Hidden Masters, The Junipers and many more. Expect beautiful surroundings, psychedelia and tea. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
Isle of Mull ■ Boo Hewerdine An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Admired pop/blues guitarist and songsmith – founder of cult band The Bible and frequent collaborator with Eddi Reader. Kilmarnock ■ Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Kilbirnie Masonic Hal, Main Street, Kilmaurs, 7.30pm. £10. An evening celebrating the best of Scottish music and poetry, focusing on Scotland’s favourite son, Robert Burns.
Monday 2
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. 8pm. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
Tuesday 3
Edinburgh ■ Twelfth Day Leith Folk Club, The Village, South Fort Street, 07502 024852. 7.30pm. £6. Scottish music from Orcadian Catriona Price (fiddle) from Orkney and Esther Swift (harp) from the Borders. Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Thu 22.
Music Folk
Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. Monthly sessions involving workshops around vocals, harmonies and instruments. Musselburgh ■ Ben Kearsley St Michael’s Parish Church, Inveresk, 665 0713. 7.30pm. £5. High quality, varied music from the eclectic classical guitarist. See Sat 24.
Peebles ■ The Wilders Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastgate, 01721 725777. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Kansas City hillbilly livewires mix their country roots with rock’n’roll in a whirlwind of performance.
Edinburgh FREE Andrew Gordon Whiski, High Street, 556 3095. 9.30pm. See Tue 27. Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22.
Linlithgow ■ Linlithgow Scotch Hop Linlithgow Palace, Kirkgate, 01506 842896. Times vary. £7.50. See Thu 22. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Thu 22.
Thursday 29 Glasgow ■ Mackinnon/MacColl/ MacPherson St Andrew’s in the Square, St Andrew’s Square, 0870 013 4060. 8pm. £8 (£6). Multi–award winning trio of brilliant young fiddler Lauren MacColl, Gaelic singer Maeve Mackinnon and frets man accompanist Ewan MacPherson.
Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 22. ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 07740 681879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 22. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
Friday 30
Edinburgh ■ Stramash – the Scots Music Show The Augustine Church, George IV Bridge, 07740 681879. 6.45–7.55pm & 8.30–9.40pm. £8 (£5–£7). See Thu 22. ■ Guid Crack Club Waverley Bar, St Mary’s Street, 556 9579. 7.30pm. Suggested donation £3. Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling club welcomes all to listen or contribute to the spinning of yarns. ■ Kevin MacKenzie’s Vital Signs The Voodoo Rooms, West Register Street, 556 7060. 8.30pm. £10. Jazz, folk and dance grooves harnessed together in jazz guitarist Kevin Mackenzie’s innovative nine–piece. Doune ■ Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune Castle, Castle Road, 01786 841742. Times vary. £15–£47. Lewis Carroll–inspired weekend festival set in the countryside surrounding Doune Castle and featuring a line–up including Francois and the Atlas Mountains, Meursault, The One Ensemble, The
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vibrantly eclectic instrumental trio – Gavin Marwick (fiddle), Ruth Morris (nyckelharpa) and Cameron Robson (bouzouki and guitar) – combine musical traditions from all around Europe, from Sweden to Macedonia.
Isle of Mull ■ Tiller’s Folly Mull Theatre @ Druimfin, Tobermory, 01688 302828. 8pm. £10. Canadian Celtic, folk, bluegrass and country band, on tour. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £8. See Thu 22.
Thursday 5
Glasgow ■ Gaberlunzie St Andrews in the Square, St Andrews Square, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Both modern and traditional tunes, plus between–song banter in the inimitable style of these all–round popular entertainers, who have been performing for over 30 years.
Edinburgh ■ Rantum Scantum The Jazz Bar, Chambers Street, 220 4298. 6pm. Donation. See Thu 22. Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 22.
Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
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Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
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Doune ■ Doune the Rabbit Hole Doune Castle, Castle Road, 01786 841742. Times vary. £15–£47. See Fri 30.
Livingston ■ The Wilders Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). See Tue 27. Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. See Tue 27.
Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22. Stirling ■ Summer Ceilidhs Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. £8. See Thu 22.
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Edinburgh ■ The Wilders The Bongo Club, Moray House, Holyrood Road, 558 7604. 8pm. £12.50. Powerhouse contemporary Americana. See Tue 27. Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. See Sun 25.
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 22. East Kilbride ■ Bellevue Rendezvous East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. 8pm. £8.50 (£6.50). A
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played Glasgow in his other musical guise, as one of excellent San Fransisco pysch-rock outift, Wooden Shjips. His newly formed duo with Sanae Yamada covers similarly droning and psychedic ground, with added spacey, cosmic melodies. ■ Stereo, Glasgow, Mon 26 Jul.