Festivals! Scotland's Music
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(pictured) are part of TradFest's opening concert ‘Passing It On’ for Scotland’s Year of Young People - showcasing the new generation in Scottish traditional arts and the lineage of their inspiration read all about TradFest on page 6 www.facebook.com/SIANceol www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh photo by Martin Venherm
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Scots Fiddle Festival Announces New Venue For their Fiddle 2018 Edinburgh :: 16-18 November :: www.scotsfiddlefestival.com TICKETS @ Tickets And Programme Release - Mid August 2018
The Scots Fiddle Festival, which is now in its 22nd year, is delighted to announce that it will be moving back under one roof for this year’s event. 'Fiddle 2018', due to be held from the 16–18 November, is moving to The Pleasance - the well-known music and Fringe venue, owned by The University of Edinburgh. It has recently had a £6 million refurbishment, taking its facilities to a new level, with greater accessibility and space options, enabling the Scots Fiddle Festival to take place in one location. Rosie Munro the SFF Artistic Director said “This is a really exciting move which will give us greater scope for the festival. It will allow us to be innovative while continuing to develop our core activities, creating an exciting new home for the Scots Fiddle Festival”. Malcolm Gillies, Chair of the SFF said “We had a new committee, including myself last year, and now having one year under our belt,
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are now gradually making some changes. We see the move as a great opportunity for the festival, and one which will allow us to expand the offering, be maybe a wee bit radical, and moves us well down the road to becoming a genuinely sustainable and fun Festival.”
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15th year of Scottish-Nordic Festival this month in Edinburgh Edinburgh :: 20-22 April :: www.northernstreams.org TICKETS and more info @ www.northernstreams.org Northern Streams - a unique festival of Nordic & Scottish music, song & dance – celebrates its 15th anniversary next month, with a focus on Swedish culture. Taking place 20-22 April, it combines concerts, workshops and sessions, right in the heart of Edinburgh. Guests taking part in this year’s Northern Streams festival are: Peter Puma Hedlund – master nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) player from Sweden Paul Anderson – master fiddler & Shona Donaldson – fiddler and singer from North East Scotland Fika Collective – Lachlan Munro, Libby McGugan, Malcolm Bushby and Callum Forsyth Glasgow based band playing Nordic and Scottish music V-Dala Spelsmanslag – Sweden’s longest running student folk ensemble The Grassmarket Centre’s ‘Music for All’ Group Organiser Fiona Campbell said: “We had been uncertain if we were going to have the capacity to run the festival this year but we got
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Paul Anderson, master fiddler & Shona Donaldson, fiddler and singer from North East Scotland
the opportunity to invite Peter Puma Hedlund to work with Paul and Shona,V-Dala Spelmanslag were planning to visit Scotland, and I was able to talk to up-andcoming group Fika Collective about taking part, it seemed like we had to make it happen to bring these talented artists together in front of audiences in Scotland. Also we’ll be celebrating Scotland’s Year of Young People with our Friday concert, celebrating collaborations between top musicians with our Saturday concert, along with lots of opportunities for participation and learning through workshops and sessions. “
repertoire – all welcome. All events take place at the Grassmarket Centre, 86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1 2QA though check out the festival website for details of a concert with Peter, Paul and Shona on Friday 27 April up in Aberdeenshire.
To book and for more details of the Northern Streams programme visit the tickets weblink at the top of this page, email: eltmsa@yahoo.co.uk or call 0795 191 8366. Ticket prices range from £6 for a workshop – £35 for an all-in-one weekend ticket. Concessions include TMSA members & Young Scot cardholders. Bookings The festival opens with an evening concert on can be made online before the festival as tickets Friday, then a concert & ceilidh on Saturday - to are only available at the venue during the give you the opportunity to try Swedish dances event. alongside the Scottish ones you are likely to Northern Streams is organised by the Traditional know already. All dances will be called or demonstrated. There are workshops during the Music and Song Association (TMSA) Edinburgh & Lothians Branch. Details about the Branch at: day on Saturday covering songs from Scotland and Sweden, accompanying Scandinavian tunes, www.eltmsa.org.uk and TMSA www.tmsa.org.uk Swedish and Scottish tunes and dance so you can practise for the evening ceilidh. The festival www.northernstreams.org finishes with an Open Session on Sunday www.twitter.com/northernstream1 afternoon, with members of the Grassmarket www.facebook.com/TMSAEdinburghandLothians Centre Music Groups giving a wee taste of their
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Experience and Celebrate Tradition with a Contemporary Spin at TradFest 2018 Edinburgh :: 26 April - 11 May :: www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest TICKETS @ www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest/events
In its fifth edition, TradFest Edinburgh :: Dùn Èideann returns as Edinburgh's only multi-arts festival dedicated to traditional folk arts, showcasing culture, live. From award-winning folksters to the freshest faces on the Scottish traditional scene, TradFest showcases international acts alongside local talent, filling Scotland's capital with music, song, dance, film and stories. Get close to the heartbeat of a city impassioned by tradition and enjoy this final farewell for Edinburgh’s traditional arts festival. Due to the 23% reduction in funding support from Creative Scotland to TRACS, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland will be unable to organise and promote TradFest in the future. Taking place between 26 April and 11 May with over 80 events across 27 Edinburgh venues (the hub is the Scottish Storytelling Centre), residents and visitors are welcome to enjoy a hive of activity inspired by and coinciding with Beltane and May Day, igniting ancestry with vibrant cultural creativity.
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the Heart of Edinburgh’, while Sangstream folk explore cultural traditions with a contemporary choir explore contemporary and traditional song, spin. highlighting the diverse life experiences of From daytime sessions, like ‘Lift Up Your Voice’ children and young people at ‘Aspects of Youth’. with Scott Murray and Ruth Kirkpatrick to David Francis hosts a debate with Findlay Napier fascinating music collectives – ‘A Flame of and Shona Thomson at the National Library Wrath for Squinting Patrick’ will bring the annals exploring the effect of social media on culture, of Highland clan history to life and ‘The Rymours’ identity and belonging in ‘Digital Natives?’, while with Ewan McVicar, Christine Kydd and Scott Musician Kirsty Law showcases her new album Gardiner – there’s music and song opportunities Daniel Abercrombie, TradFest Programme ‘Young Night Thought’, which is a collaboration aplenty, plus concert opportunities with Brighde Manager, states: ‘The foundation of Scotland's with filmmaker Daniel Warren and painter Kirsty Chaimbeul ft. Aidan O’Rourke, Rob Heron & The cultural heritage and national identity is Whiten, sharing – through a lens of Scots Tea Pad Orchestra and a welcome return from traditional arts. TradFest is a genuine, dynamic folklore – a dialogue around childhood old time roots collective Sheesham and Lotus & festival experience led by the communities and perception, imagination and play. ‘Son. cultures which celebrate traditional arts all year Plus, there’s opportunities for little ones to Storytelling takes Centre stage too, with a great round. Communities are bound by the stories embrace the joy of trad arts with a ‘Family selection of historical explorations and and music that surround them and TradFest Ceilidh’, ‘Artie’s Tartan Tales’ and a ‘Family mythological fun including tales of ‘Giants’ from presents an explosion of culture to enjoy, Beltane’ day. two very tall storytellers, Alice Fernbank and ensuring Scotland’s traditions are kept alive and Svend-Erik Engh, Finnish & Perthshire tales inherent in how its future is shaped, allowing our Music at the Pleasance partner up in ‘Journeys: The Women Who Made heritage to flourish and shape Scotland's culture the Mountains Sing’, dark ancestral secrets are for generations.’ The Pleasance is a venue steeped in Old Town brought to the fore by Dougie Mackay and Daniel and Southside tradition, with performances in Scotland’s Year of Young People the Theatre and Cabaret Bar, co-curated by The Serridge in ‘Kin: Fortune, Feuds & The Family Tree’ and anarchic tales from around the world Soundhouse Organisation and Edinburgh Folk Showcasing the new generation in Scottish are shared through the fascinating character of Club. traditional arts and the lineage of their ‘Robin Hood: Riot, Rant & Rebellion!’ inspiration, TradFest kicks off with it’s opening There’s a stellar line-up of talent to enjoy There's lots more happening at TradFest concert, ‘Passing It On’, at the Scottish including Scots Trad Music Awards 2016 ‘Up and this year so check out the tickets link at the Storytelling Centre for Scotland’s Year of Young Coming Artist of the Year’ Ryan Young ft. Jenn top of the page for more on all of them. People. Butterworth, fusions of funky mbalax and Performers from Sweden, India, Finland, the USA and Ireland will join top Scottish talent to create a vibrant and exciting 11-day festival featuring concerts, talks ruminating aspects of Scotland’s intangible cultural heritage, storytelling sessions revelling in mystical folklore, traditional dance displays and sessions, walking tours, visual arts and film screenings.
The Scottish custom of handing down a song, tune, story or dance to the next generation at social gatherings is marked at this celebration, with some of Scotland’s fresh new talent performing alongside the artists who have inspired them. This will include the fiddle talents of Ryan Young, with Marie Fielding, Brighde Chaimbeul and Fin Moore on the small pipes, SIAN and Christine Primrose performing Gaelic song, and Jo De Geer with Dannsa performing step dance.
Afrobeat grooves from Samba Sene & Diwan, www.twitter.com/TradFestEd fiddling finesse from RANT with support from www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest Vermont’s Young Tradition Touring Group, a taster of a new E.P. from rising young collective www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh Gnoss and Shooglenifty return to the live gigging scene with new member, Eilidh Shaw and a party atmosphere guaranteed as they share new tunes beside plenty of old favourites.
To usher in the Year of Young People, BE United, Leith Primary School and Citadel Youth Centre have joined forces to offer a day of activities led by young people and for young people, at ‘Nations United – Daytime: A Cultural Journey in
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Top ‘trad’ musicians pay tribute at Oban Live 2018
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Oban :: 8-9 June :: www.obanlive.com TICKETS @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oban-live-2018-tickets-38805150249 An impressive all-star line-up of 24 top names in the Scottish traditional music industry will come together at Oban Live 2018 in an exclusive collaboration named ‘Sons of Argyll’. Performing on Friday June 8 at the two-day festival, the project will pay homage to late inspirational figures from the region that played a key role in the lives and music of the performers involved.
Trail West’s Ian Smith said: I’ve been a travelling musician since the age of 16 and without a doubt my favourite part of the job is the opportunity I’ve had to meet so many different people throughout Argyll and the rest of Scotland.” He added: “In the last few years Argyll has lost many well-known characters, many of whom I counted as good friends, including my own father, Bernie Smith. I’m delighted and honoured to have the opportunity to organise this performance, which I hope will be a fitting tribute to those we’ve lost in recent years.”
Daniel Gillespie, Artistic and Managing Director for Oban Live said: “2017 saw some very special people taken too soon. These were not only great friends but also people that were hugely passionate Musicians from Tide Lines, Skipinnish, Skerryvore, about Argyll and the Isles, our culture and, in Blazin’ Fiddles, Trail West and Gunna Sound, as well particular, our music. Although they are no longer as this year’s Mòd Gold Medallists, Rachel Walker and with us, their legacy lives on and this was the Alasdair Currie, members of Oban Gaelic Choir and foundation of the Sons of Argyll concept that is set to world class pipers, Angus MacColl, Angus J MacColl be an unforgettable tribute to all these inspirational and Stuart Liddell, are included in the project line-up. characters.” Also involved are Marie Fielding, Phil Cunningham, Along with Sons of Argyll, more acts have been Craig & Hector MacFadyen, Sileas Sinclair, Mary announced for Oban Live 2018’s overall line-up. Catherine MacNeil and Archie & Alex McAllister. Widely respected and deeply talented Irish musician Sons of Argyll, which is founded and co-ordinated by Sharon Shannon, featuring multi-instrumentalist and Trail West’s Ian Smith, pays particular tribute to the composer Michael McGoldrick and Irish singer/ recently passed Norman MacLean (Tiree/Uist), Ian’s songwriter Susan O’Neill, Irish duo Hudson Taylor and father Bernie Smith (Tiree), Murdo MacLeod local Oban band Chunks join the exciting list of artists (Lochgilphead), Angus MacColl (Mull), Nonny confirmed for Oban Live 2018. More acts will be MacInnes (Oban), Colin Campbell (Oban), Calum announced at a later date. MacLean (Tobermory) and many more. Oban Live is Argyll’s biggest outdoor live music Announcing the project on social media, Oban festival and takes place this year on Friday June 8 Live said of the highly regarded men: and Saturday June 9 at Oban’s Mossfield Stadium. It “Throughout the generations, Argyll and the Isles won best Outdoor Event/Festival Excellence at have produced many men of wit, talent, and EventIt’s E Awards in Glasgow last week. This will be character. As each year goes by, familiar faces and the event’s third year running, historically much loved personalities are lost and, with their entertaining around 7,800 attendees over the passing, Argyll loses another son. Join us in paying weekend and bringing in £1.39million to the local homage and remembering some of the “Sons of rural economy. The latest line-up additions will join Argyll” who we have lost in recent years and who Skerryvore, Skipinnish, Hermitage Green, Heron have helped shape the Argyll we know today. ” Valley, Blazin’ Fiddles and Oban High School Pipe Band with even more acts still to be announced. Oban Women of Argyll will be honoured too in a Live 2018 is supported by BID4Oban and performance of Andy M Stewart’s song Queen of Argyll, performed by former member of Silly Wizard, EventScotland, part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate. Tickets are on sale now at the link above. Phil Cunningham and Tide Lines’ Robert Robertson. The project will also remember ex-service men and women, as 2018 marks 100 years since the end of WW1, and those lost at sea.
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Stage Sponsorship Has Hebcelt And University In Harmony Stornoway :: 18-21 July :: www.hebceltfest.com TICKETS @ www.hebceltfest.com/booking/
The multi award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival has confirmed an international line-up for its acoustic stage which will again promote links with its local university. For the second successive year, Lews Castle College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, is sponsoring the stage to strengthen its cultural, artistic and educational ties with HebCelt. And in a new move this year, the Year of Young People, festival goers will be able to use QR codes on posters to access information about some of the college’s courses. Assistant Principal Professor Frank Rennie, said: “Lews Castle College UHI is delighted to be sponsoring the HebCelt acoustic stage again this year and we look forward to supporting another exciting and vibrant series of acts. “Our partnership with HebCelt is a natural extension of the courses that we provide in Applied Music, Gaelic in Scotland and Sustainable Development. Our students and staff greatly appreciate this annual burst of traditional culture and its impact on the economy of this island, and it’s good to be involved.” The acoustic stage was added to the festival’s main arena in 2014. So far, seven acts from home and abroad have been confirmed to appear this year. The line-up features Eleanor & Spanish who are Eleanor Nicolson and Iain ‘Spanish’ Mackay, from Lewis, who have played HebCelt separately before, but have been playing together as a duo for four years. Their debut EP will be released to coincide with this year’s HebCelt performance. HST (Highland Soles Trio), is a family group based in Boston and Maine, with a strong Scottish/Cape Breton feel to their music. Ed Pearlman, a fiddler/dancer, is a regular visitor to
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HebCelt where he helps with Highland tourism and a Celtic Connections Danny Kyle Award. tours and is joined by fiddler/dancer Lilly Bermuda-born and Quebec-based singerPearlman, and pianist/stepdancer Neil Pearlman. songwriter Lindsay Ferguson has recorded Josie, Mischa & Ceitlin, is a trio of young three albums and several EPs of her own songs Lewis singers brought together for this one-off in the last decade, acting as her own label, appearance at HebCelt and stems from their manager and booking agent. She tours collaboration on the Blasta project. Josie extensively across Canada and Europe and has Duncan is a young singer-songwriter and Celtic won many international songwriting awards. Her harpist who has recently completed her studies latest project, recorded live in Switzerland, will in Scots song, Gaelic song and harp at the Royal be released in the spring. Conservatoire of Scotland. Last year Josie, Also on stage will be award-winning singertogether with guitarist Pablo Lafuente, were songwriter Meaghan Blanchard, from Prince announced as BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Edward Island, who is regarded as one of winners, which led to several summer festival Canada’s finest roots acts; and London-based outings, an appearance at the BBC Proms in the Pilgrim's Dream, the project of former Royal Park from Glasgow Green and a new album. Marines Commando Rob Ouseley, who is Mischa Macpherson has already scooped receiving critical acclaim for his music which is several major awards, including Gaelic Singer of influenced by bands such as Fleet Foxes and The the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Beach Boys. awards and BBC Radio 2’s Young Folk Award, Rosie Sullivan, a 16-year-old singer-songwriter while Ceitlin L R Smith’s accolades include a based in Lewis, has already been gigging for Gold Medal at the Royal National Mòd in 2014 four years and has recently released an EP. HebCelt director Caroline Maclennan said: “We are extremely grateful again to Lews Castle College UHI for its support for the acoustic stage which offers us the opportunity to promote and support a range of visiting and local artists. We have brought together another really interesting mix of artists and we look forward with great excitement to sharing this with our festival goers.” The 2018 HebCelt will be headlined by Deacon Blue, The Fratellis, Eddi Reader, Skippinish and Roddy Woomble. Last week HebCelt was named Best Cultural Event or Festival at the prestigious Scottish Thistle Awards, its fifth major award in five months. Day tickets are available exclusively from the festival tickets link at top of page.
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Some Of The Biggest Names In Scottish Folk Music Announced For Live By The Loch Cumbernauld :: 2 June :: www.nlleisure.co.uk/news/broadwood-live-by-the-loch TICKETS @ www.culturenl.co.uk/broadwood-live-by-the-loch/ Broadwood Stadium will welcome some of the biggest names on the Scottish music scene for brand new one day festival Live by the Loch. This unmissable event will take place at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld on Saturday 2 June. Broadwood: Live by the Loch will welcome some of the best Scottish musical talent for a jampacked night of entertainment. Only a 20minute drive from the centre of Glasgow, with easy bus and train links to and from the city, this brand-new festival is the latest event to be announced on the Scottish traditional music scene. Live by the Loch will welcome the legendary Dougie MacLean to open the night. As he celebrates 40 years since the release of ‘Caledonia’, one of Scotland’s best-known songs, Dougie will be entertaining the Broadwood Stadium crowds with his catalogue of music that he has performed world-wide to millions over the last four decades. Carrying on the night of music will be Trad-Rock band Mànran, one of the best-known and bestloved bands on the Scottish folk scene today. In huge demand, Mànran continue to tour Europe and beyond, playing a number of prestigious festivals throughout the year. At Live by the Loch Mànran will play to a festival home-crowd for the first time since their sold-out show at Celtic Connections earlier this year. Finishing the night in style at Live by the Loch will be the Red Hot Chilli Pipers. This worldrenowned bagpipe rock band went from a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014. The past ten years have seen the Red Hot Chilli Pipers become one of the most
Mànran :: www.facebook.com/ManranOfficial :: photo by Euan Robertson famous and most loved bagpipe bands in the world. There will be food and beverages available and organisers hope for an all-inclusive atmosphere with a number of activities that will keep the whole family entertained to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Kevin MacDonald, founding member of The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, said: “We are delighted to perform at Broadwood Stadium on Saturday 2nd June 2018. One of the founding members of the band, Willie Armstrong, still stays in Cumbernauld and I also lived in Cumbernauld for a number of years and I still have close family there so this truly does feel like a home town gig
for us. We are really looking forward to friends and family coming along to experience this exciting new event.” Gary Innes, founding member of Mànran, said: “We can’t wait to play Broadwood Stadium. Live by the Loch will be the first music event to ever have been hosted here and it’s really exciting to be a part of that. We’re hoping to see lots of familiar and new faces along on Saturday 2nd June!” Emma Walker, Managing Director of North Lanarkshire Leisure said: “It’s really exciting to be bringing a major new music festival to Cumbernauld – we’ve got a great line-up arranged and I’m sure people will look forward to coming along and enjoy the entertainment. “Broadwood Stadium is a perfect venue for large-scale events such as this we’re hoping Live by the Loch can become an annual event. “Tickets will be limited and are expected to sell out fast so make sure you don’t miss out.” Tickets for this unmissable celebration of Scottish music are available now from the link at the top of the page. www.nlleisure.co.uk/news/broadwood-live-by-the-loch
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Electric Fields Announce Next Wave Of Artists For Their 3 Day Birthday Bash Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries & Galloway :: 30 Aug - 1 Sept :: www.electricfieldsfestival.com TICKETS @ www.electricfieldsfestival.com/tickets/
Electric Fields, Scotland’s best small festival, has announced that Public Service Broadcasting, RIDE, The Horrors, Hollie Cook, Dream Wife, The Orielles, Halo Maud, Feet, Makeness, WomenSaid and Scope will be joining them at this year’s festival. After a blinder of a performance in 2016, Public Service Broadcasting are back for 2018 to help EF celebrate their 5th birthday in style. Creation Records alumni and pioneers of the shoegaze era RIDE will bring their crucially acclaimed live show to the beautiful fields of Dumfries & Galloway for the first time. The Horrors joining them in also making their debut, with their unique brand of synth laden rock sure to get people jumping.
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They join an incredible cast of some of the most exciting bands and artists from around the world including three huge headliners: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, James and Leftfield. Following on from last years nomination for ‘Best Family Festival’ at the UK Festival Awards, the “Our Kids Electric” area returns bigger and better with a whole host of new entertainment and workshops and of course, the legendary adventure playground is a hop skip and a jump away! Food lovers can rejoice as Scotland’s best street food purveyors The Pitt will be back to deliver an awesome culinary experience at the festival. There also be specialist cocktails bars and our massive craft and ale bar returns with a wide selection on offer to quench your thirst. Tickets are on sale now from www.
electricfieldsfestival.com don’t miss out on your chance to join the last big party of the summer and experience three days of incredible music, brilliant food and great entertainment with an intimate, community atmosphere where everybody is welcome. Nick Roberts, Festival Co-Founder, said: “This is going to be so fun, I honestly can’t wait. We’ve been working really hard over the past few years, and we’re just chuffed to be able to be putting on what’s set to be another great weekend of music, with our always excellent audience, in such a beautiful setting!” Tickets - Early Bird, Release 1 & Release 2 have all sold out. Release 3 now on sale, weekend tickets and day tickets on sale from the ticket link above.
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS to be included in our festival listings email details to: musicnewsscotland@gmail.com APRIL Northern Streams Edinburgh 20-22 April Come along to experience the best and new of Nordic and Scottish folk music, song and dance For three days in April this unique festival combines concerts, workshops and sessions. For the past 13 years the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (Edinburgh & Lothians Branch), have been bringing the finest in Nordic and Scottish music, song and dance to enthusiastic audiences in Edinburgh. Save up to £16 with an all in one Festival ticket! www.eltmsa.org.uk
TradFest Edinburgh Dùn Èideann Edinburgh 26 Apr – 6 May Experience Scotland Live with a seasonal feast of living traditions and local cultures. Encounter music, storytelling, dance, craft, song and folk drama at venues – indoor and outdoor – across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Rooted in the past yet resonating in the present, TradFest showcases dynamic engagement with Scotland’s History and Heritage as well as providing a platform for up and coming talent in the world of Trad. Look out for the Battle of the Folk Band event as part of the finale performances this year! www.tracscotland.org/tradfest
MAY Shetland Folk Festival Shetland 3-6 May The Festival as the UK's most northerly folk festival is regarded a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike. Organised by a voluntary committee (and run by an even bigger pool of volunteers) the Festival prides itself in reaching out to even the most far flung areas of Shetland. Concerts are organised throughout the isles, consisting of some of the best International, British and Shetland music that the world has to offer. In fact, visiting artistes are regularly dumbfounded by the quantity and quality of local musicians that our remote isles have to offer. www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
world-renowned fiddle players and accompanists from the USA, Norway, Sweden, Ireland and Shetland; and Newfoundland’s globe-trotting trio, The Once, are all heading to the 36th annual festival in May. www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
for under 18’s from 12pm till 6pm. You’ll not find a better value family festival anywhere in Scotland, Riverside Rock is the place to be. www.riversiderock.co.uk
Hidden Door Festival
JUNE
Glasgow 29 June-1 July and 6+8 July TRNSMT Festival will return to Glasgow Green in 2018 and will be extending its music offering across two weekends on 29 June – 1 July plus 6 and 8 July, and now festival organisers DF Concerts have confirmed the first headliner Liam Gallagher will play Glasgow Green on Saturday 30 June, joined by fellow British stars Courteeners, Wolf Alice and J Hus. www.trnsmtfest.com
Live By The Loch
JULY
Leith 25 May-3 June Hidden Door 2018 reveals a diverse programme of music, visual art, theatre, film, spoken word and dance with an all-star cast of collaborators. www.hiddendoorblog.org
Cumbernauld 2 June Broadwood: Live by the Loch will welcome some of the best Scottish musical talent for a jampacked night of entertainment. Only a 20minute drive from the centre of Glasgow, with easy bus and train links to and from the city, this brand-new festival is the latest event to be announced on the Scottish traditional music scene. www.nlleisure.co.uk
Oban Live Oban 8-9 June Oban Live was created following the open-air concert ‘DECADE’ in 2015 – the 10th anniversary celebration of trad-fusion band Skerryvore that attracted 6,000 people from all over the world to Oban. From this, Oban Live was formed in 2016 with the aim of showcasing the very best Scottish and International artists as part of both the open-air concert and Oban Live Fringe events. Details for early bird Oban Live 2018 tickets will be announced soon on Oban Live’s social media channels. www.obanlive.com
Killin Music Festival
TRNSMT 2018
Stonehaven Folk Festival Stonehaven 5-8 July Stonehaven Folk Festival celebrates its 30th Festival this year. Organisers are planning a number of special events to mark this milestone including a special festival launch night on 23 March. The pretty North East coastal town of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and song. Concerts, Ceilidh, Sessions, Singarounds, Workshops and fun things to do. www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
Tiree Music Festival Isle of Tiree 13-15 July TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Brand-new to TMF 2018 will be the ELEVATE STAGE. This new outdoor stage will showcase the best talent on the Scottish music scene with its line-up focusing on up-and-coming Scottish artists. www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Killin 15-17 June Killin Music Festival delivers a weekend packed from start to finish with top-of-their-game artists, supported by a festival fringe featuring bar sessions, workshops, kids activities, competitions and even a pipe band! Now heading for it’s third year, Killin Music Festival looks to Tectonics Glasgow solidify it’s standing in the festival calendar, Glasgow taking on board feedback from visitors, and by 5-6 May spreading it’s wings a bit further this time. Don't The festival brings together international and local artists, composers and performers from the miss out for 2018! Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival.com and are worlds of classical, experimental, rock, noise, selling fast! sound art, dance and visual art for two days of www.killinmusicfestival.com exploratory music-making in Glasgow. www.tectonicsfestival.com
Hebridean Celtic Festival
Orkney Folk Festival
Belladrum Festival
Riverside Rock
Jedburgh 23 June Orkney Riverside Rock is a musical extravaganza with 24-27 May something for everyone young and old and The first four artists to appear at the 2018 designed primarily to help raise cash for our Orkney Folk Festival have been announced this chosen charity and other organisations around week. Scottish singer-songwriter, Dougie the Scottish Borders. Children’s Entertainment MacLean; exquisite Highland fiddler, Duncan Chisholm, with his extended band line-up; String includes, Laser Quest, Inflatables of all sorts, Climbing Walls, Wrecking Ball, Kids Fun Fair Sisters - a ten piece collaboration featuring Rides and much more. Kids entertainment is free
Hebrides 18-21 July Four day festival set against the unique backdrop of the the Hebrides. Organised by the HCF Trust, this first festival was held in 1996 and now regularly attracts attendances of 14,000 over its four day run. Wild, but not a bit woolly, this festival has built up a fabulously loyal audience locally and from across the world, many of whom have Hebridean ties, many of whom just love coming here and joining in the great party. www.hebceltfest.com
AUGUST Beauly 2-4 August Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in the beautiful Highland surroundings of Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Inverness-shire. The independent festival has built a reputation for its eclectic line-ups, its offbeat non-musical entertainments and its all-ages approach. The
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