What a way to end the festival. Brilliant sets from Beans On Toast, Sean MccLaughlin & The Wind Up Crows, Scrounge, Billy Liar and the incredible Arab Strap! Bring us home @frankturner.bsky.social and The Sleeping Souls!!!

The now legendary AMA spot with @frankturner.bsky.social in the hot seat. He was grilled on everything from how to keep finding inspiration for songs; how to keep physically and mentally strong for shows as well as advice for new musicians. Thanks for the great and thoughtful questions.

Day 4!! And it’s the last day already. BOOO! We might be tired, but we’ve got an amazing finale lined-up. Today we have live music from Beans On Toast, Sean McLaughlin & The Wind-Up Crows and Scrounge on the NA Stage with Billy Liar and Arab Strap on the Main Stage.

Celebrating 10 years of Positive Songs For Negative People AND 20 years of the very first demo CD - @frankturner.bsky.social and The Sleeping Souls!!

Wow! What a night so far. Epic sets from the mighty @skinnylister.bsky.social, Uninvited and 3 bands from the super cool Scottish Indie label Blackhall Records - Waverley., Midnight Ambulance and the ace Dictator! Now for Frank's celebration of Positive Songs For Negative People!

The Survival Adds Up To Something Panel was a powerful, moving and vital conversation about mental health. Moderated by Alex Fradera who is a Clinical Psychologist and lecturer at University of Glasgow John Gibson from The Cranmore Trust together with

Celebrating 10 years of Positive Songs For Negative People, @frankturner.bsky.social & The Sleeping Souls discuss the writing & recording of the album, the relentless touring schedule & attempted to answer quick-fire round quiz questions from the world's best chat show/quiz master/host Callum Green!

Day 3 - and we’re half-way through! On the NA Stage we have Dictator, Midnight Ambulance and Waverley with Uninvited and @skinnylister.bsky.social playing on the Main Stage. @frankturner.bsky.social and The Sleeping Souls celebrate 10 years of the album ‘Positive Songs For Negative People’.

Gorgeous set from @frankturner.bsky.social and Matt Nasir. Lots of songs not heard for a while, including Dancing Queen!

Incredible performances from @christt.bsky.social and Nina Nesbitt on the Main Stage and Nokomis, Laura Silverstone and John Smith on the Nick Alexander Stage. Up next - Frank and Matt play us out with an acoustic duo show!

Joining @frankturner.bsky.social on the Written Word panel today was the ever-brilliant @christt.bsky.social and Beans on Toast. The three of them discussed the writing process for both long-form and songs, how best to write for yourself rather than anyone else

Day 2 and Lost Evenings is in full swing. We have a super line up for today with live sets from JohnSmith, Laura Silverstone and Nokomis on the Nick Alexander Stage and @christt.bsky.social and Nina Nesbitt on the Main Stage. @frankturner.bsky.social and Matt headline with an acoustic duo set!

Super show from @frankturner.bsky.social to kick off Lost Evenings VIII!!!

Really fun first panel hearing about all the Lost Evenings Festival Fringe Events. It's a lovely community that has been built up around the festival and the extra curricula activity this year is off the scale. There's the boat party, karaoke, park run, screening of Get Better and lots lots more.

Lost Evenings VIII has officially opened! And the Cowboy Chords is up and running.

Day 1 of Lost Evenings VIII is here! Tonight we have live sets from @deuxfurieuses.bsky.social, Ben Brown and Katacombs on the Nick Alexander Stage, and Koo Koo, Haiver and a Back In The Day set from @frankturner.bsky.social & The Sleeping Souls.

TOMORROW! @frankturner.bsky.social's Lost Evenings VIII kicks off at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange! We have an incredible 4 days lined-up for you. Find out everything that is happening, timings and general info here: lostevenings.info

IT'S LOST EVENINGS VIII WEEK! Super exciting. Please find the all important Clashfinder and FAQs to help you plan out your four days. Available to download from the website in desktop & mobile formats. And make sure you read the FAQs thoroughly. See you in a few days!! lostevenings.info/info.html

Bookings now open at Watermelon Tattoo for the Lost Evenings VIII Needles Flickering Flash Day. Head here for all the flash designs and booking info: lostevenings.info/needles.html

It's just two weeks until Lost Evenings VIII gets underway at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange and we can now unveil the exciting Last Minutes programming for the festival. For the Panels there is a celebration of @frankturner.bsky.social's Positive Songs For Negative People...

3 months today, Lost Evenings VIII touches down in Scotland at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange! And we can now unveil all twelve acts for the Nick Alexander Stage for across the 4 days. We have the Scottish/Greek duo @deuxfurieuses.bsky.social, the songwriting genius of Ben Brown...

Wow! That was super quick. Lost Evenings VIII is now officially SOLD OUT! Sorry to those who missed out but to those who have bagged some tickets - we look forward to seeing you there in September!

VERY limited day tickets for @frankturner.bsky.social's Lost Evenings VIII in Edinburgh are ON SALE NOW! The line-up on the main stage is a truly epic one, and with weekend tickets already sold out - this is your last chance to come along and enjoy the fun. Tkts - www.lostevenings.info

We have an INCREDIBLE line-up for the Main Stage at Lost Evenings VIII. Kicking things off on the Thursday we have LE stalwarts @wearekookoo.bsky.social and Glasgow 5-piece Haiver featuring Billy Kennedy from Frightened Rabbit.

EXCITING NEWS INCOMING! The full main stage cast of supporting acts for Lost Evenings VIII is being unveiled TOMORROW at 10am UK time. Plus news on some very limited day tickets. Tune in! @frankturner.bsky.social

All four nights of Lost Evenings VI, from House Of Blues in Anaheim in 2023 is streaming exclusively on Veeps. Starting on December 10th - Night 1 will be live at Midday PT/ 3pm ET/ 8pm GMT and on demand thereafter. The rest will follow on 12th, 17th and 19th December.

That's it folks - weekend tickets for Lost Evenings VIII in Edinburgh, September 2025 are SOLD OUT! Incredible scenes, thanks to everyone who bought a ticket. We'll have an update on the availability of limited day tickets in the New Year so look out for news then.

WOAH! Weekend tickets are flying out. These are going fast so be quick and don't miss out! Tickets - www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3E0061...

WEEKEND TICKETS NOW ON SALE! @frankturner.bsky.social's Lost Evenings VIII in Edinburgh is GO! Get em while you can. We can’t wait to see you all there. Tickets available here: www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3E0061...

EXCITING NEWS! @frankturner.bsky.social's Lost Evenings VIII will be taking place at O2 Academy Edinburgh on 25th - 28th September 2025! The festival promises to be another brilliant four days of live music, panels, open mic and much much more. Weekend tickets on sale on FRIDAY 29th Nov 3pm (GMT)

Lost Evenings VII in Toronto was an absolute blast. Can't believe 2 months have passed already. Here's a look back at the fun we had. And if you're interested in Lost Evenings VIII - then news will be coming VERY SOON! youtu.be/gJjGQYWHO6k?... Video by Lukas Rauch