Thousands of people turn out for Kirkcudbright's floodlit tattoo

Thousands of people crammed into St Cuthbert Street on Saturday night for Kirkcudbright’s annual floodlit tattoo.

Singers Voce and the Imps Motorcycle Display Team were the headline acts, with Bruce McKenzie compere for the evening.

Kirkcudbright and District Pipe Band provided the music along with Buccleuch and Queensberry Pipe Band, Kilmarnock Pipe Band, Penicuik and District Pipe Band and Dunaskin Doon Band.

Kirkcudbright Scottish country dancers were joined by youngsters from Kirkcudbright Primary as well as Highland dancers from Kay Alexander, Paula Herries and Joanne White.

And Kirkcudbright’s famous tug o’war team kept up their unbeaten record for another year.

Kirkcudbright Summer Festivities chairman, John Blaikie, said: “It was one of our best tattoos.

“The audience were enthralled by Voce and, to add to the atmosphere, when they finished we had a brilliant sunset with the red sky silhouetting the castle.

“They might be kids but the Imps can certainly ride their bikes.

“The wee ones were doing tricks - they were only five or six years old - and the bigger ones were jumping through fire.

“It was a brilliant night and we’ve had nothing but good comments.”

The tattoo used to mark the end of the summer in Kirkcudbright but there is “plenty still to come” from the festivities team, including the plant fair, woodland festival and kite festival in September and the festival of light and potentially the food festival in October.

John added: “Apart from the country fair we’ve come through it fairly well.

“When we needed dry weather, we had dry weather. All the Thursday nights were dry.

“Despite us thinking it’s been a very wet summer we’ve managed to put on most of what we wanted to do.

“The