Scottish Folk Music

Scottish Folk Music Events
October 2008

26th Sep - 12th Oct - THE DORIC FESTIVAL - various venues. In its fifteenth year, the Doric Festival celebrates the language, song, music and traditions of the North-east through performances, drama, workshops and exhibitions.
Tel. 01771 653 320
sandy@thedoricfestival.com

3rd Oct - Rolling Hills Folk Club - Melrose - Singers’ night

3th - 6th Oct - FEST 'N' FURIOUS - Dundee. Dundee's festival of traditional music with workshops, masterclasses, open mic sessions, concert and ceilidh.
Tel. 01382 432 473
emily.dewhurst@dundeecity.gov.uk

3rd - 5th Oct - SELKIRK SESSIONS - Selkirk, Scottish Borders. Session-based festival in this picturesque Borders town, with a concert on the Saturday.
Tel. 07768 242 981
info@selkirksessions.com

7th Oct - Penicuik Folk Club - Eddie Walker and Fraser Spiers
8.15pm, Royal Hotel, Penicuik: £8/£6 (conc.)
Eddie has toured throughout Britain and Europe and to festivals in New Zealand and Hong Kong during a 30 year professional career. Over a hundred album credits have defined for Scottish audiences his status as an artist of the highest quality. Put these two guys together on a stage and you have music with class, magic, passion and true authenticity.

9th Oct - Crail Folk Club - STEVE QUIGG - Golf Hotel - £5 A solo performance from the McCalmans stalwart.

9th - 13th Oct - Shetland's 21st Accordion & Fiddle Festival - visiting artists for the 2008 Festival include - Colin Dewar SDB, Duncan Black SDB, James Coutts SDB, Niall Kirkpatrick SDB, Tom Orr SDB, Nicky McMichan SDB, Craig Paton, George Balfour, Mark Cummine, Ian Robertson, Willie Johnstone, Liz Doherty, Larry Gavin, Terje Martinsen, Lynne Christie, Neil Copland.

13th - 17th Oct TBC - BLAZIN' IN BEAULY - Beauly, near Inverness. Blazin' Fiddles' created this week long traditional music course with instruction, sessions, talks, concerts and full on fabulous craic! THE Fiddle School event in the UK!
Tel. 01463 783 056
lara.mcd@tiscali.co.uk

17th Oct - Rolling Hills Folk Club - Melrose - Mick West

24th Oct - 2nd Nov - Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival - various venues - Now 10 days long, the festival has become a major event in the calendar of Perthshire, and indeed Scotland. This area has a rich musical heritage and we hope we are successful in contributing to and continuing it. The Festival is so much more than the music concerts, it's also a celebration of the history and culture of this unique county in the heart of Scotland.

24th Oct - 2nd Nov - 19th SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL - Scottish Storytelling Centre and various venues in Edinburgh, Lothians and Glasgow Annual celebration of the richness and diversity of oral traditions. Live storytelling, music, visual arts, workshops, literature, talks and discussions.
Tel. 0131 556 9579
reception@scottishstorytellingcentre.com www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk

31st Oct - 2nd Nov - DENHOLM FOLK FESTIVAL - Denholm Village.
5th Year of the small but perfectly formed festival with main concerts and workshops with endless sessions.
Tel. 01450 377 165
info@denholmfolkfest.co.uk

October (dates tba) - DUNFERMLINE FOLK WEEKEND - Dunfermline.
A weekend of all kinds of folk concerts, workshops, sessions and much more organised by Dunfermline Folk Club.
Tel. 01383 725 872 (Jennie) / 01383 729 673 (Gifford)
dfw@dunfermline.ednet.co.uk

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