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Glasgow ■ Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £21. See Mon 16. FREE Mic Edgar’s Folkn’ Blues Band Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 10pm. See Thu 12. Edinburgh ■ Celtica Malone’s Irish Bar, 14 Forrest Road, 226 5954. 7pm. £12. A high energy, rocking take on pipe music. ■ The Wynding Song Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 266 Canongate, Royal Mile, 556 3403. 7–10pm. £5 for workshop and gig; £3 for gig only. A chance to jam with a professional musical act: the first part of the evening is a singing workshop, followed up by a performance – audience participation encouraged. Kicking off the series is Caro Bridges and the River.
Friday 20
Perth ■ Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £21. See Mon 16. Tarbert ■ Skerryvore Tarbert Village Hall, Campbeltown Road, skerryvore.com 8pm. £12.50. See Sat 14.
Saturday 21 Edinburgh FREE Sangstream Folk Choir Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 3.30pm. Informal performances of traditional and modern Scots songs.
Stirling ■ Skerryvore Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £14–£16. See Sat 14.
Monday 23
Glasgow FREE For Folk Sake Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 10pm. See Mon 16.
Thursday 26 Glasgow FREE Mic Edgar’s Folkn’ Blues Band Maggie May’s, 60 Trongate, 548 1350. 10pm. See Thu 12.
Friday 27
Livingston ■ Skerryvore Howden Park Centre, Howden, 01506 777666. 7pm. £18 (£16). See Sat 14. Saturday 28
Dalmally ■ Skerryvore Dalmally Community Centre, skerryvore.com 8pm. £15. See Sat 14. Paisley ■ Family Festive Ceilidh Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Close, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Spin off some of those mince pies at a family-friendly ceilidh with a live band. Early booking is recommended.
Monday 30
Glasgow FREE For Folk Sake Slouch, 203–205 Bath Street, 221 5518. 10pm. See Mon 16. Edinburgh ■ Scottish Fiddle Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9–£22 (under 16s £5). The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra is the country’s foremost large ensemble for traditional music.
■ Ceilidh Club with Teannaich The Picture House, 31 Lothian Road, 0844 847 1740. 8pm. £10 (£8). See Fri 13. Dunfermline ■ The Red Hot Chilli Pipers Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7.30pm. £20. A unique brand of ‘bag rock’ (that’s bagpipes plus rock, if you were wondering) with stirring tunes and energetic performances. Expect everything from ‘Flower of Scotland’ to Coldplay’s ‘Clocks’, via AC/DC and Deep Purple.
Tuesday 31
Glasgow ■ Hogmanay Ceilidh St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7pm–1am. £37.50. Bring in the bells with traditional music and dancing featuring The Ardoch Ceilidh Band and piper, also includes a dram and haggis. Edinburgh ■ Hogmanay Hoot Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, 477 3500. Times tbc. £42. Edinburgh’s largest indoor Hogmanay party featuring the Scott Leslie Ceilidh Band, DJ, pipes and drums plus a traditional supper. FREE Louise Millington Captains Bar, 4 South College Street. 1am. Piping for Hogmanay. ■ Ken’s Ceilidh Lauriston Hall, 28 Lauriston Street, 339 5374. 10pm– 12.30am. £20 in advance, £25 on day. Ken Gourlay calls this regular evening of traditional Scottish dancing, with different ceilidh bands each night. Hogmanay special with Willie Fraser ceilidh band. ■ Hogmanay at The Assembly Rooms Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, 220 4348. 8pm–1am. £65 (early bird offer until 31 Oct £45; VIP ticket £90). Live music and a ceilidh to see in 2014. ■ Afore the Bells The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 9pm. £45. A traditional Hogmanay knees up as Heeliegoleerie provide the live music at this ceilidh night plus a piper to bring in 2014, includes haggis, neeps, tatties, a wee dram and champagne on arrival. ■ Edinburgh’s Hogmanay Street Party Edinburgh City Centre, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £20. Famed as one of the best New Year celebrations in the world, thousands of revellers bring in the New Year in the centre of Edinburgh with a mix of live music and DJs. This year’s line up includes King Creosote, The Rezillos, Treacherous Orchestra and four hours of non-stop music through Scotland’s time with the Rewinder. ■ The Keilidh Mound Square, off Princes Street, 0844 573 8455. 9pm–1am. £37. Big ol’ traditional knees up with the best in live traditional tunes, with a cracking view of the fireworks.
Tuesday 7
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Jimi Shandrix Experience play the first Ceilidh Club of 2014.
Wednesday 8 Edinburgh ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £10. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes and his band.
Saturday 11 Glasgow ■ The Holy Ghosts King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6.50. Edinburgh five- piece playing rock’n’roll with a dash of
country and blues. Part of New Year’s Revolution. Selkirk ■ Rory McLeod String Jam Club, The Country Hotel, 1-5 High Street, 01750 721 233. 7.30pm. £10. The award winning Orcadian troubadour performs magical music with a broad spectrum of influence from flamenco and blues to Celtic and calypso rhythms. String Jam Club relaunch night.
Sunday 12
Edinburgh ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends.
Monday 13 Glasgow FREE The Blas Collective Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. ‘Folk flavoured sessions’ from this collective led by Jenn Butterworth.
Tuesday 14
Edinburgh ■ Scots Music Group: Café Ceilidh Gorgie City Farm Café, 51 Gorgie Road, 337 4202. 1.15pm. Donation. An afternoon of relaxed traditional music and song with Linton Adie and friends. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Heeliegoleerie guest.
Thursday 16 Edinburgh ■ Lindi Ortega The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £10. Alt.country inspired by Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, self- described as a ‘roadside motel love affair between old school outlaws and country darlings.’
Friday 17
Edinburgh ■ Northern Lights The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £12. Six musicians (Brian Finnegan, Niall Vallely, Ailie Robertson, Donald Grant, Nikolaj Busk and Ale Carr) bridge the gap between classical and folk. Cumbernauld ■ Scottish Spina Bifida Association: Community Burns Supper 2014 The Westerwood Hotel & Golf Resort, 1 St Andrews Drive, 01236 457171. 7pm–1am. £25. A night of good food (a four-course meal of Scottish produce), live music from Drums n’ Roses and a ceilidh disco all for a good cause.
Monday 20 Glasgow FREE Split Second Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Duo playing Eastern European and klezmer music.
Tuesday 21
Edinburgh ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 0845 874 3001. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers to lead you through the steps. Featuring the John Carmichael Ceilidh Band.
Thursday 23 Edinburgh ■ Burns Night Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8pm. £15 (£12; members £8). An informal celebration of the national bard’s birthday.
Folk / Classical | MUSIC
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Thursday 12
Glasgow Brass Lab Westbourne Music, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. Noon. £8 (£7; students / children £4). Renaissance and contemporary music for brass. Glasgow Christmas Carol Concert in aid of Cancer Research UK Glasgow Cathedral, Castle Street, 552 8198. 6–9pm. £40 (family £100). Biennial Christmas carol concert in aid of cancer research. BBC SSO: John Adams – City Noir City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11–£24. Donald Runnicles conducts works by Beethoven, Shostakovich and John Adams. FREE Glasgow Chamber Choir Hyndland Parish Church, 79–81 Hyndland Road, glasgowchamberchoir. org.uk 7.30–9pm. Choral concert with seasonal favourites. Edinburgh Quartet Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. 9pm. Quartet works by James MacMillan. Edinburgh Cadenza St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 7.30pm. Free with retiring collection. Christmas concert in aid of Erskine, which supports ex-service personnel. Scottish Chamber Orchestra: B Minor Mass The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £10–£30 (£5–£28; under 16s free). Richard Egarr conducts Bach’s great mass with guest soloists Lorna Anderson, Kitty Whately, Andrew Tortise and Andrew Forster- Williams, with the SCO Chorus.
Friday 13 Glasgow Celebration Choir: And on Earth Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.30pm. £16.50–£19.50. Christmas carols. Glasgow Phoenix Choir: The Sounds of Christmas Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £8–£15. Christmas carols and seasonal songs with the Cooperative Funeralcare Band, plus special guest choir Les Sirènes. Milngavie Music Club Christmas Concert Milngavie Music Club, Cairns Church, 11 Buchanan Street, Milngavie, 942 3102. 7.30pm. £12 (students £5; children free). Pupils from St Mary’s Music School perform pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Milhaud and Piazzolla.
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