- Guy Oliver
Jupiter Rising X EAF 25
Jupiter Rising X EAF 25
Saturday August 16th, 6pm – midnight
Scotland’s artist-driven festival returns for one night only with experimental music, poetry, and performance. For 2025, JUPITER RISING lights up Jupiter Artland’s magical landscape with the folkloric, wyrd, and wonderful.
Photography by Charlotte Cullen, Rising x EAF 2024.
What to expect at Rising?
The packed line-up features a live solo set by iconic Glasgow artist and DJ TAAHLIAH, a curated line-up of poetry and performance from Waterwings Press, and the infamous late-night stage taken over by trailblazing hair salon and queer nightlife darlings Ponyboy. Party-goers can explore Jupiter Artland’s summer exhibitions by Guy Oliver and Jonathan Baldock after dark, and catch Baldock in conversation with Queer as Folklore author Sacha Coward.
Expect the usual art-drenched chaos, late night dancing, and stunning performance in the woodlands of Jupiter Artland. Limited bus tickets getting partygoers to and from Glasgow and Edinburgh will also be available.
LINE UP ANNOUNCED
FLORENCE PEAKE
Photography by Vicky Polakovic
Florence Peake will present new performance work To Love and to Cherish, marking the first part of the commissioned floor painting for the new wedding venue at Jupiter Artland. To Love and to Cherish plays with and subverts the idea of traditional marriage vows, during the performance, four dancers will paint directly onto the floor through passionate embrace and unwieldy connections. Through their fervent gestures the floor will be saturated in colour to form the base for a permanent floor painting.
TAAHLIAH
Photography courtesy of the artist & artist management
Hailing from Glasgow, TAAHLIAH released her much-anticipated debut-album Gramarye last year, via her longterm label partner untitled (recs), following singles ‘Boys,’ ‘2018’ and ‘Cherish’. The album is TAAHLIAH’s boldest statement yet – from the sensitive confessional writing, to the sharp dance cuts that embody the unbothered confidence of her wild club sets, this debut bares all sides of its creator. Gramarye takes its title from a folkloric word related to magic, enchantment and necromancy; the English word ‘glamour’ has its origins in this Scots word. As she pushes sonic boundaries through her fusion of electronic music with experimental pop, TAAHLIAH explores themes of vulnerability, transformation and hope.
PONYBOY
Glasgow-based Ponyboy will curate this year’s coveted Late Night Stage, following recently being crowned Britain’s best club night by Time Out.
Roxanne Tataei
Roxanne Tataei will be bringing her neo-opera sound from South London to Scotland, taking inspiration from ancient Gaelic Psalm singers.
SGÀIRE WOOD
SGÀIREOKE is back for RISING x EAF 25! Get ready to warm those vocal chords up as you sing your heart out.
SETT STUDIOS
Jonathan Baldock in conversation with Sacha Coward
Opening the evening, artist Jonathan Baldock will be in-conversation with writer Sacha Coward.
Baldock’s 2025 commission for Jupiter Artland takes the title WYRD, an Old Norse word that not only means strange or different, but signals an exceptional otherness that is tied to destiny, fate and transformation. Sacha Coward is the author of Queer as Folklore, a bestselling investigation of the queer history of mythic and folkloric characters, old and new. Their conversation will set the theme for the evening’s programme, examining the wyrd in relation to queer lives, loves, histories and folklore, and reflect on how we might seek symbolism and solace through wyrd, fey and magical creatures.
Waterwings Press
Photography by Charlotte Cullen
How to get to Rising?
This year, EAF are offering a limited number of tickets for bus links travelling to and from Jupiter Artland: one bus travelling to Edinburgh, and one bus travelling to Glasgow. Your bus ticket covers your return journey to and from the location of your purchase.
Fo further info and how to book your ticket head to the EAF website.
TRAVELLING BY BUS
Number X27 Lothian Country bus service runs between Edinburgh and Bathgate. The closest stop is Coxydene/ Jupiter Artland. For more information about this service, visit the Lothian Country Bus website. Please note that the final X27 bus back towards Edinburgh leaves around 11.30pm from Jupiter Artland.
TRAVELLING BY TRAIN
The nearest railway station to Jupiter Artland is Kirknewton, which is around a 30-minute walk away. Please see more information on the Trainline website.
Read the Edinburgh Travel Guide for travel inspiration.
Have a look at Good Journey to see how to get to Jupiter car-free.
If you are intending to travel home by taxi or UBER, please be sure to check in advance whether your preferred taxi service or UBER travels to Jupiter Artland at this time. We recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment. You can book through All The Fours Taxis company at 01506 444444.
