Live bands.
I Phil Shakleton Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ignorant Tongues O'Neill‘s. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9pm. Free.
I Piping Concert International Piping Centre. McPhater Street. 7.30pm. £5. Benefit for Edinburgh's Taigh Na Gaidhlig with Willie McCallum. Angus MacColl. Pipe Major Alasdair Gillies and Dougie Pincock.
Edinburgh
I Mike Heron/Swelling Meg Bongo Club. New Street. 556 5204. 8pm. £8. The Incredible String Bandsman in a new trio. See Music preview.
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Great Glasgow band Setanta mix Irish and Scottish traditions. using uillean pipes. hammered dulcimer. fiddle and Ulster vocals.
I Reforesting Scotland Ceilidh Dance Walpole Hall. Chester Street. 8pm. £5 (£3). children £1. Information 226 2496. Music by the Belle Star Band.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Bute
I Battlefield Band Rothesay Wintergarden. 7.30pm. £8. Information and accommodation 01700 502151. Support from the Isle of Bute Reel and Strathspey Society and the Rothesay and District Pipe Band.
Gumbornauld
I Mary Coughlan Festival of Celtic Arts. Cumbernauld Theatre. 01236 732887. 7.45pm. £10 (£6). Galway‘s folk jazz diva..
SUNDAY 16
Glasgow
I Mike Heron/Swelling Meg Piping Centre. McPhater Street. 7.30pm. £8. Ex-lncredible String Band songwriter and instrumentalist with his new trio. Support from unusual new chamber folk/acoustic rockers. See Music preview.
I Rudsambee Lansdowne Parish Church. Kelvinbridge. Great Western Road. 7.30pm. £2 (£1). A cappella choral arrangements of songs from Africa. Finland. Georgia. Hungary. medieval Europe. England and Scodand.
I Finn McChuill O'Neill‘s. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Open House Canon‘s Gait. Canongate. 556 4481. 9pm. Free. Folk song and instrumental music in an informal session.
I Hair Of The Dog Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
MONDAY 17 Glasgow I Ceilidh Dance Class Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7.30—10pm. Doors open 7pm. £3.50. Bar. Regular caller Karin Ingram and piano-accordionist Freeland Barbour. I Sinaig O‘Neill's. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Latin Night Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 2019. 8pm. £6 (£5). Credit Card Hot-line 667 7776. Charlie Gonzales and his Salsa Swing. Presented by Red Stripe Lager.
I Javanese Gamelan Sessions Music Suite. Chessel's Land. Moray House. 6.30—8.30pm. Information Neil Houston. 558 6007.
I Riverdance Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 7.30pm. See Edinburgh. Fri 21. for ticket information.
I Jim Knight Canon‘s Gait. Canongate.
556 4481. 9pm. Free. Folk singer and pals.
I Absent Friends Finnegan’s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am.
Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
TUESDAY 18 Edinburgh I Edinburgh Songwriter's Showcase Tron Ceilidh House Cellar Bar. 8.30pm. £1 ( erformers free). Enquiries 228 8245. I Riverdance Playhouse Theatre. Greenside Place. 7.30pm. See Edinburgh. Fri 21. for ticket information. I Javanese Gamelan Sessions Music Suite. Chessel’s Land. Moray House. 6.30—8.30pm. Information Neil Houston. 558 6007. I Crannachan Finnegan's Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
WEDNESDAY 19 Glasgow
I Tomas Lynch Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Very talented singer. guitarist and uillean
pIpWeekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Govan Parish School. Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50) Information 636 1450. lain Fraser leads the season of workshops on Scots and Cape Breton fiddle styles. for more advanced players; other tutors lead the beginners and intermediate levels.
I Diarmid O'Neill's. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Mick West Band Edinburgh Folk Club. Pleasance Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 332 7067. 8pm. £4 (£3). ()ne
Celtic Connections Concerts All year round on Radio Scotland
Celtic Connections
Gwerz
Billy Bragg
Simon Thoumire Trio The Tartan Amoebas Kevin Burke’s Open House
Eddi Reader The Equation
Vinnie Kilduff 8c Brendan O’Regan Donal Lunny’s Wheel Of The World
folk & world MUSIC
of Scotland's best singers in a contemporary folk ensemble that includes sax and African drum.
I Prodigal Sons Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Mutineers Duo Scruffy Murphy‘s. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9.30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 20
Glasgow
I Up In The Air New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £3—£5. Three from The Old Blind Dogs/Iron Horse.
Edinburgh
I Absent Friends Finnegan‘s Wake. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
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