Hit the heights of hurdy-gurdy ecstasy with La Chavannee at Calton Centre.
SATURDAY 31
Glasgow
I Busi Mhlongo Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Ticket Centre box office 287 5511. 8pm.
£9 -£7.50. Wonderful singer. in '/.ulu and anlish. from Natal. South Africa. brings her dynamic band and sings from her latest Urban Zulu album. See Music preview Part of Big Big World ()8.
I Easterhouse Folk Doo Workshops Bishoploch Residents Hall. Auchengill Road. l--3.30pm. £3. Tin whistle. fiddle. guitar and Celtic harp. Information Fasterhouse Arts Project 771 9368. Part of [fairer/muat' I’m/k Don
I Jim Hunter Calvay Action Centre. Calvay Road. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Information Easterhouse Arts Project. 771 9368. Songwriter and guitarist. rooted in a blues-based style. regularly tours liurope from his home in Moidart. Support to be confirmed. Part of [irrilt'r/Iruri't' Fri/k [)(m.
I Jeff 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 Will Jones Tron Folk Cltib. Tron Ceilidh House. Hunter Square. 2260931. 9pm. £4 (£3). Hugely accomplished acoustic guitarist of the 60s English folk- blues ex losion. A great performer.
I Ceili h Africa St Brides Centre. ()iwell Terrace. Dalry Road. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Children £1. Tickets froin ALP. 337 5442. Halloween multi-cultural evening with Chilean singer Carlos Ai'rendondo. Scotland‘s ace accordionist Sandy Brechin and Friends. Iidinburgh‘s Youth (jaitherin' music group. the Scots/Africa Fusion Project and more.
I Rights Office Ceilidh Calton Centre. Montgomery Street. 8pm 1am. Bar and raflle. Information 667 6339. I-‘undraising dance with Halloween music by Roy/one.
I Lizzard Lounge All-Stars (‘at'e Graffiti. Mansfield Church. liast London Street. 9.30pm—2am. Tickets £7 (£6). I)Js Joseph Maliek and lih‘.’ Wunl. Information 550 3716.
I Halloween Ceilidh Ciuid Crack Cltib. Waverley Upstairs. St Mary's Street. l()pm. £2.50. Storytelling club presents songs and tales.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery.
Edinburgh. Fri 30 Oct.
Slateford Road. 449 5414. Doors open 7pm. £6.
Glasgow
I The Songs Of Robert Burns The Ferry. Clyde Place. 8pm. £8.50. lnfortnation and tickets from Real Music. 55.3 I 195. Downtown Music and Linn Records launch number 5 in the Burns Cl) series with a concert by (iordeanna McCulloch. Billy Ross. Cori‘ina Hevv at and Jim Malcolm. with accompaniment by guitarist Malcolm Stilt. fiddler Aitlan ()' Rourke and accordionist Sandy Brechin.
I Burach Bishoploch Residents Hall. Auchengill Road. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). lnforrnation Easterhouse Arts Project 771 9368. Ace accordionist Sandy Brechin leads Edinburgh's full-on folk/rock band. Part of [faster/rouse Folk [)(H).
Edinburgh
I Songs And Ballads The Tass. High Street. 2—5pm. Free. Singing session in the afternoon. instrumental music into the evening.
WEDNESDAY 4
Glasgow
I Weekly Scots Fiddle Workshops Kinning Park Complex. Cornwall Street. Kinning Park. 7.30—9.30pm. £4 (£1.50). See Wed 28.
I Moonshiners Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Rohallion Edinburgh Folk Club. Pleasance Theatre Cabaret Bar. The Pleasance. 8pm. £4 (£3). Singer Jim Malcolm leads his band in an eclectically stylish mix. including his own compositions.
Glasgow
I Mike Silver New Dawn Folk Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. 8.30pm. £3—-£5.
I Vagabonds Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868I. 9pm. Free.
LiVingston
I North Sea Gas Ilowden Park Centre. Livingston. 01506 433634. 8pm. £5 (£3.50). Singalong folk night.
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residencies
The following details are for regular free weekl ates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gigs are listed b city. then by da . Residencies will be isted, provided t at up-to- date details are supplied to us. Folk 8: World Residencies istings are compiled by Norman Chalmers.
Thursdays
I Tolbooth Bar Saltmarket. 8pm. Free. Irish/Scots session.
I O'Neills Kilmarnock Road. Shawlands. 9pm. Free. Irish theme bar. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Martin Pottinger and Co.
Fridays
I Pewter Pot North Woodside Road. Kelvinbridge. 9pm. Free. Live music. I Helen Reeves Bar Lautrec's. Woodlands Terrace. 9pm. Free.
I lock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Queen Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Finnegan’s Wake St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle 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 Session Babbity Bowsters. Blackfriars Street. 4.30pm. Free.
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I lock Tamson's Byres Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill’s Queen Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Finnegan’s Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 I715. 9pm. Free. Famous Highlander's bar. Live groups.
Sundays
I Wintersgills Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. The Average Folk Band.
I Lismore Bar Dumbarton Road. 9pm. Free. Traditional music session.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Victoria Bar Stockwell Street. 552 6040. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Scotia Bar Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free. Song session.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 9pm.
Free Session.
Tuesdays
I Dolphin Bar Dumbarton Roatl. Partick. 9pm. Free. Folkation.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715.9pm. Free. Highland lllllslc session.
I O’Neill's Queen Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live bands.
I Jinty McGinty’s Ashton Lane. Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Camhanach.
I The Shore. Leith. 10pm. Free. A1. It 17.. African/world music.
Wednesdays I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 9pm. Free. Live folk groups.
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At lpm on Monday 26m October
Julian Cope
will be joining us in the Edinburgh Megastare to sign copies at his latest book
“The Modern Antiquarian”,
a user—friendly gazetteer of prehistoric Britain compiled over eight years of Julian’s travels to sites throughout the UK.
125 PRINCES Smear, EDINBURGH
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