatcakes and Poporopo and many more, as well as some great food stalls from Mhor and Forth Valley College. A champagne and oyster bar, cocktail garden, the Crossbill Gin bar (more on that later) and Thistly Cross Cider meant lots of places to refuel.

Throughout the day there was DJ’s playing great music, soul, disco, perfect outdoor festival tunes while the kids ran around and played and the adults chilled on bean bags and deckchairs.

For the more adventurous there was a zip line, circus skills, cocktail making lessons and even an omelette making challenge, so it was a festival you take at your own pace. By evening, there were bands including Esperanza and the Complete Stone Roses, and acrobats too, great to finish each evening.

Our highlights? Well the kids say the rafting at the Loch, the zip line and the glam tent where they got their festival look on. For us, it was the sheer quality of it all. Oh and the Crossbill Gin bar. Secretly that was my favourite place!

Word of the weekend? Quality – weather, setting, food, drinks, stalls, entertainment. Take your kids, don’t take your kids it works both ways – just go if you get the chance. We were left wanting more of Mhor! (yep I did it!)