folk & world
listings
Dates listed below are for one-off and ticketed shows: see separate section for free residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed. provided that details reach our offices at least ten da 5 before publication. Folk 8: World listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
THURSDAY 25
Glasgow
I Dave Swarbrick and Alistair Hulett New Dawn Folk Club. Queen's Club. Queen Street.
221 6381. 8.30pm. £3—£5. HX-l:illl'1)t)11 fiddler with Scottish sitiger/songwriter back from two decades down under. See Music preview.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 26
Glasgow
I Deep End Festival Club
Church Street. off Byres Road.
8pm. £6. 'l'icletlink 287 551 I.Valuta and La Fara'idula make Iberian/North African/Celtic sounds in the former swimming pool. now one of Glasgow‘s coolest cltrbs. l’irrt rift/re West [5nd Festival
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club, Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry.
Clyde Place. 9pm. £5. Tickets at
the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs.
227 551 1.
Edinburgh
I Salsa Celtica Bongo Club. New Street. 558 760-1. 10pm. £6. Ten-strong Fldinhurgh-hased instant latin party! Go earl I.
I Guid Crack Club Waverley
Upstairs. St Mary‘s Street. 7.30pm. £2. Edinburgh‘s storytelling club plays host to its Glasgow sibling.
SATURDAY 27
Glasgow
I Open Air Ceilidh Mansfield Park Football Pitch. Hyndland Street/I)umbarton Road. 7pm.
Free. Celebration of the historic Panick/Gaelic connection. the
biggest concentration of Gaels outside the West Highlands.
Live bands. singers and dancing.
Pubs nearby. Part of the West 15ml Full 1 '(t/
I Deep End Festival Club Church Street. off Byres Road. 8pm. £6. Ticketlink 287 5511. Caribbean calypso from the Soca Band in the former swimming pool. Part ()1 the West liml I'iestt'i'u/
I Blue Print Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Calluna Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 0931. 0pm. £4 (£3). The start of a Scottish tour for the talented all- women quartet shaping traditional Scottish music and new compositions within distinctively original arrangements of harp. flute. fiddle. small pipes. whistle and Gaelic
vocals.
I Da Hooley St Bride's Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 8pm.
£5. Information 313 6038. Fundraising ceilidh dance for Lothian Conservation volunteers.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 449 5414. Doors open 7pm. £6.
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SUNDAY 287
Glasgow
I Deep End Festival Club Church Street. off Byres Road. 8pm. £6. Ticketlink 287 5511. Last night of the Festival hub venue. presenting the consummate classical musicianship and wacky humour of Mr McFall‘s Chamber. 15ml oft/re West End Festival
Edinburgh
I Alistair Hulett and Dave Swarbrick Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 0931. 8.30pm. £7 (£4). The occasional Tron Legends series presents the legendary folk fiddler and his Scots songwriting partner. See Thu 25 and Music preview.
I Songs and Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2—5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental tnusic into the evening.
TUESDAY 30
Glasgow
I Taj Mahal Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £16.50 (£14.50). World-famous US blues master and early ‘world music‘ star who's becoming ever more involved with the music of Polynesia. Only Scottish date. I Colum Sands New Dawn Folk Club. Queen's Club. Queen Street. 221 638 I. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Special night for one of the esteemed Irish singers/raconteurs from the famous Sands family.
Glasgow I Ian Bruce Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Colum Sands Edinburgh Folk Club. Pleasance Theatre Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Glasgow Tue 30.
Salsa Celtica touch down at the Bongo Club, New Street, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Jun.
THURSDAY 2
Glasgow
I David Allison New Dawn Folk Club. Queen‘s Club. Queen Street. 221 638 l. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Somewhere between folk picking. new-age. and jazzy irnpro. this accomplished guitar stylist has just released his second Cl) which includes some computer- readable multi-media. Here. he performs solo with various electro/acoustic effects.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 552 0588. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
SATURDAY 4
Glasgow
I Hothouse Flowers and tartan Amoebas George Square. 6.30pm. Free. As part of the Srmrttrer Ill The Square series of concerts some of Ireland's favourite folk/rock pin-ups unleash a gig along with the Celtic fusion of the Amoeba crew.
I Mighty Quinn Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Frank McLaughlin and Gillian MacDonald Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 226 0931. 9pm. £4 (£3). Prize-winning Scots duo use small pipes. bodhran and whistle with guitar and vocals.
I Scottish Night Prestonfield House Hotel. Prestonlield Avenue. 8pm. £35 (includes supper). lnforrnation (11896 251722. Scots folk entertainment from (.iaberlun/ie. Gaelic sotig from Ann Lorne-Gillies. and humour from a comedian.
I Ceilidh Dance (,‘aledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 44‘) 5-114. Doors open 7pm. £6.
Edinburgh
I Russian Folk Songs Bar Kalinka. Henderson Street. 1.eith. 1.3(1—4pm. Free. Russian singer Elena in the only Russian bar in Scotland. with a range of vodkas and authentic food available all day. Information 331 2502.
I Songs and Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2—-5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
WEDNESDAY 8
Glasgow
: I Los Supremos Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 5.52 86?“. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh I Gill Bowman Fldinburgh Folk Club. Pleasance Theatre Cabaret Bar. The
Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). lidinburgh singer and guitarist performs from a repertoire which moves from 18th
century folk songs and lesser-known Burns ballads to her own recent Compositions.
THURSDAY 9
Glasgow
I Maurice Dickson New Dawn Folk Club. Queen's Club. Queen Street. 221 6381. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Popular. highly- skilled acoustic guitarist and singer.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.