LISTEN: Rockness Cancelled For 2nd Time

Organisers confirmed the Loch Ness event wouldn't be returning this year.

Published 20th Jan 2015

The Rockness festival will NOT return this year.

Organisers confirmed the Loch Ness event would not go ahead - the 2nd time in a row that decision has been taken.

Promoter AEG Live decided against running the north's biggest musical festival last year.

It citied competition from the likes of the World Cup and Commonwealth Games.

Rockness, sited at Dores near Inverness, has been a fixture of the Scottish live music calendar since 2006.

It's estimated to bring in millions of pounds to the local economy.

MFR Reporter Derek Ferguson speaks with Stewart Nicol, from Inverness Chamber of Commerce, about the loss of another Rockness...