Festivals! Scotland's Music
the Scottish music festival supplement from MUSIC NEWS Scotland
Alice Thorsell (pictured) plays Northern Streams Festival in Edinburgh from 21-23 April - see page 3 www.northernstreams.org
INSIDE: Northern Streams :: TradFest :: Oban Live :: Carnival Fifty Six :: Stonehaven Folk :: Argyll Gathering :: Cryptic Shorelaines :: Glamis Prom :: Scots @ Rudolstadt Festival ..... PLUS our Scottish music festival listings
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Nordic neighbour's cultural connections Edinburgh :: 21-23 April :: www.northernstreams.org Buy tickets @ http://bit.ly/northernstreamstickets For three days in April, the unique Northern Streams Festival combines concerts, workshops and sessions, bringing the finest in Nordic and Scottish music, song and dance to Edinburgh. Guests taking part in the 14th Northern Streams festival this month are: Lärka: Eilidh Steel & Alice Thorsell (Scotland/Sweden); KLB: Kari – Lappalainen – Brodal (Finland/Norway); Harta: Christine Martin – Ross Calderwood – Jack Evans (Scotland); Reidun Berg (Norway); Mark Neal (Scotland) and the Grassmarket Music Group. Organiser, Fiona Campbell, said “We are pleased with this year’s festival to add Finland to our list of countries we have guests appearing from around the North Sea and Nordic regions along with ones from Scotland. I’m looking forward to all the collaborations between the different performers that make up the groups appearing as well as between the groups themselves through the Northern Streams Ceilidh Band on Saturday night!” The festival opens with an evening concert on Friday, then a concert & ceilidh on Saturday - to give you the opportunity to try Norwegian and Finnish dances alongside the Scottish ones you are likely to know already – all dances will be called.
There are workshops during the day on Saturday covering Rune songs from Finland, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Scottish tunes and dancing workshops so you can practise for the evening ceilidh. The festival finishes with an Open Session on Sunday afternoon, with members of the Grassmarket Music Group giving a wee taste of their repertoire – all welcome. All events take place at the Grassmarket Centre 86 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1 2QA
Concession ticket prices range from £5 for a workshop – £25 for an all-in-one weekend ticket. Concessions include TMSA members, EdinBal members & Young Scot cardholders. Please note concession tickets are only available at the venue during the event.
Northern Streams is organised by the Traditional Music and Song Association (TMSA) Edinburgh & Lothians Branch. Details about the Branch @ www.eltmsa.org.uk and TMSA @ To book tickets and for more details of the www.tmsa.org.uk Northern Streams programme go to www.northernstreams.org www.northernstreams.org call 0795 191 https://twitter.com/northernstream1 8366 or email: eltmsa@yahoo.co.uk www.facebook.com/TMSAEdinburghandLothians
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TradFest celebrates vibrant trad Edinburgh :: 26 April - 7 May :: www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest Buy tickets @ www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest/events Part 2 of our TradFest preview, continued from our last edition
TradFest celebrates traditional culture in all its forms with a feast of flavours and a programme of over 100 events in celebration of Scotland's 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. TradFest Edinburgh Dùn Èideann returns from Wednesday 26 April to Sunday 7 May as Edinburgh’s only multi-arts festival dedicated to Scottish traditional folk arts, showcasing culture, live. Rooted in the past yet intrinsically connected to the present, TradFest celebrates seasonal and traditional customs with a contemporary spin, grounded in Scotland’s people and environments We covered the launch and many aspects of TradFest in our last edition of MNS FESTIVALS! and you can read that @ http://bit.ly/MNS-TradFest - here's a few more events to tempt you along!
Celebrating Piping Renaissance
Bagpipes Gu Leòr :: www.facebook.com/events/407230252984225/ reclaiming many strands of our piping culture which were lost when competitive and military piping became the norm, displacing the once commonplace rich variety of instruments and styles.
competitive piper of his generation. Angus MacKenzie on reelpipes and Gabe McVarish on fiddle will close the concert with their superb blending of two instruments and interpretations of Gaelic tunes old and new. A one-off gathering of talent that is not to be missed.
Hamish Moore’s knowledge and passion for the pipes ensures that the rich variety will be brought to life on this special evening, gathering together a plethora of talent to showcase every Local Cultures @ Storytelling Centre strand of today’s piping culture from the Borders Local Cultures showcases music, song, storytelling and dance traditions highlighting the to Uist. dynamic community heritage which is Angus MacKenzie and Fin Moore will be showcased with pride in the heart of Edinburgh's playing highland pipes in concert A, copies of World Heritage Site, making its inclusion as a “The Black Set of Kintail”, and highland music key strand in Scotland’s Year of History, informed by the rhythms of the old Gaelic hard Heritage and Archaeology all the more pertinent. shoe percussive step dance.
The very best of Scotland’s piping talent will open the fifth TradFest Edinburgh Dùn Èideann at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on Wednesday 26 April, celebrating cultural heritage with a contemporary showcase.
2016 Radio Two Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Brighde Chaimbeul, showcases Scottish smallpipes and her first language of Gaelic is never very far from her music, while Callum Armstrong on border pipes and George Pasca on cello are two brilliant young Hamish Henderson is often credited for kick virtuosic musicians who will explore the border starting the Folk Revival when he and Alan Lomax organised the People’s Festival Ceilidh at repertoire and tap into the time-honoured Oddfellow’s Hall in August 1951. Henderson also tradition of improvising variations on a theme. importantly included John D. Burgess, a brilliant Allan MacDonald and Seonaidh MacIntyre, young competitive piper, in the lineup and thus both with South Uist roots and playing Scottish brought piping into the fold. Curated by Hamish smallpipes in C, accompany their own singing Moore’s organisation, The Fellowship of Pipers and explore the relationship between pibroch (Càirdeas nam Pìobairean), Bagpipes Gu Leòr and Gaelic song, plus Director of The Piping will truly represent the renaissance which has Centre in Glasgow, Roddy MacLeod, will been gathering pace for more than 30 years, display why he is probably the most successful
TradFest in the Town
Ranging from The Knitting and Stitching Show at the Royal Highland Centre to the Look Again series at the National Library of Scotland; from Wee Folk Club sessions in The Royal Oak to nightly TradFest Sessions at Sandy Bell's, see Edinburgh afresh as a capital of folk culture. Experience walks, talks and trails, offering live, up close introductions to Auld Reekie, as well as highlighting the vibrant world of trad performance happening across Edinburgh's communities, with lots of opportunities to get involved in drop in sessions and workshops. www.tracscotland.org/festivals/tradfest https://twitter.com/TradFestEd www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh
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Tide Lines to launch debut album at Oban Live #TLalbum Oban :: 2-3 June :: www.obanlive.com Buy tickets @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oban-live-2017-tickets-29072525707
Highland band, Tide Lines, are gearing up to launch their highly anticipated debut album at Oban Live on 3 June.
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Tide Lines are a four piece band who have been achieving considerable success since their live launch at Tiree Music Festival last summer. They join an impressive line-up this year at Oban Live, playing the Saturday of the two-day event at Mossfield Stadium on 2-3 June. Their debut single, Far Side of the World, entered the iTunes official UK download charts ahead of the likes of Coldplay, Beyonce, and Adele within 24 hours of its release in June 2016. The band have since performed all round the country: including sell-out shows alongside trad outfits Mànran and Skerryvore, and festival appearances such as the finale of the Blas festival in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, at which they shared the bill with Irish accordion star, Sharon Shannon. Their debut album will be available for digital download from the 2 June, and physical copies will go on public sale for the first time at Oban Live. Fans of the band also have the opportunity to pre-order a copy prior to the launch @ www.tidelinesband.com/debut-album-pre-order/ There will be 3 different packages available for pre-order — including a signed copy of the 14 track digipak album with lyric booklet. The album is a collection of the band’s original
material and also features two songs from the pen of Dol Eoin MacKinnon, a traditional Gaelic song, and a tune set led by the highland bagpipes. There are a number of recurring lyrical themes that run throughout. The songs are a study of the fleeting glory of youth, the innocence of young love without complication, and the effect of place upon the development of time: the comfort of a rustic past in relation to the uncertainty of an urban future. Musically, the sound reflects the lyrical juxtaposition - stylistically floating between traditional and pop influences. The energetic arrangements are led by electric and acoustic guitar, drums, and synth but also include piano, whistles, accordion, and cello.
Such collaborations have greatly augmented the sound of the band and enriched the timbre of the music within the album. The band are promoting the album on their social media platforms using the hashtag #TLalbum. Oban Live is Argyll's biggest live music event that was created following the open-air concert ‘DECADE’ in 2015 – the 10th anniversary celebration of trad-fusion band Skerryvore that attracted over 6,000 people from all over the world to Oban. Such was the reaction and impact of the event, 98% of attendees requested that it become an annual event. From this, Oban Live was formed in 2016 with the aim of showcasing the very best Scottish and international artists as part of both the open-air concert and Oban Live Fringe events.
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Carnival Fifty Six adds The Fratellis to lineup and announces 71 Brewing as headline sponsor Dundee :: 12-13 August :: www.carnivalfiftysix.co.uk
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Carnival Fifty Six, the major new music festival taking place on Saturday 12-13 August at Camperdown Park in Dundee has announced The Fratellis have been added to the line up as special guests. Eleven years on from the release of debut album Costello Music, … ten years on from winning the Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act…nine years on from Costello Music finally exiting the Top 100 after 83 weeks in the charts… eight years on from recording second album Here We Stand in their own Glasgow studio… five years on from returning after a break in which frontman Jon Fratelli released two side-project albums (one under the name Codeine Velvet Club, one a solo) and releasing third album We Need Medicine… and zero years on from the last time Chelsea Dagger was sung by the crowd at a major event somewhere in the world (as singalong anthems go, few songs come close) …after all that, The Fratellis’ rocking and rolling good times are set to be unleashed on the Mardi Gras Main Stage at Carnival Fifty Six this summer. Commenting on today’s Special Guest announcement, Festival Director Craig Blyth said, “The Fratellis are guaranteed to have Camperdown rocking this summer. The band are brilliant live and we’re delighted to have Jon, Barry and Mince join us as Special Guests. They’ll get a massive response when they hit Dundee in August and thousands of fans are guaranteed to create one of the summer’s biggest singalong moments.” The Fratellis join an already heaving-with-quality line up with headliners Mark Ronson, Rudimental,
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Clean Bandit and Basement Jaxx joined by many of the country’s most exciting breakthrough bands including Boxed In, Prides, Be Charlotte, White and Elle Exxe, plus a top flight dance offering which includes Sasha, Hot Chip, James Zabiela, Harri & Domenic and Dixon Avenue Basement Jams. In another major announcement, Carnival Fifty Six is delighted to confirm 71 Brewing – Dundee’s urban craft brewery, as this year’s official headline sponsor. Hot on the heels of its first product launch, 71 Brewing will sell its 71 Lager, the official lager of the festival, across the two days. Located in the heart of Dundee, and occupying a building that formed part of the historic and imposing Blackness foundry, a 7,200 sq ft state-of-the-art brewery has emerged. The architects behind the venture are Duncan Alexander and Mark Griffiths and, following a six-month renovation period, the pair opened the state-of-the-art urban brewery in January 2017 with the launch of 71 Lager, inspired by a classic Bohemian Pilsner. Commenting on the official headline sponsorship, Festival Director Craig Blyth said, “We are delighted to announce the headline partnership with 71 Brewing for Carnival Fifty Six and are particularly pleased to be offering across the weekend the locally-brewed 71 Lager as the official lager of the festival. This is a quality product, conceived and produced in Dundee, and the company’s values along with its ambitious vision for the future has a great synergy with the festival. This year marks the beginning of an exciting journey for both of us and we look forward to the long term shared experience ahead.” Duncan Alexander, Founder of 71 Brewing and proud Dundonian, said: “Carnival Fifty Six will be one of Scotland’s biggest music festivals and what an incredible line-up for the first year. It will definitely put extra swagger in the Dundonian step. The fact that everyone will be drinking 71 Lager in my home city makes me excited beyond words to be a part of this."
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The 29th Stonehaven Folk Festival brings international acts to the north Stonehaven :: 6-9 July :: www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk Buy tickets @ www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk/tickets-2016/
The Festival line up for the 29th Stonehaven Folk Festival is now finalised and tickets are already on sale. The festival is over the weekend of the 6-9 July and includes many internationally known artists. Main guests for 2017 are the Iona Fyfe Band, Jarlath Henderson Band, Fara, Archie Fisher, Mike McGoldrick and Friends, Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan and the John McCusker Band. Plus many “local” artists – George Davidson (current Glennfidich Fiddle Champion), Ross Hull and Cameron Grant, Stuart Forester & Jonny Hardie, Frances Wilkins & Ronan Martin and the John Carnie Blues Trio. The Jarlath Henderson band features Jarlath on guitar and cittern, together with his hand-picked accompanying line-up of Hamish Napier (keyboards, flute), Innes Watson (fiddle, guitar) and Duncan Lyall (double bass). Mike McGoldrick (Flute/Low Whistle) will be joined by Dezi Donnely (fiddle), Mairead Hussey (bodhran) and
Tony Byrne (guitar). In 2016 fiddler John McCusker celebrated 25 years as a professional musician; his band features some of the finest traditional musicians and singers in the UK. Festival Organiser Meg Findlay said “we have a really exciting and diverse line up this year with something for everybody – superb Musicians and Singers. The Sessions and workshops are always very popular and we have worked hard respond to feedback from previous years to make them even better this year” The main festival concerts take place in Stonehaven Town Hall with afternoon concerts in the Market Square and late night concerts in the British Legion. There will also be a mix of sessions and workshops during the day, along with some fun family activities. A full workshop programme will be published in June. Two of the internationally famous events unique to the Stonehaven Folk Festival are the World Paper’n’Comb Championships, the theme for 2017 being “The Rock Horror Picture Show”. This fun competition is open to all ages and abilities, paper will be provided and fancy dress is optional. On the Sunday morning there is the Aqua Ceilidh held in the Open Air Art Deco pool,
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dancing to a live ceilidh band – Drip the Willow and the Splashing White Sergeant for starters. The Stonehaven Folk Festival started in 1989, and 2017 will be the 29th Festival which now regularly attracts 2,500 visitors over the weekend. Tickets for 2017 so far have already been sold to people in Australia, America, Germany and France as well as closer to home! It takes around 90 volunteers who donate nearly 1,000 hours to make Stonehaven Folk Festival happen! A Stonehaven Folk Festival session
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Argyll Gathering launches a celebration of music, culture and the arts in Helensburgh Helensburgh :: 19-20 August :: www.argyllgathering.com Buy tickets @ www.tickettailor.com/all-tickets/26215/db7a/
Argyll Gathering is a new Scottish event celebrating the best of music, culture and the arts opening its doors from 19-20 August in the stunning setting of Helensburgh. The event will showcase the best in traditional contemporary Scottish music, local food and drink and feature interactive workshops. Community is at the heart of the festival and its goal is to celebrate the best of what Scotland has to offer culturally; Argyll Gathering is not just a festival, but a platform for people to interact and form an artistic movement. So far, artists confirmed are the former lead singer of one of Scotland’s most celebrated groups, Runrig‘s Donnie Munro, who will be performing live with a full band. The most famous bagpipe band in the world, Red Hot Chilli Pipers will be bringing their groundbreaking fusion of traditional Scottish music and rock/pop anthems, Scottish supergroup Treacherous Orchestra are the third of the festival’s headliners - their foot-stomping, Celtic rock performance is sure to blow spectators away.
Bwani Junction who will perform “Graceland” by Paul Simon, Elephant Sessions, Manran, Federation of the Disco Pimp, Jarlath Henderson Band, Blue Rose Code, Daimh, Fat-Suit, Pronto Mama and, finally Nae Plans (Adam Sutherland & Hamish Napier) will perform over both days with special guests and added surprises.
Together with co-curator, Nick Lawrie, he and Windebank have independently worked on some of the largest cultural projects in the world and wanted to curate an event to bring out the best facets of that they have learnt working events over the years.
Windebank goes on to say, “We believe that an event such as this should enhance its home A community workshop tent, aimed at all ages turf, and really bring something to the table. will showcase music, art and the Gaelic That could be a great music line up that speaks language. There will be delicious food courtesy of to its patrons, showcasing the gorgeous larder of Food From Argyll, sweet treats, a carefully Scotland, or exposing people to the rich creative selected beer and ale bar, an independent spirits culture that exists all around us.” bar and children’s entertainment will be on offer making the festival something for all the family Helensburgh and its surroundings are renowned to enjoy. for their picturesque backdrop. The area is steeped in Scottish history, it has also offered Having been born and raised in events such as highland games and piping Helensburgh, Festival organiser James championships to carry on traditions. Windebank has seen the town evolve and change over 30 years. “The one thing that I www.argyllgathering.com always wanted my hometown to have was a www.facebook.com/ArgyllGathering spectacular event that focussed on bringing https://twitter.com/ArgyllGathering people together to listen to great music, have a dram and really enjoy themselves as a community of people!”
The festival also boasts additional praised artists,
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Cryptic announce major new co-production Shorelines Rotterdam :: 19-20 May + Glasgow :: 1-2 November :: www.cryptic.org.uk Buy tickets @ www.cryptic.org.uk/portfolio/shorelines/
Cryptic have announced the World Premiere of their major new co-production 'Shorelines' will take place at the renowned Operadagen Festival in Rotterdam on 19-20 May, and the piece will then be performed at Cryptic's Sonica Festival in Glasgow on 1-2 November. The full Sonica programme will be announced in May. Inspired by the devastating North Sea Flood of 1953, this new music theatre work is composed by Oliver Coates, performed by the Ragazze Quartet, directed by Josh Armstrong, with costume and set design by Christophe Coppens and lighting by Nich Smith Inspired by the North Sea Flood of 1953 - which left the Netherlands devastated and also took many lives in the UK and Belgium— Shorelines explores the beauty and catastrophic power of the sea at a time of increased risk from climate change. Developed in partnership with deSingel, Antwerp and The Grand Theatre, Groningen Shorelines is a music-theatre work created by an impressive line-up of talent from across the globe. With music from composer and cellist Oliver Coates (whose collaborative album with Mica Levi, Remain Calm, was named as one the New York Times' 25 Songs That Tell Us Where Music Is Going) and performed by the much-lauded all-female Ragazze Quartet from the Netherlands, Shorelines is directed by Glasgow-based Cryptic Associate artist Josh Armstrong (whose previous work for Cryptic includes The Little Match Girl Passion), with costume and set design by the legendary, LA-based fashion designer and artist Christophe Coppens, who has created pieces for everyone from Rihanna to Grace Jones and is fresh from directing his first ever opera, FOXIE! The Cunning Little Vixen at La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels.
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relationship humanity has with the natural world. Shorelines is a Cryptic / Ragazze Quartet Co-Production. In partnership with deSingel (Belgium) and Grand Theatre Groningen (Netherlands). Commissioned and produced by Cryptic. Cryptic is a Glasgow based internationally-renowned producing art house, presenting today’s most imaginative, innovative artists whilst also nurturing the creative talent of tomorrow. We create memorable experiences that engage and inspire our audiences. Cryptic ‘ravishes the senses’ with multi-media performances that fuse music, sonic and visual art.
Founded by Cathie Boyd in 1994, the company thrives on artistic innovation and creative risk-taking, which has subsequently created an Acting as both a memorial to those who lost their lives and a meditation environment where artists have been encouraged to push artistic on water, Shorelines centres on a rare eyewitness testimony of a survivor boundaries. from Canvey Island, Essex (UK) who lost everything to the sea. Following To date, Cryptic has presented 162 productions (including 37 world the moments after the flood, the performers drift through a dramatic premieres), which have been seen in 27 countries. musical landscape of flowing and shifting textures; as the members of the quartet perform against haunting recordings of themselves and collages of slowed strings and choral voices, the audience hear the sounds that were never heard, the calls that were unanswered and see www.facebook.com/glasgowcryptic shadows floating through the darkness.
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Glamis Proms promises an evening spectacular of beautiful music Glamis Castle : 16 July : www.glamisprom.com
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Glamis Proms has announced the artists taking to the stage for this year’s lavish concert and promise a spectacular evening of beautiful music featuring The Glamis Prom Orchestra. Lee Mead from Any Dream Will Do, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wicked and Legally Blond; Broadway singing sensation Christina Bianco (Me Myself & Everyone Else); Jai McDowall (Britain’s Got Talent) and the glorious voices of 8-piece choir Soul Nation will all be appearing.
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Lee said: “I am beyond excited to have been asked to sing at the Glamis Prom this year and to be back singing once again in Scotland which is just so beautiful. I can’t think of a better setting to sing with an orchestra. It’s going to be a very special evening. One to remember… see you all there!”
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Glamis Proms will also be announcing soon another very special guest who will join the lineup for this year. The Glamis audience can expect an exciting medley of hits from all the best-loved musicals plus a few surprises thrown in too and the stars of the show are looking forward to performing in such a beautiful setting at Glamis Castle.
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Scotland’s roots, folk and world music scene is taking centre stage in Germany Thuringia, Germany :: 6-9 July :: www.rudolstadt-festival.de Buy tickets @ https://rudolstadt-festival.de/en/info-145/prices.html
Scotland’s roots, folk and world music scene is to receive special prominence at one of Europe’s biggest festivals. Rudolstadt Festival, in Germany on 6 – 9 July, will feature Amy Macdonald, 2016 Trad Music Award Folk Band of the Year Breabach, piper, composer and multi-instrumentalist Fred Morrison, Niteworks with their brand of electronic-Celtic fusion featuring Gaelic songs and bagpipes, and Mairi Campbell, at a special Showcase performance comprising storytelling, dance, music and singing. The festival will also be hosting a number of one off events, including A Man for A’ That – A World Music Tribute to Robert Burns. Artists from various countries will perform selected works by the poet and songwriter in their native languages. Musicians from Ethiopia, Germany, Georgia, India, Israel, Jamaica, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sápmi (Lapland) and Scotland will come together for a performance produced by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s internationally renowned Burns scholar, Fred Freeman.
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makes her headline slot this year all the sweeter. The programme taps into the musical glories of Scotland’s past – its travellers’ songs, Gaelic archives and Burns’s favourites – all made vibrant and relevant for audiences today, as our deepest traditions are carried on into the future. What better way to extend a hand of cultural friendship than this?”
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, said: “Scotland and Germany enjoy a special relationship, which dates back to 1297 when William Wallace wrote to the mayors of Lübeck and Hamburg declaring Scotland open for business. To this day, both nations remain major trading partners. We also share a love of traditional music and storytelling that goes back About a dozen acts will be reflecting the wide“The musicians invited to Rudolstadt will be centuries. Our prominence at the Festival is an bringing the best of what Scotland has to offer, ranging Scottish scene and its high excellent opportunity to showcase the spirit of from the piping virtuosity of Fred Morrison to the musicianship. Scotland almost broke down the Scotland, as we celebrate our Year of History, door to be the showcase country, says Mike electro rhythms of Niteworks.” declared Alan Heritage and Archaeology. We hope the Kamp, curator of the country of focus and editor Morrison, Head of Music at Creative spotlight on Scotland will entice music lovers to Scotland, adding “Germany has for years been of Folker magazine: “Scotland has an ideal our own plethora of music festivals, which take a strong supporter of Scottish music and so we environment for folk music: very deep roots, place across the country throughout the summer are delighted to take this relationship further as continuous support for traditional music, and months.” building on this an incredibly creative, receptive Scotland becomes Ruldolstadt’s Country of scene.” www.rudolstadt-festival.de Focus for 2017. After all, it was the German Echo Awards that recognised Amy Macdonald as Commenting on the Rudolstadt Festival, www.facebook.com/RudolstadtFestival Best International Newcomer in 2009, which
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Oban Live
Stromness, in Orkney’s West Mainland, for four days of concerts, ceilidhs, clubs, sessions, talks and craic. Artists and audiences are welcomed by and into Orkney’s own thriving folk scene, with Orcadian artists providing around two thirds Edinburgh of the festival programme. Line-up announced 21-23 April across December-March, with tickets on sale in April, around six weeks ahead of the event. This For three days in April this unique festival is relatively close to the festival itself, as the combines concerts, workshops and sessions. For festival consists of around 35 individually the past 13 years the Traditional Music and Song programmed and ticketed events, rather than Association of Scotland (Edinburgh & Lothians offering all-in-one day or weekend tickets. Branch), have been bringing the finest in Nordic Artists visiting the festival perform on several and Scottish music, song and dance to occasions, though, offering a number of chances enthusiastic audiences in Edinburgh. to catch them over the weekend. www.northernstreams.org
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TradFest Edinburgh | Dùn Èideann
May West
Edinburgh 26 Apr – 7 May
Glasgow 27-28 May
An exciting new intimate city music festival is to take place in Glasgow across the May Bank Experience Scotland Live with a seasonal feast of Holiday weekend - May West will take place on living traditions and local cultures. Encounter Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 May. Staged at music, storytelling, dance, craft, song and folk Glasgow Green in the heart of the city, and drama at venues – indoor and outdoor – across presented by Beyond Events, the much Edinburgh and the Lothians. Rooted in the past respected promoter behind a raft of successful yet resonating in the present, TradFest music events including the Aviemore Stopover showcases dynamic engagement with Scotland’s and Loopallu, May West is presented in History and Heritage as well as providing a association with West Brewery, producer of the platform for up and coming talent in the world of finest German lagers and wheat beers in the UK, Trad. Look out for the Battle of the Folk Band whose headquarters can be found within the event as part of the finale performances this city’s iconic Templeton Building, overlooking year! Glasgow Green.
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SpringFest
Southside Fringe Glasgow 12-18 May
With their festival programme running from the 12th-28th of May 2017, Southside Fringe is now gearing up for its 5th year. Online event applications launch on the 30th of November, you can register your event via www. southsidefringe.com . Building on the success of 2016 with 50 venues hosting more than 200 events, Southside Fringe are now putting the call out for all kinds of events to be part of next year’s festival – Theatre, Music. Comedy, Art, Cabaret, Spoken Word, Family, Heritage, Food & Drink, Health & Wellbeing, Film, and Literary/ Books. Closing date for applications, 17 February 2017. For more information, contact: corinna@southsidefringe.org.uk
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Orkney Folk Festival Orkney 25-28 May
One of Scotland’s longest-running folk festivals, celebrating its 35th outing in 2017, the Orkney Folk Festival is one of the most prolific events in the Scottish and UK folk calendars, and one of the highlights of Orkney’s diary of community events. An entirely voluntary run event, the festival annually attracts artists from all corners of the folk world - from leading international names to up and coming fresh faces - to
Oban 2-3 June
"We are delighted to announce that Trail West, Mànran and Tide Lines will join us in Oban as not only are they great friends but they are three of the most exciting acts on the Scottish scene today - all bringing their own brand and fusion of west coast music. We still have three more acts to announce as well as some other special guests so watch this space for more exciting announcements.” Daniel Gillespie Artistic Director for Oban Live. www.obanlive.com
Eden Festival Raehills Meadows 8-11 June Scotlands second largest music festival of 2017 will be returning to the Raehills Meadows of Dumfries and Galloway on 8-11 June for its 9th year. Hosting twelve different stages with 300 performers, Eden Festival really does cater for all. Eden hosts an eclectic mix of music and stages; whether you want to relax in the hammocks and dip your toe in the water, hang out in auld Celtic drinking dens, get the kids involved in games and crafts sessions, take part in a paint fight or simply dance till the sun comes up whilst meeting amazing like minded individuals, then Eden Festival is for you. www.facebook.com/theedenfestival
Edinburgh 27-28 May
Arran Folk Festival
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
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Isle of Arran Edinburgh is set to welcome what aims to be one 9-11 June of the most exciting music festivals The 23rd Arran Folk Festival line up is now onin Scotland for 2017. SpringFest, an indoor line and tickets are available to purchase! Once festival with numerous covered outdoor areas, takes place on the bank holiday weekend of 27- again the festival are very proud of the musicians that they have booked to appear this 28 May at the city's Corn Exchange. year with some big names on the folk scene lined up who are all very enthusiastic about www.springfestscotland.com coming over to play Arran - an impressive array of renowned musicians.
Kirkcudbright 25-28 May
Killin Music Festival
If you prefer a bigger festival in a smaller pot you are a Knockengorrocher! Join us beside the glittering Water of Deugh beneath the broad shoulders of southwest Scotland's great mountain peaks to celebrate some of the finest music from the Celtic diaspora and everywhere in-between. The World Ceilidh melds together the most ancient roots music with the latest cutting edge sounds. This first truly backwoods upland music fest in Scotland hosts some of the best musicians and performers from across the world. All are invited to journey over hill and dale by rock and stream to our natural greenfield auditorium and to our upland stage to experience the biggest little festival this side of anywhere!
Killin Music Festival delivers a weekend packed from start to finish with top-of-their-game artists, supported by a festival fringe featuring bar sessions, workshops, kids activities, competitions and even a pipe band! Now heading for it’s second year, Killin Music Festival looks to solidify it’s standing in the festival calendar, taking on board feedback from visitors, and by spreading it’s wings a bit further this time. Don't miss out for 2017! Tickets are on sale now via our website www.killinmusicfestival.com and are selling fast!
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Riverside Rock
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Riverside Rock is a musical extravaganza with something for everyone young and old and designed primarily to help raise cash for our chosen charity and other organisations around the Scottish Borders. Live music from bands, Showaddywaddy, Pilot, The Beatles Revolution, Scooty and the Skyhooks, Scocha, The Stare, DarkHorse and DJ Greg Anderson. Children’s Entertainment includes, Laser Quest, Inflatables of all sorts, Climbing Walls, Wrecking Ball, Kids Fun Fair Rides and much more. Kids entertainment is free for under 18’s from 12pm till 6pm. You’ll not find a better value family festival anywhere in Scotland, Riverside Rock is the place to be. www.riversiderock.co.uk
Glasgow Trombone Weekend Glasgow 22-25 June Glasgow is to play host to leading brass virtuosi as international performers including Christian Lindberg and Mnozil Brass descend on the city for the Glasgow Trombone Weekend. The events, which run from 22-25 June, will take place in City Halls and the Royal Conservatoire, with students and staff from the institution among those taking part. www.rcs.ac.uk/glasgowtromboneweekend
Alloway, Ayrshire 24 June
Alloway’s one day music festival Upside Doon has announced the first batch of bands joining its 2017 line up. The BMX Bandits, Mull Historical Society, Have Mercy Las Vegas, The Stumblers and C. Macleod are confirmed for the event on Saturday 24 June. https://nts.cloudvenue.co.uk/upsidedoon
Kelburn Garden Party Kelburn Castle, nr. Fairlie 30 June - 3 July
holding an open-air festival on their local island of Tiree. TMF is more than just attending a music festival – it is an island adventure. From the stunning sail or flight to the island of Tiree, camping next to the white sands of Crossapol Bay or surfing at Balevullin beach, TMF is an experience very few festivals in the world could compete with. Get your tickets quick, the early birds sell out in hours! www.tireemusicfestival.co.uk
Hebridean Celtic Festival Hebrides 19-22 July
Fantastic four-day festival set against the rich cultural backdrop of the Outer Hebrides, The Kelburn Garden Party Festival builds on its featuring top quality music from around the reputation, hand crafted and honed over the last Celtic nations and beyond. Stornoway and eight years, as one of the most unique and throughout Lewis and Harris. The cream of exceptional festivals in the UK. Their 2017 line- international folk and Celtic music have heaped up demonstrates as strong an appreciation for praise on HebCeltl as it celebrated its 20th year underground club culture and rock, as for folk, in 2015 by hosting its biggest number of live jazz, electronica and world music, tying together performances ever. Award-winning artists who programming strands deliberately traditional and took part in this year's Hebridean Celtic Festival historical with the contemporary and forward hailed it a huge success after bosses laid on new looking. venues and returned to its roots for the showpiece event. www.kelburngardenparty.com
JULY Stonehaven Folk Festival Stonehaven 6-9 July
Northern Roots
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ButeFest
The Isle of Bute 28-30 July A three day festival of music, food and fun. This accessible and hugely friendly family festival all takes places a mere thirty-five miles as the crow flies from Glasgow. Butefest has endeavoured to compile a richly varied and superb line-up that includes both the contemporary and the classic of the music world and runs that gamut from rock to roots and folk to dance.
The pretty North East coastal town of Stonehaven comes alive with a vibrant mix of traditional and contemporary “Folk” music and song. Concerts, Ceilidh, Sessions, Singarounds, Workshops and fun things to do. Come and join Northern Roots festival was started by Bruce us as Stonehaven Folk Festival celebrates its MacGregor in 2009 to highlight upcoming folk and roots artists but has developed to showcase 29th year. 2017 Guests include Irish Singer and Piper Jarlath Henderson, renowned Scottish the best talents in Scottish music. Bruce said: www.butefest.co.uk Fiddler John McCusker, Mancunian Mike “It’s a festival that prides itself in booking McGoldrick and friends, singer songwriter Archie brilliant acts. I’m lucky in my profession as a musician and a radio presenter to meet and hear Fisher, singer Emily Smith, young Orkney four piece Fara and Scottish Young Tradition Musician so many superb musicians and this is our chance to get them on our very own festival. It’s of the year finalist Iona Fyfe. For full details of Guests, workshops and sessions please visit the really a festival for music lovers – there’s no Festival web site. side-shows or gimmicks – its music, music, music, all the way. www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk Beauly www.northernrootsfestival.com Inverness 23-24 June
AUGUST
Tartan Heart ‘Belladrum’ Festival
TRANSMT
Solus
3-5 August
Get yourself a ticket to Scotland’s all ages wackiest festival of music and performing arts. The Bield at Blackruthven, Perthshire Bella is back in its beautiful Highland setting 23-25 June with all the crazy variety that makes it Some of the best under the radar talent has Scotland’s premier boutique festival. been announced for TRNSMT, taking place at Solas Festival is an allage arts festival held in ''Belladrum - quite simply, it’s what everyday life Glasgow Green across 7-9 July. The King Tut’s Perthshire from 17 to 19 June, with hip-hop, Stage powered by Utilita Energy will play host to should be like, if only everyday life didn't get in electro loops and some of the finest folk and the way.'' - Clare Damdoaran, eFestivals. the country’s favourite new artists, just as the roots music you’ll find in a Scottish field: a rich iconic King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut has done for the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival takes place in mix of traditions, talents and tastes. Expect an the beautiful Highland surroundings of past 25+ years in Scotland. unusual mix of art, music, theatre, comedy, Belladrum Estate, near Beauly in Invernessdebate and soul-searching. The programme also shire. The independent festival has built a www.trnsmtfest.com makes space for challenging debate with reputation for its eclectic line-ups, its offbeat activists, writers and thinkers from across the non-musical entertainments and its all-ages political, cultural and religious spectrum. Solas approach. Festival offers a creative and entertaining Isle of Tiree programme for festival-goers of all ages in a www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk 14-16 July safe environment. Glasgow 7-9 July
Tiree Music Festival
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Tiree Music Festival (TMF) was formed in 2010 when Tiree musician Daniel Gillespie (Skerryvore) teamed up with school friend Stewart MacLennan with the radical idea of
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