folk&world
listings
Dates listed below are for one-off and ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by date. then by city. Performances will be listed. provided that details reach our offices at least ten da s before publication. Folk & Worl listings compiled by Norman Chalmers.
THURSDAY 22
Glasgow
I Davie Baird and Jill Millar New Dawn Folk Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. 8.30pm. £3-£5. Acoustic folk. and traditional songs with guitar.
FRIDAY 25
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. 9pm. £5. Tickets at the venue or in advance from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 55] I.
Edinburgh
I Club latino Bongo Club. New Street. 558 7604. l0.30pm-3am. £6 (£5). Live music from Groupo de Samba with free dance class from the Salsa Angels for early arrivals. -
SATURDAY 24
Glasgow
I Blackeyed Biddy Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 3pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Edinburgh
I Lizzard Lounge Cafe Graffiti. Mansfield Church. East London Street. l0pm—2am. Tickets £6 (£5). Live salsa from The Cuban Brothers; Miguel Mantovani and Richie Palocco bring rare groove/latin/hip hop/jazz and funk. Plus DJ Harry Lets Go. Information 550 37 l 6.
I Ceilidh Dance Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 449 54I4. Doors open 7pm. £6.
82 THE llST 22 Jul-S Aug 1999
WEDNESDAY 28
ow I Urban Gypsies Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868 I. 9pm. Free.
Edinbtl'gh
I Edinburgh Folk Club Pleasance Theatre Bar. The Pleasance. 650 2349. Closed for holidays.
THURSDAY 29
Glasgow
I Orain New Dawn Folk Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. 8.30pm. £3-£5. Eclectic. folk/roots song and guitar duo. '
' FRIDAY 30
Glasgow
I Fiddle Affair Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Tickets 287 551 I. Information hotline 353 4 I 37. Workshops. sessions. debates. lectures and concerts all day Saturday and Sunday with evening concerts. The opening event. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). features spectacular step dance and fiddle with the new Highland-based Scottish Step Dance Company in an entertaining show. See preview.
Edinburgh
I The List Cuba Night Bongo Club. New Street. 558 7604. IOpm—3am. £6 (£4). Live salsa from the legendary Cuban Brothers. percussive dance grooves from Drumatic and DJ laffar of Arakataca and Cuba Norte. All proceeds go to the National DeafChildren‘s Society.
I Guid Crack Club Waverley Upstairs. St Mary's Street. 7.30pm. £2.50 (donation). Monthly storytelling club with guest taletelier John Fee and yarns about Edinburgh.
Fife
I Alison Kinnaird and Iain Fraser Burgh Halls. Linlithgow. 8pm. £6 (£4). Information and tickets from the Line Gallery. High Street. 0] 506 670268. Leading harpist — on gut and wire strung instruments. with equally excellent fiddler in a concert of traditional Scots music.
SATURDAY 51
Glasgow I Fiddle Affair Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Tickets 287 55I I.
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Information hotline 353 4l37. Workshops. sessions. debates. lectures and concerts all weekend. The evening concert. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). presents Scottish fiddle doyen Alasdair Fraser with accompaniment by acoustic guitar star Tony McManus. See Fri 30. Sun I. and preview.
I The Dagmars Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 3pm. Free.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. Doors open 7.30pm. £5. Live bands.
Fife
I Ewan McVicar Library. Linlithgow. llam. Free. Information from the Line Gallery. High Street. 0I506 670268. Glasgow storyteller and singer.
I Christine KyddIWrigley Sisters Burgh Halls. Linlithgow. 8pm. £6 (£4). Infonnation and tickets from the Line Gallery. High Street. 0l506 670268. Scots song from one of the country's best singers. and astonishing traditional-style fiddle and guitar work from Orkney's youthful musical twins. who also host afternoon workshops.
SUNDAY 1
Glasgow
I Fiddle Affair Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. Tickets 287 551 I. information hotline 353 4 I 37. Workshops. sessions. debates. lectures and concerts all weekend. The evening concert. 8pm. £8 (£6.50). presents Cape Breton‘s folk famin showband. The Barra MacNeils. with support from the female fiddlers in Ireland's Bumblebees. and Scotland‘s Deaf Shepherd - Liz Doheny and Clare McLaughIan. See Fri 30. Sat 3 I. and preview.
I Moscow Nights Cafe Cossachok. I0 King Street. 553 0733. Favourite Russian tunes — dinner from 6.30pm.
Edinburgh
I Carlos Arredondo Cafe Habana. Greenside Place. 3—6pm. Free. Quality music from Edinburgh-based Chilean singer/guitarist. live in a Cuba-themed bar.
THURSDAY 5
Glasgow
I Tony McManus New Dawn Folk Club. Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3 I44. 8.30pm. £3—£5. Songs from one of the country's leading guitar players.
LISA FLEMING
Havana party: The Cuban Brothers hijack the lizzard Lounge on Sat 24 Jul.
The List Cuba Night at the Bongo Club on Fri 30 Jul, and Cellar No. 1 every Tuesday
folk&wor|d
residencies
The following details are for regular free weekl ates: see main listings for one-o or ticketed shows. Gigs are listed by ci . 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.
Thursdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 8pm. Free. Scots/ Irish session.
I lslay lnn Argyle Street. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I O'Neills Queen Street. 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 I7 I5. 9pm. Free. Martin Pottinger and Co. I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
Fridays
I Kelvinpark Lorne Hotel Sauchiehall Street. 334 489i. 8.30pm. Free. Pure Malt and The Kells alternate.
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
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 I715. 9pm. Free. Highland bar with live music.
Saturdays
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
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 I7l5. 9pm. Free. Famous Highlander's bar. Live groups.
Sundays
I Doctor Browns Queen Street. 221 9330. 3pm. Free. The Bloody Sarks play traditional Scottish.
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Live bands.
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 Blues Band Scotia Bar. Stockwell Street. 552 868i. 3.30—5.30pm. Free.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 I715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live banus.
I Clutha Vaults Stockwell Street. 9pm. Free. Session.
Tuesdays
I Dolphin Bar Dumbarton Road. Partick. 9pm. Free. Folkation.
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 I7l5. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I linty McGinty's Ashton Lane. Byres Road. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Molly Malones Hope Street. 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
I Finnegan's Wake 79 St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. lrish theme pub. Live bands.
I Park Bar Argyle Street. near Kelvin Park. 339 I7l5. 9pm. Free. Highland music.