St Magnus Festival kicks-off tonight

The St Magnus International Festival begins today, with an all-star line-up of acts performing between tonight and June 25.

Today’s edition of The Orcadian features a two-page preview on the festival, detailing the times and places for each of the shows.

Performing in the county as part of the huge line-up of acts are big names such as comedian Fred MacAuley, singer Eddi Reader, actor Jonathan Hyde and many, many more.

For all the comedy, music, drama and magic taking place throughout this year’s festival see pages 20 and 21 of the newspaper.