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I The International Piping Concert Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £17.50 (£10). Pipers from around the world get the chance to show off their skills. with performances from Robbie Hannan. Paddy Glackin. Breabach and Ecletnica Pagus. Part of Piping Live.’
I The Red Hot Chilli Pipers The Old Fruitmarket. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £16 (£12.50). Comprising three pipers and a rock band this pipe band with a modern spin won Graham Norton's When Will I be Fainous. Part of Piping Live.’
I Piping Live! Festival Club The National Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 551 1. 10pm. £7. See Thu 14.
Innenenhen
I lnnerleithen Music Festival Various Venues. 01721 729949. Weekend folk/roots festival in the Border Hills.
Glasgow
I RSPBA World Pipe Band Championships Glasgow Green. Greendyke Street. ()871 200 3940. 9am. £7-£9 (£4—£6; famin ticket £16-£19). Pre-eminent bands from Scotland. Canada. the US. Australia. New Zealand and the rest of the world travel to Scotland to compete in the big one. The Highland Games Heavy Events Championships are also taking place. Part of Piping Live!
I The After-World’s Shindlg The National Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 5511. 8.30pm. £16 (£12). Keep on partying to the best in Scottish and world music after the big event in a ceilidh with dancing and performances from Deaf Shepherd. Beolach. Skerryvore. Ireland's Vallely Brothers and guests. Part of Piping Live.’
Bathgate
I Bathgate Bluegrass Bonanza Regal Community Theatre. North Bridge Street. 01506 433 634. Tickets £12 (£10) includes all events. Bluegrass workshops. 1.30pm to 4pm: learn how to play and sing in a Bluegrass band. All aspects of Bluegrass performance covered — bring along your instruments or just come and listen. Bluegrass concert. 8pm. with Craig Duncan & Friends. the Bluegrass Superstars from Nashville USA. and support from Goldrush and Redwing. Craig Duncan is a member of the American Fiddler's Hall of Fame. lead singer Billy Smith has performed with Bill Monroe. Earl Scruggs. Lester Flatt and Jimmy Martin. and Mark Barnett is a breathtaking banjo player.
Innenehhen I lnnerleithen Music Festival Various Venues. ()1721 729949. See Fri 15.
IrVIne
I Eddi Reader Magnum Theatre. Harbourside. 01294 313010. 7.30pm. £17.50. Popular songstress with her line vocals in a pop/folk idiom. Part of Man-mass Music Festival.
Stirling
I The Dark Roller - A Celebration of the Roots of American Music Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 3pm. Prices vary. A full day celebrating North American traditions. with workshops. film screenings. a matinee performance from Special Ed & The Shortbus from Virginia and an evening performance from Kansas City‘s celebrated Wilders.
Glasgow
I Masters Invitational Solo Piping Competition The National Piping Centre. McPhater Street. Cowcaddens. 287 5511. 10.30am. £8 (£6). Eight of the world’s most successful competitive solo pipers battle it out. The top pipers are Alasdair Gillies. Angus MacColl. Chris
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' (£10). Kansas City hillbilly live-wires.
Armstrong. lain Speirs. Jack Lee. Jori Chisholm. Stuart Liddell and Willie McCallum. Part of Piping Live.’
I Power of The Accordion Cafe’ Cossachok. Russian Cultural Centre. Albion Street. 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Cossachok favourite Georgie Gajjic presents an eclectic repertoire of classical l
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Various Venues. 01721 729949. See Fri 15.
IrVIne
I The Wilders. Special Ed and The Shortbus Magnum Theatre. Harbourside. 01294 278381. 7.30pm. £12
The Wilders. will be joined by Virginia hoedowners Special Ed and The Shortbus.
Melrose
I The McCalmans Wynd Theatre. Buccleuch Street. 01896 820028. 8pm. £12 (£10). The original members of the McCalmans met at Edinburgh Art School over 40 years ago and have been touring and recording ever since. with three-part vocal harmonies and much humour.
Glasgow
I Yaman Tchai Ovna. Otago Lane. 357 4524. 8pm. £2. Indian classical sitar and flute.
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FREE Lomond Folk Club: Open Session The Dog House Lounge. Main Street. 01389 6073(X). 8pm. An informal evening of live traditional and folk music. All musicians. singers and listeners welcome.
Stirling I The McCalmans Stirling Folk Club. 1 Stirling County Rugby Football Club.
Bridgehaugh Park. Causewayhead Road. 01259 218521. 8pm. See Sun 17. l
Isle of Mull ; I Blazin’ Fiddles Aros Hall. Main 1 Street. Tobermory. ()1688 302415. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Famous acoustic fiddle-fronted band play all the fiddle styles of Scotland in various line-ups and
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Cult of Luna
Glasgow
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Stirling
FREE Highland Dancing and Pipe Band Display Stirling Castle Esplanade. 01786 274000. 7.15—8.15pm. An hour‘s performance of Highland dancing and pipe band Music each Tuesday during
I Michael Simons Tchai Ovna. Deanston Drive. 649 7258. 8pm. £2. Glasgow-based guitarist plays folk/blues.
Dunfermline
I Rachel and Lillias Thistle Tavern. Baldridgeburn. 01383 729673. 8pm. £6. Talented and imaginative young duo Rachel Newton (small harp and Gaelic song). with Lillias Kinsman-Blake (flute). are releasing a first album.
I Sinsheen St Andrew‘s in the Square. St Andrew‘s Square. 559 5902. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Powerful songs. old and newly minted. from Christine Kydd and Barbara Dymock. with arresting harmony vocals. guitar and bodhran.
Classical
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FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. Mon—Fri 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists.
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Band RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Works by Walton. Whitacre. Ellerby. Sparke.
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Drover. Henry V111. Mangione and Manillow for this group‘s first time at the festival. Conducted by John Grant and with percussionist Emma Grace. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
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FREE Kelvingrove Sunday Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. Argyle Street. 276 9599. 3pm—3.45pm. Sunday promenade concerts with different organists.
I RSAMD Junior Academy Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Tchaikovsky's Capriccio ltalien. Strauss' Horn Concerto I in El) and Khachaturian's Dances from Ga'vaneh. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
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I Lavi Youth Wind Band RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). A selection of popular tunes that includes Williams‘ Harry Potter. Ronald Binge‘s Alto saxophone Concerto and highlights from Fiddler on the Roof and Hello Dolly. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
Glasgow Camerata Scotland City Halls. Candleriggs. 353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Christopher Adey conducts a selection of works by Moeran (Sinfonietta). Delius (On Hearing the First Cuckoo in the Spring and Summer Night on the River) and Mussorgsky‘s Pictures at an Exhibition in a new transcription by British composer Alan Gout.
I Kelvin Ensemble RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Gordon Bragg conducts Mozart's Magic Flute Overture. Sibelius' Peleas et Melisande Suite and :1 Beethoven Symphony. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
Glasgow I North Ayrshire Camerata and Senior Schools’ Choir, with Oarnock Academy Jazz Band RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). This large line- up offer a similarly large repertoire: from early baroque to popular classics and even a piece written especially for them by Jim Walsingham. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
Stirling
I Julian Lloyd Webber Tolbooth. Jail Wynd. 01786 274000. 7.30pm. £8 (£5; schoolchildren free). The intemationally acclaimed cellist joins the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra String Ensemble for an exciting programme.
I Lydian Orchestra RSAMD. 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Ethan Merrick conducts a run- down of the classics — Mozart. Elgar and Beethoven — plus Paul Maurice‘s piece for saxophone and orchestra with soloist Theresa Traynor. Part of the Festival of British Youth Orchestras.
Stirling
I A Feast of Song a Light Classical Music Albert Halls. Dumbarton Road. ()1786 473 544. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Three Welsh opera singers. joined by a unique Welsh piano/harp duo. perform a varied programme from jazz and Celtic music to songs from the shows.