fo|k&world
residencies
The followin details are for regular free weekl (l’ates: see main listings for one-o 0r 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 8r World Residencies listings 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. 248 498‘). 9pm. Free. lt'islt theme pttb. Live bands.
I Park Bar Arger 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 Latttt'ec's. Woodlands Terrace. 9pm. Free.
I lock Tamson's Byt'es Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O'Neill's Queen Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pttb witlt live music.
I Finnegan's Wake St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish tltetne pttb. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. llighlattd bar with live music.
I Molly Malone's Hope Street. 8pm. Free. Irish theme pttb. Live music.
Saturdays
I Session Babbity Bowstet's. Blackfriars Street. 4.30pm. Free.
I Tolbooth Saltmat'ket. 8.30pm. Free. Live singers.
I lock Tamson’s Bytes Road. 8pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I O’Neill's Queen Street. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pttb with live music.
I Finnegan’s Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pttb. Live battds.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvitt Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Famous Highlander bar. Live groups.
Sundays I Wintersgills Great Western Road. 9pm. Free. The Average Folk Battd.
I Lismore Bar I)tttttbai'tott Road. 9pm. Free. Traditional music session.
I Finnegan's Wake 7‘) 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. 552 868 I. 3.30 5.30pm. Free.
I Park Bar Arger Street. near Kelvin Park. 33‘) 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland tttttstc.
I Traditional Session The TLISS. High
I Shore Music The Shore Bar. Leith.
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 Road. Partick. 9pm. Free. Folkation.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 33‘) 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I O'Neill's Queen Street. 8.30pm. Free. Live battds.
I linty McGinty's Ashton Lane. Byres Road. 9pm. Free. Camltanach.
Wednesdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 9pm. Free. Live folk groups.
I lock Tamson's Bytes Road. 9pm. Free. Live Celtic bands.
I Finnegan’s Wake 7‘) St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pttb. Live bands.
I Park Bar Arger Street. near Kelvitt Park. 339 1715. 9pm. Free. l‘il'iSkil)’ I.i1t.
‘ EDINBURGH
Thursdays
I Antiquary Bar St Stephen‘s Street. Stockbridge. 9pm. Free. Open folk session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I O’Neill's Sotitlt Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme ttb. Live bands.
I Tron Cei idh House Hunter Square. High Street. 2260931. 9pm. Free. Informal session.
I Finnegan’s Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Fridays
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
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 Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I Thistle Hotel Manor Place. 225 6144. 9pm-midnight. Free. Live Scottish music.
Saturdays
I Wally Allan Lobby Bar. Sheraton Hotel. Lothian Road. 8pm. Free. Acoustic folk/eountt‘y/blues.
225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
Street. 556 6338. 8pm. Free.
I The Hebrides Market Street. 220 4213. 9pm. Free.
Live music.
Calluna: new member Wendy Weatherby brings her cello as well as her celebrated voc
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. 2260931. 3pm. Free. Instrumental folk session.
I O’Neill's South Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Biddy Milligan's Grassmarket. 220 1246. 9 nt. Free. Live music.
I Scru Murphy’s George IV Bridge. 225 1681. 9pm. Free. Live Irish music. I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pttb with live music.
I Whistle Binkies Niddry Street. 557
51 I4. 10.30pm—late. Free. Live roots/folk bands.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live folk singers.
I West End Hotel Palmerston Place. 225 3656. 9pm. Free. Accordion music in the bar.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 9pm till late. Free. Informal session.
Sundays
I Traditional Session The Tass. High Street. 5566338. 8pm. Free.
I Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign Ewart. Lawnmarket. top of High Street. 225 7440. 9—1 lptn. Free. Accordionist in an open session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 275 I. Afternoon from Ipm. Free. Session in the famous folk pub.
I Finnegan 5 Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub witlt live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street. 557 2976. 3pm. Free. Attdy Chung; 10pm—late. lnfomtal music upstairs and downstairs.
Mondays
I Session Sandy Bell's. Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pttb with live music.
I Fiddler's Arms Grassmarket. 229 2665. 9pm. Free. Instrumental session. I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 2260931. 9pm. Free. Session.
Tuesdays
I O'Neill’s Sotttlt Bridge. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live battds.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm- 2am. Free. Irish theme pttb with live music.
I Green Tree Cowgate. 225 1294. 9pm. Free. Instrumental. mainly Irish.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. High Street. 2260931. Informal live acoustic session most nights.
Wednesdays I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road. 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free.
I The Shore Bar The Shore. Leith. 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Tron Ceilidh House Hunter Square. Hiin Street. 2260931. Informal live acoustic music tttost nights.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9pm—~2am. Free. Irisli theme pub with live music.
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classical &
opera
listings
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Classical 8: Opera listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 5
Glasgow
I Csardas - By George! Merchants‘ House. 7 West George Street. 639 3176. 12.45pm. £4 (£l—£3.50). Mezzo-soprano Sheila Osborne and pianist Stephen Adatn are joined by a guest baritone itt this celebration of the work of George Gershwin. Expect all the hits. including .S'mnmertinte. / Got Rhythm and Rhapsody In Blue.
I RSAMD Academy Brass University ofGIasgow Chapel. University Avenue. 330 4092. 1.10pm. Free. Conductor Bryan Allen takes you on a tour of brass through the ages. from 16th century Venice to present day classical and jazz. I Concert Recital Studio. Jordanhill Campus. University of Strathclyde. 950 3476. 1.15—2pm. Free. Featuring students of Strathclyde University‘s BA Applied Music degree.
I Masterclass RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2pm. Free. Douglas Boyd directs this oboe masterclass.
I Musica Electronica Hunter Hall West. University Avenue. 330 4092. 4pm. A series of short recitals aiming to explore developments in the field of electro-acoustic music.
I Call That Singing! City Hall. Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. Join the ‘biggest chorus in town' for the sing-a- long event of the year - sheet music provided.
I Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concett Hall. 2 Sattchiehall Street. 287 5511. 7.30pm. Mario Venzago conducts guest violinist Kyoko Takezawa and the orchestra itt Brahms‘ Violin Concerto iii a programme which also features Weber's Overture: Der [Waive/tut; Prokofiev‘s Lieutenant K i/e Suite and Ravel's 1.1! l’ulxe.
Edinburgh
I New Zealand, New Music Reid Concett Hall. Edinburgh University. Bristo Square. 650 2423. 1.10pm. Free. The second of four concerts organised by Edinburin Contemporary Arts Trust. celebrating the music of New Zealand arid the founding of the city of Dunedin by Scottish settlers itt 1848. This afternoon‘s programme features Margaret Lion on piano.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 667 7776. 7.45pm. £5 -£l8 (£2—£9). Sir Peter Maxwell Davies conducts the orchestra in the world pretniere of his new commission. Sen [:‘legv. plus his earlier Spell For Green ('orn — T/lt‘ MacDonald Dances~ and the dramatic Jacobite Rising.
FRIDAY 4
Glasgow
I Cristina Ortiz RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. Ipttt. £3.50 (£2.50). The pianist performs pieces by Chopin. as well as husband and wife Clara and Robert Schumann.
I Masterclass RSAMI). 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 2.30pm. Free. Cristina ()rtiz directs a piano masterclass.
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 287 5511. 7.30pm. See Thu 3.
I Simon Smith 8: Sophia Rahman Kilmardinny Arts Centre. Bearsden. 931 5083. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Violinist Smith and pianist Rahman present a selection of sonatas by Bach. Strauss attd Mozart. as well as Britten's Suite 0/). 6. Presented by Kiltuardittny Music Circle.
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