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 city, then by day. Residencies wil be listed, provided that up-to-date details are supplied to us. Folk & World Residencies listings are compiled by Norman Chalmers and Louisa Pearson
Thursdays
I Tolbooth Saltmarket. 8pm. Free. Scots/Irish session.
I lslay Inn 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 1715. 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 4891. 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 1715. 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 1715. 9pm. Free. Famous Highlander’s bar. Live groups.
Sundays
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 8681. 3.30—5.30pm. Free. I Park Bar Argyle Street, near Kelvin Park, 339 1715. 9pm. Free. Informal Highland music.
Mondays
I Molly Malones Hope Street, 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
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 1715. 9pm. Free. Highland music session.
I .Iinty McGinty's Ashton Lane, Byres Road. 9pm. Free.
Wednesdays
I Singing Session Fox and Hounds, Brunswick Street, Trongate. Every second week. Information from 848 0415.
I Fiddle Session Old Toll Bar, Paisley Road West, 429 3135. 9.30pm. Free. Fiddle workshop session. Accompanying instruments very welcome.
I Molly Malones Hope Street, 332 2757. 9pm. Free. Irish theme pub. Live bands.
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fringe events.
pub sessions. workshops.
exhibitions. early evening concerts. main evening concerts .... .. and much. much. more. this festival has something for everyone!
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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. Highland music.
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 Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
Fridays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional song and music.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket. 9pm. Free. Pipedown play classy stuff on
bag ipes, mandolin and guitar.
I T e Hebrides Market Street, 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live 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 Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Shore Music The Shore Bar, Shore, Leith, 225 2751. 9pm. Free. Folk instrumental music.
I The Hebrides Market Street, 220 4213. 9pm. Free. Live music.
I Ensign Ewart Lawnmarket, top of High Street, 225 7440. 9pm. Free. Live music.
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 Sandy Brechin and Friends Ensign
Ewart, Lawnmarket, top of High Street,
225 7440. 9—11pm. Free. Accordionist’s als.
pI Sandy Bell's Forrest Road, 225 2751.
Afternoon from 1pm. Free. Session in
the famous folk pub.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226
3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub
with live music.
I Royal Oak Infirmary Street, 557
2976. 3pm. Free. Andy Chung;
10pm—Iate. Informal music upstairs and
downstairs.
Mondays
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm-2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Tuesdays
I Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
I Session Sandy Bell’s, Forrest Road, 225 2751. 9pm. Free.
I Finnegan's Wake Victoria Street, 226 3816. 9pm—2am. Free. Irish theme pub with live music.
Wednesdays
I The Shore Bar The Shore, Leith, 553 5080. 9pm. Free. Session.
I Harbour Inn Fishmarket Square, Newhaven. 8.30pm. Free. Acoustic folk, Irish and Scottish session.
I Sandy Bell's Forrest Road, 225 2751. 9pm. Session. Free. Singer/guitarist George Duff and fiddler/singer Adam Jack host an evening.
Castle Arms Johnston Terrace. 9pm. Free. Scottish traditional music.
classical &
opera
listings
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least eight days before publication. Classical listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
THURSDAY 8 Glasgow
I Trio Serenata Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 616 6410. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). The first of the House’s summer evening concert series finds this trio performing ‘Twa Robbies’, a programme dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera - Salome Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£45.50 (£7.50—£42.50). European director of renown Andre Engel is at the helm for Scottish Opera’s production of Richard Strauss’s biblical re-telling. Soprano Helen Field (last seen in Ines de Castro) plays the eponymous seductress and Richard Armstrong is at the baton. Sung in German with supertitles.
I Lunchtime Organ Music St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 225 9442. 1.10pm. Free. Organist John Harris performs works by Bach, Franck, Finzi and Pceters among others.
Paisley
I Schumann's House Party Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 887 1010. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Robin and Kim Colvill recreate an imaginary night in the Schumann household featuring music by Brahms, Chopin and Liszt as well as narration explaining the relationships between the Sehumanns and these composers.
FRIDAY 9
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera - Macbeth Festival Theatre, 13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£45.50 (£7.50—£42.50). First performed at the 1999 Edinburgh International Festival, this acclaimed production of Verdi’s Shakespearean adaptation comes from the directorial hand of Luc Bondy. Richard Zeller and Kathleen Broderick return to the lead roles, and conductor Richard Armstrong is at the baton. Sung in Italian with supertitles.
SATURDAY 10
Glasgow
I Dunbartonshire Wind Ensemble Museum OfTransport, Kelvin Ilall, 1 Burnhouse Road, 287 2720. 1—2.30pm. Free. Kevin Price conducts the young musicians in a mix of film themes and popular classics. Part of the West End Festival.
I Glasgow Wind Band Art Gallery & Museum, Kelvingrove, Argyle Street, 287 2699. 3—4.30pm. Free. Conductor Kevin Price hot foots it over from the Museum of Transport for this free concert featuring ‘The Sounds of Hollywood and Broadway’. Part of the West End Festival.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Opera - Salome Festival Theatre, 13-29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.15pm. £9.50—£45.50 (£7.50—£42.50). See Thu 8.
I The Chapterhouse Singers St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Palmerston Place, 337 6193. 7.30pm. £5. The vocal ensemble perform Handel’s Ode on St Cecilia ’3 Day and Pergolesi’s Magnificat.
SUNDAY 11 Glasgow
I BBC Concert Orchestra - Sunday Summer Gala Royal Concert Hall, 2