Dumfries Nithraid, a small boat race up the Nith from Carsethorn, celebrating the town's historical relationship with the river. The region is also home to a number of thriving music festivals such as the Wickerman Festival (in Dundrennan), Eden Festival (at St Ann's near Moffat), the Moniaive Folk Festival, Thornhill Music Festival and Electric Fields (at Drumlanrig Castle). Queen of the South represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the second level of the country's professional football system, the Scottish Championship. Palmerston Park on Terregles Street is the home ground of the team. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the
Scotland national amateur football team that year, when the FA abolished the distinction between amateurism and professionalism in domestic football. The Scotland amateur team predominantly played its home matches at Hampden Park, Glasgow – a ground also home to the full Scotland national team and Queen's Park. Matches outside Glasgow were mainly played in Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Dumfries. Scotland national amateur football team The Scotland national amateur football team was the amateur representative team for Scotland at football. It was formed in 1926 and continued until 1974. Following the adoption of professionalism in 1893, the Scotland national football team continued to field both professional and