Folk Festival Programme 2009

FRIDAY

FRIDAY CONCERT - THE MARQUEE

7.00pm - 10.30pm  Tickets £15.00/£10.00

Cairn Chorus, Alison Clelland,

Marilyn Middleton Pollock, Sean and Robyn Gray, Hilary James and Simon Mayor

 

FESTIVAL CLUB - THE INSTITUTE

8.00pm - 2am - Tickets £8.00

Lucy & the Caterpillar, Kazoo, Mike & Solveig, Sons of Fergus, Rags & Feathers and Fox Face. Plus Funk, Reggae and World Music DJ’s’ . Sound Crew: John Dinning of Sound Travels

SATURDAY MORNING

PIPING COMPETITIONS

10.00am   

Chanter Competition - St Ninians Church

Piping Competition - The Institute

4pm-ish - Recital by Pipe Major Robert Mathieson and Barry Donalsdon of House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band. - The Institute ( at the conclusion of the competition) - Admission £1.50/50p

WORKSHOPS

11.00am -12.00pm - Tickets £5.00/£2.00

Guitar, open tuning -With Ewan McLennan - Moniaive Primary School

Guitar - With Simon Kempston and Aly McRae - Forestry Commission Offices

Mandolin -With Simon Mayor -Masonic Hall

Fiddle - With Robyn Gray - Masonic Hall ( wee room)

Whistle - With Sean Gray - Jean Stewart's house, Glencross, Dunreggan, Moniaive.

Singing - With Marilyn Middleton Pollock - The Old Bakery, Chapel Street, Moniaive ( opposite school)

Irish Dancing - With Diane Newman  of Absolutely Legless- The Marquee

Appalachian Dancing - Applejacks - George Hotel Function Room 

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

GREEN TEA HOUSE - ROLLING PROGRAMME OF LIVE MUSIC *FREE*

CHILDRENS CONCERT - THE MARQUEE

2pm -4pm- Tickets £2.00/£1.00

With Hilary James and Simon Mayor, Wendy Stewart and a cast of thousands - The Marquee 

OPEN MIC CONCERT - GEORGE HOTEL FUNCTION ROOM

2pm -4pm - Admission £2.00

Hosted by Mary Kathleen Burke

With Lizzie Nunnery and Simon Kempston.

Appalachain Dancing in The Marquee

4.30 - 5.00pm - *FREE EVENT*

A special performance by the Applejacks Appalachian Dancers.

 

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT - THE MARQUEE

7.00pm - 10.30pm - Tickets £25.00/£15.00

Applejacks Appalachian Dancers, Darcy Carson, The Late Jake Thackery,

Marilyn Middleton Pollock, Absolutely Legless Irish Dancers, Dervish

FESTIVAL CLUB LATE NIGHT EXTRA - THE INSTITUTE

8.00pm - Daft O' Clock - Tickets £10.00

Doghouse Roses, Aly Macrae, Wing and a Prayer, The John Langan Band, Wierdstringband,

Plus Funk, Reggae and World Music DJ’s’ . Sound Crew: John Dinning of Sound Travels

SUNDAY

WORKSHOPS 

Noon  - 1.30p - Tickets £5.00/£2.00

Moniaive Primary School 

 

Guitar  Masterclass-With Paul Tasker, Sean Gray, Paul McKenna and Simon Kempston. 

Fiddle masterclass -With  Ruairidh Macmillan ( Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2009)  

Bodhran and Percussion- With Ewan Baird  

Traditional Singing - With Maggie Macrae

The Songs of Jake Thackray  -With Tony and Richard of The late Jake Thackray

Masonic Hall

Traditional Singing - With Gus Langlands 

Open Mic Concert - The Marquee

2.00pm -5.00pm- Admission £2.00

Hosted by Doghouse Roses

With Mary Kathleen Burke.

 

 

ALLWEEKEND

PERFORMANCES

THE GREEN TEA HOUSE *FREE*

See a selection of festival guests and visiting musicians.

CHILDRENS EVENTS

The But and Ben - Weekend Badge £2.00

Join Rose and the team in the Childrens Marquee on the Campsite for a full programme of activities including Mask making, Puppet making, Storytelling and Movies. Free to weekend ticket holders. A small fee will be charged for a weekend pass to the But and Ben for children who don't have a weekend ticket.

The Music Bus - Admission £2.00

Come along and make your own music in this mobile recording studio with Ace, Number One, recording engineer John Dinning. It’s great fun, you’ll learn about electronic music making and take away a CD of your own music. Saturday and Sunday 11am -1pm. 

SESSIONS

THE GEORGE HOTEL

Public bar and lounge bar - Musicians and singers

CRAIGDARROCH ARMS HOTEL

Public and Lounge Bars - Musicians and singers

MASONIC HALL

Singers Only - Hosted by Gus Langlands, Doris Rougvie and others - Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday afternoon.