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INSIDE: Orkney Folk Festival :: Pandora Fest : Glasgow Jazz Festival : Eden Festival : HebCelt : T in the Park : Solas : Speyfest : Edinburgh Blues & Jazz Festival ..... PLUS our 4 page Scottish music festival listings
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Orkney Folk Festival prepares to celebrate their 34th festival Orkney : 26-29 May : www.orkneyfolkfestival.com Buy Orkney Folk Festival tickets @ https://uk.patronbase.com/_OrkneyFolkFestival/Productions/
With only days to go until the 34th Orkney Folk Festival gets underway artists are starting to arrive for what is guaranteed is going to be one huge musical party!
Visiting acts will be welcomed by a stellar cast of Orcadian musicians and singers, which so far includes one of Orkney’s best known musical sons, Ivan Drever, returning to the festival for the first time in eight years, to celebrate his sixtieth birthday in fitting style; power duo Saltfishforty, who will reprise their Saltfish@forty Celtic Connections show on home turf; Orkney’s world-renowned and much loved musical twins, The Wrigley Sisters; and Artists from the United States, Canada, Finland, nationwide festival favourites, The Chair. Ireland, England, mainland Scotland, Shetland This year’s festival will encompass over 30 and the Hebrides will join with Orkney’s own ticketed events, across its four days. Rather talent at the annual four-day event. than offering an all-in-one festival site, concerts Live Act of the Year at the 2015 Scots Trad and ceilidhs takes place in venues throughout Music Awards, RURA; Scottish fiddling the Orkney mainland and some neighbouring sensations, Session A9; traditional Irish song isles. Alongside a number of venues in the quartet, Lynched; Acadian trio, Vishtèn, who festival’s hometown and hub of Stromness, the hail from Canada’s Prince Edward Island and 2016 festival will visit Birsay, Finstown, Harray, Montreal; Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, Kirkwall, Orphir, Quoyloo and St Margaret’s who fuse Western Swing, Gypsy Jazz, country Hope, as well as the islands of Hoy, Shapinsay Zoe Bestel : photo by Brian Sweeney and blues; stalwart of the West Country folk and Westray. scene, and father of a folk dynasty, Geoff “The term ‘folk’ means very different things to Lakeman; popular Shetland fiddle and guitar lots of people, and Orkney aims to cater for as www.orkneyfolkfestival.com duo, Maggie Adamson and Brian Nicholson; many of those varying strands and https://twitter.com/OrkneyFolkFest rising Scottish singer and ukulele player, Zoë interpretations as they can. www.facebook.com/orkneyfolkfestival Bestel will all take to Orkney’s stages this year.
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New women's music festival coming to central Scotland! Falkirk : 16 July : www.pandorafest.com
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On 16 July Pandora Fest will host Scotland's first Women's Music Festival at DunCarron Medieval Fort in Carron Valley near Falkirk. In its debut year, the festival aims to redress the balance of female artists playing within the festival scene.
songwriters are given their first shot at a festival stage including the 2016 Soundwaves Winner, Alannah Moar. From our very own songstress Caroline Gilmour to the rock outfit Bravado and the all female funk band One More, both from Dundee, and more; Scotland is thoroughly represented.
Headlining are the all-female London band Courtesans, also from London comes singersongwriter Sofia B. From afar are California Electronics artist ContainHer, Texas singersongwriter Erin Bennett, New York rapper Flapjack and Australian melodic lyricist Emaline Delapaix.
premier women's music festival; supporting women musicians and celebrating female musicianship across all genres. The assumption that it is a woman only event would be wrong! Any criticism of being antimale is entirely unfounded; the festival stage is open to male musicians and the audience will be a traditional summer blend of everyone who loves good music.
Pandora Fest's website lists all other confirmed artists with more to come. The festival is also calling for submissions from female artists across the UK and beyond. Pandora Fest is family and LGBTI friendly, will be running two stages of live music of all genres from 11am to 11pm and plans on becoming an annual event.
Miss Daalmeijer and Mrs Duchat formed Pandora Fest in collaboration with Attack Agency who are based in Central Scotland and whose aim is to deliver world class artist management, event organisation; talent development and recently, a record label primarily for women and female led musical enterprises. The festival is also collaborating 'In 2015 - the major festivals displayed a with The Clanranald Trust for Scotland who massive gender imbalance. Of the 87 acts raise funding for Duncarron through their that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups. That, educational activities and their work as combat performers for the film and was an 89.6% all male line up!' * The television industries. Guardian Newspaper Music Section by Alexandra Pollard, Feb 2015. Pandora Fest is Scotland's first and the UK's
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Glasgow Jazz Festival to celebrate Scotland's young jazz musicians Glasgow : 22 June - 3 July : www.jazzfest.co.uk Buy Glasgow Jazz Festival tickets @ www.jazzfest.co.uk/tickets/ Glasgow Jazz Festival has announced a bumper line-up to celebrate its 30th festival. With some of the biggest names in Jazz, the very finest of Scotland’s homegrown talent, some of the most well-known festival faces and an array of one-off musical collaborations, the 30th festival promises to be the very best yet!
Union on Monday 27 June. 2016 promises to be a massive year for one-off collaborations at the Glasgow Jazz Festival. The legendary saxophonist Alfred “Pee Wee” Ellis, one of the key members of James Brown’s band in the 1960s and co-writer of hits such as “Cold Sweat”, will join Glasgow’s modern funk pioneers Federation of the Disco Pimp. Combining Pee Wee’s legendary sound with FOTDP’s elements of Old-School Funk, Disco,
The festival will take place in various venues across the city from Wednesday 22 June. The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, City Halls, The Old Fruitmarket, St Luke’s and The Hug and Pint will all come alive with the sound of jazz during the festival’s landmark 30th edition. Some of the stalwart performers who have been involved since the maiden year will once again grace the festival’s stage. Glasgow’s very own Jazz Singer Carol Kidd performed at the very first Glasgow Jazz Festival and has that gig to thank for one of her most well-known stage characteristics, as she mentions in this interview: “I did the very first Glasgow Jazz Festival…and I was absolutely petrified, because it was my first time singing with an orchestra. I looked down at my feet halfway through the second number and I realised that I had been so nervous, my shoes were on the wrong feet. So I took them off – and I’ve never worn them onstage since.” Carol, and her bare feet, will be back at the Glasgow Jazz Festival in St Luke’s on Saturday 25 June. Another well-recognised festival face, vibraphonist Joe Locke and his Quartet, will also be playing in the Old Fruitmarket on Sunday 26 June. They will be supported by young jazz quartet Square One who are best known for their free spirited, energised performances.
To mark the 30th anniversary, the festival is celebrating some of the up-and-coming musicians within the Scottish Jazz Scene today by naming “30 Under 30” – a collection of young Scottish Jazz musicians making waves in the global music scene, many of whom will perform at the Festival. To further celebrate this landmark year, Glasgow Music City Tours have programmed a unique walking tour that will trace the history and highlights of the city’s longest-running annual music event. Entitled Glasgow Music City Tours Presents: 30 Years of Glasgow Jazz Festival, the tour will depart from the Scottish Music Centre, Candleriggs at 2pm on Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 June. Walkers will hear tales of visits from the greats, including Miles Davis and Tony Bennett, and get the inside track on how the Festival has used Glasgow's enduring love affair with jazz and blues to help make it the vibrant live music city it is today. Boasting a richly diverse programme, which features everything from trad and Dixie to free jazz, soul, world music, blues and hip-hop crossovers and traditional to contemporary jazz, there is something for everyone.
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Psychedelic and Jazz promises to be an unforgettable collaboration. They will be playing the Old Fruitmarket on Thursday 23 June. Scotland’s mighty jazz trumpeter Ryan Quigley and his Big Band will be joined by Hamish Stuart, of Average White Band fame, for a very special one-off collaborative concert at the Old Fruitmarket on Friday 24 June.
Grahame Skinner, formerly frontman of Hipsway, will also perform his take on Frank Sinatra’s concept album, Watertown, written by Bob Gaudio of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Skinner has given the cult album an electronic make-over for this year’s Glasgow Fresh from a two week Coachella residency, Jazz Festival. He will perform on Thursday 23 tenor saxophonist extraordinaire Kamasi Washington will be playing the Queen Margaret June at St Luke’s.
Jill Rodger, Director of Glasgow Jazz Festival, said: “We are very excited to be launching the 30th Glasgow Jazz Festival! I can’t wait to introduce the array of exciting big name artists to the Glasgow Jazz Festival stage, to welcome back old friends and showcase some fantastic new, one-off collaborations. “I am especially looking forward to celebrating the “30 Under 30” musicians – the collection of young Scottish Jazz musicans making a big impression on the international Jazz scene today. It is vitally important to recognise the next generation of musicians and one of the key themes of this year’s festival is looking forward to the exciting next 30 years that the Glasgow Jazz scene has to offer.”
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Eden's new Boardwalk Arena returns for its second year, nestled in the woods across the boardwalk bridge. It features sweet reggae music booming through the awesome bike powered reaction sound system at the foot of the stunning viewpoint, built amongst the bluebells of the Raehills meadow by the mythical Dingle Clan. But to hear it you got dig deep and peddle hard.
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The area will be awash with colour, beautiful giant flora, and other mythical creatures. Most of the craft workshops will follow the same theme and children will be able to make their own elfish flags, creature masks, carnival birds and time travelling backpacks, Looking under the palm trees is the Ghilli Dhu culminating in a festival parade across the site on Dance Emporium, Eden Festival's largest dance tent, you'll find some of the finest dance acts blasting Sunday afternoon. out from the vintage bus DJ booth and 10ft uber There’s so many workshops to keep them occupied speaker. A colourful melting pot of everything from with the craft marquee, forest skills tipi, little ones Drum 'n' Bass to Soca, back to Bassline and dome, arts yurt, and a story telling and a puppetry Breakbeat and over to Electro and Techno and marquee. If that wasn’t enough to keep them anything in between - there will be something to suit entertained they can learn new skills such as circus any dance fan. tricks, carpentry, stone masonry, ironmongery and more. Plus they can take part in the dance offs, the Through the winding paths of Eden Festival’s dance annual paint fight, be motivated by Mr Motivator, and arena you will come across The Voltan Psychedelic dazzled by the fire show and firework display. Temple, Eden’s psychedelic quadrant, hosting an array of Psy Trance artists from around the circuit. Producing the Kidz Arena is Maggie March ‘We hope Stretch your head back and the see the luminescent to inspire new generations by providing a range of projections finely mapped across the stages workshops and entertainment whilst being as atmosphere, with spectrums of colour and light sustainable as possible and promoting bouncing off aerial installations. environmentally friendly arts and crafts in a natural setting, at no extra charge to the parents. They can Rabbies Tavern will provide an auld Scottish bar to feel assured as the area is managed by a dedicated drink the local hooch with live bands playing Celtic, team of staff, performers and volunteers all working roots, rockabilly, bone shaking blues and anything together to create a happy environment.” else that makes you stomp your foot, and hoist yer Save the date! Eden Festival is on from the 9-12 tankards! They will also host a traditional Scottish Ceilidh each night and some Karaoke. Plus there's a June in the Raehill Meadows of Dumfries Scotland. Over 250 acts performing over 11 stages, there’s new addition to the cabin this year with more music and fun and games with the Wee Tim’Rous Stage. something for everyone. Tickets start from £115 for adults, teenagers £85 and under 12’s are free, but they must be accompanied by an adult. And the kids will be well lokked after as you enjoy the music .....
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HebCelt Will Be Perfect Gig For Reformed Astrid Stornoway, Lewis : 13-16 July : www.hebceltfest.com
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After 11 years, Willie Campbell and Charlie Clark had much to catch up on. A meeting in Los Angeles last year led to a collaboration that produced 30-40 songs, and now they are ready to release a new album and will be back on the road together this summer as a re-formed Astrid, the band they founded in the mid-990s. Together with fellow Lewisman Gareth Russell, and Gareth Thom, they made three albums and toured Europe and America before splitting in 2004 at the end of a tour supporting Snow Patrol.
work really well together and have our own different projects for certain types of songs. Charlie's solo EP was great and Broken Arrow are a fantastic band, but we both agree Astrid has a specific sound that we wandered away from with our last album. This new stuff is a bit like our ‘back in the day’ sound.
would have listened to us in school will now be in the crowd with their kids. It's going to be a buzz.”
So does Astrid have a future given the various projects both Campbell and Clark are already involved in? The latest Open Day Rotation album has been delayed since January while the Astrid “You can hear we're having fun in the recording. re-union continues, and Clark has two solo EPs We maybe competed a bit with each other when planned for next year. we were younger, but there was none of that “We agree this is something we'd like to this time. It was a brilliant experience. He's continue with”, says Campbell. “It's been so writing the best music and songs he ever has. It easy and enjoyable. We're both in other bands was the easiest album to make by a long way. with albums pending so of course we'll go off “Musically it's still pretty energetic, but we both and do that after this Astrid album is all done feel confident that these are better songs. with, but it feels like it's got legs for sure.” Harmonies are very much to the fore. Charlie's This year’s HebCelt will also feature, among acoustic and my electric are still there. It all others, Runrig, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Hayseed sounds more sure of itself. It's a bit like it used Dixie, Julie Fowlis, King Creosote and Breabach. to be but better, we think.” The festival has grown from a small event Clark agrees: “Even though it’s been 11 years attracting less than 1,000 fans, to an since we worked together it did not feel like that international showpiece for roots, Celtic and at all. Willie and I had so much fun with traditional music, generating more than £20 everyone making, in all honesty, what we feel is million for the local economy over two decades. the best Astrid record yet.” Last year, it marked its 20th anniversary by A new single and album will follow, as well as a hosting its biggest number of live performances tour which will include an appearance at the ever with more than 50 hours of music and arts Hebridean Celtic Festival from 13-16 July in events staged in the main arena in the grounds Stornoway in the island of Lewis. of Lews Castle, as well as An Lanntair arts “Where better for Astrid to do their first home centre in the town centre and other venues in gig?” says Willie. “We're grateful to HebCelt for rural areas. giving us this opportunity to perform.
The intervening years has seen them work on solo projects and with other bands. Campbell is “We always got such amazing support when we a founding member of the Reindeer Section, featuring Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody, played at home but never performed at the and has released two albums with The Open Day festival. It’s great to think that people that Rotation.
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He has also issued an album of Gaelic songs and has written music for a Gaelic project entitled ‘Akutagawa’ with producer Colin Macleod, writer Kevin MacNeil and violinist Jane Hepburn. Clark was also part of the Reindeer Section and later appeared as a guest vocalist and musician with artists including The Zephyrs, Arab Strap, Mogwai and Snow Patrol before setting up home in Los Angeles. With writing partner Brandi Emma, he went on to form Broken Arrow in 2014 and, later, Charlie Clark and the Majestic 12. This year he also founded a new record label, Indiscretion Records, with wife Michelle Mondragon. So an Astrid reunion had not even been thought about until last year when Campbell had the opportunity to visit LA with the intention of doing some solo gigs and perhaps writing something with Clark. “I’m not sure how the conversations went exactly, but the more we spoke the more we figured we might as well put an album together”, recalls Campbell. “We started sending demos to each other and picked ten songs that we thought worked best out of a batch of 30-40 tunes. “We recorded a full album while I was there. We
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Fatherson Announce “The Road To T In The Park” Tour - Trio To Play Highlands And Islands Tour Ahead Of July Festival Buy Fatherson 'Road to T in the Park' tickets @ www.gigsinscotland.com
T in the Park festival organisers DF Concerts and founding partner Tennent’s Lager are excited to welcome Scottish trio Fatherson to the packed T in the Park bill, and in tandem with that the band also announce their “The Road to T in the Park” Highlands and Islands tour ahead of their trip to the festival over 8-10 July.
Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe and Greg James. They were from the 2014 band’s selfreleased debut album, ‘I Am An Island’ and there was an unexpectedly packed-out show in the 12,000-capacity King Tut’s tent at T In The Park. In November 2015 the band launched the first single ‘Always’ taken from second album ‘Open Book’ (due summer 2016), securing further support at Radio 1, Radio X (Shock of the New) and Absolute amongst others.
Further afield, the school friends from smalltown Ayrshire have played in the UK and Europe with Idlewild, Twin Atlantic , Lonely The Brave, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Enter Shikari, Frightened Rabbit. They also travelled to SXSW last year where they gained more support from fans The band’s fourth T in the Park appearance and critics alike (Wired magazine said they will be preceded by a selection of May dates were one of 10 bands about to blow up at across Skye, Thurso, Orkney and Aberdeen, SXSW). They also recently completed a as they take their well-wrought tunes to comprehensive UK tour with Prides, their venues this month. Fatherson have already music mining an emotional and energetic secured support from Radio 1, Radio X and hinterland somewhere in between those Absolute Radio ahead of the release of their bands. And along the way Ross Leighton second album, Open Book, due to be (guitars/vocals), Marc Strain (bass) and released on 3 June. Greg Walkinshaw (drums), 23 years old to a man, have gathered fans and gathered Fatherson have been striking a resonant momentum. chord with crowds at home in Scotland these past our years. Two singles (‘Mine For www.fathersonband.co.uk Me’ and ‘I Like Not Knowing’) secured www.tinthepark.com national support and airplay from Radio 1’s
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Solas Festival goes Beyond Borders' The Bield, Blackruthven : 17-19 June : www.solasfestival.co.uk Buy Solas tickets @ www.solasfestival.co.uk/box-office/ Karine Polwart and ‘new folk’ act to watch Sam Lee (BBC Radio 2 Folk Artist of the Year 2016 nominee, Best Trad track winner) are amongst performers from eight countries, including Finland, Sweden, Norway, France, Somalia and Syria, to perform and speak this year at Scotland’s intimate midsummer festival for all ages.
multi-award winning folk artist Karine Polwart (who is collaborating with playwright David Greig on Wind Resistance at the Edinburgh International Festival in August) and contemporary Scottish bands such as Bdy Prts and Carbs.
Grammy award winning producer Ian Brennan, one of the world’s foremost field-recorders, will be talking about his book How Music Dies (or Lives), a virtual how-to manual on fieldrecording and the battle for democracy in the arts for those seeking authenticity in an age of air-brushed and auto-tuned “artists”. He has The theme of this year’s festival is ‘Beyond discovered and produced groups who went onto Borders’, challenging the concept of boundaries, be the first international popular-music releases from freedom of movement and the physical in the indigenous languages of their respective borders experienced by refugees to musical, countries of Rwanda, South Sudan, Vietnam, and cultural or political ‘borders’ that are part of daily Malawi. life for everyone. Over the last two years, Solas Festival has Dot Reid, Vice Chair and Head of welcomed Scotland’s various traveller Programme, said: "This year's programme is communities, with Scottish and Roma dancers, shaping up to be our most ambitious yet. Where musicians, and storytellers performing. This else would you get to do a singing workshop year, sees performances from Tony Robertson with Karine Polwart; question the political parties and Essie Stewart. Tony grew up in a storytelling in an EU referendum hustings; party with family, the son of the late great Scottish master Skerryvore and Stanley Odd; have tea with the storyteller Stanley Robertson. He’ll be joined by Mad Hatter in the Little Fawn puppet caravan; Gaelic storyteller Essie Stewart. Essie is the and think about the refugee crisis all in one granddaughter of one of the greatest Gaelic weekend? Only at Solas Festival." storytellers of them all-Allidh Dall Stewart (Blind Alexander) and was first recorded by Hamish The music programme features artists including Henderson a decade before. There will also be a the hotly tipped ‘new folk’ performer Sam Lee,
Karine Polwart : photo by Judith Burrows not-to-be-missed session in which Essie and Tony will be joined by folk musician Sam Lee who had an extraordinary four-year apprenticeship with Stanley Robertson, learning the songs of the Scottish traveller tradition. The festival also welcomes back Alison McMorland and Geordie McIntyre who will be sharing their great knowledge and experience of the life and work of Hamish Henderson.
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Speyfest brings Ireland's DkIT Ensemble to Fochabers in July Fochabers (Moray) : 29-31 July : www.speyfest.com
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The DkIT Ceol Oirghialla Traditional Music Ensemble from Dundalk Institute of Technology has been invited to perform at the International Society for Music Education Conference and the Speyfest festival in Scotland in July.
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These engagements will be the highlights of a Scottish tour that presents a unique opportunity for emerging young Irish traditional musicians, selected from the DkIT Ceol Oirghialla Traditional Music Ensemble, to engage with an international audience through performances and workshops.
McAleese. Performing groups from DkIT also broadcast as part of the CIRCOM European Broadcasting Awards hosted by RTÉ in 2015. Performing groups from Molloy College, New York, Baker University, Kansas and Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, has also been visitors to Dundalk in recent semesters.
Dickson, Sharon Shannon, Skerryvore and The Siobhan Miller Band to name but a few.
There are many shared goals between Speyfest and Ceol Oirghialla. The study of traditional music is fundamental to the academic mission of the Department of Creative Arts, Media Comprising faculty, undergraduate and Music at DkIT and is an integral and postgraduate students drawn The performance at the ISME component of undergraduate and from the DkIT community, the Ceol conference in Glasgow will mark the postgraduate programmes in music Oirghialla Traditional Music second ever performance by an where students engage with the Ensemble enriches the cultural life Irish group at the event with the cultural, social and historical study of the Institute and the region, DkIT Ensemble having also of traditional musics while also celebrating the rich cultural heritage performed in Porto Allegre, Brazil in developing their performance skills. of the Oriel region and performing 2014. for a global audience. Over the past Project leaders Dr Adèle Commins, two years, the Ensemble has toured From there, they will travel to the Head of Department of Creative to North and South America and exciting festival at Fochabers where Arts, Media and Music, and Dr performed at Birr Castle, Stormont they will not only perform alongside Daithí Kearney, Programme Director Assembly Buildings and at the well known acts such as Sharon BA (Hons) Applied Music, are renaming of the Boyne Bridge in Shannon but the group will also themselves All-Ireland champion honour of former President Mary facilitate workshops in Irish musicians with extensive experience traditional music, song and dance. in performing, teaching, lecturing and touring. Speyfest is a traditional Celtic music festival held annually in the village In addition to the performances and of Fochabers in Moray on the workshops in Scotland, a Northeast coast of Scotland. It is a documentary on the Ensemble and unique music festival that their international travels is also showcases the best in all forms of being planned and developed for Traditional Celtic music, involving broadcast in the autumn. local, national and international musicians. The primary objective is For updates on Speyfest 2016 check to advance the education of the out www.speyfest.com. For more public in the Arts incorporating information on the Ensemble and music development workshops, programmes of study at Dundalk school visits and facilitating Institute of Technology check out interaction between attendees and www.dkit.ie artists. 2016 marks the 21st www.speyfest.com Anniversary of the festival and the https://twitter.com/Speyfest special line-up includes Barbara www.facebook.com/Speyfest-106370342730084
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Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is one of the top ten jazz festivals in Europe, with over 36,000 sales and 67,000 attendances, the 2016 edition has one of our most diverse lineups ever with over 170 concerts in the ten days from 15-24 July across a range of Edinburgh venues. There are five major concerts at The Festival Theatre, with some of the biggest names from the modern jazz, blues and soul worlds. Our annual concert with Jools Holland and his Orchestra features special guests, Pauline and Gaps from The Selecter; Curtis Stigers returns with his own band after wowing us in our Sinatra special last year; and we also welcome back Scotland’s top soul exiles, The Average White Band, in a bill that also features The James Taylor Quartet. There will be rare Scottish concerts by two musicians who have been giants of world jazz for the last forty years, John McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek. Mclaughlin and Garbarek will be the headliners of a strong programme strand featuring jazz from Europe. We’re calling it the “Europe Jazz Summit”. With over 30 concerts we feature musicians from Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, and Sweden. Established stars like Magnus Öström, Marcin Wasilewski, The Bratislava Hot Serenaders, and Furio di Castri will feature, but so will some of the hottest young musicians, like Amsterdam Guitarist, Reinier Baas; the brilliant Lithuanian vocalist, Viktoria Gecyte; Berlin based jazz/ dance/electronica producer, Mop Mop; and the stunning French singer, Cyrille Aimée. In addition to the concerts, Napier University will
The Average White Band : www.averagewhiteband.com be hosting a conference on the last fifty years of New York vocalist, Sari Schorr; and the high European Jazz: “Continental Drift”. energy showmanship of Californian, Earl Thomas. There are a host of artists playing the Festival for the first time in 2016, many with exclusive Scottish jazz will be well represented, as Scottish or UK performances. Our cover artist is always – there’s nowhere better to catch up with the sensational young drummer and singer from what’s new and what’s best in the current scene. New York, Bryan Carter. Amongst the other Pianist, Brian Kellock will feature in an Oscar artists making Festival debuts are Danish Peterson style group; in duos with ace New York swinging vocalist, Mads Mathias; Japanese Hot clarinettist, Ken Peplowski, and SNJO leader, Club sensation, Tokyo Django Collective; the Tommy Smith; and in a quartet with fresh new sound of Pixel from Norway; the saxophonist, Alan Barnes. Ken Mathieson’s sultry vocals of Ala.Ni; the great new bluesman Classic Jazz Orchestra has a programme that from Memphis, John Nemeth; and the authentic plays tunes by Bix Beiderbecke. Paul Harrison’s Mississippi Hill Country blues of Lightnin’ Sugar Work is one of the hottest new bands to Malcolm. We have soulful Cuban jazz from emerge, and look out for features for Brian Dayme Arocena; 60’s soul and r’n’b from Molley, Fergus McCreadie, Freddie King, Graeme Barcelona’s The Excitements; and edgy latin Stephen and Alan Benzie. salsa party music from Austin, Texas, with This year, we launch a new venue at the City Art Grupo Fantasma. On the blues front, we Centre, transforming the top floor gallery into a welcome one of the true giants of the jazz club loft scene. contemporary scene, Lucky Peterson; while also www.edinburghjazzfestival.com giving debuts to the great vocalist/bass player https://twitter.com/EdinburghJazz from Portland, Oregon, Lisa Mann; the new hit www.facebook.com/edinburghjazzbluesfestival
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Maidens of Music kicks off this Saturday 7 May showcasing 60+ female artists, and it continues every Saturday in May, celebrating female musicians and inspiring those who have never performed to give it a go. The action will take place from 3-9pm at The Globe Inn / Music Room Courtyard in the middle of Dumfries town centre - with all proceeds going to local charities. The gigs are being organised by Carol Brotherston, founder of The Music Room in Dumfries.
Like many others, the Fling was conceived with the help of music and alcohol. It began as an idea at the Dunblane Folk Club, among a group of people fond of music and fun. And so in May 1993 the first Fling happened. Since then the Fling has gone from strength to strength. Somewhere along the line the first 'Fling by the River' began. Held each Fling Saturday on Dunblane's historic Drying Green, its activities have ranged from an open stage for local young musicians, fire engines, space-hopper races and fire-eating jugglers, to the annual Rotary Club race for 4,000 plastic ducks down the Allan Water. Gradually a 'Fringe Fling' has developed, featuring over the years everything from ghost walks, pub quizzes, plays from the local Drama Group, master classes in everything from fiddling or mandolins to harmony singing or bodhran, and the now-annual Thursday Jazz Night.
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Maidens of Music Dumfries Each May Saturday
Glasgow 13-29 May It’s an incredibly exciting time in the Southside actively encouraging creativity and supporting local Southside talent. The ethos of the Southside Fringe is very much ‘strength in numbers’ : the more facets of the community and local businesses who get involved the louder our voice and the bigger the Southside’s profile will be on the festival map.
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Situated in it's own grounds, facilities include camping, bunk rooms, hotel rooms, fully licensed bars, restaurant and bar meals as well as hog roasts and snacks throughout the weekend. www.facebook.com/reiversrock
Riverside Festival Glasgow 28-29 May The Electric Frog & Pressure Riverside Festival takes place on the banks of the river Clyde on the grounds of the iconic Riverside Museum for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. Set to be bigger than ever before, the festival takes place over May Bank Holiday weekend www.theelectricfrog.co.uk
Aberdeen and North East of Scotland Music Festival Aberdeen 30 May - 3 June Aberdeen’s oldest and original music, drama and dance Festival began life in 1909 and is still very much alive today. The Festival takes place each year in the first week of June, in halls throughout the city. All events are open to the public and audiences are warmly welcomed. The Festival adopts the motto of Sir Henry Walford Davies: “Not to gain a prize or defeat a rival but to pace one another on the road to excellence.”
If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the glittering Water of Deugh beneath the broad shoulders of southwest Scotland's great mountain peaks to celebrate some of the finest music from the Celtic diaspora and everywhere in-between. The World Ceilidh melds together the most ancient roots music with the latest www.southsidefringe.org.uk cutting edge sounds. This first truly backwoods upland music fest in Scotland hosts some of the http://aberdeenmusicfestival.com/ Perth Festival of the Arts best musicians and performers from across the world. All are invited to journey over hill and Perth dale by rock and stream to our natural greenfield 19-29 May auditorium and to our upland stage to Celebrate Perth Festival's 45th birthday in Perth experience the biggest little festival this side of Brew at the Bog Concert Hall, the Festival is one of the highlights anywhere! Inverness in Scotland's cultural calendar. Perth Festival of www.knockengorroch.org.uk 3-4 June the Arts is an annual 11 day May Festival, founded in 1972, and taking place in the City of Brew at the Bog is one of Scotland's most Perth in Scotland. It is now in its 45th Year and Orkney Folk Festival dynamic hidden gems, championing new and is one of the oldest continuously running arts Orkney unsigned artists alongside craft beer, gin, cider, Festivals in Scotland. 26-29 May whisky, rum and prosecco bars! A two-day camping festival, Brew at the Bog is held at www.perthfestival.co.uk Once again we have some big names coming Bogbain Farm in Inverness, which was crowned north to join in the fun in May, and from the "Best Unusual Venue" at the 2012 Scottish Event Dumfries & Galloway ceilidh bands to the almost indie strand, we have Awards - the perfect setting for a festival that brought together a broad mix of artists that we prides itself on championing the best of Arts Festival hope appeals to everyone’s interpretation of the Scotland’s alternative scene. The lineup for 2016 increasingly expansive folk genre. As ever, our Dumfries and Galloway includes a Mercury Music Prize nominee, Best local traditions and musicians – both established Breakthrough Act at the Scottish Music Awards, 20-29 May and emerging – will be centre stage alongside Best Hip Hop Act AND Best Live Act at the those visiting the festival. You would be hard Our 9-day festival has taken place since 1979. SAMAs, Best Up & Coming at the Scottish Trad pushed to find another festival throughout the The founding aim was to bring international Music Awards, a Radio 2 Awards nominee, and country that has such a strong home performers of the highest quality to a region so it goes on! The festival for 2016 also features representation, and it is one that we are hugely a programme of speakers, cinema, alternative containing many scattered rural communities proud of. since then this region has produced some of its therapies and street food! own talent of international standing and we’re www.orkneyfolkfestival.com proud to also be able to present these artistes www.brewatthebog.com from time to time. We offer a wide range of events: music – including classical, jazz and folk, Reivers Rock Portsoy Folk Festival : dance, theatre, literary, children’s events, plus the visual arts and films. Events take place in a and Blues Festival “The 7th Haal” range of venues throughout the region, from Alwinton (Northumberland) Portsoy large to small, formal to informal, urban to rural. 27-29 May 3-5 June www.dgartsfestival.org.uk Clennell Hall will be the venue for the Reivers A weekend of songs, tunes, stories, poetry, Rock and Blues Festival with a fantastic line up dance, workshops and sessions to be held in and Doune & Dunblane Fling of top name bands and artists from all corners of around Portsoy. the UK. Clennell Hall is located in the Upper Dunblane Coquet Valley of Northumberland (just over the www.bothyfolk.org 26-28 May Scottish border) near the village of Alwinton.
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Killin Music Festival is returning to the festival calendar in June 2016. Run by a modern, energetic team, the festival will bring multiple headline talents to the stage in Killin. In our maiden year we will welcome Skipinnish, Trail West, BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015 - Claire Hastings and her band, Donald Black, the Scott Wood Band plus many more incredible artists to our stage. Killin Traditional Music and Dance Festival was previously held back in the 90's which lasted until the early 2000's. It was a prime entry on the festival calendar and was much missed when it fell by the wayside. Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival.com and are selling fast! www.killinmusicfestival.com
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Inverness 8-9 June XpoNorth Festival 2016 has announced their music showcase line up of sixty six varied and exciting music acts that have been selected to perform live in Inverness to audiences lapping up all the creative industry goodness at this year's festival in June. The full line up was carefully selected by a jury of industry professionals and XpoNorth looks forward to welcoming a wealth of musical talent from near and far including partners Live at Heart in Sweden, EXCITE our European festival network and Trinidad & Tobago, as well as a multitude of Scotland-based talent performing all genres: with the introduction of an electronic stage this year. www.xponorth.co.uk
Eden Festival Raehills Meadows 9-12 June 2016
Jedburgh 18 June Riverside Rock 2016 already have some fantastic bands signed up: The Men They Couldn’t Hang / The Lost Boys / Scocha (Back for a 3rd Year) / Blistered Molly (Back for a 2nd Year) / Greg Anderson (Back too for 2nd year) he rocked the tent at the end last year! Main tent headliner and other bands to be announced. As before Riverside Rock must not be missed, the Scottish Borders very own music festival at Riverside Park, Jedburgh, and 2016 will have more food outlets, more bars and a bigger tent. Tickets on sale soon! www.riversiderock.co.uk
North Hop Glasgow Glasgow 18-19 June
There will be lots of great Scottish and guest breweries offering up a fine selection of craft Set in the stunning Raehill Meadows of Dumfries beers and ciders in the rustic Beer Hall, along Eden Festival is boutique festival, with over 250 with some tasty street food vendors, market acts performing across 9 stages, bringing you traders, live art, bands, and acoustic acts. live music, dance, cabaret, burlesque, circus skills, theatre, a children's area, fun and games http://northhop.co.uk/ and much more. Nominated for three awards in 2015.
some of the best in traditional and contemporary music and song from Scotland and further afield. A weekend of Concerts, ceilidh, workshops, sessions, singarounds and fun with the Annual World Paper'n'Comb Championships and the Aqua Ceilidh. 2016 guests include Scott Wood Band, Saltfishforty, Daimh, Blazin'Fiddles, Tony McManus and Artie Trezise. www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
T in the Park Strathallan Castle, Perthshire 8-10 July What more can we say! Scotland’s most widely known and respected festival, which always attracts the biggest names. Check out tickets availability at www.tinthepark.com/tickets. www.tinthepark.com
Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 13-16 July 2016 Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, featuring top quality music from around the Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live performances ever. Award-winning artists who took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on new venues and returned to its roots for the showpiece event. www.hebceltfest.com
Tiree Music Festival Isle of Tiree 15-17 July
Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of Glasgow Jazz Festival holding an open-air festival on their local island www.facebook.com/theedenfestival Glasgow of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a 22 June - 3 July music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, Solus Glasgow Jazz Festival has announced a bumper camping next to the white sands of Crossapol The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire line-up to celebrate its 30th festival. With some Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an 17-19 June of the biggest names in Jazz, the very finest of experience very few festivals in the world could Scotland’s homegrown talent, some of the most compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in well-known festival faces and an array of one-off birds sell out in hours - http://tireemusicfestival. Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, musical collaborations, the 30th festival co.uk/ticket-prices. electro loops and some of the finest folk and promises to be the very best yet! The festival roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich will take place in various venues across the city www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an from Wednesday 22 June. The Glasgow Royal unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, Concert Hall, City Halls, The Old Fruitmarket, St Music at Paxton Festival debate and soul-searching. The programme also Luke’s and The Hug and Pint will all come alive makes space for challenging debate with Paxton, Berwickshire with the sound of jazz during the festival’s activists, writers and thinkers from across the 15-24 July landmark 30th edition. political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas Festival offers a creative and entertaining We are proud to present a star-studded line-up www.jazzfest.co.uk programme for festival-goers of all ages in a of musicians and ensembles. Some will be safe environment. familiar to our audiences, others are appearing for the first time, but all are of the highest www.solasfestival.co.uk quality, many travelling significant distances to be with us in the Scottish Borders. Why not make an occasion of it and enjoy Stonehaven Folk Festival Killin Music Festival supper, a stroll around the extensive grounds, Stonehaven Killin or a drink in the courtyard before the concert? 7-10 July 17-19 June With its tranquil setting in extensive parkland 28th Stonehaven Folk Festival featuring a mix of overlooking the River Tweed, Paxton House
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programme of music. It will include: the amazing Jimmi Shandrix Experience Ceilidh Band : Opera Bohemia ' I Pagliacci': the incomparable Richard Digance will be conducting a Songwriting Children's Workshop in addition to his keenly anticipated performance: Gaelic folk from the talented Mischa Macpherson Trio: Matthew McAllister , a 'local' classical guitarist, is rapidly www.musicatpaxton.co.uk gaining world wide recognition: the legendary Jimmie McGregor will be performing his acclaimed 'Gathering of Songs, Stories and Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Famous Folk': the hugely popular, irrepressible Christine Bovill will capture her audience with Festival her interpretation of songs about 'Paris': and Edinburgh Buddy Holly and the Cricketers , our headline 15-24 July act, will bring the Festival to a rousing close. Truly something for everyone! Tickets will be on Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is one of the top sale from the Byre Theatre Box Office starting 30 ten jazz festivals in Europe, with over 36,000 May 2016. Follow the build up to the Festival on sales and 67,000 attendances, the 2016 edition www.crailfestival.com, www.facebook.com/ has one of our most diverse lineups ever with CrailFestival, and ‘Crail Festival’ on Pinterest." over 170 concerts in the ten days from 15-24 July across a range of Edinburgh venues. www.crailfestival.com There are five major concerts at The Festival Theatre, with some of the biggest names from Wickerman Festival the modern jazz, blues and soul worlds. Our annual concert with Jools Holland and his Dumfries & Galloway Orchestra features special guests, Pauline and 22-23 July Gaps from The Selecter; Curtis Stigers returns with his own band after wowing us in our Sinatra Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved special last year; and we also welcome back independent music festivals which will enter its Scotland’s top soul exiles, The Average White 15th consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages Band, in a bill that also features The James featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of leading Taylor Quartet. There will be rare Scottish artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, concerts by two musicians who have been giants the two day summer party caters for all musical of world jazz for the last forty years, John tastes. McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek. www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk www.edinburghjazzfestival.com
Speyfest
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Moray 29-31 July
Duncarron 16 July Pandorafest will be Scotland's first music festival that supports women musicians. In 2015 the major festivals displayed a massive gender imbalance, of the 87 acts that were announced, 78 were all male, 3 were female and 6 were mixed groups - that was an 89.6% all male line up.* "As far as Scotland is concerned - this is not okay" says Pandora Fest! Pandorafest will be a one day music festival packed full of live music from female singer/songwriters, women musicians and female fronted bands all playing from 12noon-11pm. Pandorafest will be running 3 stages of live music across many genres, all expertly woven into a line-up to keep you entertained from start to finish. www.pandorafest.com
Glamis Prom
At the end of July, the playing fields on East Street in the Moray town of Fochabers will be home to the 21st annual Speyfest, three days of the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music. The tented village hosts a variety of seated and standing events including the Friday and Saturday concerts and stomps, the music marathon that is the Speyfest Family Sunday, a craft and food fair and an ecumenical Celtic Kirk service. The event is fully licensed and offers a wide range of hot foods and a variety of drinks from a number on onsite concessions. www.speyfest.com
Southern Fried Perth 29-31 July
Three UK music greats come together to showcase their love of Americana in this year’s Southern Fried Festival. Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack & Andy Fairweather Low will make their Scottish This year's Glamis Proms promises a spectacular debut in an ultra-rare trio show as a climax to evening of enchanting music featuring the Perth’s festival of American roots music with renowned British Sinfonietta orchestra with an other headliners confirmed as Imelda May, Mary array of special guests. Chapin Carpenter and Gretchen Peters. Named Scottish Event Awards Best Small Festival 2014, www.glamisprom.com the Southern Fried Festival takes place in Perth Concert Hall and other city centre venues from Friday 29 until Sunday 31 July. Festival passes Crail Festival and general ticket sales are now open Fife 20-30 July 2016 www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk Glamis Castle 16 July
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Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival Beauly 4-6 August Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting with all the crazy variety that makes it Scotland’s premier boutique festival. ''Belladrum - quite simply, it’s what everyday life should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in the way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. 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 allages approach. www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Piping Live! Glasgow 8-14 August Piping Live! Glasgow's International Piping Festival, the world’s biggest week of piping, will return to Glasgow from 8-14 August. Now in its 13th year, Piping Live! is the biggest festival of its kind. Attracting 40,000 people from around the globe each year to watch over 5000 international pipers perform at 150 events across the city. Some of the hottest names in traditional music will perform this year, including RURA, Anxo Lorenzo, Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton and the world famous Red Hot Chilli Pipers. Band performances will take place in George Square and on the steps of The Royal Concert Hall. www.pipinglive.co.uk
Party at The Palace Linlithgow 13-14 August 2016 McEwan’s Party at The Palace is back for its third year following the fantastic event last summer. The 2 day party will take place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th August in Linlithgow. It’s only 20 mins from Edinburgh and 35mins from Glasgow, making it one of the most easily accessible music festivals in Scotland. We have some exciting additions to the 2016 event including a second stage for the first time, new street food outlets and a larger kids zone to keep the children entertained. A limited number of Tier One Early Bird tickets are on sale from 1 January. www.partyatthepalace.co.uk
Innerleithen Music Festival Scottish Borders 19-21 August 2016 A hugely enjoyable weekend of traditional music in this small Borders town, beautifully situated amongst rolling hills by the River Tweed. Memorable concerts feature some of the biggest names in Celtic music alongside the best of the local talent and the weekend is rounded off with a concert presenting wonderful singers of traditional song. Complementing the concerts
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Doune The Rabbit Hole Cardross, nr Stirling 19-21 August 2016
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SEPTEMBER Lindisfarne Festival
A small family-friendly festival with a twist! Doune The Rabbit Hole presents music, comedy, art, spoken word, drama, puppetry and much more! Events across Scotland throughout the year culminating in a 3 day multi arts festival... it's time to go Doune The Rabbit Hole!! We make people happy through music, art, cake and loads of other stuff! After we've done that we teach people who wouldn't ordinarily be able to how to do creative things, like play instruments, write poetry and paint. www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk
Stowed Out Festival Stow 26-27 August Stowed Out is ran by Sound Out are a not for profit organisation formed in 2009 by an eclectic group of musicians and music fans in the village of Stow in the Scottish Borders. Over the years Sound Out has grown and now hosts a range vibrant music and arts events where there is always a strong emphasis on encouraging and supporting young or first time performers to get up and have a go. www.soundout.org.uk
Summer Isles Festival Achiltibuie 26-27th August Summer Isles Festival is an award-winning twoday event programmed by local musician Mairearad Green that brings the best Scottish musical and creative talent to the spectacular setting of Achiltibuie. Festival returns for a fifth year, with a line-up including the Peatbog Faeries, Blazin’ Fiddles, Blue Rose Code and Tannara. Showcase concert kick-starts the weekend to celebrate home-grown talent from the local community - Entertainment for all the family, with fringe activities including workshops, food demonstrations and stalls featuring local produce - Established and run by successful local musician Mairearad Green - Takes place in picturesque location, under an hour from Ullapool - The Summer Isles Festival Youth Fund continues to support young people living in the Coigach community looking to develop their creative aspirations www.summerislesfestival.com
Groove Loch Ness Loch Ness 20 August
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Holy Island 2-4 September Lindisfarne 2016 promises to be as exciting and spectacular as the inaugural year. The first year saw the music, arts and camping festival achieve national acclaim and was shortlisted for 3 national awards including being a finalist as “Best New Festival in the UK”. With the spectacular backdrop of Holy Island and North Northumberland Coast , the Lindisfarne festival is conveniently located off the A1 and around 6 miles from Berwick upon Tweed. The festival has an eclectic range of music and arts with 2015 saw music from the likes of Public Service Broadcasting, Reverend and the Makers, Craig Charles, The Skints, DJ Yoda and Nadine Shah play in the breath-taking scenery. A brilliant weekend away 2016’s festival will be everything a small independent festival should be. www.lindisfarnefestival.com
Midstock Festival Dalkeith 3 September
The sparkling Blue Rose Code will do the honours and open the 10th anniversary Glasgow Americana Festival in October. On Wednesday 5 October in St Andrew’s in the Square' Man behind the music, Ross Wilson has rightly won huge praise for live, sell-out performances including joyous sessions for the BBC. www.glasgowamericana.com
Ullapool Guitar Festival Ullapool 7-9 October So why is the UGF so special? Perhaps it’s the mix of music old and new, of electric and acoustic, of steel and nylon, of seasoned performers and those, like the students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, just starting out on their careers. Perhaps it’s the location on Loch Broom and the drive up through some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery. Perhaps it’s the informal air of the whole weekend: there’s no “us and them”, no VIP area. Everyone mingles, and you’re likely to find yourself sitting beside a guitar legend in the Festival Club – or even jamming with them on one of the trade stands. www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com
Doricana Fest Stonehaven 8 October
One day music festival based in the NE of Scotland showcasing the countries finest Just when you think festival season is over, there’s still another cracker to be enjoyed before Americana / Roots / Country and Acoustic acts. the nights draw in. The line up will offer a variety Stonehaven is tuning up for a boot scooting new Americana music festival aimed at visitors and of musical tastes designed to cater for the wide locals alike.The one day (family) festival will demographic expected at the festival, which feature 6 Scottish bands with Americana roots welcomes everyone aged 0-90.Tickets on sale including The Holy Ghosts (Edinburgh), Colin soon @ www.midstockfestival.com Clyne (Stonehaven), Daniel Meade (Glasgow), The New Madrids (Perth), Mikey Maclennan (The www.midstockfestival.com Carloways, Bridge of Earn) and The Malpaso Gang (Aberdeen).
Ceòl Cholasa
Colonsay Folk Festival 15-18 September Ceòl Cholasa is held the third weekend of September each year and features internationally acclaimed artists from Scotland and beyond.. http://ceolcholasa.co.uk/
Isle of Jura Music Festival Jura 23-25 September The Isle of Jura Musical Festival is a wellestablished favourite for lovers of the traditional music scene, enjoy a weekend packed with fantastic performances, stimulating workshops, spontaneous sessions and great craic. To guarantee you don’t miss out, you can prepurchase your tickets online now.
www.juramusicfestival.com Groove Loch Ness is due to return to the iconic location on the banks of the Loch for it’s 2nd outing. After the overwhelming positive feedback of the inaugural event which saw a raft of international DJ’s including Groove Armada, 2mandjs, Tensnake and B.Traits along with a Glasgow Americana wealth of talent from the Highlands and throughout Scotland, Groove Loch Ness will once Glasgow 5-9 October
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NOVEMBER Fiddle 2016 Edinburgh 18-20 November One of Scotland's biggest traditional music festivals, promoting & sustaining traditional fiddle music since 1996. A weekend packed full of great music! Over the weekend there are concerts, ceilidhs, recitals, workshops, talks, open stage, festival clubs, sessions, stalls, free events.... and lots, lots more! The Fiddle Festival committee are now working hard towards Fiddle 2016. The dates are out now but keep an eye on our Facebook page and join our mailing list to be the first to hear what artists are playing at this years festival. www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
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