{"id":660354,"date":"2026-06-27T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660354\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:55:10","slug":"thousands-expected-to-flock-to-dumfries-for-free-youth-beatz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660354\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands expected to flock to Dumfries for free Youth Beatz festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The event will feature four main stages alongside a wide programme of daytime activities aimed at young people and families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Attractions include sports sessions, inflatables, cycling displays and a youth information area promoting local and national services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A new sports zone, supported by Commonwealth Games funding, will offer activities such as climbing, curling and mountain biking, delivered by qualified coaches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alongside the big names, a number of emerging local artists are set to perform. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The festival will also host The Toon, an interactive learning experience tackling issues such as health, crime and substance misuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organisers and Police Scotland stressed the event would be alcohol free, with security checks in place to maintain safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The event will feature four main stages alongside a wide programme of daytime activities aimed at young people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-660354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}