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Glasgow

I Eilidh Grant St Andrew's in the Square. St Andrew’s Square. 55‘) 5902. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Talented. award- winning Scottish singer with her band line-up of Pete Cooke on guitar and Maya Burman-Roy on cello. and a repertoire of both traditional and contemporary music

Edinburgh

I Stramash: The Scots Music Show The Augustine Church. George [V Bridge. 077-1 068 187‘). 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £7 (£6; under 12s £5). A concert party of Scots folk (not the Glasgow traditional song group) that includes inulti-instruinentalist Andrew Warren. with l.inties singers Morag. Helen and lyaah: bothy and ballad singer Scott Gardiner accompanied by

guitarist Johnny Kemp; and singer Lucy

Pringle with fret player Chris Wright. I Boban Markovic Orkestra The HMV Picture House. Lothian Road. 08-14 847 1740. 7pm. £1 I. Serbian trumpet player and his brass ensemble. sometimes cited as the greatest trumpet player to have emerged from the Balkans.

Peebles

The Wilders liastgate Theatre &

5 Arts Centre. liastgate. ()1721

725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Fiddle and frets from these Kansas City hillbilly livewires who leave audiences breathless wherever they go not least at the Spiegeltent at the Edinburgh Fringe. where they have had three sell- out runs.

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Edinburgh

I Assembly Rooms Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 33‘) 537-1. 8pm. £6-£10. Traditional fun with ceilidh bands and a piper. and some international folk dances to complement the Dashing White Seargeant and Strip the Willow. A caller will keep you right I Teannaich Pollock Halls. Holyrood Park Road. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Dance to the funky acoustic ceilidh band.

LiVingston The Wilden Howden Park Centre. 01506 777666. 8pm. £1 1 (£8). See Thu‘).

Stirling

I James Graham Trio Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. ()1786 27-1000. 8pm. £12 (£10). Quality Gaelic song brought to life by the gifted young singer and his top accompanists.

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I Daimh Perth Theatre. High Street. 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £12. Daimh. meaning affinity or kinship in Gaelic. is the exceptional combination of musicians from Ireland. Cape Breton. California and the West Highlands. who came together in Moidart. Now with Calum Alec MacMillan on Gaelic vocals. they also sport top class players on pipes. fiddle. banjo. guitar and hodhran.

Edinburgh

I Bastille Ceilidh St Bride's Centre. ()rwell Terrace. 3-16 1405. 7.30pm. £7. A French twist on the traditional ceilidh dance. with live music from ()r Ceilidh Band and accordionist Will Marshall. I Norman Mackay’s Ceilidh Experience St Peter‘s Church. Luiton Place. 7.30pm. £8. Night of traditional music and vigorous dancing (please BYOB and contact

ceilidh l 23 (a)blueyondercouk for tickets).

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l Paxton House, Berw/ck-Upon- Tweed, Wed 22 Jul.

I 21st Century Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 6233030. 8pm. £10 £15. l.ive Scottish dance music (with a caller) from Whisky Kiss plus a prize draw to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Stirling The Wilders Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 27-1000. 8pm. £14 (£12). Brilliant Kansas City fiddle-fronted quartet. See Thu 9. Glasgow I Power of The Accordion Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. Albion Street. 553 0733. ‘)pm. £6. Cossachok favourite Georgie Ciajjic presents an eclectic repertoire of Eastern European accordion music.

Edinburgh The Wilders The Bongo Club. Moray House. Holyrood Road. 558 7604. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Stage-storming quartet from Kansas City take acoustic bluegrass and alt.country as a starting point for their award-winning show. See Thu 9. $RE£ Dagda Folk Session Dagda Bar. Buccleuch Street. 667 9773. 7.30pm. ()pen folk session. $925 Footstomping Whiski. High Street. 556 30‘)5. ‘)pm. Scottish fiddle music session.

Stirling

I Rallion Stirling Folk Club. Stirling County Rugby Football Club. Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. 0125‘) 218521. 7.30pm. Fiery liddle- playing combines with vocals in the band's take on traditional Scottish music.

Glasgow The Wilders Classic Grand. 204 5151. 7.30pm. £12. Kansas City hoedown. See Thu ‘).

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Folk Music

Edinburgh

I Leith Folk Club Leith Folk Club. The Village. South Fort Street. 07502

02-1852. 7.30pm. Band still tbc. Please see www.leithfolkclubcoin

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lub The Lot. (irassmarket.

225 ‘)‘)22. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance with a caller to lead you through the steps. Live music from Heeliegoleerie.

FREE Footstomping Whiski. High

Street. 556 3(

)‘)5. ‘)pm. See Stiit l2.

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Dunfermline FREE Gipsy Joe Dunfermline Folk

Club. Thistle

Tavern. Baldridgeburn.

01383 729673. 8.30pm. From lnverness, Terry and Fiona Williams perform a bi- energy mix of traditional and contemporary songs and music from

Scotland and

Linlithgow

Ireland.

I l.inlithgow Scotch l'lop l.inlithgow Palace. Kirkgatc. 01506

842896. 7pm

. £7.50 (£5: under 12s

free). l.ively Scottish dance evenings with live bands and callers. all in the unique setting of the historic Palace Courtyard. Ti (ltitiii

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Glasgow

I Frank Burkitt St Andrew‘s in the Square. St .-\ndrew's Square. 55‘) 5002.

8pm. £8 (£6)

. lidinbiirgli—based singer

songwriter Btirkitt combines Scottish roots with folk/blues.

Edinburgh

FREE Kathryn Edwards, Maeve Boyle and Jennifer Concannon Cabaret Voltaire. Blair Street. 220 6176.

7pm. A night

of folky acoustica with a

rich. melancholy air from vocalist

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I Stramash: The Scots Music

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l\' Bridge, 077-1 068 187‘). 6.45pm & 8.30pm. £7 (£6: under 12s £5). See Thu

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Female six-piece The Shee are a folky highlight in this year’s predominantly classical Paxton Music Festival. Mixing Scottish folk, Gaelic song and bluegrass with a funky twist.

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