Scottish Folk Music

Scottish Folk Music Events
August 2008

July and August - The Hairst - venues throughout Angus. A celebration of Scottish traditional music, dance and theatre, showcasing a wide variety of Scottish talent.
Tel: 01307 461460
Email: info@thehairst.co.uk

6th - 11th Jul, 13th - 18th Jul, 20th - 25th Jul, 27th Jul - 1st Aug, 3rd - 8th Aug, 10th - 15th Aug - LIVING TRADITIONS SUMMER SCHOOL - Ayrshire / Dumfriesshire. Summer School with tuition, concerts and sessions. Strongly based on traditional music with much more to inform and inspire.
Tel. 01563 551 408
director@glaisnock.org
www.glaisnock.org

14th Jul - 8th Aug - CALEDONIAN CANAL CEILIDH TRAIL 2008
Inverness, Drumnadrochit, Invermoriston, Fort Augustus, Invergarry, Whitebridge and back to Inverness. Traditional music, song and dance in a variety of venues round Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal. Informal music sessions and ceilidhs.
Tel. 01463 724 314
email: margo.maclennan2@highland.gov.uk www.highland.gov.uk/leisure/arts/music

26th Jul - 1st Aug - ALASDAIR FRASER FIDDLE WEEK - Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Gaelic College, Isle of Skye. Week long event, taught by range of acclaimed musicians including Alasdair himself, surrounded by the beautiful scenery of south Skye.
Tel. 01471 888420
email: cg@smo.uhi.ac.uk
www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/cg

28th Jul - 3rd Aug - SPEYFEST - The Playing Fields, Fochabers. Four days of concerts, ceilidhs and "stomps" featuring the best in traditional and contemporary Celtic music.
Tel. 01343 870478
email: info@speyfest.com

3rd - 10th Aug - COMMON GROUND - Ayrshire - venue to be confirmed
A musical holiday experience with tuition, concerts and sessions. Strongly based on traditional music with much more to inform and inspire.
Tel. 01563 551 408
email: director@commongroundscotiand.com

8th - 10th Aug - Auchtermuchty Festival (TMSA) Traditional Music Weekend. Auchtermuchty, Fife. Concerts, ceilidhs, dances, competitions, workshops and sessions. Also open air events.
Tel. 01337 828358
email: betty@seamab.org.uk

15th - 16th Aug - The McCalmans
Orwell Terrace, EDINBURGH, Scotland 8.00pm

15th -17th Aug - Innerleithen Music Festival - Innerleithen, Walkerburn & Traquair. Concerts, workshops, sessions, late night club, competition and outdoor events featuring national and local stars in lovely locations amongst Border hills.
Tel. 01721 729 949
email: imfpublicity@aol.com

20th - 24th Aug - MARYMASS FOLK FESTIVAL - Irvine. Small friendly festival now in 41st year. Sessions, singarounds, concerts.
Tel. 01294 551 047
email: joyceifc@aol.com
www.irvinefolkclub.co.uk

21st - 24st Aug - Mull Of Kintyre Music Festival - Campbeltown - Victoria Hall, Campbeltown Picture House, Heritage Centre, Town Hall. The best in Scottish and Irish traditional and contemporary music. Concerts, ceilidhs, pub sessions, open-air events, children's entertainment. Excellent campsite.
Tel. 01586 552 034
email: mokfest@hotmail.co.uk

23rd Aug - Crail Folk Club - BOOGALUSA CAJUN BAND - Community Hall - £7 A six piece band playing their own original music based on rootsy Cajun/zydeco swampland swing - and all this from Dundee! Internationally successful excitement which will defy you to get up and dance.

23rd Aug - Tattie Jam - St Bride’s, Edinburgh, Scotland (17.00). Tattie Jam play (mainly Scots) traditional and folk music, with a twist. Seylan Baxter sings and plays the lead on a 5-string electric cello, and Ruaridh Pringle sings and plays dynamic accompaniment on guitar - and sometimes didgeridoo and octave mandolin; sometimes also taking the lead on mandolin.

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