I Robert Fish Band Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. 8pm. £8 (£5). Ceilidh dance.
SATURDAY 29
Glasgow
I June Tabor Cottier Theatre. Hyndland Street. 8pm. £1 I. Tickets also frorn the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Beautiful. dark-voiced drama from England‘s queen of song. plus her usual impeccable accompanists on piano. viola and accordion.
I Dream Harder Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Youth Hostel Ceilidh St Bride's Centre. ()rwell Terrace. 8pm. Tickets and information ()1506 852062. Music from the Belle Star Band.
I Arun Tron Folk Club. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 220 1550. 9pm. £3.50. Irish fiddler (and sometimes Boy of the Lough) Tim O‘Leary leads his new band. including Aaron Jones on bass and bouzouki. flute player Claire Mann. and Leo McCann on button box.
Dunfermltne
I Black Rose Ceilidh Band Glen Pavilion. 8pm. £5 (£4). Tickets from Carnegie Hall box office ()1383 314127.
Glasgow I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Open House Canon's (iait. Canongate. 556 4481. 9pm. Free. Folk song and instrumental music in an informal session.
MONDAY 1
Glasgow
I Northbeat Ceilidh and Old Time Dance Club Pipitig Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 353 0220. 7.30—10pm. £3.50. Accordionist Freeland Barbour and caller Karen Ingram.
Edinburgh
I Javanese Gamelan Sessions Music Suite. Chessel's Land. Moray House. 6.45—9pm. Information Neil Houston. 558 6007.
TUESDAY 2
Glasgow
I Northbeat Ceilidh Dance Classes for Beginners Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30—10pm. £3.50. Accordionists are either Freeland Barbour or Alasdair MacCuish. with caller Karen Ingram.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Songwriters' Showcase Tron Ceilidh House Cellar Bar. 8.30pm. £l (performers free). Enquiries 661 5275.
John Renbourn and Jaqui McShee hit Cottier Theatre. Glasgow on Fri 28
WEDNESDAY 3
Glasgow
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Kinning Park Complex (formerly Govan Parish School). Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50). Information 779 9047. Glasgow Fiddle Workshop organises four levels of tuition including beginners and advanced. Also Step Dance Workshop with Jenny Dunbar. 6pm. £2 (£1).
I Live Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Catriona MacDonald And Ian Lowthian Edinburgh Folk Club. Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60 The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Youthful experts on fiddle and accordion. traditional musicians with a classical pedigree.
THURSDAY 4
Glasgow
I Singers’ Night New Dawn Folk Club. Glasgow Press Club. West Regent Street. 400 1033. 8.30pm. £3—£5.
folk&world
residencies
The following details are for regular free weekl dates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by cit , then by day. Residencies wil be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk 8. World Residencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
Fridays
I Strayaways Jury's Hotel. Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. Acoustic traditional music.
I Jock Tamson’s Byrcs Road. spin. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music. I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Scottish and Irish session.
I Park Bar Arger Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland bar with live music.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live music.
Saturdays
I Tolbooth Saltttiarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I Jock Tamson's Bytes Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Sauchiehall Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
. I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent
Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Songs and accordion in Highlander‘s watering hole.
Sundays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 9pm. Free.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street/Bridgegate. 552 6040. 8.30pm. Free. Session.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Jinty McGinty's Ashton Lane. 339 0747. 3—6pm. Free. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Fin McChuill.
Tuesdays
I Park Bar Arger Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live tnusic.
Wednesdays
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. rtear Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Session.
Thursdays
I Finnegan’s Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Accordionist.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Humpff Family live.
Fridays
I O'Neill’s South Bridge. 10pm. Free. Live Irish-themed music.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm~2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Alan Hunter and Friends Waterloo Buffet. Waterloo Place. 556 7597. 9pm. Free.
I Wally Allen Fnsign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9 tn. Free.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I Live Bands Thistle Hotel. Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm—midnight. Free.
Saturdays I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 8pm. Free.
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