Music Folk
I Nuala Kennedy & The New Shoes Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. lntirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. Beautiful flute-led instrumentals and song from Ireland's Kennedy and her band.
Killin
FREE Alloa Bowmar Pipe Band Falls of Dochart Bridge. ()1567 820 492. 2 4pm. A marching band starts and finishes at the Falls of Dochart Bridge.
Klrriemulr
I TMSA Kirriemuir Festival Various venues. ()1575 540261. Times vary. £4 £5 (concessions available). See Fri 5.
Monday 8
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
I Groanbox Boys 1.eith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £8. (ireat. idiosyncratic American roots duo create a bun everywhere they perform.
Balloch
FREE Lomond Folk Club: Open Session The Dog House Lounge. Main Street. ()1389 607300. 8pm. All musicians. singers and listeners welcome.
Stirling
I The Queensberry Rules Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. ()1259 218521. 8pm. £6. (iary Wilcox on vocals and pet'cussion. Phil llulse on vocals. guitar. bouzouki and harmonica. and Duncan Wilcox on vocals. double bass. mandolin and fiddle.
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Glasgow
I Emmylou Harris Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £25 £35. The 12-(irammy Award-winning Queen of country music. live on stage.
Edinburgh
I Allan Johnston 8: Tom Napper 1.eith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. Songs and tunes from club favourites. I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). Sec Thu 4.
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Glasgow
I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. 1)eanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. (ilasgow-based guitarist plays folk/blues.
Edlnburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
Dunfermline
FREE Tom Bliss Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01 383 729673. 8pm. ()riginal story songs. powerful harmonies. plus multi- instrumental \‘ll‘lllnsily from the English/Celtic traditions. He’s humourous too.
Glenrothes
I A Night of Scottish Poetry and Song Rothes Halls. Kingdom Centre. 01592 61 | 101. 7pm. Scottish music and verse from Sheena Wellington. lan Nimmo White and Duncan (ilen. I’ur! o/iI/u' (I/t'ltmI/u's 601/! Anniversary I'i's‘lil'ilil'x.
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St Andrews
I Carol Laula Byre Theatre. Abbey Street. 01334 475000. 8pm. £14 (£10-—£8). The renowned pure. expressive voice of the (ilasgow songwriter.
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Glasgow
I Allan Taylor St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). (ientle. thoughtful songs from a major contributor to the folk clth scene for the last 40 years.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111645-10.15pm.£5|.S()(£3()). See Thu 4.
Falkirk
I Falkirk Folk Club Session Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. £2. An informal night of music and song.
Linlithgow I The 10th Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues. 01506 433634. Times and prices vary. A friendly festival with street events. workshops. canal cruises. children‘s events. concert and pub sessions. (iuests include Sticky Willie. liddie Walker and Fraser Speirs. The Cast. and the Whitetop Mountain Band.
Glasgow
I Don Cossacks State Dance Company (ilasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £17.50 £21.50. Acclaimed company of 40 dancers and musicians. acrobatic feats. and spectacularly colourful costumes.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
Linlithgow
I The 10th Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues. 01506 433634. Times and prices vary. See Thu 1 l.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45- 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
I Assembly Rooms Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. (ieorge Street. 339 5374. 8pm. £6-£10. Ceilidh band Alive & Jiggin‘ plus caller Ken (iourlay.
Falkirk
I Donnie Munro with Special Guests Falkirk Town Hall. West Bridge Street. ()1324 506850. 8pm. £16 (£14). Folk-rockery from the ex-Runrig vocalist.
Linlithgow
I The 10th Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues. ()1506 433634. Times and prices vary. See Thu 1 1.
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Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
I Tim O’Leary & George Duff Wee Folk Club. Royal Oak. Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 8.30pm. Brilliant fiddle. cittern. guitar and song from the engaging lidinburgh duo.
Linlithgow
I The 10th Linlithgow Folk Festival Various venues. 01506 433634. Times and prices vary. See Thu 1 1.
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Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Iidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111.6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
I The Poozies Brunton 'l‘heatre. 1.adywe11 Way. .Vlusselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50). This all- female quartet have a sound that's old and new. and all their own.
Balloch
FREE Lomond Folk Club: Open Session The Dog House Lounge. Main Street. 01389 607300. 8pm. See Mon 8.
Stirling
I Lyra Celtica Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh Park. (‘atisewayhead Road. 01259 218521. 8pm. £6. Lively. multi- instrumental band from the North liast of lingland. led by award-winning accordionist l.ynn Tocker.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Iidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 556 ()1 l l. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
I Angie Palmer 1.eith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 478 7810. 7.30pm. £6. Real folk troubadour. seven years busking bars. cinema queues and the Metro in Paris. .\'ow one of the most admired songwriters in lingland.
Glasgow I Michael Simons Tchai ()vna. 1)eanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. See Wed 10.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening lidinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 556 ()1 | l. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
Bon Iver Queen's Hall. Clerk
Street. 668 2019. 7pm. £1 1. Acoustic roots and Americana from indie singer songwriter Justin Vernon and his band. See preview. page 64. I Paul McKenna Band lidinburgh Folk Club. Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2458. 8pm. Scottish and Irish music with a modern attitude. including rock roots and contemporary songwriting from the live-piece.
Dunfermline
FREE Michelle Chandler Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8pm. Australian songwriter and seasoned performer. (‘handler mixes acoustic folk. jun/blues and country.
Glasgow
I Richard Grainger St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Dynamic performer from lingland's North F.ast.
Edinburgh
I Jamie’s Scottish Evening Edinburgh Thistle Hotel. 1.eith Street. 5560111. 6.45 10.15pm. £51.50 (£30). See Thu 4.
Falkirk
I Carol Laula Falkirk Town Hall. West Bridge Street. 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £12 (£1 1 ). See Wed 10.
I Lyra Celtica Falkirk Folk Club. The Polish Club. Arnot Street. 01324 613395. 8.30pm. See Mon 15.
Classical
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Glasgow
FREE Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 12.45pm. Ticketed. A one-off rendition of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto .\'n 2 and Thea Musgrave's Rum/mu- by pianist Stephen Hough and conductor Stephane Deni‘ve.
I Lunchtime Concert Merchants House. 7 West (ieorge Street. 12.45pm (light lunch available frotn | 1.45am). £7 (£37—£6). The first concert of Westbourne Music’s new season presents the lidinburgh Quartet and the Alba Quartet who join together for the Ode! by Mendelssohn. Tickets available at the door.
Dunfermline
I Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland - Concert Season Carnegie Hall. Iiast Port. ()1383 602302. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). The ever-popular season returns with a full spectrum of music ranging from popular classics from the big band era to challenging contemporary works.
Falkirk
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra l'TH Cinema. Falkirk Town Hall. West Bridge Street. ()1324 506850. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£5 £10). Conductor Aleksandar Markov ic and the orchestra bring Haydn (Symp/zmrv .\'n 96 '.llirm'l("). Mo/art (Clarinet Concerto) and Beethoven (Symphony No 8) to central Scotland. With solo clarincttist Maximiliano Martin also joining the visiting party.
I Lanark Accordion and Fiddle Club Charity Concert 1.anark Memorial Hall. St 1.eonards Street. 01555665383. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). A concert in aid of lirskine Hospital for disabled ex-servicemen and The (ihurka Welfare trust. The lain McPhail Scottish Dance Band will be supported by local Scottish Bands.
Paisley
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 887 1010. 7.30pm. £12.50 (£10; children & students £5). Sec Thu 4.
Tobermory
I The Scottish Ensemble: Highlands and Islands Tour 2008 'l‘obermory Church. Argyll 'l‘errace. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). The highly acclaimed quartet returns with a performance of Bach‘s Double Vin/in Concerto in I) .l/iltm‘. Shoslakm'ich's Tim l’ir't‘t's‘jhl' String ()(‘It'L ()p I]. Horne’s Daub/c Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn's String Svmp/imrv No 9 in C .Wi/tor.
Glasgow
I Caledon: Scotland’s Three Tenors City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Rousing tunes from the be-kilted trio.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Quartet Brunton 'l'heatre. 1.adywe11 Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. 7.30pm. £13 (£1 1 ). The quartet performs pieces by Schubert. Ravel and Mendelssohn.