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Our small selection of Traditional Song and Music Events for 2008. |
| January 2008 |
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Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow's international festival of traditional music and the biggest winter music festival of its kind in the world. Launched in 1994 as a small festival in only one venue that attracted 32,000 people to attend. Now over 100,000 are filling 10 venues, listening to hundreds of artists brought to Glasgow from every part of the globe. |
| February 2008 |
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Bathgate, Midlothian, Scotland Edinburgh and Lothians Branch of the TMSA, jointly with West Lothian Council, are hosting the next Singers' Gathering, to be held in the newly-refurbished Regal Community Theatre, Bathgate, on 24th/25th February 2007. The event celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the TMSA in unaccompanied and group singing, focussing on the evolving Scots song tradition. More information>> |
| March 2008 |
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Milnathort - Kinross-shire Scotland This year's festival takes place on 7th, 8th, 9th March 2008. Concerts, ceilidhs and informal pub sessions in the Town Hall, The Jolly Beggars, The Village Inn, The Royal Hotel and various other locations. |
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Dunkeld & Birnam - Perthshire Scotland The Annual Niel Gow Festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire's fiddle legend. It is envisaged that through time the festival and other activities will gather enough funds to erect a fitting memorial in Dunkeld & Birnam. The festival will include recitals, concerts, workshops and sessions and Ceilidh Dance. |
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Edinburgh, Scotland Ceilidh Culture aims to raise the profile of the cityÕs traditional arts events, while anticipating and encouraging a greater interest and involvement in the traditional arts in Edinburgh and further afield, building on the legacy of the Edinburgh Folk Festival. |
Ceilidh Culture| April 2008 |
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Girvan - Ayrshire Scotland Set in the beautiful seaside town of Girvan in Ayrshire, the Girvan Festival has the reputaion as one of the friendliest and most popular folk music festivals in Scotland. |
Girvan Folk Festival| May 2008 |
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Lerwick - Shetland Prestigious Festival on Shetland which attracts performers and visitors from all over the world. This year celebrating it's 27th anniversary! |
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Coldstream - Borders Scotland A mix of workshops, ceilidhs, large and small concerts, sessions and good crack. Historic Coldstream is a perfect setting for this event. Listed among the best small traditional festivals, the Border Gaitherin goes from strength to strength. A mixture of some of the most experienced traditional musicians playing in the country today. |
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Collessie - Fife Scotland This is the sixth year of this unique event which brings together some of Scotland's finest exponents of traditional singing for a weekend of old songs and bothy ballads in concerts and singarounds in the rural surroundings of the Fife Farm Park. The weekend also includes workshops/talks on topics related to traditional song and culture. |
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Strichen - Aberdeenshire Scotland A festival of Scottish north-east culture and heritage in song and music. Opening dance on the Friday evening. Competitions for traditional song, bothy ballad, music and verse on Saturday. Prize-winners concert and ceilidh on Saturday evening. |
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Stromness - Orkney Islands Scotland The sweet strains of fiddles and accordions, voices and guitars mark the start of the summer for our islands as the 26th Orkney Folk Festival takes place. Year after year musicians and visitors come from all over the world. |
| June 2008 |
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Keith, Morayshire Scotland Long established traditional music and song festival with competitions, ceilidhs concerts and sessions attracting singers and traditional musicians from throughout Scotland. Organised by the Keith branch of the Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland. |
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Newcastleton - Borders Scotland The Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival is probably the longest continuously running traditional music festival in Scotland. Founded in 1970 we revolve around a series of competitions (mainly on Saturday), loosely linked by dances and organised ceilidhs on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Camping within the village. |
| July 2008 |
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Stonehaven - Aberdeenshire Scotland As usual, Stonehaven Folk Festival have a fantastic line-up organised for this year's event with many headline guests and the annual Tradition Bearers concert on the Sunday afternoon. |
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Isle of Skye, Scotland Concerts, workshops, music, dance, theatre and sessions. Gaelic-based with cultural surprises from around the world. Our main venue is at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's only Gaelic College. Other venues are throughout the Isle of Skye and surrounds. |
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Skene - Aberdeenshire Scotland A festival to celebrate the singing traditions of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Singing sessions and workshops celebrating the rich wealth of traditions of the north east of Scotland. A unique celebration with traditional singers from Scotland, England, and Ireland. |
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tel: 01389 603278 |
Balloch - Dunbartonshire Scotland The Lomond Folk Festival is held annually during the month of July at Moss O' Balloch Park on the beautiful shores of Loch Lomond. Concerts, Ceilidh, Workshops, Competitions, Craft Fair and Children's entertainment |
| August 2008 |
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Ayr - Ayrshire Scotland At the end of the week of Common Ground workshops there is a Weekend Festival - the Common Ground Festival Weekend. Traditional music content with a strong Scottish flavour but not exclusively Scottish nor will the focus be exclusively on traditional music. |
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Auchtermuchty Festival The Auchtermuchty 10 day festival was started in 1981 with the second weekend as a traditional folk music festival. The event brings musicians and singers from all over Scotland with competitions in traditional instruments and singing, concers, ceilidhs and open-air music. |
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Edinburgh Fringe Festival The biggest arts festival in the world. In 2006 the Fringe presented 1,800 shows in almost 250 venues. One of the main series of Folk Events is at the Acoustic Music Centre at St Bride's Centre. (This link will not show 2008 information till early June). |
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Whitby Folk Week Over 600 events covering workshops, concerts, singarounds, dances, sessions, street entertainment and events. No Scottish festival brings together a fraction of the great traditional song and music performers to be heard at Whitby - just look at the Guest List!! |
| September 2008 |
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Linlithgow Folk Festival Ever since we got together in 1998, we have had as our main aim the promotion of folk music in West Lothian, in all its many different styles. This takes many forms - apart from our annual festival, we also arrange concerts, ceilidhs, pub folk music sessions, and opportunities to learn about folk music. |
| November 2008 |
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Carrying Stream Festival The Carrying Stream Festival is Edinburgh Folk Club's annual celebration of the life and work of Hamish Henderson featuring concerts, lecture, poetry, film, and a workshop.. |
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