|
21st – 24th August 2008
Thursday 21st August
Tuition Workshops 4pm – 6pm
Venue TBC
(FREE)
Fiddle
workshops with Gillian Frame
Contemporary acoustic guitar
workshops with Paul Johnson
This
year we will again be providing an afternoon of music
tuition with
fiddle
and contemporary acoustic guitar workshops.
Gillian
Frame of “Back of the Moon” fame will provide the fiddle
workshops with the contemporary guitar workshop provided by
Paul Johnson from the Twisted Melons.
Gillian
Frame Website at Web Site
www.myspace.com/gillianframe
Twisted
Melons Website at
www.twistedmelons.com
Young
Folk Night
Heritage
Centre, Campbeltown (£6.00 inc tea)
Since
its inception in 2003, this event has grown in popularity is
now firmly established as the festival’s opening concert
attraction on the Thursday evening.
This is
a showcase for the young musical talent of South Kintyre.
Friday 22nd August
Pipe Band Parade
Main
Street, Campbeltown (FREE)
Piping
at its finest on parade on Campbeltown Main Street.
Friday Night Festival Concert/Ceilidh
Victoria
Hall, Campbeltown (£14.00)
Skipinnish
Bodega
Gillian Frame & Friends
Kintyre School Pipe Band
Gillian
Frame & Friends,
Gillian playing fiddle and singing will be joined by
Ross
Kennedy (guitar & vocals) and Rebecca Brown (fiddle)
to form
the unique trio of performers who will start the concert
this year.
Web Site
www.myspace.com/gillianframe
Bodega,
The
concert set will be provided by exciting new Scottish band
Bodega,
a young,
five piece band drawn from the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland,
winners
of the BBC Radio2 Young Folk Band award for 2005/06.
Web site
www.footstompin.com/artists/bodega
Skipinnish,
Skipinnish, with accordionist Angus MacPhail from Tiree and
piper
Andrew Stevenson from Lochaber leading the band, have over
the years
built up
a great reputation on the ceilidh scene.
Web
Site,
www.skipinnish.com
Kintyre School Pipe Band:
The KSPB need little introduction since their inception they
have been prolific in winning practically everything they
have entered often more than once. Having opened the
Festival Ceilidh for the past few years we can again look
forward to the sight of the full band performing in the
Victoria Hall making it well worth turning up early
Web
Link:
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=1332811326 .
Saturday 23rd August
Campbeltown Brass Coffee Morning
Town
Hall, Campbeltown 10.00am
Town
Hall - Admission at door
Musical morning with multi-award winning Campbeltown Brass
Grand Parade, Starts Kinloch Road, Campbeltown(FREE)
This annual event with a carnival atmosphere just gets
bigger and better every year with
this
year promising to be the most spectacular yet.
This
years theme is “Musicals and music extravaganzas through the
ages”
“Doon
the Green”
Kinloch
Green, Campbeltown (FREE)
After last years cancellation due to the weather we will
have more bands on stage than ever in our new expanded
afternoon extravaganza.
More
details on this as soon as we have them.
Festival Club
Town
Hall, Campbeltown (FREE)
Music,
food and beverages served in a relaxed atmosphere. Live
acoustic music to suit all tastes and ages in this wonderful
historic Hall. Watch out for some exciting developments
with this event.
Pipe Band Parade
Main
Street, Campbeltown (FREE)
Another chance to catch
piping
at its finest on parade on Campbeltown Main Street
Saturday
Picture House Concert (£25.00)
Capercaillie
Rod
Paterson
Capercaillie,
Scotland’s top traditional band, Capercaillie will play
their first gig in the Picture House on Saturday night in a
concert which promises to be an unforgettable intimate
experience. This is one that the band are really looking
forward to as it will also be
their
first acoustic performance at the Festival.
Website
at
www.capercaillie.co.uk
Rod
Paterson
has built a reputation as a celebrated performer of
traditional song with a marvellously rich and expressive
voice and a reputation as an
unequalled interpreter of the songs of Scotland.
Website
at
www.bechhofer.demon.co.uk/artists/paterson.html
Saturday Victoria Hall concert (£25.00)
The
Justin Currie Band
Attic
Lights
The
Justin Currie Band,
Justin who will be appearing here with his full band, formed
Del Amitri in the eighties and co-wrote the hits “Nothing
Ever Happens”, “Roll To Me”,
Kiss This Thing Goodbye” and “Always The Last To Know”.
Expect to here a great mixture of old and new hits from
throughout his career.
Web Site at
www.justincurrie.com
or
www.myspace.com/justincurrie
Attic Lights: Attic Lights who have recently signed a
five CD deal with Island Records released their second
single “God” on May 5th. Hotly tipped as one of
the bands to watch out for this year they are appearing at
various festivals across Scotland this year.
Web Site
at
www.atticlights.co.uk or
www.myspace.com/thoseatticlights
Sunday
24th August
The Mitchell's Glengyle Distillery Dalriada Connections
Concert
Heritage
Centre, Campbeltown (£10.00 - includes miniature)
Jarlath Henderson & Innes Watson
Archie McAllister with Ross Kennedy
Lorne
MacDougall
The
Dalriada Connections Band
Jarlath Henderson & Innes Watson: Jarlath, from
Dungannon, County Tyrone, has been playing the Uilleann
pipes since he was 10 years old; he makes his second
appearance of the weekend here, as he will also be
performing with Capercaillie at the Picture House Concert on
the Saturday night. Innes Watson, a
professional guitarist, fiddler, composer and arranger
graduated with a BA in Scottish Music from the RSAMD in 2006
makes his first appearance at the Festival.
Jarlath
Henderson Web Site at:
www.armaghpipers.com/artists/jarlathHenderson.html
Innes
Watson Web Site at
http://www.myspace.com/inneswatson
Archie McAllister with Ross Kennedy:
Archie and Ross make a welcome return to the Festival and
play for the first time together since they took their
separate career paths almost 10 years ago. Archie a
native of Campbeltown and makes his first appearance at the
Dalriada Connections concert this year. A firm favourite of
the Festival, Archie, played fiddle at last years Picture
House Concert with Scooter Muse and performs every year at
Survivors Night with The Wee Toon Tellers. Ross, a
professional musician plays guitar, fiddle and sings, he
lives locally in Campbeltown and performed with Canterach at
last years concert. He has played with many bands over the
years including the Tannahill Weavers, Iron Horse and the
Jura Ceilidh Band.
Archie
McAllister Web Site at http:
www.footstompin.com/artists/archie_mcallister
Ross
Kennedy Web Site at
www.footstompin.com/artists/ross_kennedy
Archie &
Ross,
www.footstompin.com/artists/ross_kennedy_and_archie_mcallister
Lorne
MacDougall, one of
Scotland’s leading young pipers was born and brought up in
Carradale. He began to learn the pipes with Tony Wilson, the
pipe major of Campbeltown Pipe Band and was a founder member
of the prize-winning Kintyre Schools Pipe Band on its
formation in 1999. On leaving school, Lorne studied for a BA
in Scottish Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drama in Glasgow, graduating with honours in 2005. He has
played with many traditional bands over the years, appearing
with Canterach at the Festival in both 2006 & 2007.
Lorne’s
Web Site is
www.lornemacdougall.com
The
Dalriada Connections Band,
This unique band comes together each year under the name of
the Dalriada Connections Band, consisting of all the artists
who have performed over the course of the concert and more.
Last years band (pictured) finished of the concert to a rousing
ovation, which ended a truly special concert.
Survivors Night Concert
- SOLD OUT!
This now
legendary concert promises even more treats this year with
the return of old favourites such as the Wee Toon Tellers
and the introduction of new blood with bands such as
The Lemmings and some special arrangements from acoustic
guests this should be another night to remember.
|
