Hidden Masters, The Junipers and many more. Expect beautiful surroundings, psychedelia and tea. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

Isle of Mull Boo Hewerdine An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Admired pop/blues guitarist and songsmith founder of cult band The Bible and frequent collaborator with Eddi Reader. Kilmarnock Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Kilbirnie Masonic Hal, Main Street, Kilmaurs, 7.30pm. £10. An evening celebrating the best of Scottish music and poetry, focusing on Scotland’s favourite son, Robert Burns.

Monday 2

Callander Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. 8pm. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

Tuesday 3

Edinburgh Twelfth Day Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Scottish music from Orcadian Catriona Price (fiddle) from Orkney and Esther Swift (harp) from the Borders. Linlithgow Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Thu 22.

Music Folk

Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. Monthly sessions involving workshops around vocals, harmonies and instruments. Musselburgh Ben Kearsley St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk, 665 0713. 7.30pm. £5. High quality, varied music from the eclectic classical guitarist. See Sat 24.

Peebles The Wilders Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Kansas City hillbilly livewires mix their country roots with rock’n’roll in a whirlwind of performance.

Edinburgh FREE Andrew Gordon Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Tue 27. Callander Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22.

Linlithgow Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Thu 22. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Thu 22.

Thursday 29 Glasgow Mackinnon/MacColl/ MacPherson St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Multi–award winning trio of brilliant young fiddler Lauren MacColl, Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon and frets man accompanist Ewan MacPherson.

Edinburgh Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 22. Stramash the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 07740 681879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 22. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

Friday 30

Edinburgh Stramash the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 07740 681879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 22. Guid Crack Club Waverley Bar, St Mary’s Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. Suggested donation £3. Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling club welcomes all to listen or contribute to the spinning of yarns. Kevin MacKenzie’s Vital Signs The Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street, 556 7060. 8.30pm. £10. Jazz, folk and dance grooves harnessed together in jazz guitarist Kevin Mackenzie’s innovative nine–piece. Doune Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune Castle, Castle Road, 01786 841742. Times vary. £15–£47. Lewis Carroll–inspired weekend festival set in the countryside surrounding Doune Castle and featuring a line–up including Francois and the Atlas Mountains, Meursault, The One Ensemble, The

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vibrantly eclectic instrumental trio Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa) and Cameron Robson (bouzouki and guitar) combine musical traditions from all around Europe, from Sweden to Macedonia.

Isle of Mull Tiller’s Folly Mull Theatre @ Druimfin, Tobermory, 01688 302828. 8pm. £10. Canadian Celtic, folk, bluegrass and country band, on tour. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Thu 22.

Thursday 5

Glasgow Gaberlunzie St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Both modern and traditional tunes, plus between–song banter in the inimitable style of these all–round popular entertainers, who have been performing for over 30 years.

Edinburgh Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 22. Falkirk Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 22.

Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

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Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

Wednesday 28 Saturday 31

Doune Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune Castle, Castle Road, 01786 841742. Times vary. £15–£47. See Fri 30.

Livingston The Wilders Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). See Tue 27. Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. See Tue 27.

Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22. Stirling Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.

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Edinburgh The Wilders The Bongo Club, Moray House, Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8pm. £12.50. Powerhouse contemporary Americana. See Tue 27. Drymen Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. See Sun 25.

Callander Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22. East Kilbride Bellevue Rendezvous East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. 8pm. £8.50 (£6.50). A

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played Glasgow in his other musical guise, as one of excellent San Fransisco pysch-rock outift, Wooden Shjips. His newly formed duo with Sanae Yamada covers similarly droning and psychedic ground, with added spacey, cosmic melodies. Stereo, Glasgow, Mon 26 Jul.