Celtic Connections 2015 – festival highlights last few days
Festival highlights from the final few days
Blazin’ Fiddles
Strings Attached ‘The Next Generation’: a landmark Celtic Connections performance featuring the Highland fiddle supergroup performing with top singer-songwriters including Rachel Sermanni, Adam Holmes and Aoife O’Donovan.
A Stor Mo Chroi
Featuring the best in Irish talent including Karan Casey, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, John Spillane, Pauline Scanlon and Éilís Kennedy, together with top-drawer instrumentalists Ed Boyd, John McSherry and Dónal O’Connor.
Alistair Hulett Tribute: After four consecutive sellouts at Celtic Connections, this musical tribute to the late singer-songwriter and activist Alistair Hulett features Del Amitri’s Justin Currie, Paul Simmonds, Naomi Bedford, James Fagan and Nancy Kerr.
1st February – St Andrews in the Square
François & the Atlas Mountains
The band create a lush, dreamy, multilingual melange of romantic indie-pop, French chanson and Afro-funk.
Horse: one of Scotland’s all-time great vocalists, known for her sophisticated songcraft, Horse McDonald presents the première of her latest ambitious project, resurrecting the words of lost or neglected Scottish women poets in newly-composed musical settings.
Danny Kyle Open Stage Finalists
This year’s finalists of Danny Kyle’s Open Stage take to the stage for a showcase concert celebrating this year’s competition.
Sunday 1 February.
This section: Celtic Connections 2015, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Filed under: Celtic Connections 2015, Gig Guide plus Club Events
Related Pages
- Celtic Connections on Campus, Glasgow Caledonian University
- Celtic Connections: Lyle Lovett and his acoustic group
- Cottiers – Bar, Restaurant, Theatre, Glasgow West End
- John Smith and Georgia Ruth, Cottiers, Celtic Connections
- Songwriters in the Round – Celtic Connections
- BMX Bandits Celebrate 40 Years
- Carlton Jug Band Residency – Avant Garde
- Duncan McCrone Band Christmas Concert
- Chiara Berardelli – Archaeology Album Launch
- Jill Jackson at Gartmore
- Beerjacket at Cottiers
- Caezar in Concert, Cottiers
- Archaeology Album Launch
- Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands
- Duncan McCrone, Cy Jack, Fraser Speirs and Mike Bryan – Arrochar
- Big Band Dance Nights with Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation
- Jim Byrne House Concert at The HillGigs
- Wildwood Jack plus Open Stage – Nova Scotia Folk Club
- In The Mood – Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation
- Tamzene at Websters
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