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Falkland ■ Ceilidh in the Orchard The Orchard, Oillars of Hercules Farm, 7pm. £5–£7 (under £12s 3). Norman’s Law ceilidh band provide the music with food, drink and a raffle supporting Refugee Survival Trust.
Innerleithen ■ Lau and The Unthanks Innerleithen Memorial Hall, Leithen Road, 01721 725777. 7.30–10.15pm. £14–£16 (£5). A chance to see two of the most exciting contemporary folk-rooted bands around, with Radio 2 Folk Band of the Year award-winners Lau teaming up with Northumbrian ten-piece The Unthanks for an evening in the Borders. Isle of Mull ■ Mhairi Hall Trio An Tobar, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Pianist Mhairi Hall’s recently released debut album Cairngorm is inspired by the natural beauty of that very region. Tonight she is joined by Fraser Stone on drums and Michael Bryan on guitar.
Livingston ■ Jani Lang Band Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 8pm. £10 (£7.50). Energetic, flying fiddle leads the group combining Scottish and Hungarian folk traditions. Stirling FREE Summer Sessions Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 7–10pm. The best in traditional music from local musicians and other Scottish performers.
Saturday 21
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 19. Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 19.
Dunfermline ■ Dougie Maclean Dunfermline Abbey, Abbey Park Place, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. See Thu 19.
Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 19.
Campbeltown ■ Mull of Kintyre Music Festival Various Venues, 01586 552034. Times vary. Prices vary. See Thu 19.
Drymen ■ Winnock Hotel Ceilidh Nights Winnock Hotel, The Square, 01360 660245. 8.30pm. £7. Scottish entertainment every Sunday throughout summer, with traditional music and dancing on offer for all. Dunfermline ■ Rachel Harrington & Rod Clements Abbot House, Abbot House Heritage Centre, Maygate, 01383 733266. 8pm. £15. See Thu 19.
Hawick FREE Trad Music Sessions with Shona Mooney and Friends Beanscene, Tower Mill, Kirkstile, 01450 376 228. 4pm. 2006 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, fiddler Mooney began playing music with her parents in the band O’er the Border and has gone on to feature prominently in The Shee. Innerleithen ■ Tweeddale Folk Concert Innerleithen Memorial Hall, Leithen Road, 01721 725777. 11.30am. £5 (Free). A relaxing afternoon-long concert featuring six different acts, headlined by Kim Edgar and including Les Pierres Noires from Brittany. Part of Innerleithen Music Festival.
Monday 23
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 19.
Tuesday 24 Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 19.
Falkirk ■ Mary Duff Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £16. Irish country and folk singer sings traditional and original material from her long succession of albums. Livingston FREE Almond Valley Folk Club Mid Calder Inn, Main Street, Mid Calder, 8–11pm. Monthly workshops around vocals, harmonies and instruments.
Innerleithen ■ The Bevvy Sisters and Lori Watson & Rule of Three Innerleithen Memorial Hall, Leithen Road, 01721 725777. 1.30pm. £8 (£5–£6). The affecting retro-style radio repertoire and close harmonies of The Bevvy Sisters are paired with the traditional Borders fiddle playing and singing of Lori Watson and her band. Part of Innerleithen Music Festival.. Melrose ■ Melrose Massed Pipe Band Championships Various Venues, 01896 820388. 10am. £5 (£4; children £1). Celebrate our national racket with this pipe band competition and a highland dancing contest.
Sunday 22
Glasgow ■ Lev Atlas and Nigel Clark Café Cossachok, Trongate 103, 553 0733. 9pm. £6. Two thirds of Koshka perform some of the world’s best known guitar and violin duets from Grapelli through Russian to Cossachok gypsy favourites. Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster
Wednesday 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 19. Dunfermline FREE Dunfermline Folk Club Session Dunfermline Folk Club, Thistle Tavern, Baldridgeburn, 01383 729673. 8.30pm. Informal folk session.
Thursday 26
Callander ■ Bring in the Spirit Rob Roy and the Trossachs Visitor Centre, Ancaster Square, 01877 330342. £7.50 (£5); family ticket £20. See Thu 19. Falkirk ■ Summer Sessions Falkirk Folk Club, Argyll’s, Princes Street, 07535 097296. 8pm. £tbc. See Thu 19.
Largs FREE Hat Fitz & Cara Robertson Victoria Hotel, Gallowgate Street, 01475 689493. 11pm. Old-time blues, with a Celtic twist and more heart and soul than you’ll know what to do with.
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Blochestra This weekly free-for-all is going from strength to strength. The idea’s simple; the bar is attempting to
create an impromptu orchestra, out of whatever musicians they can find really. A host chooses two fairly easy-to-learn songs every week (check the Bloc Facebook page to see which ones), then people turn up with their tubas, triangles, banjoes – whatever they like – and have a play together. ■ Bloc+, Glasgow, Mon 23 Aug.
Montrose ■ Rachel Harrington & Rod Clements Links Hotel, Mid Links, 01674 671000. 8pm. £6. See Thu 19. St Andrews FREE Literary Lunch with Jess Smith Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 12.30pm. Jess was one of Perthshire’s travelling people, but left the old ways at the age of eighteen to marry. Lunch, then Jess sings songs of the Misty Wanderers.
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Thursday 19 Kirkcaldy ■ La Bohème St Bryce Kirk, St Brycedale Avenue, 01592 596904. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A production by new Scottish company Opera Bohemia of Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, a romantic tragedy of doomed love amongst struggling artists. With guest singer, South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza.
Saturday 21
Glasgow FREE Barony Hall Open Days with Organ Music Barony Hall, Rottenrow East, 353 8000. 10.30am–3.30pm. Hear the university’s newly-built pipe organ, the Koegler ‘Maurice Taylor Organ’, under the hands (and feet) of Mark Browne, Colin MacKay, Alan Tavener, Stuart Campbell and John Walker. Also with guided tours. ■ La Bohème St John’s Renfield Church, Beaconsfield Road, Kelvindale, 0844 811 9776. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 19.
Sunday 22
Glasgow FREE Barony Hall Open Days with Organ Music Barony Hall, Rottenrow East, 353 8000. 1–4pm. See Sat 21. FREE Live Music in the Bandstand Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. 2–4pm. A variety of musical ensembles perform every Sunday this summer in the peaceful surroundings of the Victorian Walled Garden. Please phone for details of individual bands. Darvel ■ Music for a Summer’s Evening Darvel Parish Church, Hastings Square. 7.30pm. £5. Pianist Gordon Cree is joined by tenor Peter Alexander Wilson and flautist/saxophonist Stewart Forbes for an evening of soothing sounds. Price includes refreshments.
Tuesday 24
Glasgow ■ West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra & Concert Band City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7pm. £10. A joint showcase of the talents of the two ensembles, directed by James Lowe and Nigel Boddice. The orchestra performs Shostakovich’s powerful and exhilarating Symphony No 5 and Alexander Arutunian’s Trumpet Concerto with guest soloist Lee Mackie, while the concert band performs an arrangement on Bach’s perennially popular Toccata and Fugue.
Wednesday 25 Kilberry ■ Lorna Anderson, Jamie MacDougall and Malcolm Martineau Crear: Space to Create, Crear, 01880 770369. 7.30pm. £22 (under 18s free); season tickets £65. Spend a summer’s evening with soprano Lorna Anderson, tenor Jamie MacDougall and pianist Malcolm Martineau. Drinks and canapés included. Buy two tickets, get one free.
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