Various venues, Anstruther
It must be Homegame: where else of a Friday evening could you catch the bald, Amish-beard-sporting Gummi Bako screeching his trash-country tunes like a preacher on laughing gas, then the flaky genius alt-folk singer-songwriter Lone Pigeon performing in a twinkling "space cave", then the Massacre Cave, a politely spoken death metal band from the Isle of Eigg?
The indie label Fence Records' annual weekend gathering in the pubs and community halls of the Fife seaside town of Anstruther has perfected its simple formula: anything-goes eclecticism fuelled by good vibes, real ale and fish and chips. It's a festival with no airs and graces: King Creosote starts the Saturday as sound man for the opening act, Gordon McIntyre, and finishes it as headliner. In between, we get everything from Conquering Animal Sound's choppy electronica to Kid Canaveral's perky indie-pop. Later, DJ turns from Jon Hopkins frame a set of glitchy techno from Nathan Fake.
There's more besides music: standup Josie Long hosts a comedy stage and there's an Ivor Cutler tribute poetry event. David Thomas Broughton's beguiling set – which sees him loop such sounds as him eating an apple to the clink of loose change in his pocket – is practically performance art.
Sunday peaks with James Yorkston and Josh T Pearson's intimate solo shows, and a rapturously entertaining performance from Fránçois and the Atlas Mountains. "Zis is for you, Homegame," chimes the charismatic Frenchman before the electropop quartet break out some boy-band dance moves, capturing the festival's unselfconsciously fun spirit.