Music Folk
Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Ceilidhs The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £6–£10. Traditional dance fun with ceilidh bands and a piper, and some international folk dances to complement the Scottish classics. Refreshments available. FREE Old Dollar Bill Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 10pm. Scottish bluegrass and alternative country. ■ The Burly Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place, 222 9930. 10.30pm. £5 (£25 inc dinner from 7.30pm). Ceilidh night with traditional music from a variety of fine Scottish musicians every week, including the Canongate Cadjers and the Wild Geese. Kilmarnock ■ The Simple Touch Palace Theatre, Green Street, 01563 554900. 8pm. £5. Folk/rock and country from an Edinburgh-based five-piece.
Saturday 26
Glasgow ■ RSNO: Summer Pops Scottish Prom Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10–£30. World famous percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins the RSNO and conductor Jeff Tyzik for the world premiere of Eric Ewazen’s Songs to the Banks of Ayr and other virtuosic music for percussion, and the orchestra performs Scottish favourites, songs and dances. ■ Rumba Caliente The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 10.30pm. £13. Salsa Celtica’s trumpet and cahon frontman,Toby Shippey, leads his Rumba troupe through a heady mix of salsa, soul, Latin-jazz, funk and raga. Part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival. Edinburgh ■ Mr McFall’s Chamber: Tango Music The Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £10 (£5–£8). See Fri 25.
Sunday 27
Glasgow FREE Midsummer Gamelan Music Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Great Western Road, 334 2422. 1.30pm. Exquisite gong orchestra, Naga Mas, perform a special outdoor concert of contemporary and traditional Indonesian music. Part of the West End Festival. FREE Fraser Fifield Quartet City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 228 1155. 5pm. Brilliant blown and bellows piper, soprano saxophonist, and low whistle player of Salsa Celtica lives in the overlap between Scottish folk and jazz with his quartet. Part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival. FREE Doghouse Roses and Robyn & Amie Jinty McGuintys, Ashton Lane, 339 0747. 7pm. Special acoustic show from atmospheric folk and blues duo Doghouse Roses. Support from two girls with acoustic guitars. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Midsummer Gamelan Music Kibble Palace, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Great Western Road, 334 2422. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£6). See Sun 27. Edinburgh FREE Flamenco Session The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Spanish musicians gather for an impromptu session. ■ RSNO: Summer Pops Scottish Prom Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £16.50–£30 (concessions available). See Sat 26. ■ Luckenbooth Wee Folk Club, Royal Oak, Infirmary Street, 557 2976. 8pm. £tbc. Lanarkshire based four-piece blues, jazz and acoustic band. FREE Rantum Scantum Captains Bar, South College Street, 668 2312. 8pm. See Thu 24.
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FREE Footstomping Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. Traditional Scottish music. Bathgate ■ Lauren MacColl and the MacCollective Torphichen Kirk, Torphichen, 01478 613750. £10 (£8). Gaelic song and superb fiddle from two women, plus instrumental fret skills from the one man in this accomplished, newly formed trio.
Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. Cosy Scottish entertainment every Sunday throughout summer, with traditional music and dancing on offer for all. Maybole ■ Band Call Culzean Castle & Country Park, 0844 493 2149. 2.30–4.30pm. Included in admission. An afternoon show in the Fountain Court at Culzean Castle. Stirring sounds from the Dalmellington Band.
Monday 28
Edinburgh FREE Traditional Singing Sessions Windsor Buffet, Elm Row, 556 4195. 9pm. Scots song and folk standards. Stirling ■ Colum Colum Sands Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 7.30pm. £tbc. Talented Irish singer-songwriter and broadcaster, from Ireland’s renowned Sands family.
Tuesday 29
Glasgow FREE Thank Folk it’s Tuesday Sloan’s, Argyle Arcade, Argyle Street, 221 8886. 7pm. The GU Celtic band host this weekly folk and traditional session. Edinburgh ■ Smith: Byrnes: O’Sullivan Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £8. Driving Irish/Scots music from Jamie Smith (fiddle), Steve Byrnes (guitar and vocals) and Liam O’Sullivan (button box). ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance with callers to lead you through the steps, featuring music from Whisky Kiss. FREE Andrew Gordon The White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, 622 7118. 9pm. Scottish folk music.
Dundee ■ Scots Song Central Library, The Wellgate, 07792 336804. 2pm. £5 (under 25s £2.50). Ballad expert Maureen Jelks leads a workshop exploring the traditional songs of Scotland and encouraging you to develop your singing voice. Kilbarchan ■ The Fox Hunt Kilbarchan Old Library Centre, High Barholm, 01505 706070. 7.30pm. £tbc. An special evening of Appalachian and bluegrass from the top West Virginia band, with a dash of rock’n’roll and skilled a capella harmonies.
Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. Monthly sessions involving workshops around vocals, harmonies and instruments.
Wednesday 30 Edinburgh FREE Andrew Gordon Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Tue 29.
Dunfermline FREE Dunfermline Folk Club Session Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8pm. Sing a song, play a tune, tell a story, or just listen and enjoy. Stirling ■ The Fox Hunt Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7.30pm. Brilliantly entertaining US group on tour. See Tue 29.
Thursday 1
Glasgow ■ Danny Spooner St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Traditional music and song from Britain and Australia. ■ The Macrazy Vaudeville Orchestra Tron Theatre, Trongate, 552 4267. 9.30pm. £8 (£6). Rambling, theatrical expanded band with attitude and diverse skills. Alt.folk and Ayrshire rockabilly roots gives a vague idea of the area of their imagination. Get your tickets early or be disappointed. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 24. ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 0774 068 1879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). A summer-resident Scottish music show, with songs, instrumental fiddle, accordion and pipes, stories and crack from a large pool of passionate performers and skilled, award -winning players. ■ The Fox Hunt The Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Pleasance, 556 6550. 7.30pm. £tbc. See Tue 29.
Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8pm. All are welcome to join in, play a song, a tune or listen to the music at these friendly folk sessions.
Friday 2
Paisley ■ Michael Marra Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Scotland’s most prolific songwriter, part-jazz, part-blues, part- folk and part-rock, all delivered in powerful, moving, and often very amusing fashion. St Andrews ■ Saltfishforty and Spiers & Boden Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 8pm. £14 (£9). Orkney duo play feisty fiddle and gutsy guitar with free spirited hoarse-edged vocals, in a new international project combining musicians and musical traditions from Scotland, Denmark, Sweden and Brittany. Supported by the top multi- instrumental duo from England’s Bellowhead.
Saturday 3
Crail ■ Renaud Garcia Fons with Linea del Sur Community Hall, St Andrews Road, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £13.50. A heady combination of jazz, flamenco, classical, moorish and Latin music, led by highly acclaimed bassist Renaud Garcia Fons. Part of the East Neuk Festival. Largs ■ Kelburn Garden Party Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Fairlie, 01475 568685. Times vary. Laid-back, small-scale festival with an alternative vibe, returning for a second year with a line-up of interesting acts from the worlds of folk, electronica, jazz, dubstep and more, plus the estate’s waterfall.
Sunday 4 Edinburgh ■ Summer Ceilidh in Support of Marie Curie The Merlin, Morningside Road, 447 4329. 8pm. £15. A dance with the Will Marshall Ceilidh Band, in support of the Marie Curie Hospice at Fairmilehead.
Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. See Sun 27. Largs ■ Kelburn Garden Party Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Fairlie, 01475 568685. Times vary. See Sat 3.
Nr Dunoon ■ Saltfishforty and Spiers & Boden Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur, 3pm. See Mon 5.
Monday 5
Glasgow ■ Spiers & Boden Oran Mor, Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. Squeeze box and fiddle amidst multi- instrumental and vocal skill from founder members of English favourite folk big band Bellowhead, Support from Saltfishforty, Orkney’s gutsy acoustic duo on guitar, fiddle and vocals, and guests. See Fri 2. Stirling ■ Shore Light Stirling Folk Club, Stirling County Rugby Football Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Causewayhead Road, 01259 218521. 7.30pm. Bluegrass and roots trio.
Tuesday 6
Edinburgh ■ Pipedown Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Pipedown merge Scottish and Irish tradition, led by one of Ireland’s most invigorating bellows- blown Border pipe players. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance with callers to lead you through the steps, featuring music from Big Shoggle. FREE Andrew Gordon The White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, 622 7118. 9pm. See Tue 29. Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. See Tue 29.
Wednesday 7 Edinburgh FREE The Whistleblowers Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 10pm. A mixture of trad Scottish and Irish music, with a few contemporary tunes thrown in for good measure.
Thursday 8
Glasgow ■ Claire Mann and Aaron Jones St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Mann is a leading exponent of Irish flute, fiddle and song. Here she’s with Old Blind Dog’s Jones – on guitar, bouzouki and vocals. Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 24. ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 0774 068 1879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 24.
Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, The Polish Club, Arnot Street, 01324 613395. 8pm. See Thu 1.