Glasgow Gig Guide plus Club EventsCeltic Connections 2020 Auld Lang Syne Concert review and photos Pauline Keightley
What an excellent concert! This concert had a fantastic line up of singers backed by the wonderful Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Of course a performance with much loved Burns songs, these singers and the orchestra was bound to be a winner and everyone was on top form. Gaelic singer Karen Matheson began the concert with some […]
Friday, January 31, 2020 | Filed under: Book and Event Reviews, Celtic Connections 2020, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Luca Manning & Fergus McCreadie Celtic Connections
The Blue Arrow Wednesday 22 January, 2020 – 8 p.m. Luca Manning is an award winning Jazz vocalist and songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland. He is inspired by a wide range of artists and musical styles, as well as being firmly rooted in the tradition of jazz. He turned to jazz music almost by accident, after […]
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Friday, January 17, 2020 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2020, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Celtic Connections & Fallen Angels Club: Danni Nicholls
22 January, 2020, 7.30 p.m. The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG Buy Tickets With the wind in her sails from receiving consecutive Americana Music Association UK award nominations (2017 ‘UK Album of the Year’ for Mockingbird Lane and 2018 ‘UK Artist of the Year’), singer-songwriter Danni Nicholls has been enjoying an incredible […]
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Isobel Campbell Isobel Campbell with Hannah Fisher & Sorren Maclean and Nina Violet Celtic Connections
30 January, 2020 The Mackintosh Church, 870 Garscube Road, Glasgow G20 7E Isobel Campbell Following recent guest appearances with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Isobel Campbell’s 2019 signing to fabled indie/roots imprint Cooking Vinyl – nine long years since her last recorded output, partly mired in contractual limbo – heralded the Belle and Sebastian alumna’s […]
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Celtic Connections: SHHE SHHE + GRISLY FAYE Hug and Pint
Saturday 25 January, 2020 – 7.30 p.m. Buy tickets SHHE is the alter-ego of Scottish-Portuguese artist and producer Su Shaw. Her upcoming self-titled debut album tracks a period of intense personal change. The resulting record is a sparse, haunting and atmospheric journey of introspection and exploration of identity that demonstrates SHHE’s ability to capture movement, […]
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Rachael Dadd, The Glad Cafe Celtic Connections
29 January, 2020 The Glad Cafe, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow G41 2HG Rachael Dadd lives half her time as a traveling musician in Japan, witnessing how other people create things, connecting with other cultures and landscapes; all this is a furnace for Rachael Dadd`s innovative song writing. With a string of releases in the UK, […]
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The Wandering Hearts and Zoe Graham, Celtic Connections
Wednesday 23 January, 2020 – 7.30 p.m. OranMor Citing such diverse classic and contemporary influences as Fleetwood Mac, First Aid Kit, the Civil Wars, Tom Petty, Simon & Garfunkel and Cara Dillon, London quartet The Wandering Hearts have shot up the Americana rankings on both sides of the Pond, with 2018’s debut album Wild Silence showcasing their sophisticated songcraft, […]
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Celtic Connections 2020 – Fionnuala Boyle
Celtic Connections 2020 kicks off on 16th January and runs until 2nd February, 2020, bringing with it some of the best new and established Celtic talent from around the world. Taking place in venues across the city such as Drygate Brewery and Old Fruitmarket, the festival will play host to an eclectic mix of Celtic […]
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Thursday, January 9, 2020 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2020, Fionnuala Boyle, blogging about culture, arts and other stuff, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pat's Home Page Blog
Americana City Halls, Celtic Connections 2020
Saturday, 18 January, 2020 Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn with Julie Fowlis, Éamon Doorley, Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre Frequent Celtic Connections visitors who also honeymooned in the Highlands, the made-in-heaven banjo union of Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn surely count now as honorary Scots. Following their self-titled, Grammy-winning 2014 duo debut, 2017’s Echo in the Valley – just them […]
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Breabach @15 Celtic Connections 2020
17 January, 2020 7.30 p.m. Seamus Egan Project – Royal Concert Hall Breabach’s Celtic Connections debut was their winning performance on 2005’s Danny Kyle Open Stage. Fifteen years on, they’re securely ranked among Scotland’s most skilled and imaginative folk acts, uniting deep roots in Highland and island tradition with the innovative musical ferment of their […]
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Grit Orchestra Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2020
16 January, 2020 The Declaration Five years on from its landmark debut concert at Celtic Connections, the trailblazing Grit Orchestra, an 80-piece ensemble of folk, jazz and classical musician originally founded to perform and celebrate the late Martyn Bennett’s music, breaks yet more new ground with its first performance of newly-composed works. Supported by the […]
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Christmas Carousel The Platform
19 December, 2019 Christmas Carousal is Platform’s musical celebration of the festive season featuring some of our favourite acts playing on the set of our Christmas show. This year we welcome RM Hubbert, Carla J Easton, Broken Chanter and Aby Vulliamy – who all join us on our set of Mother Goose Fae Easterhoose. RM HUBBERT Glasgow based RM Hubbert […]
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events, Pantos and Christmas Shows in Glasgow
Future Glue Christmas Party
Friday 27 December, 2019 – 7 p.m. – 1.30 p.m. The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, G3 8QG Mental how there are 1000s of songs about xmas but only one about the boys being back in town. Anyway, FG xmas party on Friday the 27th in the poetry club with: The Primevals The Bucky Rage […]
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience Christmas & New Year Party
Sunday 29 December, 2019, 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. + Raising Bail The Sensational Alex Harvey Experience is the UK’s no 1 tribute to SAHB. The Band has been touring extensively over the past few years and the band has gone from strength to strength. The Band has played prestigious gigs at the O2 ABC […]
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Kirsteen Harvey Live, Cottiers
Sunday 15 December, 2019 – 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free event Cottiers Bar, 93/95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU Kirsteen Harvey is an amazing 20 year old singer songwriter from Glasgow. She will be creating a relaxed and chilled live session on a Festive Sunday live in Cottier’s bar from 3p. to 5pm December […]
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Sunday, December 8, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Sounds in the Suburbs presents Leventime: A Celebration of Jackie Leven
CCA Sat 7 December 2019 7pm, £15 + £1 booking fee, Theatre / 18+ Book online / 0141 352 4900 A very special night of music on Saturday 7 th December celebrating the music of Jackie Leven. Jackie was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician born in 1950 in Fife and sadly died in 2011. Jackie was […]
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Glasgow Hospitals Christmas Concert 2019 Royal Concert Hall
Friday 6 December, 2019 7.30 p.m. Opera Bohemia’s Musical Director, Alistair Digges, conducts a fun packed Christmas concert for all the family to enjoy! Guest performers include Sally Magnusson, Jamie MacDougall, Aitkenhead Primary Choir and Glasgow Chamber Orchestra. The evening is packed full of your favourite Christmas songs and carols, with opportunities to sing along […]
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Tuesday, November 19, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Irish fiddle player Michael Gorman Cd launch and Concert to celebrate his Glasgow connection
Saturday 23rd November, 7.30 – 9.30 Panopticon Music Hall, 113-117 Trongate, Glasgow Admission £5 which can be reclaimed against a Cd purchase. Remembered by David Attenborough in a recent interview as “the great fiddle player” , Michael Gorman was a very influential Irish musician who in partnership with singer and banjo player Margaret Barry […]
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees OranMor
Saturday, 16 November, 2019, 7 p.m. Martin Stephenson & The Daintees Autumn 2019 Tour The Venue, Òran Mór, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX The tour comes after a busy period for Martin and the band that saw the 9th Daintees album Chi Chi And The Jaguar released in August. The album, named after Japanese surf guitarist […]
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Cottiers has Talent this Christmas
A Showcase of The Freshest Up and Coming Talent From The West End and Around Glasgow Every Friday and Saturday In December, 2019 LIVE from 9 to 11pm Session Sundays Throughout December, 2019 LIVE from 3 to 5pm This December at Cottiers Bar, there will be a free performance space for musicians and singers of […]
A Very Buble Christmas at Cottiers
4 December, 2019, 7.30 p.m. Cotttiers, 93/95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Scotland’s number one Bublé tribute act, Michael Hastie, and Glasgow’s record-breaking big band, Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation, invite you to start your countdown to Christmas with a night full of seductive songs and seasonal swing in a fabulous tribute to the world’s […]
SongWriters Uncovered Series 2019
Shelagh McKay Jones presents Songwriters Uncovered Thursday 7 November, 2019, 7 – 10 p.m. Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1HJ Line-up! Martha L. Healy www.marthalhealy.com www.facebook.com/marthalhealy Elaine Lennon www.elainelennon.com www.facebook.com/elainelennonmusic Lisa Kowalski www.lisakowalski.co.uk www.facebook.com/lisakowalskimusic Brian Johnstone www.brianjohnstone.com/ www.facebook.com/brianjohnstone.musician Tom Kater & David Halliday www.eclecticguitar.co.uk www.facebook.com/eclecticguitar Tickets £8 (£6 concessions) Event on Facebook
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Monday, October 28, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Fairytale of Glasgow
Saturday, 7 December, 2019 – 7 p.m. until midnight. Hosts Angus Dixon and Warren Starry Sky A festive night celebrating the music of Kirsty MacColl and friends In what would have been her 60th year, Duglas from the BMX Bandits, Attic Lights, Carla J Easton & Eugene Kelly, Sister John, The Parsonage Choir, Celia Garcia, […]
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Saturday, October 26, 2019 | Filed under: Christmas in Glasgow, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Birds of Chicago The Doublet Glasgow
Thursday 28 October, 2019 Sounds in the Suburbs presents Birds of Chicago at The Doublet Bar. Doors @ 8 p.m. Tickets Tickets: £12 Alan (07955354459 or soundsinthesuburbs@hotmail.co.uk) Ticket Scotland (0141 204 5151) Event on Facebook
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Scottish Writers’ Centre From bytes to bestseller with Jonathan Whitelaw
Tuesday 22 October 2019 CCA 7pm, £5 (£3) on the door, Free to SWC members, Clubroom 18+ 0141 352 4900 Jonathan Whitelaw’s first novel – Morbid Relations – was released in paperback in 2015. But six months before that he took the plunge and self-published it as an e-book on Amazon, and hasn’t looked back since. He’ll […]
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Saturday, October 19, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Guttersnipe at the Old Hairdressers
10 November, 2019, 6 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. A giant line up of fantastic weird mess! Guttersnipe, Mark Morgan / Gaute Granli / Pete Um / Tarantula Starting early so folk can get the last train hime… door 6pm, first band 6.30pm. Guttersnipe: Heroic in their absurdity and loud to boot! This psychedelic duo from […]
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One Night at The Disco, Riverside Museum
One Night at the Disco Presents: One Night at the Museum Glasgow Riverside Museum, 100 Pointhouse Rd, Glasgow G3 8RS 30th November, 2019 7pm – Midnight After-party at SWG3 11pm – 3am This November the museum will be opening its doors to an era of pure decadence, glamour, excess – for a disco experience like […]
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
The Long Ryders at OranMor
27 October, 2019 DHP Family Proudly Presents… The Long Ryders Live at Òran Mór 731-735 Great Western Rd, G12 8QX 14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) Tickets are on sale now The Long Ryders were and are the founders of Alt-country, a musical genre which did not exist before they burned so […]
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Monday, October 14, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Cottiers
Sunday 20 October, 2019, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Maria Doyle Kennedy has established herself as one of Ireland’s most prolific artists and entertainers. As a musician, she is well known for her worldwide hit folk albums Mutter and Sing (feat:John Prine, Damien Rice, Paul Brady) ‘Maria Live captures the singer at her impressive best: […]
Hang Massive at OranMor, Glasgow
Friday 8th November 2019, 7 p.m. DHP Family Proudly Present… Hang Massive Live at Òran Mór Òran Mór 731-735 Great Western Rd, G12 8QX 14+ (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult) Tickets on sale now: The UK / Swedish Band are the world’s most well known Hang and Handpan players with over 100 […]
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