FOLK & WORLD MUSIC
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I Caledonian Ceilidh Band St Bride’s Centre. Orwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 8pm. £5 (£3). Hot food. Snacks. Presented by Dalry Shandon Labour Party. Tickets at the door or in advance from 539 9754.
I Venture Scotland Ceilidh Walpole Hall. Chester Street. 7.30pm. £4. Music from The Gathering.
I Sate Ceilidh St Andrew‘s Halls. Cathedral Lane. 7pm. Live Band. Dance in aid of World AIDS Day.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 8pm—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I Shake the Shack Scruffy Murphy's. George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Sessions Auld Alliance Bar. Downstairs Bar and Main Bar. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. From 12.30pm. Free. Last day of the Tron Tavern Festival of Folk
I Shaky Nail Scruffy Murphy's. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
Glasgow
I The Fureys Motherwell Concert Hall. Civic Centre. Mothenvell. 0698 267515. 8pm. £8.50. £7.50. (£7). At one time they lived in this country. but now visit rarely. Finbar Furey is an erratic genius on the uillean pipes. and the band blends instrumental and vocal skills with a high quota of Irish ‘craic'. sentimental ballads and entertaimnent.
I Ceilidh Dance Class Christmas Party Riverside Club. Fox Street. off Clyde Street. 248 3144. 7—10pm. £5. Bar. Special guests tonight are accordionist Freeland Barbour‘s Occasionals.
Edinburgh
I Celtic Dance St Ann‘s Centre. Cowgate. 7.30pm. Irish and Breton dance group. Information 7167 8744. Last meeting until Jan 17.
Glasgow
I Little Green Monkeys Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Andy Irvine Edinburgh Folk Club. Cafe Royal Upstairs. West Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £4 (£3). One of the great original stylists from the Irish folk music revival of the 60‘s and 70‘s; a song interpreter and writer. notable string instrumentalist and one of the first to become involved with the Eastern European tradition.
I Scots Dance Workshop/Ceilidh Merlin. Morningside Road. Organised by the Adult Learning Project. Music and dance instruction from Dave Francis and Mairi Campbell.
Last in the series of fortnightly workshop on simple. older Scots dances. 7—9pm. £4 (£2) includes later ceilidh dance. Dance only. 9—1 1pm. £3 (£1).
THURSDAY 8
Glasgow
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4. Veteran Irish singer/mandolin/bouzouki expert and founder member of Planxty. Andy Irvine. See Edinburgh, Wed 7.
Edinburgh
I Slip Jig Scruffy Murphy‘s. George W Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
FRIDAY 9
Glasgow
I Weekly Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 10pm. £6 (£4). Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street.
248 3144. £5. Doors open 8pm.
Edinburgh
I Norloch Marco's Leisure Centre. Grove Street. Bar. 8pm. £3.50 (£3). Ceilidh Dance every week.
I Woodside llow Scruffy Murphy’s. George [V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
SATURDAY 10
Glas ow
I Ceili h‘Dance Riverside. Fox Street. offClyde Street. 248 3144. Doors open 8pm. music at 9pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Tron Folk Club Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 8.30pm. £3. Favourite club singer from the West of Scotland. Ian Bruce.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. Spin—midnight. £4.50. Bar. Food. Weekly dance to live bands. Tickets in advance from Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550.
I Hair of the Dog Scruffy Murphy’s. f George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
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Edinburgh
I Bhiannon’s Dream Scruffy Murphy’s. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
W Edinburgh
I Townes Van Zandt Assembly Rooms. George Street. 8.30pm. £8.50 (£7.50). Tickets from the Assembly Rooms Box Office and The Music Shop, West Bow. Grassmarket. Credit cards 220 4349. Open House Music presents a rare appearance of the legendary country and country blues songwriter/guitarist from Texas.
WEDNESDAY 14
Glasgow
I Estohan Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free. Blues.
Edinburgh
{ I Karen Tweed and Ian Carr Edinburgh
‘ Folk Club. Cafe Royal Upstairs. West
Register Street. 557 4792. 8pm. £4 (£3). Tremendous technique. imaginative. unsltowy, unpretentious and tasteful. Go along and hear quality contemporary traditional music on accordion and guitar.
THURSDAY 15
Glasgow
I New Dawn Folk Club Glasgow Press Club. 94 West Regent Street. 332 1674. 8pm. £4 (£3). Popular singer/songwriter Ian Bruce.
Edinburgh
I Malklt Assembly Rooms. George Street. 8pm. £8.50 (£6). Tickets from Assembly Box Office and King's Theatre Box Office. Credit cards 220 4349. Heartbeat World Music in conjunction with Edinburgh District Council‘s Assembly Rooms present the Punjabi Bhangra superstar and his band. plus VlP‘s Roadshow. with Scotland's top Asian D].
I Finnegan‘s Awake Scruffy Murphy's. George 1V Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free.
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0 Danny K le’s "0 en Stage” 0 The Doonan Family and 0 ollstone (unplugged)
Theakston Best Bitter 0 Theakston X8 0 Theakston Traditional Mild 0 Theakston Old Peculiar 0 Theakston Masham Ale 0 McEwan’s 70/- 0 McEwan’s 80/ -
. McEwan’s 90/- 0 Bulmers Traditional Draught Cider ;
0 Youngers No.3 0 Gillespies 0 and many more ;
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