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of traditional entertainment. Tickets include buffet. Edinburgh ■ The House Sisters Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Youthful trio of Carly Blain, Rachel Cross and Kira Slater playing trad-based and contemporary music from Scotland and beyond. ■ Ceilidh Club The Lot, Grassmarket, 225 9922. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dance with callers to lead you through the steps, this week featuring the Scottish sound of Tradlab. FREE Footstomping Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9pm. Open instrumental session, and occasional songs.
Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27. Peebles FREE Flying Folk Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 10.30am–4.30pm. A chance for teenagers to form a folk band in three days, under the expert supervision of Shona Mooney and Rita Hunter. At least two years experience on a traditional instrument or traditional singing is required for acceptance onto this three-day course. For more information and booking email smooney@scotborders.gov.uk.
Wednesday 29
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. 7pm. £7.50 (£5; under 12s free). Scottish dance evenings with live bands and instruction - all in the unique setting of the Palace Courtyard. Tickets can be bought at the door. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Peebles FREE Flying Folk Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 10.30am–4.30pm. See Tue 28.
Thursday 30
Glasgow ■ Steve Kritzer St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). US guitarist and singer has an eclectic repertoire taking in Celtic, folk, country rock, big band swing and bluegrass styles. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Peebles FREE Flying Folk Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 10.30am–4.30pm. See Tue 28.
Friday 31
Edinburgh ■ Guid Crack Club Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. £3 suggested donation. Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling club welcomes all to listen to a guest taleteller with a yarn or a song in support. ■ Assembly Rooms Ceilidh Assembly Rooms, George Street, 339 5374. 8pm. £6–£10. See Fri 24. Perth ■ Booker T and Los Lobos Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £20. Rock‘n’roll meets rhythm‘n’blues and Tex Mex in this extraordinary double bill of the master of the Hammond organ and Mexican- American creators of the iconic ‘La Bamba’. Part of Southern Fried Festival.
■ Diana Jones, Midnight Ramblers and The Felsons Perth Theatre, High Street, 01738 621031. 10.45pm. £12. Perth Theatre’s late-night music club returns for some country and Americana from singer-songwriter Diana Jones, bluegrass quartet the Midnight Ramblers, and Scottish country band The Felsons. Part of Southern Fried Festival. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. See Fri 24.
Saturday 1
Edinburgh ■ Sonora La Calle The HMV Picture House, Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 7pm. £15. A hot salsa night with fiery live music from Cuba’s Sonora la Calle from Santiago de Cuba.
Perth ■ Farmer Jason Perth Theatre, High Street, 01738 621031. 3pm. £5. A special children’s show from alt.country star Jason Ringenberg, performing songs and discussing life down on the farm for ages 2 and up. Part of The Southern Fried Festival. ■ Lucinda Williams Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £25. The Grammy Award-winning rootsy singer-songwriter brings her big voice to Perth, singing her hits and songs from new album Little Honey. Part of Southern Fried Festival. ■ Mary Gauthier, Jason Ringenberg and Rancho Rebop & the Full Moon Howlers Perth Theatre, High Street, 01738 621031. 10.45pm. £12. Perth Theatre’s late night music club returns with classy country and Americana from gritty talking-blues artist Mary Gauthier, ‘cowpunk pioneer’ Jason Ringenberg, and Perthshire bluegrass boys Rancho Rebop and his Full Moon Howlers. Part of the Southern Fried Festival. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Sunday 2
Edinburgh FREE Dagda Folk Session Dagda Bar, Buccleuch Street, 667 9773. 7.30pm. See Sun 26. FREE Footstomping Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9pm. See Sun 26.
Perth ■ Stanton Moore Drum Clinic Perth Theatre, High Street, 01738 621031. 3pm. £8. Funk and soul sticksman extraordinaire Stanton Moore leads a drumming masterclass, with every demonstration illustrated by a live performance by his trio. Part of the Southern Fried Festival. ■ Hayseed Dixie Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £16–£18. Bluegrass covers of the sounds of AC/DC, Motorhead, Queen and other rock monsters, plus an increasing number of comedy originals from the band’s skilled and entertainingly original take on the genre. Part of the Southern Fried Festival. Lochearnhead ■ Balquhidder Summer Music Balquhidder Church, Balquhidder, 01877 384338. 7pm. £7 (£6; under 15s free). Guitarist Simon Thacker and vocalist Daisy Chute perform jazz- and folk- influenced classical pieces and popular song from the likes of Gershwin, Bacharach, Ellington and Baez.
North Berwick ■ Montrose Highland Games East
Links, 01674 675514. 10am–5pm. £5 (£3). Traditional games events with Highland dancing, solo piping, pipe bands, horses, stalls, and catering. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Monday 3
Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Tuesday 4
Edinburgh FREE ‘Singing the Alhambra’: Spanish Culture and Flamenco National Gallery of Scotland: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, The Mound, 624 6200. 12.45–1.30pm. Dr Jan Fairley explores the traditions of the quintessentially Spanish musical form, with reference to paintings in the exhibition The Discovery of Spain. ■ Blackheart and Rosie Nimmo Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Musical boy/girl duo deliver wit, charm and a unique crossbreed of folk, country and rock. FREE Footstomping Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9pm. See Tue 28. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Wednesday 5 Edinburgh ■ Juliet Turner, Ryan Donn and Yvonne Lyon Cabaret Voltaire, Blair Street, 220 6176. 7pm. £10. Hugely popular Ireland-based songwriter has supported everyone including U2 and heads up a strong line up of emerging songwriters including Scots/Canadian Donn and Scotland’s own Lyon.
Dunfermline FREE Tattie Jam Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.30pm. Glasgow-based duo of Ruaridh Pringle (frets and vocals) and Seylan Baxter (cello and vocals) perform finely-honed Scottish traditional-based material.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. 7pm. £7.50 (£5; under 12s free). See Wed 29. Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Peebles ■ The Power of Compassion Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £10. A programme of masked dances and sacred chants by Buddhist monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Tibetan Monastery.
Thursday 6
Glasgow ■ Ken Campbell’s Ideal Band St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Ken Campbell leads on guitar/smallpipes and vocals), with Seylan Baxter (cello/vocals) and Gavin Paterson (keyboard/piano/vocals) in a new revamp of his popular Ideal Band format Melrose ■ Tibetan Dance Wynd Theatre, Buccleuch Street, 01896 820028. 8pm. £12 (£10). Monks from the monastery of Tashi Lhunpo perform their dramatic and engaging masked dances and music.
Nr Dunoon FREE Ceilidh Trail Strachur Memorial Hall, Strachur. See Mon 27.
Folk Music
Classical
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to suzanne@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black and Carol Main. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 23
Glasgow FREE Kelvingrove Organ Recitals Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. 1pm. Free lunchtime organ recitals every day by different organists. FREE Live Music Now National Gallery Complex, The Mound, 624 6200. 6–6.30pm. Flamenco guitarist Andrew Robinson performs a set inspired by the exhibition, The Discovery of Spain. Berwick Upon Tweed ■ The Edinburgh Quartet and Jessica Beeston Paxton House Picture Gallery, Paxton, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £16 (£8). The Edinburgh Quartet, now in its 50th year since foundation, is joined by Jessica Beeston, who, despite having graduated from the Salzburg Mozarteum in just 2007, has already toured on five continents and received numerous scholarships and awards. Part of the Music at Paxton Festival.
St Andrews ■ Summer Concert: Clarinet, cello and piano St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street, 01334 462226. 8pm. £5 (£4). Gillian Craig, Angela Stevenson and William Stevenson – on clarinet, cello and piano respectively – perform chamber works by some lesser known composers: Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Carl Frühling and Alexander von Zemlinsky.
Friday 24
Berwick Upon Tweed ■ Rosati-Simonacci-Simonacci Paxton House Picture Gallery, Paxton, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £16 (£8). A chance to see brothers David and Marco Simonacci and Giovanni Rosati playing violin, cello and piano respectively. The concert culminates in Shostakovich’s monumental Piano Trio in E Minor. Part of the Music at Paxton Festival.
Saturday 25
Berwick Upon Tweed ■ Summer Serenades Paxton House Picture Gallery, Paxton, 473 2000. 5–6pm. £5 (concessions free). York University Wind Ensemble performs some summery music in the grounds of Paxton House. Don’t forget to bring something to sit on! Part of the Music at Paxton Festival. ✽✽ William Howard Paxton House Picture Gallery, Paxton, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £16 (£8). Well established as one of Britain’s leading pianists, William Howard visits Paxton for a concert including Chopin’s Scherzo No 2 and Schubert’s Sonata B Minor. Part of the Music at Paxton Festival. Dunblane FREE Organ Recital Dunblane Cathedral, The Cross, 01786 823388. Noon. French organist Vincent Bernhardt performs, followed by refreshments in the hall.
Oban ■ Scottish Chamber Orchestra Winds and Brass St John’s Cathedral, George Street, 8pm. £10 (£7; under 16s and students £4). The virtuoso wind and brass musicians of the SCO present a mixed programme of works including famous excerpts from Rossini’s Barber of Seville and Arvo Pärt’s beautiful Fratres. Tickets available from www.thebooth.co.uk
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