Celtic Connections Anniversary Concert Online
Celtic Connections 2023
This event is available to watch from 2pm on Tuesday 24 January until 8am on Saturday 28 January. All times are GMT.
Watch a one hour programme of music from the 2023 Celtic Connections 30th Anniversary Concert that took place on Thursday 19 January at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
Minimum price of £3 for this event. If you choose to pay more, your donation will be used to support the future of the festival.
From only a handful of shows back in the first year of Celtic Connections in 1994, no-one could have foreseen the festival it is today. Its development since then has paralleled Scotland’s extraordinary musical blossoming over the past 30 years, with both becoming a magnet for musicians the world over.
Big Band Celtic Connections 2023 Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
The show features selected performances of our once-in-a-lifetime Anniversary Concert line-up, alongside an extensive unique ‘big band’ originally conceived for the 2021 digital opening night and brought together in full live glory. The band features Duncan Lyall, Sorren Maclean, Fraser Fifield, Patsy Reid, Graham Mackenzie, Laura Wilkie, Michael McGoldrick, Hannah Fisher, Ross Ainslie, Anna Massie, Greg Lawson, Alice Allen, Alyn Cosker, and James Mackintosh.
Performers (Images by Pauline Keightley)
Fergus McCreadie Scottish jazz pianist, shortlisted for Mercury prize for his album Forest Floor, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Sierra Hull, American bluegrass singer-songwriter, along with her partner Justin Moses, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Dre Cali, Mali duo, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Glasgow Scotland. 19 January 2023. Peat and Diesel, Hebridean folk rock band. performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Rachel Sermanni, Scottish folk musician, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. She has toured with a number of well-known folk and indie artists in the United Kingdom. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Liam O Maonial, Irish musician, of the band hot house flowers, and Kathleen MacInnes, Gaelic singer, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Glasgow Scotland. 19 January 2023.The Big Band consisting of Duncan Lyall, Sorren Maclean,Fraser Fifield, Patsy Reid, Graham Mackenzie, Laura Wilkie, Michael McGoldrick, Hannah Fisher, Ross Ainslie, Anna Massie, Greg Lawson, Alice Allen, Alyn Cosker, James Mackintosh, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
Maeve Gilchrist, Scots Harpist and composer, performed at the Glasgow concert hall at the opening concert of Celtic Connections music festival 2023. Known for combining traditional folk music, jazz, improvisation, and experimentation. Photo Pauline Keightley / Alamy.
(Images by Pauline Keightley) See review of Opening Concert Celtic Connections 2023 and more images by Pauline Keightley.
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