Festivals! Scotland's Music
the Scottish music festival supplement from MUSIC NEWS Scotland
SAY Award 2015 winner KATHRYN JOSEPH (pictured) will be joined by PAWS and HAPPY MEALS on 15 October in the Spiegeltent as part of THE SPREE festival in Paisley : see page 7 www.thespree.co.uk/events/
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Returning to Edinburgh this weekend (9-11 Oct) is the Edinburgh University Students’ Association ran 'Pleasance Sessions'. In conjunction with the support of several partners the association brings a host of quality acts plus a market place and also a beer festival!
As in past years the Sessions continue to champion unique collaborations, bringing together musicians, promoters and publications from around the country for something very special. Each night has been lovingly created to ensure that The Pleasance Sessions offers a unique experience for existing fans and a welcome introduction for audiences who may be new to the increasingly vibrant Scottish music scene.
PAWS : Part of Vic Galloway Presents - Friday 9th www.facebook.com/wehavepaws
Provision 2015’ across all Student Unions in the UK for the second year running on at the entsforum earlier in this year. The Pleasance Sessions Line-up ..... Friday 9 October:
VIC GALLOWAY PRESENTS: Man Of Moon / Jonnie Common / Paws
Saturday 10:
THE PLEASANCE SESSIONS MARKET PLACE: Featuring A Modern Way / Gerry Loves Records / Olive Grove Records / Trouble / Mini 50 Records / Soft Power Records / Lost Map Records / Fresh Air Radio / The Skinny Mag / Insider Festival / Soundhouse Organisation / Neu! Reekie! / Electric Fields / Song, by Toad / Tabernacle / + more!
Och!toberfest, celebrates some of Scotland’s finest breweries, as well as Pleasance Sessions Market Place with a host of well known names gathered together in one place for your indulgence.
Potterrow. All EUSA events listed on www.dustymoose.co.uk are open to THE SKINNY PRESENTS: Outblinker/ Bdy_Prts / RM Hubbert the general public as well as Sunday 11: students from every institution.
Tickets are available from the weblink above and this is where you can find an ever expanding programme for all things going on in The Pleasance, Teviot and
The Pleasance Sessions has previously been shortlisted for 'Scotland's Best Small Festival'. Edinburgh University Students’ Association won ‘Best Live Music
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Glasgow Americana off to a storming start Glasgow : 7-11 October : www.glasgowamericana.com TICKETS! @ www.glasgowamericana.com
Glasgow Americana opened on Wednesday with a cracking evening's performance by BRUCE COCKBURN at St Andrews In the Square, and this was followed on Thursday by a sparkling gig in a double header with KATHRYN WILLIAMS and MICHELE STODART at the CCA. With its place secure on the live Scottish music scene map, Glasgow Americana has a reputation for providing intimate and memorable festival experiences that have grown year on year and going by the response so far this year it is definitely on track again. Glasgow Americana director Kevin Morris said: “Glasgow Americana has attracted a line-up of talent that’s clearly lighting up the current music scene,” said Kevin Morris. We look forward to welcoming fans who have experienced Glasgow Americana before, and anyone who wants to sample the festival of music for the first time as well.” The focus now moves onto the weekend and on Friday 9th in St Andrews in the Square Glasgow Americana welcomes TOM RUSSELL back to the city. The veteran from El Paso, whose songs have been recorded by everyone from Johnny Cash to Nanci Griffith, is rightly hailed as one of the architects of “Americana” music. Tom’s current album, ‘The Rose of Roscrae’ has aroused the critics, attracting words like “masterpiece”. Saturday in The Glad Cafe sees afternoon sessions from Texan DANNY SCHMIDT, and fellow Texan BETTY SOO and in the evening London's country-tinged duo, LEWIS AND LEIGH create a unique blend of Celtic folk and American, or “Celticana” as they dub it. Their support act is CURTIS MCMURTRY, who is the 24-year-old son of the famous, James.
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A round-up of gigs still to come up ..... Friday 9th: An Evening With Tom Russell (no support), St Andrew’s In The Square Glasgow, tickets £17 Saturday 10th (afternoon): Danny Schmidt plus Betty Soo, The Glad Cafe Glasgow, tickets £12 doors 3.30pm, 4pm start Saturday 10th (night): Lewis & Leigh plus Curtis McMurtry, The Glad Cafe Glasgow, tickets £12, doors 8pm, 8.30pm start Sunday 11th (afternoon): Sam Lewis & Krista Detor, CCA Glasgow, tickets £12, doors 3.30pm, 4pm start Sunday 11th (night): Hazy Recollections, The CCA Glasgow, tickets £10 from the CCA box office 0141 352 4900, doors 8pm, 8.30pm start
On the final day Nashville-based SAM LEWIS and KRISTA DETOR from Indiana will provide a matinee show at the CCA on Sunday. Sam has quickly established himself as one of Nashville’s most talented new tunesmiths and Krista is another classy singer-songwriter with folk roots. And bringing the curtain down that night in the CCA will be the Hazy Recollections featuring a bevvy of musical talent from home and overseas. That evening's host is FINDLAY NAPIER – whose latest album, VIP Very Interesting Persons has enthralled fans and critics alike www.glasgowamericana.com this year, and keeping him company will be Nashville-based, SAM LEWIS, Edinburgh’s DARK GREEN TREE and Scottish-based, American https://twitter.com/KevoMorris singer/songwriter, CERA IMPALA. www.facebook.com/pages/Glasgow-Americana/137637266274105
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Paisley set for festival of fun as The Spree returns for 2015 Paisley : 9-17 October : www.thespree.co.uk
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Paisley’s annual Spree festival of music, comedy and more is back for another year – with more than 60 shows taking place across the town over the nine days from 9 October.
The musical centerpiece is a one-off collaboration between Scottish rockers IDLEWILD and the ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA in Paisley Abbey on Friday 16 October. That show is already sold out, as is JAMES GRANT and CHRIS THOMSON in the Spiegeltent on Wednesday 15th. But tickets are still available for a host of other musical acts – including KAREN MATHESON, BARBARA DICKSON, AIDAN MOFFAT, HORSE MCDONALD, JAMES YORKSTON and KARINE POLWART, and 2015 Scottish Album of the Year winner KATHRYN JOSEPH. ModStuff – LNP Promotions’ celebration of all things Mod – takes place over two days this weekend in various venues with highlights including a show by top tribute band The Underground Jam on Saturday night.
his bit to help promote the festival when he met with some of members of the RockUs community choir, who will be performing in The Spiegeltent on Tuesday 13th. He said: “The Spree is now a fixture in the area’s ever-expanding events calendar and as Paisley’s flagship cultural event, will only become more important as we move towards the town’s bid for UK City of Culture 2021. “The festival is now in its fourth year and its growing popularity can be seen by the fact some of the shows sold out weeks ago – although if you haven’t got your tickets yet you still can for most of the shows. “The next week or so is a great chance for residents and visitors alike to have a night out in the town centre and enjoy everything Paisley has to offer.”
The Spree 2015 is sponsored by local business Saporito and by Birra Moretti, with Saporito set Expect lots of comedy, with Des McLean playing to operate a bar-tent and a café-tent in County Paisley Arts Centre on Saturday 10th, and two Square during the festival. Best of Scottish Comedy nights in association The Spree runs covers from Friday 9 to Saturday with The Stand Comedy Club, on Friday 9th and For more information on the festival and to buy 17 October at various venues in the town, with 16th. tickets for any of the shows, see www.thespree. much of the action in the specially-erected co.uk or visit the box office at 9b Gilmour There will be plenty to keep kids occupied during Street. Spiegeltent in County Square. the October break, with a full programme of The Renfrewshire Council-run festival is now in events for children, including free drop-in its fourth year and is taking place as part of the workshop offering Minecraft and Lego robotics at run-up to Paisley’s bid for UK City of Culture various times during the days. https://twitter.com/SpreeFestival 2021, which is due to have its public launch next www.facebook.com/thespreefestival Renfrewshire Council Leader Mark Macmillan did month.
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Renfrewshire Council Leader Mark Macmillan joins members of the RockUs choir to promote Paisley's upcoming Spree Festival. L-R Kirstine Mullen, Charlene Gordon, Mark MacMillan, Karen Kyle, Susan Niven.
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The Mòd is the Gaelic community’s most prestigious celebration of arts, music, culture and language and as the festival has changed over the years so too has the television coverage since BBC ALBA started broadcasting programmes from the Mòd in 2008, shortly after the channel launched.
winners of the competition, Anne Lorne Gillies and Alasdair Whyte. Thursday 15th, 7.30 – 10.00pm – live coverage Traditional Gold Medal competition will see Gaelic broadcaster Morag MacDonald and Skye singer Art Cormack, offering their interpretation of the performances. Also featured on the show will be the main winners from the rural choir competitions held earlier that day.
Friday 16th, 10.00 – 11.30pm – The final programme will provide a round-up of the choral competitions from the last day of the Mòd featuring the winners of the coveted Lovat and Tullibardine Shield, the Mull and Iona Shield and the sought after This year BBC ALBA is delighted to announce that it will be offering an enhanced package of live coverage Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy. as well as capturing the best highlights from the Margaret Mary Murray, Head of BBC Gaelic week-long festival hosted by Cathy MacDonald. Services said: “This year’s television coverage of the Mòd hosted by Cathy MacDonald, will provide Produced by BBC Gàidhlig, BBC ALBA will be broadcasting a programme each night from Monday highlights across the week as well as two special live programmes. For the first time ever, viewers will be 12th to Friday 16th October with Cathy showcasing performances from the Children’s Mòd. This year, for able to enjoy both prestigious Gold Medal the first time ever, there will be live coverage of the competitions as they happen, with a new live broadcast on Wednesday from the An Comunn two premier solo singing competitions, the An Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal on Wednesday and Gaidhealach Gold medal final as well as Thursday evening’s live Traditional Gold medal final. The Royal the Traditional Gold Medal Final taking place on National Mod is the highlight of the Gaelic events Thursday. calendar for young and old alike and we are Wednesday’s programme is a new addition to BBC delighted to be able to share it with audiences across ALBA’s Mòd coverage. Cathy MacDonald will present the UK on BBC ALBA and the BBC iPlayer and a live broadcast from Oban’s Corran Halls introducing listeners across the globe with Radio nan Gaidheal the competition for the An Comunn Gàidhealach Gold and www.bbc.co.uk/alba.” Medal. Providing analysis of the singing will be Radio nan Gàidheal will also be offering acclaimed singers and former winners of the competition, Anne Lorne Gillies and Alasdair Whyte. complimentary Mòd programming with live coverage of the rural choir competitions on Thursday 15th Anne Lorne Gillies (who is celebrating her 70th birthday this year) won the Mòd Gold Medal in Oban from 1.30pm when two new choirs will debut in the competition – Còisir Ghàidhlig Bharraigh from Barra at the age of 17 and Alasdair Whyte was awarded and Kantorei Haselau from near Hamburg in the An Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal at the Mòd Germany. On Friday, live coverage from the Mod in Dunoon in 2006. starts at 10.00am with the legendary Mire ri Mòir T full Mòd coverage in October includes: Cèilidh hosted by Morag MacDonald and featuring performances from many of the week’s winners Monday 12th, 10.00 – 11.30pm – A showcase of alongside many Gaelic singers from previous Mòds. some of the winners from the first day of the The radio coverage continues at 1.30pm with Jo children's Mod including the winner of the prestigious MacDonald presenting live coverage of the choral James C MacPhee medals. competitions, for the Lovat and Tullibardine Shield Tuesday 13th, 10.00 – 11.30pm – Young native and the Margrat Duncan Memorial Trophy. speakers take to the floor and amongst the talented Each programme along with many video highlights performers will be the winners of the esteemed from throughout the Mòd 2015 will be available to Comunn Gàidhealach Silver Medals. view at www.bbc.co.uk/alba Wednesday 14th, 7.30 – 10.00pm – Cathy presents the first live competition for the An Comunn www.mgalba.com Gàidhealach Gold Medal from the Corran Halls with www.bbc.co.uk/alba analysis provided by acclaimed singers and former
Cathy MacDonald will present a live broadcast from Oban’s Corran Halls introducing the competition for the An Comunn Gàidhealach Gold Medal. Providing analysis of the singing will be acclaimed singers and former winners of the competition, Anne Lorne Gillies and Alasdair Whyte.
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Inaugural Lindisfarne Festival on the shortlist for three UK Festival awards The inaugural Lindisfarne Festival which saw around 2000 attendees flock to Beal Farm, Northumberland on 46 September 2015 has been shortlisted in three prestigious categories at the UK Festival Awards 2015. The first time festival, which proved to be a big hit, has been shortlisted for Best New Festival, Best Small Festival and The Grass Roots Festival award. With winners being decided through a voting system, organisers are asking for music fans on both sides of the border to get behind them, to register their votes and help put Lindisfarne Festival firmly on the UK map - and give the Scotland/England border area a big thumbs up for festival music.
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aim was always to create something the crossborder area could own and be proud of and we feel we have taken our first steps in achieving that and want to build on that success for years to come and make it even better. Winning an award would simply be the icing on the cake but to make this happen, we need everyone to get behind us. Even if people weren’t at the festival The grass roots award in particular resonates itself, they can still register their vote. We thank with the journey of Lindisfarne Festival. A small everyone so far who have got behind us to make festival born from an organic labour of love and this a memorable first time festival and for a long term dream. With an independent spirit helping put us on the map.” and resisting commercial saturation, it is fair to say that it took a combination of courage, vision To vote for Lindisfarne Festival in the UK Festival and commitment to bring it to the fields of Beal Awards 2015, visit www.festivalawards.com/ Farm which is only a few miles from the Scottish vote-now/ select vote now and choose the 3 border at Berwick Upon Tweed. categories, Best New Festival, Best Small Festival and The Grass Roots Festival award. A Conleth Maenpaa, Owner of Nokomis and drop down box will then appear with an option Bor Events and Founder of Lindisfarne to select Lindisfarne Festival. Everyone that Festival commented: “We are delighted to be enters are also given an option to be entered in shortlisted for 3 national awards so soon after a draw to win free festival tickets and an ipad our first festival. We have been thrilled with the mini. Winners of the awards will be announced positive feedback we have received so far and at a ceremony in London on 26 November 2015. are currently looking into dates for 2016. Our
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Glasgow's Cryptic plans its most expansive Sonica programme yet Glasgow : 28 October - 8 November : www.sonic-a.co.uk TICKETS @ http://sonic-a.co.uk/sonica-2015/ Glasgow-based arts producer Cryptic has announced the third Sonica festival, an 11-day extravaganza of the best in visually exciting sonic art, taking place in venues around Glasgow from 29 October - 8 November 2015. Sonica 2015 brings together leading international artists, alongside emerging Scottish and UK talent, in a multi-sensory feast of live performances, site-specific installations and audio-visual experiences.
Sleichim, interlaced with fragments and quotations from 20th century repertoire for percussion including Xenakis, Stockhausen, Reich, Cage and Wolfe. The score is performed live by Sleichim and Belgian percussionists Bl! ndman, giving new life to this iconic aviation film by William A. Wellman. Making his first visit to Scotland, Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto will present a new work for Sonica, Poetry for Four Voices, a sitespecific, large-scale installation in the Ladies Pool of Glasgow’s 18th century Govanhill Baths. Kuswidananto is known for his ongoing exploration of Javanese cultural transformation and the Indonesian reformasi through compelling installations, populated by disembodied characters represented by hats, costumes, boots and shoes, and incorporating sound, AV and kinetic elements.
between 1903 and 1908, and electric guitar. Olivier Ratsi, artist on the ANTIVJ visual label, will present the first UK performance of his new work, Onion Skin, a graphical installation and immersive experience that considers the recomposition of time and space through a game of perspectives. This year’s Sonica Artist in Residence is the Brazilian digital artist, musician and curator Henrique Roscoe, who will close the festival. Roscoe will spend four weeks in Glasgow developing his instrument Synap.sys for a final performance. Presented in association with Festival Multiplicidade, Brazil.
To mark the 2015 UN International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, Sonica will This year’s festival boasts more than 30 present Helmholtz by Wintour’s Leap, an international artists from 5 continents, and 120 interactive installation first commissioned as events and performances including 5 World part of Imogen Heap's Reverb Festival, at The Sonica commissions from Cryptic Associates premières and 13 UK premières. Roundhouse, 2014. Using tiny LED lights that Mark Lyken, Kathy Hinde and Robbie Thomson. visualize sound, Helmholtz is a truly interactive Amongst the highlights of this Lyken’s Oscillon Response is an interpretation of experience that will engage children and families Ben F Laposky’s pioneering “Oscillon” Electronic year’s festival are: in the creative exploration of light and Abstractions. Hinde's music merges machinery technology, and also provide a mesmerizing and Opening performance by Australian leading and natural stimuli to create stunning sound and reactive stage for musical performances over artists in the field, Speak Percussion and Robin visual aesthetics, exploring the sonic the two Sonica weekends. Fox. FLUOROPHONE moves between noise complexities and possibilities of combining glass music, music concrète and virtuosic vessels with shifting water levels. Thomson Sonica is curated by Cathie Boyd, co-curated instrumentalism, in a synesthetic display of light continues his dystopic investigations with The with Graham McKenzie and Patrick Dickie and and sound. For TRANSDUCER, Fox has New Alps, a kinetic-sonic installation that produced by Cryptic. collaborated with Speak’s Artistic Director, imagines a disorientating futuristic landscape Cathie Boyd, Artistic Director said: Eugene Ughetti, on a major new electro-acoustic populated by robotic inhabitants. spatialised performance work, to test the limits “I’m delighted to be announcing the programme Glasgow School of Art graduate Sisi Lu, recipient of the microphone as an expressive musical for the third Sonica Festival. Our biennial festival of the Sky Arts Academy Scholarship will object. in Glasgow gives audiences from across the UK present The Age of Digital/Analogue, an audio and beyond a rare opportunity to see some of A performance by outstanding audio-cinematic visual piece that travels the UK exploring the the best and most exciting international artists, sculptor, Herman Kolgen from Quebec of his relationship between man, machine and alongside the next generation of homegrown audio-visual masterpieces, AFTERSHOCK and landscape. talent. Sonica continues to push boundaries of SEISMIC, and the UK première of LINK.C, a Irish composer David Fennessy will present the the art form. With 13 UK premières, and 3 new moving, elliptical representation of our urban UK première of his Caruso (Gold is the sweat of Cryptic commissions for Sonica, it’s going to be areas, based on String Quartet No. 2 by Philip a memorable eleven days”. the sun), which draws on filmmaker Werner Glass and performed by Kolgen at Sonica with Herzog’s diaries of the making of the film the Maxwell String Quartet. Fitzcarraldo. Scored for four samplers, the music The screening of 1927 silent film Wings in a UK is almost completely made up of tiny extracts www.facebook.com/glasgowcryptic première, set to an electronic score by Eric from gramophone recordings made by Caruso https://twitter.com/crypticglasgow
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Biggar brings their 'Little' Festival to Lanarkshire's historic town Biggar : 15-25 October : www.biggar-little-festival.com TICKETS @ www.biggar-little-festival.com/article.php/14/how-to-buy
Biggar's 'Festival of the Five Arts' is sure to bring you an exciting, diverse and fun packed programme. Whether your passion is music, the arts, drama, comedy or literature, you'll find something for all the family.
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HEBCELT @ 20 hailed a big success by artists & audience Stornoway : 13-16 July 2016 : www.hebceltfest.com TICKETS @ ..... watch www.facebook.com/HebCelt for ticket news The cream of international folk and Celtic music have heaped praise on a Scots island music festival as it celebrated its 20th year 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. The performers joined fans in taking to social media to praise HebCelt after organisers managed to overcome storm forecasts which badly affected other weekend events.
outwith the Royal National Mod. HebCelt director Caroline Maclennan said: “The 20th festival was a real milestone for us. To have continually staged an event like this in our relatively remote part of the world for two decades, against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions, is a huge achievement. “We have seen HebCelt grow from a small local, festival attracting 1,000 people, into an international festival which attracts over 50 per cent of our audience from off-island, many coming from all parts of the world. We are still very rooted in our community and we are grateful for our loyal local following.”
She also paid tribute to the sponsors, supporters and volunteers who contribute time and resources to help sustain HebCelt and to help ensure it can continue to attract quality artists despite its location. “We are extremely appreciative of everyone who contributes to HebCelt. We get significant support from a range of funding bodies, without which we simply would not be It demonstrated the strength and depth of the festival able to continue,” she said. that has delivered more than £20million to the “The festival is such a positive time of year, all look economy, raising the island’s profile and celebrating forward to it and to seeing friends and family travel the best of the Hebrides. home for it. The economic benefits are very much justified so we will be working hard in the coming This year’s celebration also helped to showcase local months to build the funding case as early as possible. island food, drink and produce, continued its That way we can continue to stage a diverse and promotion of Gaelic, strengthened its links with tourism operators and businesses and further boosted appealing programme for our local and visiting followers and ensure HebCelt continues as a groundits green credentials through an innovative Ecocups breaking event.” initiative.
This year’s line-up included artists who took part in the original HebCelt, others who have found worldwide acclaim after making their debut at the Stornowaybased festival, including fiddler Alasdair White, and other local talent including acclaimed singer/ songwriter Iain Morrison.
The festival presented its biggest and most diverse programme to date with more than 50 hours of music and arts events staged in the main arena in the grounds of Lews Castle, an Lanntair arts centre in the town centre and other venues in rural areas.
She said organisers were delighted by the response from performers, tourists and locals to this year’s event, and in being able to provide a platform for emerging new talent such as CalMac Culture Music winners Bella and the Bear.
“We were delighted with our line-up this year. We have never had such positive feedback about the programme and we are proud of the fact that, as well as a range of top International acts, a feature of HebCelt has always been to give fans the opportunity Audiences included visitors travelling from throughout to be amazed by artists they have never seen before the UK and Europe as well from the US, Australia, and who would otherwise be unable to perform in the Japan, Canada, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates – Outer Hebrides,” she said. giving the island another huge economic boost during “We are now looking forward to our coming of times of continued austerity across the UK. age 21st party next year and welcoming friends Projected figues are expected to put crowd numbers in old and new back to the island.” the region of 14,000 as the festival trust overcame a range of issues outwith their control including www.hebceltfest.com unseasonal weather warnings. It maintains HebCelt as https://twitter.com/hebcelt the biggest event of its kind in the Outer Hebrides The Caladh Hotel also staged its first series of booked out Late Sessions, compered by Celtic Connections stalwart Findlay Napier, to expand the range of experience on offer to festival-goers across the town.
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Some of the comments ..... SHOOGLENIFTY, who helped kick off the first HebCelt 20 years ago, played both the Island Stage and closed this year’s Festival Club at an Lanntair to great acclaim, showcasing their new album The Untied Knot. Taking to Twitter afterwards, they said: “Thanks to everyone at HebCelt festival for a great weekend of gigs and looking after us so well! If you haven't been yet, get yer tickets booked for next year! Cheers” The AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM turned to Facebook to thank the thousands of fans who turned out to watch their spectacular set, and raved: “Hugely enjoyable to give the closing performance last night thanks to all who were there for a great response. We love visiting Stornoway for this!” Festival favourites IDLEWILD, who returned to the festival after five years away, sailed in on a wave of great reviews for their latest album Everything Ever Written, to play a mobbed main stage. After a terrific response from the crowd, they Tweeted: “@HebCelt Festival was cracking at the weekend well worth 5 hours of ferry riding!” SALSA CELTICA, who have just been nominated for the Songlines ‘Cross Cultural Collaboration Award’ wrote on their official facebook page: “Thank you Hebridean Celtic Festival!!!!! Great to be back on Isle of Lewis after all these years, playing an island festival on the west coast of Scotland is such a pleasure. Yes!!!!!” TREACHEROUS ORCHESTRA, nominated as having this year’s Scottish Album of the Year nominated for Grind, said in a Tweet after their packed out main stage: “Thanks for having us @HebCelt! You're all great!“ International newcomer CHASTITY BROWN, who won a new legion of fans during her stint in Stornoway, Tweeted her happy memories of Lewis: “@HebCelt Fest you were epic! Thanks for closing out our tour with your smiling, singing faces.“ Award winning MANRAN, who will join the legendary Donnie Munro and his band at the world famous Barrowlands in Glasgow on 5 December, showed their affection for the festival too, Tweeting: “Thank you @HebCelt You’ve been special as always! X” Singer/songwriter SCOTT MCWATT said he felt “humbled” after playing Hebcelt, Tweeting: “#happybirthday @HebCelt that was the most amazing show I’ve ever done. The best audience ever! So much love to you! HebCelt20 #humbled” Praising the army of local and visiting volunteers involved in the island’s showpiece event, Scott McWatt added: “Thank you to all the staff & volunteers @HebCelt for being amazing! The job you do is amazing & appreciated. Hopefully see you next year!” THE ELEPHANT SESSIONS, chosen to be a headline act for the BBC at the Edinburgh Festival next month, told their Facebook followers HebCelt was the best festival they had ever done. They said: “Well HebCelt, what can we say? Perhaps the best festival we've ever been to. Such amazing musicians, crowd, people and scenery.” And in a letter thanking organisers, the BBC described their series of live sessions at Martin’s Memorial Hall as having been “two excellent, well attended days” adding “the music was fabulous”.
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North Hop celebrates after brewing up largest audience Inverness : 2016 date TBA : www.northhop.co.uk TICKETS @ ..... watch www.facebook.com/NorthHop for ticket news
The Highlands and Islands largest indoor craft beer festival has been deemed a huge success, after welcoming over 1,500 festivalgoers through its doors over the weekend in Inverness. North Hop, which took place at Eden Court in Inverness, saw food, drink and music enthusiasts travelling from across the globe to the event, to sample over 60 beers and ciders along with live bands.
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Cromarty Brewing Company also served people a complimentary taste of an exclusive festival brew, which was specially crafted for the occasion.
“We had wide range of individuals attend the festival and our festival gin, which was created by Dunnet Bay Distillery, went down extremely well. A number of the food stalls sold out late in the evening on Saturday and two of our festival acts were signed to new Inverness based indie music label, IMOUT Records.”
The festival is now planning to return to the venue in 2016, and North Hop also has a number of other festival dates throughout Scotland lined up. Festival organiser, Michelle Russell said: “This years festival was an incredible success. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and we have had a hugely positive response on social media, which has been extremely overwhelming. “I am delighted to announce that the festival welcomed over 1,500 individuals over the three sessions from as far as Europe, Africa, Canada and New Mexico USA, and I am ecstatic that our Saturday session actually sold out – the other sessions weren’t far off it either. Feedback from the public and from the exhibitors has been fantastic and the buzz around the festival is incredible.
The festival, which ran over the Friday and Saturday sessions welcomed local and national music acts from all over Scotland to entertain the busy beer hall and local DJ’s and acoustic acts were invited to play upstairs in the cocktail lounge. North Hop will continue to run regular ‘taster’ and ‘pop-up’ events for food, drink, and music enthusiasts and looks to host five further festivals in 2016. Its sister festival North Hob Aberdeen takes place from 30 April to 1 May, the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre - the tickets are on sale now @
The two-day festival, which doubled its ticket offering from 2014, featured over 25 exhibitors from across Scotland celebrating craft beer, www.ticketmaster.co.uk/North-Hop-Aberdeen-2016-tickets/artist/5181473 cider, artisan gins, creative cocktails, street food, as well as 24 music acts, offering up “The festival has grown massively since 2014. www.northhop.co.uk something for everyone. Breweries offered up half and two-third of a pint Our food stalls quadrupled and we had a number www.facebook.com/NorthHop of new bottle stalls too, as well as our guest measures ensuring festivalgoers could https://twitter.com/northhop
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OCTOBER Balmaha’s Braw Weekend Balmaha, Loch Lomond 3 October
will feature a packed line-up including a headline Art School show from Glasgow’s WHITE, sets from Atom Tree, Crash Club, Monogram, Pinact, Other Humans and Team Player. Taking place for over 12 hours on Saturday 4th October 2015, the Tenement Trail festival organisers have also revealed that Lisa Mitchell, AmartArt, Be Charlotte, Bella and The Bear, The Van T’s, Declan Walsh and Aylee will appear. www.tenementtv.com
The Spree Paisley 9-17 October Paisley's national festival of music, comedy and arts, now in it third year - taking place at various venues in the town centre . The Spiegeltent will be back in County Square to host the bulk of the action but there will be a few big-name shows in the Abbey as well as stuff happening at Paisley Arts Centre and elsewhere. We also have a few surprises in store! www.thespree.co.uk
The Cumnock Tryst Cumnock 1-4 October
A music festival under the leadership of Scottish A new food, drink and music festival in the East composer, James MacMillan CBE Loch Lomond village, organised by The Oak Tree Cumnock, Scotland. The Cumnock Tryst is an Inn and sponsored by Deanston Distillery on the annual event with concerts in venues in and around the town. The programme will feature banks of Loch Lomond. On the Saturday night some of the finest, international classical artists, from 6pm-midnight enjoy a Beer, Whisky and Music festival. A strong line up of music acts for as well as music and musicians from different the evening includes Dave Arcari, The Zips, Mick backgrounds both stylistically and socially. The Cumnock Tryst aims to make its strong Hargan and Have Mercy Las Vegas. commitment to the community at the heart of all its activities, for instance involving young people www.balmahasbrawweekend.co.uk at school and college, amateur choirs and local bands.
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Ullapool The third annual multi-venue music festival from 2-4 October Scotland’s largest music platform Tenement TV
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
Glasgow Americana Festival Glasgow 7-11 October Glasgow's annual celebration of Americana brings musicians from as far afield as Texas and Canada to perform roots music from blues to rockabilly. www.glasgowamericana.com
sound North East Scotland 22 October - 9 November sound is driven by the passion to make new music more accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. It embraces a network of local organisations to produce a varied programme of events exploring new music. The festival brings together a large range of different genres of music to appeal to a wide variety of tastes and encourage people to discover new sounds and widen their musical horizons. www.sound-scotland.co.uk
Sonica Glasgow 29 October - 8 November Sonica returns to Glasgow for 12 days this Autumn with a programme dedicated to worldclass sonic arts, presenting emerging British
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SCOTTISH MUSIC FESTIVALS to be included in our festival listings email details to: musicnewsscotland@gmail.com talent alongside exceptional international artists from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Indonesia, Netherlands and Quebec. Highlights include:Olivier Ratsi (Antivj) // Herman Kolgen // Speak Percussion with Robin Fox // Kathy Hinde // Sisi Lu // Mark Lyken // Robbie Thomson. “If you want to experience the thrilling interface where music, visual art, theatre and digital technology meet, hasten to Glasgow.” The Times. Tickets on sale from Monday 15 June
21 November, Strange Behaviours Festival welcomes in 22 of Scotland’s most original and compelling indie/electronic/alternative acts, spread over 3 stages across the entire venue.
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It’s a weekend of comedy, music and snowsport thrills on the hills in and around Aviemore. 2016 tickets will soon be available from www. ukgigsonline.com Proceeds from the festival go to the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) and Disability Snowsport UK.
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One of Scotland's biggest traditional music festivals, promoting & sustaining traditional Perthshire Amber fiddle music since 1996. A weekend packed full of great music! Over the weekend there are The Dougie MacLean concerts, ceilidhs, recitals, workshops, talks, open stage, festival clubs, sessions, stalls, free Festival events.... and lots, lots more! The Fiddle Festival Perthshire committee are now working hard towards Fiddle 30 October - 8 November 2015. The dates are out now but keep an eye on our Facebook page and join our mailing list to be This is the 11th year of our festival and promises the first to hear what artists are playing at this once again to be full of wonderful concerts years festival. featuring the finest of Scotland's musical talent as well as some international guests. Our venues www.facebook.com/scotsfiddlefest are as special as ever … ranging from the prestigious Perth Concert Hall to town halls and tiny village halls, from atmospheric castles to our historic Dunkeld Cathedral and even including an iron age Crannog on Loch Tay…25 venues in all in 2015!
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JUNE Riverside Rock 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 Four fabulous days and nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Kinross-shire Hogmanay party itself and a New Year's Day run to blow the cobwebs away - Edinburgh's buzzing. Winter Festival Wickerman Festival Come along and experience the magic for Kinross-shire Dumfries & Galloway yourself. November (various dates) 22-23 July www.edinburghshogmanay.org We are delighted to announce that Big Country Wickerman is one of the UK’s best-loved with THE BEST OF BIG COUNTRY TOUR will independent music festivals which will enter its headline the Kinross-shire's Winter Festival 2015 The Red Hot Highland Fling 15th consecutive year in 2016. With ten stages on Saturday 21 November, 8pm at the featuring an eclectic and exciting mix of leading Inverness Community Campus in Kinross. artists, heritage acts and up-and-coming talent, 31 December the two day summer party caters for all musical www.kinrossmusicfestival.co.uk tastes. Scotland's Biggest Free Hogmanay Concert is guaranteed to bring the 2015 Inverness Festivals www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk programme to a wonderful climax. Children House Folk Scottish Welcome!
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Strange Behaviours Stirling 20-21 November
Celtic Connections 2016 comprises a wealth of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, workshops, free events and late night sessions taking place over 18 days across various venues in Glasgow. www.celticconnections.com
The Tolbooth’s annual indie and progressive music festival returns with Admiral Fallow and United Fruit heading the 2-day multi-stage event.Hosted by The Tolbooth over the 20 and
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