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Skye Swing Jazz Festival Isle of Skye : October 31 - 3 November : www.facebook.com/skyeswingjazzfestival
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This autumn sees the Isle of Skye host its first “Swing Jazz Festival” from 31 October to 2 November, a weekend of wonderful music, fun, nostalgia, glamour and dancing. The Sage Gateshead’s ‘Jambone Youth Ensemble’ and Corrie Dick the winner of Young Scottish Jazz Musician of The Year will share the weekend with The Rick Taylor Big Band, The Brian Molley Quartet and The Stu Brown Sextet who will be playing the music of Raymond Scott the composer of the eye-popping “Looney Toons” music for Tom and Jerry, The Simpsons and Ren and Stimpey. One of the highlights of the weekend is a 1940s Big Band Night on Saturday 2 November some of the finest musicians in Scotland are coming together to perform the music of Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and all the greats. You can dance the night away or sit and listen with the 16 piece Rick Taylor Big-Band, featuring The Bevvy Sisters, who bring to life the iconic Andrews Sisters. We are holding weekly dancing classes led by Lorayne McLucas of SKYEDANCE to get us in the mood starting Wednesday 25 September.
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Piping Legends come alive as Blas 2013 takes off Highlands : September 6-14 : www.blas-festival.com
There is no greater name associated with piping than that of the legendary MacCrimmons - hereditary pipers to the MacLeod Chiefs of Dunvegan. This year, Blas 2013 is completing a link between one of the current tradition bearers and hundreds of years of piping tradition through a new musical commission entitled “Boraraig”. The annual commissions at the Blas festival, now in its ninth year as the Highland’s main cultural event showcasing Gaelic and Highland music, are always a highlight and this year will be no exception. Calum MacCrimmon is a piper and whistleplayer with popular band Breabach. His piping began, however, in Edmonton, Canada. He and his family moved to Scotland in 1991 where he made a name in the solo piping competition scene. Having gained his BA Honours degree in Scottish Music, Calum has performed with The Unusual Suspects, Na Trì Seudan and The National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. Calum is also a talented composer and has already successfully produced a New Voices commission for Celtic Connections 2007 and an album of his own tunes and songs 'Man's Ruin' in 2010. In "Boraraig", Calum MacCrimmon pays homage Calum MacCrimmon at the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn in Borreraig, Skye to his unique musical heritage with an exhilarating medley of original tunes and songs influenced by the ceòl mòr (classical bagpipe music) and canntaireachd traditions of Gaelic Scotland.
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"Boraraig" will be premiered at the Phipps Hall in Beauly on Tuesday, September 10. Fittingly, one of the venues for the Blas 2013 performances will be Dunvegan, Skye, arguably piping’s most famous home. The ancient MacCrimmons are popularly believed to have composed some of Scotland’s oldest surviving and most valuable pipe music during their years living and teaching in Boraraig on the Isle of Skye. Calum said: “The MacCrimmons have a strong historical connection to Dunvegan so it is really special for me that the Blas festival has given us the chance to perform one of the concerts there.” "Boraraig" will unearth a series of themes and variation within the ancient and modern idioms of traditional West coast music. The evening’s music will be delivered by a distinctly traditional ensemble including some of Scotland’s finest West coast musicians. Calum will be accompanied by Eilidh Shaw on fiddle, Angus Nicolson on pipes and whistles, Mischa MacPherson on clàrsach and vocals, singer Darren MacLean, James Lindsay on double bass and vocals and Ewan MacPherson on guitar, mandolin, and vocals. "Boraraig" will be performed at the following venues in September during Blas 2013: Tuesday 10th, The Phipps Hall, Beauly; Wednesday 11th at Dunvegan Hall, Dunvegan; Thursday 12th at Glengarry Community Hall, Invergarry; Friday 13th in Aviemore Primary School, Aviemore; Saturday 14th at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
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goNORTH Festivals Tour - acts at Loopallu 2013 Prides : Blood Relatives : Fake Major Ullapool : 20-21 September : www.loopallu.co.uk
Buy Loopallu tickets now @ http://bit.ly/11AY2rl The three goNORTH acts selected by Loopallu to appear at this year’s festival have been announced. Celebrating its ninth edition across the 20 and 21 September, Prides, Blood Relatives and Fake Major will share billing with the likes of Newton Faulkner, The Enemy, Roddy Woomble and The Temperance Movement.
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"We are delighted to be closing this year's goNORTH Festival Tour at Loopallu and continuing our long-standing relationship with the event", said goNORTH Director Amanda Millen. Loopallu consistently delivers an exciting and diverse line up of emerging and established acts, and is a fantastic platform for our artists to develop their audience". www.facebook.com/Pridesband www.facebook.com/bloodrelativesband www.facebook.com/FakeMajor
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On paper they said it wouldn’t work, a festival in late September in a remote village on the west coast of Scotland 60 miles from the nearest town, but having had the likes of Paolo Nutini, Mumford & Sons, Franz Ferdinand and The Fratellis grace their little stage Loopallu goes from strength to strength. Watch a video about Loopallu here: http://vimeo.com/55223072 Newton Faulkner is the Loopallu Saturday night headliner for this years ninth outing of Loopallu and he joins the Friday night headliners The Enemy.
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Also making an appearance over the weekend are fast rising London based band The Temperance Movement. Their own brand of soulful blues rock is seeing sold out venues across the country and will no doubt raise the roof of the Loopallu Big Top! Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire join the Friday line up in support of their debut self titled album. Early reviews already cite it as a possible album of the year.
Loopallu takes place in the Fake Major : photo by Eu an Robertson west coast village of Ullapool and doubles the population of the village for the weekend. As well as the usual eclectic line up of acts appearing at the festival big top and the fringe events after hours in the village’s pubs, the festival will again provide a selection of fine food and drink from around the Highlands as well as the famous warm Ullapool welcome.
Tickets for this year are priced at £65 for weekend tickets and £80 for weekend and camping. Campervan tickets are now sold out. Children Recent Universal-Islands signings The Ruen Brothers whose brand of aged between 6 and 12 are £10 for the weekend, and under 5’s are free. 60's beat music is creating big waves and gaining airplay throughout the (Anyone aged 16 and under need to be accompanied by an adult at all UK will make their Loopallu debut, as does actor turned singer songwriter times) Laurence Fox (star of ITV's Lewis).
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Final additions for the moment are firm festival favourites The Vatersay Boys and the set to be festival favourites of the future, retro 60s act The www.facebook.com/pages/Loopallu-Festival/126162257442411 New Picadillys. These all join previously announced artists, eighties 2-Tone legends The Beat, folk star and former Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble, and alt. folk-rock band The Moulettes.
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Caledonia’s Composer’s Fantastic Festival Perthshire : 25 October - 3 November : www.perthshireamber.com
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Music fans from all over Scotland (and indeed the world) are preparing for their autumnal visit to Perthshire in the heart of Scotland. Tickets for ‘Perthshire Amber – the Dougie MacLean Festival’ are selling fast with some concerts already sold out and ticket sales up 15% on last year. The line-up this year includes an exciting mix of well loved and respected talent with vibrant young musicians, groups and creative collaborations all performing from 25 October – 3 November.
Scottish, International, Folk and Celtic music. Autumn is an especially stunning time of year in Perthshire, where the scenery is beautiful and the welcome is always very warm. The very popular Amber Afternoon Concerts return this year with venues including Castle Menzies, Caputh Church, Butterstone Village Hall, Hilton Dunkeld Garden Room, Methven Castle, The Crannog and new for 2013 Murthly Castle Chapel. The packed 2013 programme also includes Amber Discoveries which includes a series of walks, talks, workshops, the Perthshire Amber SongBus and the ever popular Decorated Wheelbarrow Procession. This element of the programme has been developed to truly encourage visitors to get involved in and appreciate Scotland’s natural bounty and wonderful landscape as well as its culture and heritage. This year’s workshops include making skincare products from natural ingredients, bee keeping, group singing and various musical instrument masterclasses.
For Dougie MacLean fans THE Dougie concert this year will be the premier Perthshire Amber performance of ‘The MacLean Project’ . Described as “... a brilliant weave of great songs, skilled instrumental magic and a range of As the Festival founder and Musical Director, Dougie MacLean explains mood that leaves the audience clamouring for more!” (RootsWorld USA) how the festival is evolving and that 2013 festival goers are in for a treat: this exciting collaboration which brings together Dougie MacLean, Jamie MacLean, Ross Ainslie, Sorren Maclean, Gordon Maclean, Chris Marra, “When we started Perthshire Amber it was just a weekend of concerts in Laura Beth Salter, Hannah Fisher and Pete Garnett is set to thrill Pitlochry, now we have ten days of concerts, talks, walks, workshops, pub audiences on the 1 November at Perth Concert Hall and is tipped as the sessions and fantastic music sounding out across much of Perthshire. I hot ticket of the festival. couldn’t be more pleased to have wonderfully gifted musicians such as Karine Polwart , Charlie McKerron, Tim Edey and Karen Matheson joining Perthshire Amber takes place from 25 October until 3 November for the us this year and I am delighted that fantastic young talent such as Ross full line-up and to book tickets go to www.perthshireamber.com or call Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher the box office on 01350 724261 and The Hazey Janes are all headlining concerts during the festival. We also have great international talent with Buddy MacDonald returning from Cape Breton, Canada and SeaStar from the USA joining the festival.” The ten day festival is now in its ninth year, attracts over 8000 music fans that travel from all over the world to enjoy a wonderful mix of
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TENEMENT TV's BEACH TENT AT LIVE @ TROON FESTIVAL Troon : 7-8 September : www.liveattroon.com
Get your tickets @ www.tickets-scotland.com Known for their talent at recognising what’s sure to be huge in music before its even made a dent- Bastille, Kodaline and Jake Bugg anyone?- Tenement TV have set-up intimate sessions and interviews with some of the biggest and intriguing names in music since they formed just under two years ago. Now turning their hand at festivals, the guys behind Scotland’s go-to website for music are setting up guitars in the sand this weekend for Live @ Troon. For the fourth year running, Live @ Troon returns with stages, beach tents and stalls, calling in the bands to help celebrate its stamp on the Scottish music event calendar. Stretching across the diverse genres of indie, rock, punk and rap music of today; Tenement TV has bagged a line-up featuring a collection of buzz bands and outstanding talent. It was in March this year that last saw Tenement TV take on the event calendar with their sold-out event Tenement Trail. Securing itself as the Camden Crawl of Glasgow, the event saw hundreds flock to the city’s best gig venues to catch the likes of Kassidy, Baby Strange, Discopolis and Davey Horne from noon until the early hours.
Dundee’s bluesoutfit The Boston Tea Party will return to Tenement TV after a successful set at Broadcast for Tenement Trail in March. The band perfect blues riffs with catchy beatstheir rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s Please Stop Messing Around a stand-out from their Tenement Trail set. Another of T Breaks breakthrough stars of this summer The Velveteen Saints, are taking to the stage on Sunday. The band are fresh from announcing they will support The View on their European Rocket to Russia tour this Autumn and are sure to bring some energy to their Live @ Troon set.
Nevada Base will warm up the stage for Edinburgh's very own psychedelic buzz band, The Merrylees who will take to the stage on Sunday, closing the performances. Their western-pop-fuelled sets bagged The event was a huge success, and as Kassidy closed the day in the early them a space on the T Break stage this summer and are set to support hours of the morning, the band caused Flat 0/1’s floor to tremble as fans The Coral's James Skelly in December at his Glasgow show. squashed and squeezed themselves into the packed out venue. In a fitting setting that reflects the ethos of Tenement TV, fans at Tenement Tenement TV Schedule: Trail got to see their favourite band up-close and personal in a front room The Tenement TV Tent will run from 12-7pm on Saturday with lampshades getting in the way of guitars and old sofas doubling up 7th and Sunday 8th September. Doors open at 12:00 noon as step ladders for the excited crowd. Each separate gig at Tenement with the first band on at 12:30. Headliner act will be on at Trail collectively made Tenement TV a hot topic of conversation in the 18:20. On Saturday 7 September kicking off at 19:00, city.
Kassidy, Anderson McGinty Webster Ward and Fisher, As Glastonbury, T in the Park and Wickerman become a distant memory, Vukovi and Hunter & The Bear will play the Troon Concert Live @ Troon gives music fans a chance to grab onto the last few days of Hall. Please note tickets for TTV Tent and Concert hall are summer in an idyllic setting on the west coast’s beach. sold separately. Tickets are priced at £7 for the day or £12 for the weekend ticket. For more information and to Saturday sees Declan Walsh, Fake Major, Itchycoo Park and Selective purchase tickets visit Service open up the stage. The latter collecting a cult following with their www.liveattroon.com/tickets regular live sets and great catchy tracks. A T Break melody proceeds as Honeyblood, Waiting For Go and Hector Bizerk take to the stage. Tenement TV recorded sessions with a great selection of bands at Wickerman festival last month, the Hector Bizerk one remaining a favourite. As the hip-hop act continues to collect a strong following around Scotland, it will be interesting to see what Louie and drummer Audrey can bring to their set as they stand amongst such different and diverse artists.
Tenement TV was an idea set up by Chae Houston with the help of friends Paul McJimpsey and Jamie Logie in October 2011. And that great idea was to record acoustic sessions with bands in the raw and intimate setting of their front room. And what a front room it is, as Tenement TV HQ set up shop in a rustic tenement flat overlooking Glasgow’s picturesque West End. This idea then fantastically transcended into great sessions thanks to a unique and talented crew of film guys and photographers that have joined Tenement TV and brought the idea to Bwani Junction will close the stage on Saturday evening, providing the life. Tenement TV has a fantastic online presence with its Youtube Live @ Troon crowd with their impressive live show that artistically channel - www.youtube.com/user/tenementtv - and website capturing sounds exactly like their record. The Edinburgh four-piece do looping riffs 150k to 180k unique views per month. Tenement TV has filmed bands and infectious harmonies to great effect and are sure to get the crowd such as Public Enemy, Jake Bugg, Bastille, Gabrielle Aplin, Kodaline, fired up for the after party at Troon’s Town Hall which will feature Kassidy Tribes, Nina Nesbitt. The website features news, interviews and reviews. and AMWWF. Interviews include Nile Rodgers, Miles Kane, Peter Hook (Joy Division/ New Order), Swim Deep. Sunday will kick off with Brave Young Red and Crash Club who are sure to get the party started nice and early in the Tenement TV tent. Dirty www.tenementtv.com Diamond & The Gunslinger and buzz band of the moment Model www.youtube.com/user/tenementtv Aeroplanes will follow, the latter making a wave in the indie music scene https://twitter.com/tenementtv this summer with a packed T in the Park set amongst highlights.
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Cry Parrot's annual Music Language Festival returns for it's 3rd year, and its set to be the biggest one yet... This year's line-up consists of a selection of acts hand-picked from Scotland's hugely diverse underground music scene. Taking in everything from folk to noise, hip-hop to techno and jazz to lofi pop, the line-up aims to present the most interesting, thought-provoking and esoteric new music being made in Scotland right now.
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Now in it's 3rd year, the festival presents 35 live music acts across a slew of Glasgow-based locations. From artist-lead warehouses, cafes, community centres and rave spaces to outdoor guerilla style gigs (presented in collaboration with Winning Sperm Party) the festival aims to present music in spaces that are as stimulating as the music itself. Music Language Festival is a nonprofit, no-budget festival produced and curated by independent event organizers Cry Parrot. Weekend tickets are £14 with day tickets priced at £6, all tickets types available in Tickets Scotland, Monorail Music and online at: www.wegottickets.com/f/6509
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The Scots Fiddle Festival presents Fiddle 2013 Edinburgh : 22-24 November : www.scotsfiddlefestival.com
Tickets on sale from 6 September @ www.thequeenshall.net Initial details for Scotland’s 18th annual fiddle extravaganza, Fiddle 2013, have been announced, with the festival running from 22 to 24 November and taking place at Edinburgh's Queens Hall, Kings Hall, and Summerhall. Artistic Director, Eilidh Steel said “In this, the 18th year of the Scots Fiddle Festival you can expect to hear a weekend full of Scotland’s rich fiddling heritage with artists like Rua Macmillan’s Big Band, Rura, Gordon Gunn, Adam Sutherland and Lori Watson who are rooted in various distinctive Scottish styles, furious Finish fiddle band Frigg and Troy MacGillivray travelling from our celtic cousins in Nova Scotia. This is the first year of our outreach project, made up of a group of young talented teenagers who will be working with some of the booked acts towards performing the opening of the Saturday night concert.” “From the moment the doors open to the final ‘Stramash’, you can see people of all ages, nationalities, non-players, beginners and professionals alike, all smiling and enjoying their common love of fiddle music – it’s a wonderful atmosphere. This is what hooked me into being involved with organising the festival twelve years ago and still is my favourite aspect of the weekend” New this year 'Outreach and Schools Projects': This is the first year the festival is running an outreach project towards a performance at the festival. Over three months a group of local talented teenagers are working with some big names from the festival learning and arranging music as well as gaining skills like using microphones, talking to audiences, learn to work as a band and will be interviewed and play on radio. The festival will continue to visit a number of local schools to raise awareness of the festival and Scottish music as a whole. Fiddle 2013 Highlights: Opening Concert with a fresh, young Scottish blast (Friday 22 November, Queens Hall, 7.30 – 10.00 pm). Rua Macmillan Big Band, containing no fewer than three BBC young traditional musicians of the year. A new sextet that combines traditional and contemporary tunes with powerful harmonies, driving guitar and bodhrán, and enough energy to power a small country. Rura, “a band that can seriously ‘rock’ or just as easily lull you into a false sense of security with plaintive fiddle supplemented
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by pipes in full cry” and haunting songs. A Grand Concert with artistes from Scandinavia and Nova Scotia (Saturday 23 November, Queens Hall, 7.30 – 10.00 pm). Frigg, from Finland, a seven-piece, hair-raising, voice-losing, heart-burstingly beautiful gig full of traditional Finnish tunes with Norwegian detours. As they describe it, “Nordgrass”. This promises to be one of Edinburgh’s musical events of the year. Troy MacGillivray, from Nova Scotia / Cape Breton, with pianist, Allan Dewar, featuring his unique arrangements of the great traditional tunes alongside new compositions. Troy is a multiaward winning international performer. Plus performers from local schools who are participants in the outreach programme And more …. As well as concerts, daytime recitals, workshops, talks, festival clubs, ceilidhs and the Fiddle Walk, there is a programme of free events open to all including ‘Come and try fiddle’ workshops, a ‘Come and try Gaelic’ workshop, the Open Stage, all day music sessions and stalls as well a folk church service on the Sunday morning. A local Newington cafe will be running food in The King’s Hall and there will be a bar in the Queen’s Hall running throughout the weekend. Also throughout the week-end the Youth Gaitherin will run with workshops and events for young musicians
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The 15th Linlithgow Folk Festival promises to be the best yet! With Festival of Scottish traditional music concert, family ceilidh, workshops, canal cruises, children’s events. and song including competitions, ceilidhs and concerts. Kirrie Festival www.linlithgowfolk.com/index.php/festival-2013 is a real labour of love for all concerned, and it is your support and the support of the audiences Ceòl Cholasa which make it possible. Colonsay Folk Festival September 11-15 www.kirriefestival.org Ceòl Cholasa is held the third weekend of September each year Portpatrick Folk and features internationally acclaimed artists from Scotland and Festival beyond. This year will be our sixth Portpatrick, Dumfries & Festival and like last year our 2013 Galloway extravaganza will run for a full five September 6-8 days. Yes, FIVE days! Proceedings kick off on Wednesday 11th 3 day folk festival held each September and conclude, just in September that celebrates folk music in a beautiful harbour village time for the ferry, on the evening of Sunday 15th September. And near Stranraer in south west Scotland. Of course the usual livey setting the scene for our celebrations will be our opening open pub sessions that make the festival so unique, with their eclectic Wednesday evening concert, when mix of local and visiting talent, will the artists playing for us will be none other than the TANNAHILL undoubtedly be in full swing once WEAVERS. Yes, the boys are again this year. popping in just before they embark www.portpatrickfolkfestival.org on their annual tour of the states. www.colonsay.org.uk/Events/Ceol-Cholasa
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Stirling Fringe Festival
HAPPY birthday to us. We’re four this year. We’ve come through the Terrible Twos and the Temperamental Threes and now we are planning a huge party to celebrate the Fantastic Fours! We’re calling it Live@Troon 2013. Clever, eh? We’ve come a very long way in a fairly short time and have became an established event on the Scottish music festival calendar. Besides some world class music acts, we have workshops, children’s entertainment, sideshows, comedy, film and, for the first time, a range of craft stalls, bringing a real festival feel to Live@Troon.
Stirling September 12-15
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Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival Islay September 13-15 The Islay Jazz Festival is an extraordinary and totally unique event which presents the best jazz you can hear in Scotland in the most unusual, atmospheric and inspirational venues www.islayjazzfestival.co.uk
Orkney Blues Weekend Orkney September 20-22 Another spectacular weekend of blues awaits us in late summer. A medley of solo artists, bands and jams hosted by the port town of Stromness spread across several local venues. www.orkneyblues.co.uk
Loopallu Ullapool September 20-21
Best of the West Festival
On paper they said it wouldn’t work, a festival in late September in a remote village on the West Coast of Inveraray Scotland 60 miles from the nearest September 14-15 town, but Loopallu seven years later has had the likes of Paolo Nutini, Best of the West Festival an 'end of Mumford & Sons and Franz season' showcase held annually in Ferdinand grace their little stage. the grounds of Inveraray Castle in This is a small intimate festival with Argyll. This family weekend includes a line-up of well known festival two days of music and song with favourites and Scottish acts. performances in both English and Gaelic. The festival has a strong www.loopallu.co.uk focus on local young talent as well as the best of the established performers. As well as a great lineIsle of Jura up of music, food and drink it's also Music Festival important to us to provide a wide range of activities for all ages. Jura September 27-29 www.bowfest.co.uk Now in its 20th year, The Isle of Jura Musical Festival is a wellTarbert Music Festival established favourite for lovers of the traditional music scene. To Tarbert celebrate this 20th landmark, the September 20-22 weekend is going to be even bigger and better than ever. From the Annual free music festival in the locals Friday night ceilidh right beautiful fishing village of Tarbert through to a brand new Sunday Loch Fyne, Argyll. Every kind of night concert in the distillery comusic from Rock to Pipe Bands, operage, headlined by Wolfstone, Reggae to Jazz to Folk. Thanks to enjoy a weekend packed with very generous sponsors, Tarbert fantastic performances, stimulating music festival is mainly a free workshops, spontaneous sessions festival. However, there is a small admission fee but only for the main and great craic. To guarantee you event on Saturday Night. No tickets don’t miss out, you can prepurchase your tickets online now. are needed, just show up and pay
Stirling is to host it’s first ever Fringe-style arts festival this September hosting 35 events including art exhibitions, comedy shows, theatre, street performance and live music. There is a live performance of Vivaldi’s Four Season, a concert by the Stirling Gaelic Choir and a special acoustic show from Pete Townshend’s little brother and fellow Who guitarist, at the door. There is a collection to Simon Townshend. Founder and cover costs, please give generously! http://juramusicfestival.com/ director of the Stirling Fringe Festival CIC, Barry McDonald, said: www.tarbert.info/tarberttext/musict1.htm “Stirling’s creative community is Lockerbie Jazz Festival growing and we hope to showcase Lockerbie to the rest of the country what a The Lammermuir September 27-29 www.liveattroon.com rich seam of artistic talent we have. Festival Lockerbie’s Jazz Festival is a East Lothian www.stirlingfringe.com wonderful mix of musicians: great September 20-23 Blas Festival Scots, exceptional Europeans and Highlands legendary jazz stars. There is If you love music, and exploring September 6-14 Shetland Blues Festival new places, then the Lammermuir traditional jazz, swing, modern jazz, salsa, blues and jump-jive, from Shetland Festival is perfect for you. Blas Festival is rapidly establishing amateur musicians to globe-trotting September 13-15 Wonderful musicians perform great itself as the Highlands' premier professionals and from young music in striking and sometimes Gaelic and traditional music festival. players to seasoned performers. The UK's most northerly blues unexpected locations across the Blas takes place in venues across Blues and soul singer Ruby Turner festival brings the crème da la beautiful Scottish county of East the Highlands and includes an and Kyle Eastwood, son of crème of British Blues to Shetland, Lothian. eclectic line-up of local, national Hollywood legend, Clint Eastwood, with gigs running all over the isles and international artistes and acoustic and electric blues, this www.lammermuirfestival.co.uk will headline this years Lockerbie Jazz Festival. is becoming one of the best festival www.blas-festival.com weekends in the Northern Isles www.lockerbiejazz.com
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OCTOBER Glasgow Americana Festival Glasgow October 3-6
Glasgow's annual celebration of Americana brings musicians from as www.callanderjazz.com far afield as Texas and Canada to perform roots music from blues to rockabilly. www.glasgowamericana.com
St Andrew’s Voices St Andrews October 3-6
Set in the beautiful historic town of St Andrews and drawing together the very best musicians from the UK and beyond, St Andrews Voices presents inspirational concerts www.dunbarmusicfestival.co.uk celebrating the voice in all its many guises: opera, folk, lieder, jazz, early music, musical theatre and much more…
The Doric Festival
Aberdeenshire September 27 - October 13 A twa wikk lang splore o the tung, sangs, music and traditions o oor byous Doric culture Now in its twentythth year, The Doric Festival is unique in its involvement of local communities across the North-east in celebrating our language, music and traditions. The Festival provides an opportunity for all, especially our youngsters, to witness the vibrancy of the tongue, music andstories of this North- east neuk, and for performers to participate in the preservation of this heritage. www.thedoricfestival.com
Deeside Harvest Folk Festival Deeside September 28 This festival has developed a reputation for bringing new and exciting sounds to Deeside, and once again the team has come up with something really special. A strong and colourful thread of song, from old ballad to original songwriting, weaves its way through the festival. And this is hardly surprising, when at its heart is host Frieda Morrison, herself a passionate exponent of the songs of the North East of Scotland and currently Artist In Residence at Edinburgh University’s School of Celtic and Scottish Studies. www.harvestfolkfestival.com
The Callander Jazz and Blues Festival is now firmly established on the UK Festival map and is one of the largest rural music festival events in Scotland. Visit the Heart of Scotland and experience a weekend of first class entertainment amongst the early autumn splendour of the Trossachs.
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events also taking place in the town at the same time, Paisley will have a real festival feel, and will be the place to be in October.The bulk of The Spree action will take place in the unique setting of a Spiegeltent in County Square in the heart of the town, with bigger shows to be held in the stunning 850-year-old Paisley Abbey . www.thespree.co.uk
Cupar Arts Festival
Blazin’ in Beauly
Cupar October 5-17
Beauly October 12-19
This biannual festival programes the very best in contemporary visual art and is a feast of installation, interventions, exhibitions and performance. The festival won't take place again until 2015, so don't miss out!
Blazin’ Fiddles host the 13th Blazin’ in Beauly from 12th til 19th October 2013. Expect full immersion into the music, culture and craic of the Highlands of Scotland – things which Blazin’ Fiddles have been championing throughout their 15 years in the Scottish music scene. A unique opportunity to learn from the band and their special guest tutors as well as take part in sessions, concerts, masterclasses and ceilidhs whilst establishing new connections in a stunning part of the country.
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Glasgay! Glasgow October 9 - November 9
Welcome to Glasgay!. The 20th anniversary festival runs in Glasgow Ullapool Guitar Festival with an exciting line up including work from Jackie Kay, Scottee, Tina Ullapool C, Maw Broon, Terry Neason, Stef October 4-6 Smith, Martin O'Connor & Donna Rutherford. We celebrate our Come and Join us for the 14th Ullapool Guitar Festival this October LEGACY and the particular 2013. Amazing musicians in concert contribution made by LGBT artists past and present. and held held in stunning surroundings. Enjoy workshops, 5 concerts, the guitar exhibition/trade www.glasgay.co.uk show and the best kept secret in Ullapool - three nights of "The Late Club" - starting at midnight and Shetland Accordion runs till 03.00 am (and sometimes and Fiddle Festival longer!). If you love guitar music in all its forms then this Festival is not Shetland October 10-14 to be missed. Only £130 for a full weekend ticket! This the 26th festival presents the www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com best in traditional music from Shetland, Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. The Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Club promotes Selkirk Sessions the best in tradional Shetland Selkirk music, holding events throughout October 4-6 the year, as well as the annual Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival 2013 is the eighth year of the (SAFF) Selkirk Sessions Traditional Music Festival and flows on from the two www.shetlandaccordionandfiddle.com previous Both Sides of the Tweed Festivals which ceased in 2005. Selkirk Sessions welcomes all The Spree musicians who enjoy playing folk Paisley (traditional or modern), October 10-20 contemporary and bluegrass music; and anyone who just likes listening The Spree is back after a successful to good stuff. debut in Paisley last year…and the 2013 version will be bigger and www.selkirksessions.com better. Taking place over 11 days in October, the festival has been designed to wrap around the Royal Callander Jazz National Mòd, Scotland’s premier celebration of Gaelic language and and Blues Festival culture, which is coming to Paisley Callander for the first time. With Mòd fringe October 4-6
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Biggar Little Festival Biggar October 17-27 A family-friendly festival in the historic market town of Biggar celebrating music, dance, arts and crafts, literature, and drama. Biggar will be filled with an eclectic programme of workshops, exhibitions, children's events, performances, a craft and food fair, and festival clubs. Take your pick from more than 50 events spread across 10 days in October. Many events are free! So start planning your visit to the Biggar Little Festival now! www.biggar-little-festival.com
Sound North East Scotland October 23 - November 21 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
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Kinross-shire Local Events Organisation (KLEO) is delighted to announce that Ricky Ross will Edinburgh One of the highlights of the perform at the Kinross-shire Music Perthshire November 6-13 weekend is a 1940s Big Band Night Festival which will take place over October 25 - November 3 on Saturday 2nd November some of two weekends (14-17 Nov and 22The 12th annual autumn music the finest musicians in Scotland are 24 Nov) in Kinross and Milnathort. This is the 9th year of Perthshire festival by The Edinburgh Folk Club coming together to perform the Other performances will range from Amber and promises once again to who meet every Wednesday at 8pm music of Artie Shaw, Glenn Miller, Rock, Jazz, Folk, Blues and Classical be full of wonderful concerts in the Pleasance Cabaret Bar Count Basie and all the greats. You and includes an under-18 “Kinrossfeaturing the finest of Scotland's can dance the night away or sit and shire’s Got Talent Competition” for musical talent as well as some www.edinburghfolkclub.co.uk listen with the 16 piece Rick Taylor Children in Need. Ticket information international guests. The venues and sale will be through our website are as special as ever, ranging from Big-Band, featuring The Bevvy and TicketWeb. the prestigious Perth Concert Hall to Sisters, who bring to life the iconic Andrews Sisters. We are holding House Folk Scottish town halls and tiny village halls, weekly dancing classes led by www.kinrossmusicfestival.co.uk from atmospheric castles to the Music Festival historic Dunkeld Cathedral and even Lorayne McLucas of SKYEDANCE to Kinlochard get us in the mood starting including an iron age Crannog on November 7-8 Loch Tay…18 venues in all in 2013! Wednesday 25th September. Strathspèy Away 2013 Now in its sixth year the House Folk Kingussie For tickets and info see The festival is always always November 15-17 Scottish Music Festival brings you evolving (remember it began as just www.seall.co.uk two nights of Scottish music a weekend of concerts!) and this performed by top artists in a highly Building on Dannsa's legacy, www.facebook.com/skyeswingjazzfestival year organisers have put a lot of Strathspe Away will now be lead by unusual and intimate venue. The thought into the whole concept of a committee of enthusiastic concerts take place every year in 'Amber Discoveries' to complement autumn in the village of Kinlochard supporters of the event. Dannsa is Sonica their programme of concerts. All happy to announce the return of the situated in the Heart of the Glasgow the Perthshire Amber team look very successful weekend festival of Trossachs. The concerts offer an October 31 - November 3 forward to welcoming you to expo of bagpipe, accordion, strings, traditional dance but this time with Perthshire in the autumn. fiddle, vocals and flute music fusing an international twist. On 15-17th Welcome to the second Sonica, a November 2013 Kingussie will be traditional and contemporary long weekend of sonic art www.perthshireamber.com Scottish styles that have influenced bouncing once again with dance encompassing music, performance, workshops, showcases and live the music scene around the globe. sound, multimedia and visual art. music from across the land. Each night differs from the other Sonica is Cryptic’s dedicated festival Denholm Folk Music but both include a blend of great to world-class sonic arts and music. www.dannsa.com/forthcoming_events.asp music for everyone with a mix of Festival Sonica adds to Glasgow’s vibrant folk and traditional styles! Denholm (Scottish Borders) music scene by presenting work by October 31- 3 November established international artists, Fiddle 2013 www.scottishmusicfestival.co.uk providing a UK platform for further Edinburgh Folk fused with rock and country performances of exceptional and November 22-24 gives the 10th Denholm Folk Music rarely seen work and, showcasing Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival an added twist. This folk the best emerging local and The Scots Fiddle Festival seeks to fusion festival in the Scottish international talent. Festival sustain and promote Scottish fiddle countryside is a relative newcomer, Carlisle tradition and idioms, by providing a slowly building a reputation in the Tickets on sale now. Early bird November 8-10 platform for performance, local area. It's a small and cozy tickets, purchase tickets to education, and participation. A affair not far across the Scottish Tramway by Monday 21 October for The highly acclaimed Carlisle Blues weekend of concerts, recitals, border which has always managed £8 instead of the standard price of Festival celebrated five incredibly workshops, talks and exhibitions is to attract quality headline acts to £12. Special Offers: Buy a ticket for exciting and successful years with a held on an annual basis highlighting compliment the workshops and two shows at Tramway and get a weekend event in November 2011 regional Scottish fiddle styles and open mic sessions. Free sessions all free ticket for the third show. This which many regarded as the best intercultural connections. weekend in the Auld Cross Keys, offer can only be purchased by UK blues festival of the year. 2012 The Fox and Hounds and Denholm calling the Tramway Box Office on even surpassed that cementing the www.scotsfiddlefestival.com Meet. Sessions, licensed bar and 0845 330 3501. event as one of the top three of its meals available all weekend in the kind in the country. Festival Club, Lesser Hall. www.sonic-a.co.uk St Andrews Festival The key to the success of the St Andrews www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk Carlisle Blues & Rock Festival has always been the consistent strength November 30 of the line up and its refusal to be restricted within a genre. It doesn’t Celebrating St Andrews Day in St Skye Swing Jazz Aberfeldy Festival Andrews is like celebrating St guarantee to please all of the Festival Aberfeldy Patrick’s Day in Dublin! Join the people all of the time but it does Isle of Skye November 1-2 promise to please the vast majority town in celebrating Scotland’s October 31 - 3 November of the audience for the most part of patron saint. Spend the day visiting Aberfeldy Festival is back and this top tourist attractions including St the time. This autumn sees the Isle of Skye year’s line-up is going to be bigger Andrews Cathedral where it is said a host its first “Swing Jazz Festival”, a and better than ever! With the relic of St Andrew is buried and Whatever happens the Carlisle weekend of wonderful music, fun, latest and greatest contemporary then spend the night enjoying the festival in 2013 promises another nostalgia, glamour and dancing. alternative music, alongside poetry, feast of the very best in real live festivities. Join the pipe band led art, street entrainment and music. Would you want to miss out? torchlight procession through the The Sage Gateshead’s ‘Jambone fireworks, it’s certainly going to be town culminating in the largest Youth Ensemble’ and Corrie Dick a great weekend. Those kind folk at http://carlislebluesfestival.com/ outdoor Ceilidh in the world! Savour the winner of Young Scottish Jazz DEWAR’S® are sponsoring our the atmosphere of the weekend Musician of The Year will share the amazing festival again this year, so with a variety of fringe events and weekend with The Rick Taylor Big there is sure to be some great performances including the St Band, The Brian Molley Quartet and whisky too…what more can you ask! Kinross-shire Andrews Food & Drink Festival. The Stu Brown Sextet who will be Music Festival www.festivalsinfife.co.uk/festivals/67-st-andrews-festival playing the music of Raymond Scott www.aberfeldyfestival.co.uk Kinross-shire the composer of the eye-popping November 14-17+22-24
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