Folkworld ; '1
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to Ruth Hedges at ruthGlist.co.uk, by post or by tax on 0131 557 8500. Listings are compiled by Ruth Nedges and Norman Chalmers.
Thursday 5
Glasgow
I Dave Gibb Live at the Star. St Andrew‘s in the Square. off Saltmarket. St Andrew's Street. 548 6020. 8pm. £6 (£4). Danny Award winner. and a distinctive and effective guitar player who sings traditional and contemporary. often funny. song.
I Ceilidh Dance St Andrew‘s in the Square. off Saltmarket. St Andrew‘s Street. 548 6020. 8pm. £6 (£4). A fundraising event for the Strathclyde Lesbian and Gay Switchboard and Glasgow LGBT Centre. Music from Macapella.
Aberdour
I Burach with Sandy Brechin Festival Marquee. Hawkcraig Road. 01383 860045. 8pm. £9. Edinburgh accordion virtuoso‘s band.
Balloch
I Ceilidh Supper Dance Loch Lomond Shores. Bert 1.omond Way. 01389 721500. 7.30pm. £10. Voicebox provide the tttnes and there's a full bar and food available to keep yott going. Free buses to cart yott there from Rhtt and Arrochar.
Glasgow
I The Black Rose Ceilidh Dance Band The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 8pm. £8 (£6).
Glasgow
I Ceilidh Dance The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 8pm. £6-£8. 'I‘raditional tnusic from the Modest Scots.
Aberdour
I Salsa Celtica Festival Marquee. Hawkcraig Road. (11383 860045. 9pm. £12 (£9). Jazz. African. Cuban. Latin and Scottish (bagpipes and fiddle).
Glasgow
I Deseo-Flamenco (‘at‘e Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. King Street. 5530733. 8.30pm. £3 --£5. The trio make a welcome return to Cossachok with a fiery programme of Spanish music. Booking advised.
I The Clachies Bar 185. Buchanan Hotel. Buchanan Street. 332 7284. 5pm. Free. Regular Scottish and Irish traditional music session.
Monday 9
Glasgow
apipil‘lg Hot Festival Glasgow Royal Concert lixhibition Ilall. 10.00am. First year of a new international piping festival for Glasgow. A high profile exhibition. promoting an extensive variety of Pipe Makers. Reed Makers. Traditional Music Suppliers and Live Musicians daily. Also exhibited in this area will be a collection of paintings by the renowned Irish artist JB Valley. An opportunity to see new products. test and try. listen to folk/world tunes from all over the world. More information wwwpipingfestival.co.uk
34 THE LIST 5—12 Aug 2004
OPiping Hot Festival Opening Concert Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7pm. £14 (£12). The National Youth Pipe Band stage a high energy performance to celebrate the start of Piping Hot Festival. Special guests. Fred Morrison & Jamie McMenemy and the Kathryn Tickell Band.
GPipe Bands in George Square George Square. 1 lam—1pm. Free. Sample the sights and sounds of the world‘s most famous pipe bands. including the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. the Scots Guards and the Black Watch. Part oft/2e Piping Hui I'eslit'ul. See Mon 9.
GPtarmigan The Pipers' Tryst Street Cafe. The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. I2.30-—3.30pm. Al fresco dining. drinking and live music celebrating the Piping Hui festival. See Mon 9.
OWillie McCallum Recital The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 1-—2pm. £8 (£6). Six-time Glenfiddich Piping Champion in concert. Par! oft/1e Piping [In] Festival. See Mon 9.
Olnternational Showcase George Square. 1—2.30pm. A showcase of international piping featuring a number of Scotland and Europe's fittest pipers and contemimrary Celtic bands. Purl of the Piping [Int l'eslit‘rtl. See Mon 9. GPipedown The Pipers' Tryst Street Cafe. The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 6.30-9.30pm. Celebrate the Piping HUI Festival with award-winning Edinburgh- based band Pipedown and al fresco dining.
OPipe Idol The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. Compete to become Pipe Idol 200-1. ()1) the glamour! This competition is open to contestants of all ages with full proceeds going to the Scottish charity (‘ris/i/in' Kids. £500 prize. Purl oft/1e Piping IIoI I‘esliml. See Mon 9.
Stirling
I Stirling Folk Club Best Bar None. Upper Craigs. ()1786 471951. 8—1 1pm. Weekly performance of traditional and contemporary music and song with a changing line—up of guests.
Tuesday 1 0
Glasgow
GCeltic Piping Night Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7pm. £16 (£14). Piping
Cristina Pato performslas part of Pipin
Piping Hot The cream of Europe’s piping world — including Scotland's young Finlay MacDonald Band. and Fred Morrison with Jamie McMenemy, the Kathryn Tickell Band from Northumberland and Frenchmen Patrick Molard and Alan Genty play the Celtic concert at the important new festival of bagpipes and their art. Various venues, Glasgow. Mon 9—Sun 15 Aug.
Colcannon is one of Australia’s most popular ‘Celtic‘ bands. mixing in jigs and reels with contemporary country- tinged self-penned songs. fronted by Glasgow's own John Munro of the Eric Bogle Band. and female vocalist Kat Kraus. Live at the Star, Glasgow, Thu 72 Aug.
extravaganza featuring some of liurope‘s finest piping talent. including the Finlay MacDonald Band. the Kathryn Tickell Band. Fred Morrison Jamie McMencmy. Cristina Pato. Patrick Molard. Alan Genty. Robbie llannon. Jozsef Kozak. and the SeottishPower Pipe Band. Part of the Piping Hut I'estit'ul. See Mon 9. QPipe Bands in George Square George Square. 1 lam—1pm. Free. See Mon 9.
OBreabach The Pipers’ Tryst Street Cafe. The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1.
12.30-- 1 .30pm. Al fresco dining. drinking and music celebrating the Piping Hr)!
9 Hot at the Celtic-Piping Night, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, Tue 10 Aug
I'esiivul See Mon 9.
OBruce Gandy Recital The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 5511. 1- 2pm. £8 (£6). ()ne of Canada's top piping competitors performs some of his own compositions. 0 International Showcase George Square. 1~2.30pm. See Mon 9. OSimon McKerrell and Tom Richardson The Pipers‘ Tryst Street Cafe. the Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l. 6.30-9._‘t()pm. A1 fresco dining. drinking and music celebrating the Piping HUI I'eslit'ul See Mon 9.
OPipe Idol The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. Times vary. See Mon 9.
Wednesday 1 1
Glasgow
OThe Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 7.30 pm £17.50 plus 50p booking fee. The well known annual piping concert presented by the Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band this year features the Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band with special guests the Whitburn Band and the Porridge Men. Commonly referred to as the ‘World's Concert’. this annual event now in its tenth year is a regular feature in the build up to the World Pipe Band Championship.
QPipe Bands in George Square George Square. 1 lam -1pm. Free. See Mon 9.
0 Ptarmigan The Pipers' Tryst Street Cafe. The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 l.
1230— 3.30pm. See Mon 9.
GChris Armstrong Recital The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. l ~2pm. £8 (£6). Watch the steam rise from the fingers of this young piping virtuoso. Purl ()fI/Ie Piping Hui I'eslit'ul. See Mon 9.
0 International Showcase George Square. 1~—2.30pm. See Mon 9. GPipedown The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 6.3()--9.3()pm. See Mon 9.
GCeilidh Dance St Andrew’s in the Square. off Saltmarket. St Andrew‘s Street. 548 6020. 8pm. £6. Music from the Fraser McLellan Band.
08inging Session (‘al‘e Source. St Andrews in the Square. St Andrews Square. off Saltmarket. 548 6020. 8.30pm. Free. Singers and listeners. OPipe Idol The Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. Times vary. See Mon 9.
Alexandria
I Lomond Folk Club The Highlander. Smollet Place. 01389 757561. 8.30 11pm. Free. All musicians. singers and visitors are welcome.
Dunfermline
I Jim King 1)unfermline Folk Club. Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8pm. Free. The official Fife launch of Jim's new album B/rmrl Red Roses.
Linlithgow
I Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace. Kirkgate. 01506 842896. 7.307 10pm. £5 (£4). Scottish dance evenings with live bands. instruction and refreshments all in the unique setting of the Palace Courtyard.
Stirling
I Ceilidh Club Tolbootlt. Jail Wynd. ()1786 274000. 7.30pm. to (faintly £15). A series of summer ceilidh Dances featuring Scottish bands.
Glasgow
0Colcannon St Andrew‘s in the Sqttare. off Saltmarket. St Andrew‘s Street. 548 6020. 8pm. £7 (£5).