Music Folk
■ University of Strathclyde Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7.30pm. £10. Featuring Alasdair Gillies, Angus MacColl, Stuart Liddell and Bruce Gandy. Part of Piping Live! ■ Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. Continue the party after the concerts with Ru-ra, Finlay MacDonald/Chris Stout Pipe Down (12 Aug) Patrick Molard, The Armagh Pipers Club, Marco Fox and Ru-ra (13 Aug). Part of Piping Live!
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. An evening exploring the famous, infamous and anonymous in Scottish music and verse, featuring characters such as Rob Roy, Robert Burns and St Columba. Falkirk ■ Anna Coogan Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. Bittersweet Americana.
Friday 13 Glasgow FREE Pipe Band Photograph & Memorabilia Exhibition The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10am–4pm. See Thu 12. FREE Shotts – 100 Years The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10am–4pm. See Thu 12. FREE The Pipers Trails George Square, 10am. See Thu 12. FREE Beating The Retreat George Square, 11am. Massed pipe bands, a ceilidh, street performers and the Beat the Retreat parade including Aukland & District at 2.30pm and Kintyre Schools at 3.30pm. Part of Piping Live! FREE CLASP Competition The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am. See Thu 12. ■ Come & Try Session The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am & 2.30pm. £2. See Thu 12. FREE Museum Tour The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am & 3pm. See Thu 12. FREE Live Music at the Street Café The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. Noon. See Thu 12. FREE Pipe Up The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. Noon. See Thu 12. ■ Orain nam Piobairean: Gaelic Taster Session CCA, Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 12.30pm. £2. See Thu 12. ■ Piobaireachd of the Day College of Piping, Otago Street, 334 3587. 12.30pm. £5. See Thu 12. ■ Lunchtime Recital The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £8 (£6). See Thu 12. ■ Orain nam Piobairean CCA, Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 1pm. £5. See Thu 12. ■ Workshop Series College of Piping, Otago Street, 334 3587. 1pm. £5. See Thu 12. FREE Live Music at the Street Café The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 1.15pm. See Thu 12. FREE Bagpipes of the World George Square, 1.45pm. See Thu 12. FREE The Solo Piping Concert College of Piping, Otago Street, 353 8000. 2pm. Lone pipe music (artists tbc). Part of Piping Live!
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FREE Begg Bagpipes Demonstration BeggBagpipes.com, 202b Bath Street, 333 0639. 2.30–3.15pm & 3.30–4.15pm. See Thu 12. ■ D2 Percussion Pipe Band Drumming Clinics The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. £4. See Thu 12. FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 3pm. See Thu 12. FREE Live at the Art Exhibition George Square, 3pm. See Thu 12. FREE Glenfiddich Whisky Tasting The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.30pm. See Thu 12. FREE Live Music at the Street Café The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 4.45pm. See Thu 12. ■ International Piping Concert Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 5pm. £5. Night of piping from across the world featuring Marco Foxo, Patrick Molard, Rura, Armagh Pipers Club and
Xeremiers de Soller. Part of Piping Live! FREE Live Music at the Street Café The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 5.30pm. See Thu 12. ■ Capercaillie Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18. Karen Matheson and her band return with guests Eliot Grasso, an Uillean Piper from USA, and Luigi Lai on the triple pipes from Italy. Part of Piping Live! ■ Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. See Thu 12.
Auchtermuchty FREE Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, Times vary. Traditional music festival featuring concerts, ceilidhs, competitions, workshops and sessions, along with a programme of Community Events, such as the car treasure hunt and the petanque tournament. Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and
When The Beta Band imploded a few years back, frontman Steve Mason recorded as both King Steve Mason Biscuit Time and Black Affair — both largely electronic based projects. About two years ago he went back to basics, and picked up the guitar again. This year’s release of All Come Down was a fragile, stripped down affair, and here he launches the single ‘Am I Just A Man’, with a suitably hushed, live instore performance. ■ Monorail, Glasgow, Tue 17 Aug.
the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 12. Dunfermline ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Alhambra Theatre, Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7pm. £16.50. Over two decades performing together, the fiddle and accordion still produce high-class musical entertainment.
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Glasgow ■ World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 353 8000. 9am. £9; family ticket £23. The great international line-up of pipe bands compete for the coveted world championship title against over 200 bands from as far afield as New Zealand, Canada and Pakistan. Part of Piping Live! FREE World Music Ceilidh Springburn Park, Balgrayhill Road, 552 0234. 7pm. Get your dancing shoes on for music and dance from around the world. Part of the Festival of the Imagination. ■ After Worlds Shindig The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8.30pm. £16 (£12). Keep on partying to the best in Scottish and world music after the big event with ceilidhs (with the Black Rose Ceilidh Band), dancing and performances from The Treacherous Orchestra, Breabach, Fred Morrison and friends. Part of Piping Live! ■ Ceol’s Craic CCA, Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 9pm. £8 (£5). A special Piping Live! edition of the Gaelic club and platform for Gaelic music, art and culture. Part of Piping Live! Auchtermuchty FREE Auchtermuchty Festival Auchtermuchty, Times vary. See Fri 13.
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 12. Dundee ■ The True Gents Duke’s Corner, Brown Street, 01382 205052. 8pm. Folk/roots, song writing, warped sea shanties and psychedelia from this youthful and very talented eight-piece Perthshire-based multi-instrumental collective.
Kilsyth ■ Salsa Celtica The Big Top, Colzium Lennox Estate, Off Stirling Road, 304 1800. 7.30pm. £12. A heady mix of Cuban, jazz, African, Latin and Celtic rhythms from the unique, internationally Edinburgh-based admired band. Largs ■ Kelburn Brazilian Festival Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Fairlie, 01475 568685. 10am–6pm. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £25. Exoticism on the West Coast of Scotland as Kelburn Castle hosts its first ever Brazilian Festival. Expect capoeira demonstrations, live music and dance, samba workshops, and colourful carnival parades.
Melrose ■ The McCalmans Wynd Theatre, The Wynd, 01896 820028. 8pm. £12.The Macs have performed their Scots song in vocal harmony all over the world with an appeal that remains as broad and fresh as ever. Following the announcement that Ian McCalman will retire at the end of 2010, this is the last chance to see the band on their ‘Goodbye Tour’.
Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. The best in traditional music from local acts and other Scottish performers.