MUSIC FOLK & WORLD
WEDNESDAY 17
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Strathclyde Arts Centre. Washington Street. 7.30-9.30pm. £4 (£1.50) Information 636 1450. lain Fraser leads the new season of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for more advanced players; other tutors lead the beginners and intermediate levels.
I TBC Scotia Bar.Stockwe11 Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Stairheid Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Quiz Night.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.
THURSDAY 18
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I liew Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3—£5. Alan Tali.
I Urban Gypsies Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Tartan Amoebas Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4349. 8pm. Madcap ceilidh dance.
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I Crannachan Finnegan's Wake. Victoria ; preview. Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
FRIDAY 19 Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate 1 section. i I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 1 9pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. : I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. £5. Doors open 8pm. I Slip Jig Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent 1 Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Gary Hail and Cathryn Craig Pleasance Theatre Lounge Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. Presented by Open House Music. Tickets from The Music Shop. Victoria Street. Grassmarket. 220 0601.
I Borderers Scruffy Murphy's. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I iiooleys Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
SATURDAY 20
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I TBC Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh 1 I Cauld Biast Orchestra St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dairy Road. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Unique eight-piece instrumental band blends every musical element including folk themes. See Music
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House.
Have a party in the Empire Rooms:
home of hospitality and discretion.
Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Opens for the new year with admired American fiddler Athena Tui'gis in a duo with guitarist and songwriter .lon Hicks. I liowiin’ Gael Scruffy Murphy's. George
' 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
I iiooieys Finnegan's Wake. Victoria
3 Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
I Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I Macushla Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
: Edinburgh
1 I liooleys Finnegan's Wake. Victoria g Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I Ceilidh Dance Class Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 8pm—1am. £3.50. Bar. New season with regular caller Karin Ingram and piano-
accordionist Freeland Barbour. I Urban Gypsies Finnegan‘s Wake. St ' Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh g I Prodigal Sons Finnegan's Wake.
j Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
Glasgow
r I Celtic Connections See separate
section. I Emerald Country Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
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Edinburgh
I Penicuiit Folk Club Navaar Hotel. Bog Road. Penicuik. 8.30pm. £4 (£3). Singaround.
I Crannachan Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free.
WEDNESDAY 24
Glasgow
I Celtic Connections See separate section.
I TBC Seotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 8.30pm. Free.
I Hair of the Dog Finnegan‘s Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I ALP Ceilidh Dance The Merlin. Morningside Road. 8—1 1pm. £4 (£2). Weekly dance with caller/guitarist Dave Francis and fiddler Mairi Campbell. information from the ALP Scots Music Group. 337 5442.
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Robin Laing introduces a wheen o fowk singing a Salute to Robert Burns.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free.
THURSDAY 25
Glasgow
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3—£5. Setanta.
I Slip Jig Finnegan's Wake. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
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I Live lrish Band TBC Finnegan's Wake, Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. l Free.
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52 The List 12-25 Jan 1996