BELLADRUM'S 20TH FESTIVAL HITS FINAL DAY

Deacon Blue, Callum Beattie, Bill Bailey and Twin Atlantic are among the final day acts of the 20th Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.

Saturday is traditionally the busiest of the Highland event's three days.

On Friday night, thousands of fans watched James Arthur on the main Hot House stage and there were similar numbers over at the Garden stage for Jake Bugg.

Earlier, there was some 90s nostalgia from Ocean Colour Scene - who opened their set with The Riverboat Song - and The Vaselines, who packed out the Grassroots tent and had their crowd singing along to Molly's Lips and Son of a Gun.

Bella's theme this year is love and fittingly the last day features a performance by 1960s US rock band Love.

About 25,000 people were expected to attend the festival over its weekend, which has featured dozens of acts and a wide range of genres from country to electronica.

Thursday's opening day featured Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bexter and Teenage Fanclub, while Friday saw one of the final gigs of Skye band Niteworks.

On smaller stages dotted across the site there were performances by Folk'd Up and Tony Hawk's Pro Soundsystem.

Outside the music, there has been wrestling matches, stunt cyclists and a number of weddings.

BBC ALBA coverage of Belladrum on its channel and also BBC iPlayer.

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