Glasgow I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 21. I The Christmas Ceilidh 2001 Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 287 551 1. 7.30pm. £22—£2‘). See Thu 13.
Edinburgh
I Yule Nichts Netherbow Arts Centre. High Street. 556 957‘). 8pm. £7 (£5). See Fri 21.
Loch Lomond
I Gartocharn Christmas Bothy Night Millennium Hall. Gartocharn. 7.30—1 lprn. £3.50 (children free). Music. song and dancing featuring Graham Laurie. the Helensburgh Fiddlers and more. Funds raised go to Children's Hospice. Balloch.
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I It’s Ceilidh Time! Magntun Theatre. Harbourside. 01294 278381. 8pm—midnight. £15. The Ray Henderson Scottish Country Band provide the music. with a supper of haggis. tatties and neeps.
Glasgow
I The Christmas Ceilidh 2001 Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 287 551 1. 7.30pm. £22—£29. See Thu 13.
I Sasha And Vlad Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 55.3 0733. 8.30pm. £3. Sasha Krotov (percussion) and Vladimir Skiba (accordion) of Rtissian folk group Balalaika.
Edinburgh
I Cellidhs At The Caley Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 623 8066. 7pm—lam. £6 (£5). See Sun 16.
I Yule Nichts Netherbovv Arts Centre. High Street. 556 9579. 8pm. £7 (£5 ). See Fri 21.
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Edinburgh
I Ceilidhs At The Caley Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 623 8066. 7pm—lam. £6 (£5). See Stm 16.
I Yule Nichts Netherhow Arts Centre. High Street. 556 9579. 8pm. £7 (£5). See Fri 21.
I Christmas Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. George Street. 220 434‘). 8pm—midnight. £8 (£6). Traditional ceilidh dance with live music from Teannaicli.
Friday 28
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Cltib. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30pm. £6. Mitsic from the Darloch Ceilidh Band.
Balloch
I Folk Music and Song Evening Tullichiwan Hotel. Balloch Road. 01396 757561. 9pm. Free. An open-mic folk session. all singers and tnusicians welcome.
Saturday 29 ~
Glasgow
I Kevin Montgomery & The Roadtrippers King Tut‘s with with Hut. 272a St Vincent Street. 221 527‘). 8pm. £10. Americana from a band featuring Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks. Al Perkins and Dean ()wens.
I Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 7.30pm. £6. See Fri 28.
Edinburgh
I Home For Hogmanay Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7.3(lpm. £15. Capercaillie intisicians with Karen Matheson. Vertical Records stableinate James (irant. Jock 'l‘amson‘s Bairns singer Rod Paterson. Poo/ie Mary MacMaster in
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The Night Afore Fiesta In a perverse twist why not get out and party BEFORE the big party? Piping and drumming bands march from Lawnmarket to George Street while a world music stage (including Salsa Celtica. pictured) on Castle Street and a Ceilidh stage at Hanover Street mean there's everything from latin grinding to a strip the willow going on. George Street. Edinburgh, Sun 30 Dec. The Pogues This raggle taggle bunch regroup with the enigmatic Shane McGowan at the helm again for more raucoos folk rock. See preview. SECC. Glasgow. Mon 77 Dec.
Music For New Year’s Day Vocalist Heather MacLeod soothes the sair heids with an afternoon of song and a pedormance by emerging three-piece. Fine Friday. Fruitmarket GaI/ery. Edinburgh. New Year's Day.
the harp-and-vocal trio Shine. some Blazing Fiddles and accordion-with-jokes star. Phil Cunningham.
I Bella McNab’s Dance Band Ceilidh The Hub. Castlehill. Royal Mile. 473 2000. 8pm. £8.5(1(£6.5()l. lidinhurgh-bascd seven-piece fiddle- driven ceilidh dance hand.
I Nearly Neerday Ceilidh Dance St Bride's Centre. ()rwell Terrace. 7.3(lpm. £8 (£4). Tickets 337 5442. Profits to lidinhurgh's Adtilt Learning Project.
I Ceilidhs At The Caley Caledonian Brewery. Slateford Road. 623 8066. 7pm 1am. £6 (£5). See Sun 16.
Paisley
I Ceilidh Dance Paisley Town Hall. Abbey Close. 887 1010. 7 11pm. £7 (£5). A Scottish night to get you in the mood for Hogmanay. featuring the Clanjamfrie Ceilidh Band.
Glasgow
I Winter Kaleidoscope Cafe Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 553 ()7.33. 8.30pm. Violinist Lev Atlas celebrates the end of the year with a selection of Cossachok favourites.
Edinburgh
I A Festive Mardl Gras feat. Blues ’n’ Trouble, Andy Gunn 8: The Glass Hammer and Samba Sene 8. The Diwan The Liquid Rootn. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. 7.30pm. £10/7.50 (£4 after 11pm). Ari eclectic evening ()1. blues. lit/l. boogie and African grooves.
I Cellidhs At The Caley Caledonian
Brewery. Slateford Road. 623 8066. 7pm—1am. £6 (£5). See Sun 16.
I The Night More Fiesta George Street. 473 2000. 7—11pm. Free. Marching hands. live music. street theatre. DJs and more. Piping and drumming hands march from Lawnmarket to George Street; the
Classical
Performances will be listed, provided that details reach our oifices at least eight days before publication. Classical listings compiled by Kelly Apter.
Ceilidh stage at Hanover Street has Blazin‘ Fiddles and a Strip the Willow world record attempt: the World Music Stage at Castle Street has Salsa Celtica. Zuba and 1)] Dolphin Boy: there's an array of street theatre on George Street. and the Assembly Rooms has Latin sounds.
Glasgow
I Hogmanay Ceilidh St Andrew's In The Square. Off Salttnarket. St Andrew's Street. 548 6020. 9pm. £20. Bring in the New Year the traditional way. Includes supper and midnight dram.
I Hogmanay Ceilidh Dance Riverside Club. Fox Street. 248 3144. 9pm—1am. The Colin Garvin Ceilidh Band.
I Hogmanay Ceilidh Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 287 551 l. 9pm—2am. £50—£75. The Gary Blair Ceilidh Band and Clyde 2 DJ Alan Todd.
Edinburgh
I The Wrigley Sisters The Hub. Castlehill. Royal Mile. 473 2000. 3pm. £9 (£7). World class fiddle. guitar and piano from the ()rcadian tvv ins.
I New Year Revels Assembly Rooms. (ieorgc Street. 220 434‘). 9.30pm~3.30am. £30. Bring in the New Year with a selection of bands including Ricky Martin tribute act The Latin Lovers. the Tam \Vhite Iixperience and Big Beat Dis. Plus two ceilidh hands.
I The Proclaimers, Mull Historical Society and The Rezillos Princes Street (iardens. 473 2000. 10pm. £21.50—£26.50. This year's big NYF concert for lidinburgh features a whole host of Scottish acts.
Glenrothes
I Hogmanay Ceilidh Rothes Halls. Rothes Square. 01592 61 1 101. 8.30pm—1ani. £12. Ceilidh band Annasach and local folk rock band Dunragan.
New Year’s Day
Edinburgh
I Music For New Year’s Day Fruitmarket Gallery. Market Street. 225 2383. 1~5pm. Free. Scottish vocalist Heather MacLeod and Friends. followed by emerging three-piece Fine Friday's vibrant flute. fiddle. guitar and occasional vocals
I A Musical Journey Through History And Myth City Art Centre. Market Street. 52‘) 3993. 1.30—5pm. Free with exhibition ticket. New Year's Day music and song inspired by the current exhibition.
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Glasgow
0 Royal Scottish National Orchestra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £1 1-£24.5(). Conductor Christopher Bell is joined by the RSNO Chorus fora night of ‘Christmas Baroque'. featuring four stalwarts of the classical canon: Vivaldi's Gloria. Handel's Water Music. Corelli's (.‘ltt't's'tmas' Concerto and Bach‘s Magnificat.
I Ouarrlers Festival Of Choirs Princes Square. 48 Buchanan Street. 221 0324. 10.30am—8pm. Free with collection. A daily programme of carols and songs from local schools. youth groups. choirs and professional singers. I Open Stage Recital Studio. L'niversity of Strathclyde. 76 Southbrae Drive. 950 3476. 1.15pm. Free. Students from Strathclyde L'niversity's Applied Music course perform their own compositions.
Edinburgh
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra L'sher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.45pm. £6—£20 (£2.50). Nicholas McGegan conducts the orchestra. SCO Chorus and a host of well-known soloists in a seasonal production of Gilbert 8; Sullivan's The Pirates of Pettiattt'e.
I Nicholas Carpenter Queen's Hall. Clerk Street. 668 201‘). 7.45pm. £10—£12(£8—£10).Clarinettist Carpenter won four prestigious awards for his EMI recording of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet. Although that's not on the bill tonight. his talent should shine equally brightly through the works of Schumann. Bartok. Saint—Saens. Brahms and Poulenc.
I Scottish Opera - La Traviata Festival Theatre. 13—2‘) Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. 7.15pm. £5.50—£50. Scottish ()pera presents Verdi's classic opera about two lovers from different sides of the track. The wonderful Claire Rutter stars as the beautiful courtesan Violetta. I Carols On George Street George Street. 473 3800. 5.30—7pm. Free. Traditional a cappella street corner carol singing performed by members of lidinhurgh school choirs.
Glasgow
I Scottish Chamber Orchestra City Hall. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6—£18 (£2.50). See Thu 13.
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