Sat 03 Dec 2016
Aidan O’Rourke – Scottish Fiddle Workshop
11:00 - 12:30
Scottish fiddle repertoire and technique with Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke. For Intermediate to advanced players.All workshops include free ensemble session in Main Hall 4-5... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Lau-Land & NEHH Present... Lau Afterparty feat. Rozi Plain & Lost Map DJ's
22:30 - 03:00
Rozi Plain (duo)Lost Map DJ's VisualsLau are delighted to announce that Rozi Plain will be headlining our late evening at Summerhall. Rozi (BBC 6 Music favourite, bassist with This is the... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Kris Drever - Backing Tunes Workshop
11:00 - 12:30
Learn about Kris’s approach to backing Scottish and Irish session tunes. For guitar players of any ability.All workshops include free ensemble session in the Main Hall 4-5... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Martin Green - Creative Approaches to Traditional Music Workshop
11:00 - 12:30
A workshop on alternative approaches to arranging traditional music for mixed instruments, with Lau’s accordion player. Any Ability.All workshops include free ensemble session in Main Hall... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Amy Geddes - Scottish Tunes Repertoire Workshop
14:00 - 15:30
What gives a tune its Scottish accent? Try playing a few short tunes to explore the rhythmical & melodic structures behind that unique Scottish sound.Workshops will culminate free... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Gina Rae - Harmony Singing Workshop
14:00 - 15:30
Edinburgh legend Gina Rae (of The Bevy Sisters) leads a group harmony singing workshop, nothing matches the euphoria of singing in harmony with other humans.Workshops will culminate free... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Build Your Own Synthesizer Workshop (Includes Synth you can take home!)
14:00 - 15:30
Make your own playable synth and take it home with you! Price includes synth kit and you will be guided through the making process by experts at Edinburgh’s Hacklab.Workshops will culminate... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Aidan O'Rourke - Scottish Fiddle
11:00 - 12:30
Scottish fiddle repertoire and technique with Lau’s Aidan O’Rourke. For Intermediate to advanced... [more]
Sat 03 Dec 2016
Martha Thomson – Beginners Fiddle
14:00 - 15:30
Young Shetland Traditional Fiddler Of the Year winner Martha Thomson will teach simple tunes at a slow pace, ideal for those how have recently taken up the fiddle or who play violin already and want... [more]
Fri 02 Dec 2016
Ensemble Session with Tom Bancroft
16:00 - 17:00
Tom Bancroft leads ensemble session for all workshop participants, experience group playing with one of Scotland’s most remarkable musicians and... [more]
Fri 02 Dec 2016
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes
Ross Couper and Tom Oakes in Concert. Winter Trad 2016.
19:30 - 22:30
This very special concert marks the opening of Ross and Tom’s second mini festival and teaching weekend ‘Winter Trad’. Tickets for classes available at www.wintertrad.comRoss and Tom are a... [more]
Wed 30 Nov 2016
Edinburgh Folk Club
Archie Fisher
20:00 (19:30)
Beloved worldwide as one of the finest traditional singers of all time, MBE Archie Fisher is recognized as Scotland’s foremost folk troubadour with a career spanning over four decades. A... [more]
Thu 24 Nov 2016
NEHH & The Gentle Invasion present... Modern Studies & Woodpigeon + Support
20:00 - 23:00
Modern Studies are a chamber pop band from Glasgow-via-Yorkshire. Their quietly experimental landscape songs are played on analogue synths, cello, double bass, drums, guitars, a wine-glass... [more]
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Regular Music
Regular presents Hipsway 'The Warm-up Show' + Support
19:00
A special intimate warm-up show ahead of the 2 sold out appearances at Glasgow O2ABC.Please note: Tickets are also available in multiple 3rd party... [more]
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Edinburgh Folk Club
Mairi Campbell
20:00 (Doors 19:30)
Mairi Campbell is an influential and pioneering figure in Scottish music. Her music has a rooted and powerful quality and her musical interests are wide-ranging: from playing Scottish dance music to... [more]
Thu 17 Nov 2016
NEHH Presents... Kristin Hersh
20:00 - 23:00
The immensely talented Kristin Hersh returns again to the UK (Ireland) for a rare solo tour in support of her critically-acclaimed new double CD and book, “Wyatt At The Coyote Palace” (Omnibus... [more]
Wed 16 Nov 2016
NEHH Presents... Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) + Richard Youngs
20:00 - 23:00
Lee Ranaldo will hit the road to Europe one more time this year with a clutch of brand new songs from his just completed new album Electric Trim produced by Lee and Spanish multi-instrumentalists... [more]
Wed 16 Nov 2016
Edinburgh Folk Club
Clive Gregson
20:00 - 22:00 (doors 19:30)
This event is part of the Carrying Stream Festival.Born and raised in Manchester, England, Clive is an accomplished singer, musician and record producer. He started his professional music career... [more]
Sat 12 Nov 2016
Edinburgh Folk Club
Chris Newman & Máire Ní Chathasaigh
20:00 - 22:00 (doors 19:30)
This event is part of the Carrying Stream Festival.The virtuoso partnership of England’s premier flatpicking guitarist and “the greatest Celtic harper of our age” (LIVE IRELAND) has by now... [more]
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Edinburgh Folk Club
Bring In The Spirit
20:00 - 22:00 (doors 19:30)
This event is part of the Carrying Stream Festival.Bring In The Spirit combines the incomparable, sophisticated vocals of Rod Paterson and Kirsten Easdale with the sublime, sensitive accordion... [more]
Thu 03 Nov 2016
NEHH presents... Xylouris White + Support
20:00 - 23:00
When Xylouris White recorded their second album, this most intuitive and inquisitive of duos did what comes naturally to them: expanded their horizons. For George Xylouris, the Cretan lute player who... [more]
Thu 03 Nov 2016
WinterWilson
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Winter Wilson's latest tour showcases their latest album "Ashes and Dust", the follow up to "Cutting Free" which made the Daily Telegraph's ten recommended folk albums for Summer 2014.Having... [more]
Sun 30 Oct 2016
The Golden Hour presents
The Golden Hour presents ... BONE DIGGER
18:00 - late
The Golden Hour presents … BONE DIGGER in which we don our masks & give ourselves a fright. Poetic Haunted House & Music from:2Man(l)yDJs, Kirsten Adamson, Atzi, Hailey Beavis, Tessa... [more]
Fri 28 Oct 2016
NEHH presents... Day of the Dead Party with Our Ladies of Sorrow
20:00 - 01:00
Dress up in your best costume and join us for a special Day of the Dead party. There'll be live music from Our Ladies of Sorrow, celebrating Italian Horror cinema, its lurid imagery, and even... [more]
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Harpeth Rising
20:00 (doors 19:30)
Chamberfolk: Three classically trained musicians playing original music, as intricately arranged as a string quartet, lyrically rooted in the singer/songwriter tradition, and wrapped in three-part... [more]
Sat 22 Oct 2016 - Sun 23 Oct 2016
Africa Together
AfriFest
10am on the 22nd until 01:00 on the 23rd
A vibrant, exuberant celebration of African Arts and Culture, and the unique input black performers have made to the artistic and cultural landscape of Scotland. 2 day festival will include live... [more]
Sat 22 Oct 2016
Mediterraneo: On The Road - with The Badwills, Brass Gumbo and Wayward Jane
20:30 - 01:00 (music from 21:30)
Mediterraneo and Nothing Ever Happens Here present another wild edition of Edinburgh’s very own world music concert series. This special autumn edition goes ‘on the road’, will be fueled by the... [more]
Thu 20 Oct 2016
Quicksilver
20:00 (19:30 doors)
Quicksilver are Hilary Spencer & Grant Baynham.Hilary Spencer’s voice is a thing of beauty. The smoothly-powerful centre of Artisan’s benchmark acappella for twenty years, it has rightly... [more]
Thu 13 Oct 2016
Sylvia Barnes & Sandy Stanage
20:00 (19:30 doors)
Sylvia and Sandy have been working together since the 70s, when they were founder members of the seminal Scottish band "Kentigern". They perform widely at home and abroad, featuring the best of both... [more]
Wed 12 Oct 2016 - Fri 14 Oct 2016
The Elements World Theatre
Reflections of A Constant Monk
19:30
Written by Lee Gershuny Music Directed and Composed by Robin Mason Presented by Corinne Harris, Robin Mason, Peter Galinsky and Lee GershunyWith music and poetry from the heart, the performance... [more]