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listings
Dates listed below are for one-off and ticketed shows: see separate section for free residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten da 5 before publication. Folk 8r world listings compiled byNorman Chalmers.
FRIDAY 19
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3l44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 55 l l.
I Kingston Bridge Trio Cltitha Vaults. Stockwell Street. 552 7520. 8.30pm. Free. Acoustic threesome.
Edinburgh
I Christmas Cracker The Guid Crack Cltib. Waverley. upstairs. St Mary's Street. 7.45pm. £2.50. lidinburgli's Storytelling Cltib presents Andy Hunter and Helen Dunbar.
I Christmas Ceilidh Balerno Folk Club. Kestrel Hotel. llarlaw Road. 8pm. £3 (£2). Information 44‘) 50l4. Music by Davy Sturgeon's Scottish Dance Band.
SATURDAY 20
Glasgow
I The Broads Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Cltib. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Information (“698 38525 I. Live bands. I Greenpeace Christmas Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street.
220 4348. 8pm. £7/£5. Music from the ()ccassionals. Mulled wine. mince pies and Christmas fayre.
Livrngston
I Festive Ceilidh llowden Park Centre. 8pm. £7 (£5) (includes light
refreshment). Live band. Tickets from the box office. 0l506 433634.
Glasgow
I Under A Warm Roof Ratiishor'n Theatre. Ingram Street. Big Issue Benefit with Sound .lani noon--4prri. including Naga Mas. (Glasgow's gainelan orchestra). Reggae Folk and jazz from the Ian Copeland Band. The Crazy Ceilidh. 6—midnight. features the Skuobbie Duin Orchestra. the Sergeant White Ceilidh Band. Gut. and many more. All-iii ticket £3 (£l.5()).
Edinburgh
I Songs and Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2—5pin. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
I Never On The Sabbath Bongo Club. New Street. 556 5204. 2--6pni. £l suggested donation. Acoustic live music. board games. croissants. coffee and bargain stalls. You’re invited to 'bi'ing the family. an instrument. or boili'
CHRISTMAS EVE
Glasgow I Hunky Dory Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868 l. 9pm. Free.
BOXING DAY
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 5520588. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 l.
SATURDAY 27
Glasgow
I Michael McBean Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 3.30pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh I Burach Beck's Spiegeltent. l0pin. £6 (£4). See Edinburgh's Hogmanay Guide.
SUNDAY 28
Glasgow I The Blues Poets Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 4pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Songs and Ballads The 'l‘ass. High Street. 2—5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
I Never On The Sabbath Boitgo Club. New Street. 556 5204. 2--6pm. £l suggested donation. Acoustic live music. board games. croissants. coffee and bargain stalls. You're invited to ‘bring the familv. an instrument. or both.'
I Caledon Beck's Spiegeltent. l0an £6 (£4). See Edinburgh's Hogmanay Guide.
MONDAY 29
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh's Hogmanay See Edinburgh‘s Hogmanay Guide.
I Bert lansch With Colin Reid Beck's Spiegeltent. 7.30-9.30pm. £6 (£4). See lidinburgh's Hogmanay Guide.
I The Peatbog Faeries Beck's Spiegeltent. l0pni. £6 (£4). See lidinburgh's Hogiiranay Guide.
TUESDAY 30
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh's Hogmanay Sec Edinburgh‘s Hogmanay Guide.
I Nearly Ne'erday Ceilidh St Brides
Centre. ()r'well ’l‘er'race. Dalry Road.
‘ 8pm. Information 337 5442. Tickets
available from ALP as above and the venue on 346 I405. Music from the Belle Star Ceilidh Band. £6
Glasgow
I Glasgow's Free Hogmanay Party Christmas Tree Stage. George Square. l0pni—l2.45am. All-women percussion
group SheBoom. mad pipers the Gutty ' Slippers. proper pipers the City of
Glasgow Pipes and Drums. and the Elvis Cleaning Company. See separate listings.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868 l. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh's Hogmanay See Edinburgh's Hogmanay Guide
I Cafe GraffitiWinter Palace Hogmanay Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Place Church. bottom of Broughton Street. l0.30pni--3am. £l2 (£ l0). Two floors: Upstairs. the Belle Star Ceilidh Band play from l0.30-midnight. then Salsa Celtica and DJ Gavin, with l.i/./.ard Lounge club sounds downstairs. I The Ugly Bug Ball The Bongo Club. New Street. 556 5204. l0pm-5am. £l0. Fancy/formal dress and varied fare including brilliant Belfast acoustic guitarist Colin Reid. and members of the Peatbog Fairies. Sola. Salsa Celtica and Bogus. Dls and surprise guests.
I Hogmanay Hoot Marco's. Grove Street. 8pm. £l7.5(), A ceilidh band. tbree discos. live band The 'llirantinos. plus a buffet.
I Little Green Monkeys \vhisile Binkies. South Bridge. l0.30pni. Free. Rootsy grooves into the New Year.
NEW YEAR’S DAY
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh's Hogmanay See Edinburgh's Hogmanay Guide.
I Lizzard Lounge Hangover Rescue Party Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Place Church. bottom of Broughton Street. l0.30pm~3am. £5 (£4). Live latin music from Quinteto Coyote arid friends. plus I).l Joseph.
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside (“hits l-os Street. 248 3l44. Doors opeit 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
I Ceilidh Dance The Ferry. Clyde Place. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance front the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 55 l I.
livingston
I Festive Ceilidh llowden Park Centre. 8pm. £7 (£5) (includes light refreshment). Live band. Tickets from the box office. (H.506 433634.
SATURDAY 3
Glasgow
I Linda Jackson Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868l. 3.30pm. Free. I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fos Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
ICeilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. lrifoi'irratroii ()l6‘)8 38525 I. Live bands. I Ceilidh With The Wild Cigarillos Beck‘s Spiegeltent. l0pm. £6 (£4). See lidinburgh's Hogmanay Guide.
Edinburgh
I Songs and Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2--5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
I Never On The Sabbath Bongo Club. New Street. 556 5204. 2—6pin. £l suggested donation. Acoustic live music.
Bert lansch brings down the Beck‘s Spiegel Tent, Edinburgh, Mon 29 Dec
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board games. croissants. coffee and bargain stalls. You're invited to bring the family. an instrument. or both.‘
Glasgow
I The Cochranes Scotia Bar. Stockwell
Street. 552 868 l. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Cabaret Bar. 60The Pleasance. 8pm. £3. £5. £6. 'A folk legend making a long overdue
‘ appearance at the club' is all the organisers
reveal about their 'Mystery Guest’.
f THURSDAY 3
Edinburgh
I I Folk, Fish And Fries Harry
Ramsden‘s. New-haven Fish Market. Newhaven. 55l 5566. 7.30pm. £l2. Monthly songs with a supper includes fiin and chips. tea. coffee and a glass of wine. The music is supplied by a four- piece led by veteran ex-Corrie Paddie Bell.
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