Organisers of the North East’s only two day music festival have announced the first in its line up of DJ’s that will perform at this year’s event.

Internationally respected Glasgow duo SLAM will headline Wizard’s second stage on Saturday August 28.
The festival’s second stage will be taken over again in 2010 by award winning Aberdeen club, Snafu, who will deliver a two day bill full of some of the UK’s top DJ talent.

SLAM are one of Scotland’s top DJ acts and will play Wizard following a headline set at T in the Park. Made up of Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle the pair are talented producers who also manage their own record label called Soma.
Renowned international DJ’s, SLAM have performed at festivals and clubs around the world and have a reputation as one of the UK’s most successful dance music acts.

Taking over Wizard’s second stage for a second year, Aberdeen’s Snafu club has a fistful of awards and accolades to its name. Recently voted 71 in a poll of the world’s top 100 clubs by DJ Mag, Snafu has also previously been awarded Scottish nightclub of the year.

In an additional perk for festival fans, Wizard festival organisers have arranged for a series of buses to run from Aberdeen and other regions around Scotland to make it easier for fans to travel to and from the festival.

For the first time ever, Happy Bus will be running coaches from Aberdeen each day and returning to the city each evening. There will also be weekend busses available for fans that travel from further afield to enjoy the entire Wizard weekend. Busses will leave from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, Dunfermline, Peterhead, Mintlaw and Ellon.

Roy Thain, Festival director said:
“Adding DJ’s to our line-up brings a whole new dimension to the festival. Last year the DJ stage was really well received by festival fans that came to Wizard so there was no doubt that we needed to bring it back this year. It gives the event more scope to promote artists of all music genres and gives DJ’s as well as bands and solo artists a platform to highlight their talents. We will be adding lots more DJ acts in the coming weeks and expect fans to be really pleased with the result of our partnership with Snafu.

Making Wizard more accessible to fans has been a top priority for us as we have grown so the addition of regular busses from Aberdeen and the rest of Scotland will make it easier for fans to come along.”

A family friendly event, Wizard also runs a full two day children’s programme and has a dedicated arena, Wee Wizards, where families and young people can get involved in creative and musical activities and workshops.
Made up of three stages, over 50 acts will appear at Wizard across two days in August. Held in the beautiful setting of the New Deer Showground, approximately 30 miles from Aberdeen, last year it added a full line up of DJ’s as well as local acts and arena performers to its bill.

Visit www.wizardfestival.com for full info and for tickets