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    The first of two outdoor festivals organised by environmentalist and TV personality David Bellamy to raise funds for environmentally sustainable projects in Africa. This first festival was well attended , perhaps because it was not too ambitious and maybe also because the UK was at the height of the " Live Aid " phenomenon following the huge success in 1985 of the extravaganza at Wembley .

    Despite a lineup that was hardly full of major names, the show attracted enough patrons to make it worthwhile to hold another bash in 1988, our correspondent Stuart Fell wote " Fife Aid '86 was a glorious no frills kind of affair with very little spent and lots made. 7500 people attended Craigtoun park on July 13th and an impressive £15000 was raised £12000 of which went to the famine in Africa (I always thought it went to Live Aid trust) and £3000 went to Misty in roots charity the name of which escapes me. After the success of this festival Fife regional council had absolutely no objection to a second Fife Aid 2 years later "

Regretably this event was nowhere near as successful and a combination of incompetent stage management, lack of headline acts and bad weather led to a disastrous result , at the end of the day,in 1988 , the Fife Aid organisation was left out of pocket to the tune of 176,000 pounds.

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