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Sunday 15 Tuesday 17
Glasgow ■ Masters Solo Championship The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10.30am. £6. The world’s best competitive solo pipers battle it out to win this prestigious title. Part of Piping Live! FREE Sunday Survivor Session The Street Café, The National Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 3530220. 1pm. More piping for anyone left standing. Part of Piping Live! FREE Karaoke Night Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7pm. Piping Live! 2009 draws to a close with one last event. Part of Piping Live! ■ Lev & Friends Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Violinist Lev Atlas presents this Russian, Hungarian, Gypsy, jazz, classical and folk fusion.
Aberfoyle FREE Heelster Gowdie David Marshall Lodge, Achray Forest, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, 01877 382258. 2.30pm. Cheeky folksters on their fifth season as resident band at the David Marshall Lodge. 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.
Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. Scottish entertainment every Sunday throughout summer, with traditional music and dancing on offer for all. Dunfermline ■ Sean Donnelly Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.10pm. Free; donations welcome. Northern Irish vocalist.
Kilsyth ■ Dougie Maclean The Big Top, Colzium Lennox Estate, Off Stirling Road, 304 1800. Noon. £3. Scotland’s folk/roots troubadour with his much loved songs with guitar. Part of Kilsyth International Carnival.
Largs ■ Kelburn Brazilian Festival Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Fairlie, 01475 568685. 10am–6pm. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £25. See Sat 14.
Maybole ■ Band Call Culzean Castle & Country Park, 0844 493 2149. 2.30–4.30pm. Free: included in admission. An afternoon show in the Fountain Court at Culzean Castle. Stirring sounds from the Dunaskin Doon Band. Peebles ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £15. See Fri 13.
Monday 16
Anstruther Haarfest The first summer festival from Fence Records, Times and venues vary. See Rock & Pop listings, Mon Aug 16. 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.
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. 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 18
Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £18. Glasgow ✽✽ Arlo Guthrie The Old Fruitmarket, Woody’s son and folk legend Guthrie continues his attempts to heal the world via the spirit of his songs.
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 12.
Dunfermline ■ Pete Shepheard and Hamish Moore Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.30pm. £6. Old folk ballads with Pete Shepheard on melodeon and Hamish Moore on small pipes. Livingston ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). See Fri 13.
Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. An evening of traditional Scottish music, song and dance to watch and join in.
Thursday 19
Glasgow ■ Rachel Harrington & Rod Clements St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 8pm. £10 (£8). Oregon singer/songwriter Harrington performs an accomplished blend of country, folk and bluegrass accompanied by blues guitarist Clements (Lindisfarne). ■ The Seedboat City Halls: Recital Rooms, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £12. Singer/musicians Maggie MacInnes (clarsach) and Colum Sands (guitar) present a new Irish-Scottish folk collaboration.
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. Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. Times vary. Prices vary. Four days of concerts, music sessions, parades, ceilidhs, street entertainments, pipe and brass bands, heritage walks and music tuition. Guests include Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham, Four Men & a Dog, The Paul McKenna Band, Deoch’n’Dorus, Blueflint, Dalriada Connections Band, Lorne MacDougall, Scooter Muse and much more. www.mokfest.com
Dunfermline ■ Dougie Maclean Dunfermline Abbey, Abbey Park Place, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. Scotland’s folk/roots troubadour, author of ‘Caledonia’. Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, 1 Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. All are welcome to join in a tune or listen to the music at these friendly folk sessions.
Folk Music
Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival The last few days of the annual global gathering of fans of what the Germans call the doodlesack, and the Swedes call the säckpipa. ■ Various venues, Glasgow, until Mon 15 Aug.
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Friday 13
North Berwick ■ Opera East Lothian and the Romance Orchestra St Andrew Blackadder Church, High Street, 01620 895233. 7.30pm. £15. John Marshall leads the two ensembles through performances of classics, pop tunes, film music and Scottish songs. Part of Fringe by the Sea 2010. Perth ■ Prom Praise Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £10.50–£17.50. A combination of music and praise in the spirit of Last Night at the Proms as the All Souls Orchestra performs traditional hymns and modern Christian songs, conducted by Noel Tredinnick. Craig Dyer presents.
Saturday 14
Glasgow ■ Prom Praise Royal Concert Hall: Main Auditorium, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19 (£13.50–£15.50). See Fri 13. Dunfermline ■ Brass Trash Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £7 (£3). Traditional brass band Kingdom Brass performs a range of music including classical, light entertainment, marches and pop music.
North Berwick ■ The National Youth Choir of Scotland – Training Choir St
Andrew Blackadder Church, High Street, 01620 895233. 7.30pm. £10. Around 100 of Scotland’s most talented young singers perform a mixed bill of classical and traditional Scottish songs. Part of Fringe by the Sea 2010. Sunday 15
Glasgow FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2.45–4.30pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. ■ Lev & Friends Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Violinist Lev Atlas presents this Russian, Hungarian, Gypsy, jazz, classical and folk fusion.
Oban ■ Catherine Nardiello Eilean Eisdeal Hall, Easdale Island, by Oban, 01852 300113. 3pm. £5–£6 (under 16s free). Piano recital for the family, including classical compositions, operatic arrangements, Gershwin and some children’s favourites. Kilberry FREE Mhairi Hall Trio Crear: Space to Create, Crear, 01880 770369. 3pm. Crear open house presents Mhairi Hall on piano with drummer Fraser Stone and guitarist Michael Bryan.
Thursday 19 Kirkcaldy ■ La Bohème St Bryce Kirk, St Brycedale Avenue, 01592 596904. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A production by new Scottish company Opera Bohemia of Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, a romantic tragedy of doomed love amongst struggling artists. With guest singer, South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza.
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