MNS FESTIVALS! supplement (May21-23)

Festivals! 

Scotland's Music 

the Scottish music festival supplement from MUSIC NEWS Scotland 

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First artists announced for 35th Glasgow Jazz Festival 

Online :: 18-20 June :: www.jazzfest.co.uk 

Glasgow Jazz Festival has 

announced the first bill of artists 

who are set to perform as part 

of their three-day digital 

festival, from 18-20 June. 

Stunning performances from Scottish musical talent across a 

spectrum of genres including jazz, blues, soul, funk, R&B, 

electronic and world music, will be available to enjoy as part 

of the summer festival. 

Early Bird online festival passes are on sale now from the 

link above. This All-Access ticket will give fans unlimited 

access to the full weekend of entertainment for just £25 

where they can watch over a dozen performances, DJ sets 

and much more from across the Scottish jazz scene. 

East end arts and music venue Saint Luke’s will play host to 

a series of special performances from homegrown and 

established jazz musicians, who are the first acts of the 

programme to be revealed. 

Kicking off a weekend of sensational sounds will be the 

multi-award-winning Fergus McCreadie Trio. Hot on the 

heels of the release of their acclaimed second album this 

year, the trio are set to share their exuberant, uplifting and 

soul-stirring live show with digital audiences. 

Saturday night will see a show-stopping performance from 

Laura MacDonald Quartet – fronted by leading Scottish 

saxophonist and composer Laura MacDonald, before 

Glasgow collective corto.alto amaze audiences with a dose of 

their energetic hip-hop and soul inspired nu-jazz brilliance, 

led by trombonist Liam Shortall. 

Each of these three acts – Fergus McCreadie Trio, Laura 

MacDonald Quartet and corto.alto – will also each premiere a 

new piece of music specially commissioned by the festival at 

their shows. 

The weekend of Saint Luke’s sessions will conclude on 

Sunday with performances from award-winning jazz vocalist 

Georgia Cecile and Mama Terra – a new musical 

collaboration between Scottish musician, composer and 

producer Marco Cafolla and critically acclaimed saxophonist 

Konrad Wiszniewski. 

With Glasgow Jazz Festival audiences rising by almost a third 

in 2019 and a successful digital edition of the festival in 

2020 alongside a string of winter and spring livestream 

shows taking place over the last year, jazz fans across 

Scotland and beyond are expected to enjoy this year’s digital 

programme. 

Much-loved Glasgow jazz venue The Blue Arrow will also 

host a programme of performances still to be announced. 

Surprise pop-up bonus tracks from a selection of performers, 

a Women in Jazz interview series and a London session are 

set to complete the exciting online line-up. 

Early Bird Festival Passes will be available for a limited time 

only, after this the price for an ‘All-Access’ Festival Pass will 

increase. Performances will be available to view on demand 

for seven days following broadcast. The festival takes place 

thanks to funding and support from Creative Scotland and 

EventScotland. 

Jill Rodger, Director of Glasgow Jazz Festival, said: 

“This year’s Glasgow Jazz Festival will see us bring an array 

of exciting talent from the local jazz scence to global 

audiences with our programme of digital events. Going 

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online allows us to continue supporting the rich and diverse 

jazz ecosystem in the city including musicians, local venues 

and an array of industry specialists, such as production, 

sound and lighting, that work tirelessly to bring audiences 

the best live music. The musicians can’t wait to share their 

art from venues across Glasgow with audiences worldwide 

and I hope people are able to enjoy the shows from home 

until we are able to safely gather and share music in person 

with one another again.” 

Clare Hewitt, Music Officer at Creative Scotland said: 

“Festivals have always had an important role to play in 

giving Scotland’s homegrown talent the platform it deserves, 

and this year’s virtual Glasgow Jazz Festival is no exception. 

Showcasing the city’s vibrant and diverse jazz scene, the 

2021 festival programme ensures audiences from Scotland 

and around the world will discover their new favourite artists 

and encounter well-loved musical friends.” 

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‘Virtually’ Orkney Folk Festival includes World premiere amongst exclusive 

online performances from over 20 artists over 38th festival weekend 

Online :: 27-30 May :: www.orkneyfolkfestival.com 

An international bill of 

leading folk artists from 

Scotland, England, 

Norway, Denmark and 

Canada will feature as 

part of this year’s online 

Orkney Folk Festival - 

alongside a number of 

newly commissioned 

performances from 

homegrown Orcadians. 

Dubbed the Virtually Orkney Folk Festival for 2021, 

the award-winning festival’s organisers are recreating 

as much of the treasured live event as possible within 

a brand new digital programme, with exclusive 

content. This follows the success of the festival’s Big 

Lockdown Special in 2020, where unearthed archive 

footage was screened to mark the festival weekend, 

amassing over 31,000 views just two months into the 

UK’s lockdown. 

This year’s four day event, streaming over the 

festival’s regular long weekend of May 27-30, 

promises numerous new concert performances and 

workshops, alongside iconic programme fixtures - 

including Saturday night favourite, The Stomp, and 

the annual Fiddlers’ Rally with massed performances 

of traditional tunes; a cornerstone of the festival since 

its very first outing in 1983. 

Renowned for profiling local Orkney talent alongside 

leading international artists for almost four decades, 

this year’s festival offering is no exception - featuring 

the online world premiere of a new suite of music 

composed by Orcadian fiddle and mandolin player, 

Graham Rorie. 

The Orcadians of Hudson Bay - inspired by Graham’s 

fellow islanders who travelled to The Hudson’s Bay 

Company in Northern Canada to make their living in 

the fur industry during the 18th and 19th centuries - 

features an all all-star band, of James Lindsay (double 

bass), Kristan Harvey (fiddle), Padruig Morrison 

(accordion), Rory Matheson (piano) and Signy 

Jakobsdottir (drums and percussion). The album 

accompanying the project will also be released during 

the festival weekend, on Friday 28 May. 

A bumper line-up of Orcadian artists will take centre 

stage with brand new performances - including 

festival favourites The Chair, following the hotlyanticipated 

release of their third album, Orkney 

Monster, in December; home-grown, world touring 

quartet Fara; acclaimed local duo Saltfishforty - aka 

Douglas Montgomery and Brian Cromarty; and awardwinning 

young group Gnoss, hot on the heels of their 

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new album release, The Light of the Moon. 

They will be joined by a number of high-profile artists 

from throughout Scotland’s folk scene - also all 

presenting brand new and exclusive sets as part of 

the Virtually Orkney Folk Festival programme - 

including Blazin’ Fiddles, Skerryvore, Talisk and 

Siobhan Miller. 

Contributing festival sets from from slightly further 

afield, international artists on the digital event’s lineup 

include Canadian roots duo Madison Violet, Danish 

folk virtuosos, the Blum and Haugaard Band, and livewire 

Norwegian/Swedish quartet SVER. Yorkshire 

songstress Edwina Hayes is making a welcome return 

to the Orkney Folk Festival bill, whilst exciting young 

Scottish group Tannara and celebrated Edinburghbased 

singer-songwriter Dean Owens both mark their 

debuts. 

As has long been the case for the Orkney Folk 

Festival, musicians and singers from the islands’ rich 

local music community form the backbone of the 

festival programme, welcoming visiting musicians and 

audiences into the fold in their droves. Online 

audiences can also look forward to newly filmed sets 

from artists including fiddle and piano duo Eric 

Linklater and Jennifer Austin, local singers Sarah Jane 

Gibbon and Emma Grieve, popular youth trio Lyra, 

the much loved Shetland/Orkney song pairing of Brian 

Cromarty and Jenny Keldie, renowned singer Jo 

Philby, East Mainland family group The Brewers, and 

local stalwarts Hullion - who are celebrating their 30th 

year performing together in 2021 - amongst further 

acts still to be announced. 

Filming for the Virtually Orkney Folk Festival is 

already underway in the county, on location in a 

number of venues in Orkney - including popular 

Stromness hostelry, and the scene of countless 

Orkney Folk Festival sessions over the years, The 

Ferry Inn. Shooting is also due to get underway in 

production facilities on the Scottish mainland very 

soon - all in adherence to, and under continuous 

review with, the prevailing covid-19 health and safety 

workplace guidance. 

Recording such an unprecedented volume of brand 

new festival footage - particularly of Orcadian artists - 

has been made possible through grant funding 

awarded from EventScotland’s Event Recovery Fund, 

created in response to the covid-19 pandemic, 

alongside the festival’s annual support from Orkney 

Islands Council and commercial sponsorship. 

All artists appearing at the Virtually Orkney Folk 

Festival were due to appear live in 2020, prior to the 

event’s cancellation amidst the UK’s first national 

lockdown. Having initially been rebooked for 2021, in 

the hope that it would be a live event, they will now 

appear both as part of this year’s virtual event and 

live when the festival returns to an in-person event in 

2022. 

With further artists and the festival’s full programme 

to be announced in the coming weeks, all-inclusive 

weekend streaming tickets are now on sale, at just 

£40 per household. 

Festival Director Bob Gibbon said: “I can't explain 

what it means to be able to bring this virtual line up 

to you all this year. Being prevented from putting on 

a live festival again yet again was painful, but we 

have successfully managed to turn it around to a 

tremendously positive outcome. 

“I know online isn't quite the same, but music is 

engaging no matter how it is done - that’s the beauty. 

There are musicians out there literally champing at 

the bit to be playing again, and this is what we are 

endeavouring to do; to connect the performer to the 

listener and hopefully spread some positivity in these 

desperate times. Not only will there be online 

concerts, there will also be the chance for folk to join 

in with a Zoom-style Fiddlers’ Rally and an online Folk 

Festival Choir - not to mention workshops as well. 

Basically, all is not lost; life goes on, music lives on, 

Orkney Folk Festival lives on!” 

Orcadian musician Graham Rorie said: “The 

Orkney Folk Festival has been a huge part of my 

music career so far and it’s always a real honour to 

take part in such a world-class event. To have the 

online premiere of 'The Orcadians of Hudson Bay’ on 

the festival line up is very special, especially with so 

much of the story based around the port of 

Stromness where the Hudson’s Bay Company's ships 

set sail for Canada. Whist it’s a shame that the show 

can’t be taking place live in Stromness itself, to be 

playing the music to an Orkney Folk Festival audience 

will still be a real treat!” 

Paul Bush OBE, VisitScotland’s Director of 

Events, said: “We are delighted to be supporting 

Virtually Orkney Folk Festival through a tumultuous 

time for events and the wider industry. It is inspiring 

to see festivals like this find new ways to put on an 

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SCOTLAND TRENDING - Launch of new national 

music series as part of Perth Festival of the Arts 

Online :: 24-29 May :: www.perthfestival.co.uk 

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Independent Scottish arts festival 

Perth Festival of the Arts has 

launched a brand new national 

music series showcasing the rising 

stars in music in Scotland as part 

of its festival taking place online 

this month. 

SCOTLAND TRENDING presents some of the 

best up-and-coming solo artists, bands and 

ensembles in the country across jazz, indie, 

rock, folk, electronic music and classical 

performance. The series will broadcast from 24- 

29 May over six late-night online sessions 

showing ‘as live’ performances filmed in Perth 

Theatre Studio. Sixteen different artists will 

feature across the weeklong series. 

Official Album Chart toppers, Scottish band The 

Snuts, will headline. The band released their 

raucous, hook laden debut album, W.L. on 2 

April 2021 and went straight in at Number 1 on 

the Official Album Charts; the first Scottish band 

to do so in 14 years. 

With other artists in the series including the 

exuberant jazz-funk-folk collective Fat- 

Suit, singer-songwriters Beth Malcolm and Angus 

Munro, alt-rock/ electronic three-piece Cloth 

and one of the most exciting young groups in 

European Jazz Fergus McCreadie Trio, the lineup 

is as exciting as it is diverse. 

Through a partnership with the Scottish Music 

Centre’s Hit The Road project, which supports 

young aspiring performers at an early stage in 

their music making, the Festival will feature 

support artists Kate Kyle, Sophie Penman and 

Hector Shaw. Presented by The Cross Trust, a 

further concert includes jazz performer Matthew 

Kilner (saxophone), Neil Birse (piano), Ewan 

Hastie (bass) and Richard Glassby (drums), and 

classical artists Lauren McQuistin (soprano 

voice), Hugh Mackay (‘cello) and pianist Junyan 

Chen. 

The music series is supported by the National 

Lottery through Creative Scotland. 

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Monday 24th - Fat-Suit 

Tuesday 25th May - Angus Munro & 

Beth Malcolm, supported by Hector Shaw 

Wednesday 26th - Cloth, supported by 

Sophie Penman 

Thursday 27th - Cross Trust Artists of the Year 

Friday 28th - Fergus McCreadie Trio 

Saturday 29th - The Snuts, supported by 

Kate Kyle 

Tickets :: £5 per concert. For £18 (early bird 

price) you can pick up a SCOTLAND TRENDING 

Pass giving access to the full series. Tickets and 

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Perth Festival of the Arts :: The full festival is 

an annual 10-day event in May, founded in 

1972, and taking place in the City of Perth in 

Scotland. Now in its 49th year, it is one of the 

leading independent arts festivals in Scotland. It 

started as an opera and classical music festival 

in the early '70s and now covers all art forms. 

The Festival programmes top international and 

national artists, as well as supporting young 

emerging talent. The Festival is an independent 

charity registered in Scotland. 

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programming top Scottish artists including The 

View, KT Tunstall, and in 2019, Lewis Capaldi, 

which saw a sell-out show at Perth Concert Hall. 

The 2021 Festival began on Thursday 20 May 

and runs until Saturday 29 May, broadcast from 

venues including Perth Concert Hall, Perth 

Theatre, Perth Museum & Art Gallery, and The 

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The Paris Salons of La Belle Epoque 

revived at Music at Paxton Festival 

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Music at Paxton, the summer 

festival of glorious international 

chamber music at Paxton 

House, on the banks of the 

River Tweed in the Scottish 

Borders, is back for 2021. 

From Friday 16 – Sunday 25 July, live music will fill the splendid Picture 

Gallery of Paxton House, with daily concerts taking place in a safe, intimate, 

friendly and relaxed environment. Paxton’s large, domed roof-light casts the 

summer sun on walls hung high with paintings from the National Galleries of 

Scotland’s collection - the perfect setting to once again return to live 

chamber music. 

Angus Smith, Artistic Director, said: "We are looking forward 

enormously to returning to Paxton House's beautiful Picture Gallery this 

summer for a feast of glorious chamber music. Audiences will have a chance 

to hear an outstanding range of musicians and we are working extremely 

hard to ensure that our presentation will take place with full compliance to 

whatever Covid-19 requirements may be in place at the time of 

performance. We anticipate that visiting Paxton for great music in the 

stunningly beautiful setting of the Scottish Borders will once again be a 

relaxing and joyous experience." 

Scottish pianist Steven Osborne opens the festival on Friday 16 July at 5pm 

and 8pm, with two of Claude Debussy’s most enduring and popular 

collections; the Deux Arabesques and the Suite bergamasque which features 

the beautiful Clair de lune. These concerts also include an engaging trio of 

rarely heard early works and a quartet of enchanting dance movements. 

Post-concert Q&A with Steven following 8pm performance. Tickets £25 

(concessions £15). 

Presenting outstanding young musicians early in their careers, and 

integrating them into the programme, remains a high priority for the 

festival, who proudly continue their partnership with Live Music Now 

Scotland. On Saturday 17 July at 12pm Sally Simpson (fiddle) and Catriona 

Hawksworth (keyboard) present a wonderful blend of Scottish music and 

their own new compositions influenced by folk traditions in Scandinavia and 

beyond. Tickets £10 (concessions £6). 

The Brook Street Band (flute, violin, cello and harpsichord) perform the first 

of the festival’s family concerts ‘Mr Handel’s Pleasure Gardens’ on Saturday 

17 July at 2pm. An 18th century programme of lively dance music featuring 

fireworks, water, animals and more. Recommended for all ages from 5 

upwards. Tickets £6 (concessions £4) free entry for under 12s. 

Tenor James Gilchrist and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform Schubert's 

Winterreise song-cycle on Saturday 17 July at 4pm and 8pm. Renowned for 

finding warmth and piercing beauty in this extraordinary dark story, James 

establishes a deep rapport with audiences in his spell-binding recitals. 

Tickets £25 (concessions £15). 

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook return to Paxton on Sunday 18 July at 

11am for a Masterclass offering insights to young professional singers and 

advanced students on interpretation and technique. The session concludes 

with James and Anna performing Beethoven’s ground-breaking song-cycle 

An die ferne Geliebte. Tickets £10 (concessions £6) free entry for 

accompanied children. 

The Brook Street Band follow in the footsteps of Patrick Home (the 

commissioner of Paxton House) through his student years in Leipzig, his 

first love at the court of Frederick the Great and numerous Grand Tours to 

artist studios and Roman ruins throughout Italy. This lively and entertaining 

‘travelogue’ on Sunday 18 July at 2.30pm and 5.30pm includes music by 

Frederick the Great, Bach, Handel and Telemann. Artist Director Angus 

Smith hosts a free online pre-concert talk, The Grand Tour: Paxton, 

Potsdam and Beyond, available on www.musicatpaxton.co.uk from 13 July. 

Concert tickets £22 (concessions £13). 

Tracy Renton presents Boogie Beat, a lively and active class full of singing, 

dancing, classical fairy tales and stories for the little ones, following which 

families can explore the wonderful Paxton House riverside setting, trails and 

play areas. Tuesday 20 July and Thursday 22 July at 11.30am and 1.30pm 

in the Hayloft Gallery. Tickets £6 per child (single sibling rate £3). 

One of the finest piano trios performing worldwide today, the Gould Piano 

Trio, bring a wonderful combination of pieces to Paxton. On Tuesday 20 July 

at 5pm and 8pm they perform Beethoven’s Trio in G, Op. 1 No. 2 and 

Mendelssohn’s Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66. Tickets £22 (concession £13). 

This concert is the first of four being filmed for those unable to travel to 

Paxton. Broadcast ‘as live’ at 8pm the day after the concert, online tickets 

are available through the box office. 

Associate Ensemble, Maxwell Quartet, renowned for bringing joy and energy 

to Haydn’s Op. 74 No.3 string quartet, perform their first concert of the 

festival on Wednesday 21 July at 5pm and 8pm, in a programme that also 

includes Beethoven’s wonderful Op.74. Tickets £22 (concession £13). This 

concert is the second of four being filmed for those unable to travel to 

Paxton. Broadcast ‘as live’ at 8pm the day after the concert, online tickets 

are available through the box office. 

Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic piano 

music, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and 

lyricism. On Thursday 22 July at 4pm and 8pm, Paxton House’s beautiful 

position on the banks of the River Tweed is a gloriously apt setting for 

Ravel’s Jeux d’eau, an early piece inspired by cascading water and brooks. 

This concert also features Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A minor D.845. Postconcert 

Q&A with Imogen following 8pm performance. Tickets £25 

(concession £15). 

On Friday 23 July at 4pm and 8pm, Music at Paxton presents an exciting 

‘first’ as Imogen Cooper and the Maxwell Quartet combine to perform 

Antonin Dvořák’s grand Piano Quintet in A. Also featured, Joey Roukens’ 

Visions at Sea, is a 17-minute work that can be heard as a kind of dream 

sea voyage, echoing sea shanties and other 17th century sounds. Tickets 

£25 (concession £15). This concert is the third of four being filmed for those 

unable to travel to Paxton. Broadcast ‘as live’ at 8pm the day after the 

concert, online tickets are available through the box office. 

In the second Live Music Now Scotland concert, Eddie Seaman and Luc 

McNally perform a delightful combination of Scottish and Northumbrian 

traditional music on Saturday 24 July at 12pm. Tickets £10 (concession £6). 

With a voice described by International Record Review as “one of the most 

beautiful Britain has produced in a generation”, soprano Elizabeth Watts 

performs a group of lush and romantic songs by Strauss and a selection of 

Britten’s inimitable folksong arrangements with pianist Sholto Kynoch on 

Saturday 24 July at 4pm and 8pm. Post-concert Q&A with Elizabeth and 

Sholto following 8pm performance. Tickets £22 (concession £13). This is the 

fourth concert being filmed for those unable to travel to Paxton. Broadcast 

‘as live’ at 8pm the day after the concert, online tickets are available 

through the box office. 

On Sunday 25 July at 11.30am Scottish lutenist Alex McCartney presents 

The Flodden Flag, a beautiful programme of airs and dances by composers 

John Dowland, Anthony Holborne and Philip van Wilder. The original Flodden 

Flag, held aloft in the battle against the English in 1513, can now be seen at 

Paxton House. Tickets £12 (concession £8). 

Just over 200 years ago the Union Chain Bridge connecting England and 

Scotland across the River Tweed opened next to Paxton House. Concerto 

Caledonia close the festival on Sunday 25 July at 4pm and 8pm with Music 

for a Border Celebration. Their programme celebrates the original historic 

feat of engineering with Scottish and Italian music at the height of fashion in 

1820, including Corelli, Geminiani, Schetky and Gow. Tickets £20 

(concession £12). 

Once again, in conjunction with Live Music Now Scotland and Paxton House, 

the extremely successful free one-hour taster concerts ‘Music at Paxton… 

Plus’ return to the festival. This year, Twogether Duo: violinist Huixin Hu 

violin and accordionist Alena Bulkatetskaya kick of the first taster concert on 

Sunday 20 June at 3pm, followed by New Antonine Brass on Sunday 4 July 

at 3pm. 

Online passes to view the four filmed performances can be purchased from 

the box office at a cost of £12 per concert (under 35s £7) and they are 

available for viewing at any time up to and including Sunday 15 August. 

Further information and step-by-step user-guidance can be found at www. 

musicatpaxton.co.uk. 

Elizabeth Macdonald, General Manager, added; “Hybrid is the current 

buzzword for live events, and a trend set to continue well into the 2021 

festival season. Whilst the Music at Paxton team is working hard to ensure 

that we can reopen safely to live audiences in the Scottish Borders this 

summer, the addition of an online component to the programme is an 

excellent opportunity for us to connect with a wider audience, both 

nationally and globally. Our goal of producing programmes that move and 

inspire audiences remains the same, regardless of the medium, and we look 

forward to sharing our love of music with audiences both old and new.” 

Music at Paxton is supported by the National Lottery through Creative 

Scotland, and tickets are available from Fringe/Red 61 and onsite at the 

Festival Box Office from 16 – 25 July. 

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Merchant City Festival is back for 2021 

Glasgow :: 8-11 July :: www.merchantcityfestival.com 

Merchant City 

Festival is set to 

return this summer, 

and will take place 

between 8-11 July. 

The celebrated Glasgow festival will showcase a long 

weekend of entertainment with outdoor arts, circus, 

dance and more, brightening up some of Glasgow’s 

best-loved streets and in venues in and around the 

Merchant City area of the city. 

An Opening Carnival celebration, inspired by Baroque 

Venetian themes, will open the festival in style on 

Thursday 8 July with pop-up performances in a 

variety of places. The full programme will be 

announced in the following weeks. 

The 2021 festival will be slightly different to previous 

years to ensure compliance with current Public Health 

guidelines. All events during the festival will continue 

to be free to attend however due to current 

restrictions, several of the programmed events will 

need to be pre-booked online to ensure numbers are 

managed in the safest way. 

To mark the launch of the 2021 edition, Merchant City 

retailers and restaurants are being invited to apply to 

the festival’s Get Involved Fund which offers a £500 

grant to businesses operating in the area to join in 

the festival atmosphere and organise some 

entertainment and cultural activity within or outside 

their premises during the event. 

Premises who are existing licence holders are also 

being invited to apply to extend their licenced outdoor 

areas for the duration of the festival so that food and 

drink provision will be readily available across the 

festival site. There will be no markets or additional 

food and drink provisions aside from what is already 

in operation in the Merchant City this year. 

Councillor David McDonald, Chair of Glasgow 

Life said: “We can’t wait to welcome the return of 

Merchant City Festival this summer. It is such a warm 

and welcoming event and with restrictions starting to 

lift and light appearing at the end of this difficult year 

we look forward to sharing the programme of 

engaging and celebratory events with you over the 

coming weeks. The local retailers, restaurant and bars 

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festival every year and I do encourage as many as 

possible to sign up to the Get Involved Fund so we 

can help facilitate them being an even bigger part of 

what is set to be a feel-good and exciting long 

weekend of culture and fun.” 

Lorenzo Mele, Merchant City Festival Executive 

Producer, said: Although the festival offering won’t 

be the same as previous years, the programme will 

continue to be centred around a rich cultural 

experience, with community at its heart. The Festival 

will celebrate the best from Scotland and the UK in 

outdoor performance, covering circus, dance, 

carnival, music, outdoor theatre and cabaret. While it 

will look and feel different from previous years, it will 

still surprise and delight as familiar streets and spaces 

are transformed by performances and excitement. 

The Festival will continue to support the local 

businesses in the Merchant City, working closely with 

them to present performances and encourage a safe 

return to the cultural heart of the city. We will also 

continue to explore the difficult history of the area 

with its roots in the Transatlantic Slave trade and 

British colonialism.” 

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Seven more summer 2021 dates for Scotland’s first 

festival created in response to Covid-19 announced 

Inverness :: various dates from June - September :: www.capersincannich.co.uk 

Capers in Cannich – 

Scotland’s first festival created 

specifically in response to 

Covid-19 social distancing 

guidelines – has announced it 

will run for eight weekends in 

total across the summer. 

With the first edition of the new exclusive outdoor glamping 

festival confirmed to take place in a stunning and secluded 

countryside site near Inverness from Friday 28 – Monday 31 

May 2021, organisers have added another seven dates 

between May and September. 

Capers in Cannich will run on the weekends of 11 - 14 June, 

9 - 12 July, 23 - 26 July, 6 - 9 August, 27 - 30 August, 3 - 6 

September and 17 - 20 September 2021. 

Glamping camping tickets are available to purchase for the 

full weekend, alongside family weekend glamping tickets that 

allow access for two adults and up to three children under 

the age of 18. A three-day weekend ticket that doesn't 

include camping and a day ticket that allows access for the 

Saturday only of each event are also now available to buy. 

With the likes of Inverness outfit Hò-rò, festival favourites 

Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 announced to play the 

opening weekend, the line-up for the second edition of the 

festival in June has also now been revealed. 

Much-loved Lewis band Face the West, Mark Sharp & the 

Bicycle Thieves – who recently supported Lewis Capaldi at 

Aberdeen’s P&J, Scotland's ska juggernaut Bombskare and 

Edinburgh indie band Wrest are among the exciting Scottish 

acts that will take to the Highland festival stage in June. 

Capers in Cannich Director Karl Falconer said: “We’re 

very excited to announce that Capers in Cannich will run for 

additional seven dates across the summer, allowing as many 

people as possible to enjoy the exclusive, safe festival 

environment we’ve created. We’re also delighted to now be 

able to welcome families to this special event alongside 

guests looking to join us for the day. 

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“A perfect staycation, our event will provide people with a 

fun-filled and relaxing glamping experience among truly 

beautiful countryside surroundings and away from big 

crowds. With 8 dates in total from now until September, it’s 

going to be an action-packed summer and our team cannot 

wait to welcome people to the site.” 

Each social bubble with a weekend ticket for Capers in 

Cannich will have their own luxury bell tent and private 

garden space to experience the festival from alongside a 

corresponding private and safe space in front of the outdoor 

stage and will receive a welcome pack on arrival, complete 

with face masks, hand sanitiser, free bottled water and a 

wealth of information about keeping safe at the event. 

An app-based table bar service will mean festival-goers order 

their food and drink on their phone and it is delivered to 

them directly. Glampers will be in for a treat, with everything 

from breakfast, dinner and outdoor BBQs to picnic hampers 

and afternoon tea on the menu. 

Additional safety measures include a drop-off service for any 

forgotten essential supplies required from the local shop, 

individual toilets and showers, socially distanced car parking 

bays and thorough and regular cleaning across the site. 

Tickets for all weekends of Capers in Cannich are on sale 

now at www.capersincannich.co.uk with the line-ups for 

remaining dates still to be announced. 

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Doune the Rabbit Hole announces new 

dates and revised lineup for 2021 festival 

Lake of Mentieth (Stirling) :: 12-15 August :: www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk 

Doune the 

Rabbit Hole has 

announced a 

revised lineup and 

dates for 2021. 

The August festival now features new headliners including 

MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer Dizzee Rascal, 

the inimitable Sleaford Mods and much loved Scottish acts 

Camera Obscura and Teenage Fanclub alongside 10cc, Earth, 

Wind & Fire Experience ft Al McKay and Charlotte Church’s 

Late Night Pop Dungeon. 

The family-friendly favourite, which has grown to be one of 

Scotland’s biggest small festivals, has moved dates from 15- 

18 July to Thursday 12 - Sunday 15 August. The 2020 

festival, which takes place at the Cardross Estate in 

Stirlingshire, was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus 

pandemic. 

Dizzee Rascal’s only date on the Scottish festival calendar is 

at Doune The Rabbit Hole. One of the most successful British 

rappers of all time, the Mercury Music Prize winning MC’s 

seventh album E3 AF was released during lockdown. Dizzee 

continues to flirt with grime and elements of garage, 

bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. 

If any band epitomises our new era, it’s Sleaford Mods with 

their unrivalled bite, wit, humour and powerful railing 

against hypocrisy, inequality and apathy. New album Spare 

Ribs features guest appearances from Brit act Billy Nomates 

and Amy Taylor of Melbourne punks Amyl and the Sniffers. 

Released in January, the album made the Top 5 in the UK 

album charts with tracks like Shortcummings pre-empting 

that now infamous trip to Barnard Castle. 

Glasgow based Camera Obscura have released five 

acclaimed albums including their most recent release Desire 

Lines. In 2018, Camera Obscura announced their longawaited 

live return as part of the Boaty Weekender, a cruise 

festival curated by Belle & Sebastian which sailed from 

Barcelona to Cagliari in August 2019. 

Fellow Scots and Belshill natives Teenage Fanclub release 

new album Endless Arcade later this month and play their 

only Scottish festival dates at the festival ahead of a planned 

2021/2022 international tour. 

One of the most influential and inventive bands in music 

history, 10cc have sold 30 million albums worldwide. Original 

member (and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee) Graham 

Gouldman remains in the lineup and their longevity is 

testament to his timeless classics I’m Not in Love and 

Dreadlock Holiday written with Eric Stewart - spotted 

everywhere from Hollywood films to sports themes. 

South London post-punk band Goat Girl 

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On the subject of legends, veteran Grammy award-winning, 

multi platinum artist Al McKay, guitarist for Earth, Wind & 

Fire will perform with his full band as the Earth, Wind & Fire 

Experience ft Al McKay. Al McKay penned seminal hits such 

September and Sing A Song with the bands’ founder Maurice 

White. In the spirit of McKay’s eight years in Earth, Wind & 

Fire, the Earth, Wind & Fire Experience feat Al McKay’s Heed 

the Message is an album rich with Al’s signature guitar 

sound, impressive harmonic backing vocals, ample moving 

saxophone runs, driving funk bass grooves and uplifting 

lyrics. 

Charlotte Church’s Late Night Pop Dungeon was a firm 

favourite at the Edinburgh Fringe and on tour across the UK 

and this is Charlotte’s only date of 2021 in Scotland. As the 

details for the late night party attest “The Grand High 

Executionatrix, dungeon mistress Charlotte Church, will give 

her MK Ultra treatment to the greatest tunes that time 

forgot, and some that will forever haunt our collective 

memory. Bring dancing shoes - the floor is on fire.” Expect 

Bowie alongside Beyonce and Black Sabbath alongside 

Britney plus much more. 

Eighty-five year old American folk legend Peggy Seeger joins 

the lineup alongside hotly tipped Scottish band Tide Lines, 

the first unsigned band to sell out Kelvingrove Bandstand. 

South Londoners unite with all-girl quartet Goat Girl and 

Grime MC Nadia Rose (MOBO favourite and Stormzy’s 

cousin) with the lineup augmented by much loved Scottish 

artists such as Honeyblood, Sacred Paws, Eddi Reader, The 

Rezillos, The Pastels, The Bluebells and BIS. 

Doune The Rabbit Hole is looking forward to welcoming fans 

back for the 2021 edition and all festival stages will be open 

air in light of restrictions following the coronavirus pandemic. 

There will be further measures to ensure the safety of 

festival goers which will be communicated as the festival 

receives guidance from the Scottish and UK governments in 

June. 

Festival director Jamie Murray said: “Audiences will note 

changes to this year’s lineup. We have worked incredibly 

hard to secure some truly fantastic new acts and headliners. 

Some previously booked acts could not make the new dates, 

including, to our great sadness, our 2020 headliners Belle & 

Sebastian and John Cale though both acts have confirmed 

that they will be performing with us in 2022! 

“We believe we've curated an epic lineup for 2021 in their 

absence, but if you wish you can still roll your ticket over to 

2022, just as you will be able to if you aren't able to make 

the new August dates. We are sorry to those who were 

desperate to see the acts that were set to perform, but we 

hope you agree we've more than made up for this with this 

new line up. 

“Unfortunately, the UK government has yet to back an 

insurance scheme for events and has not published any 

official guidelines for how live events will be required to 

operate in the wake of Covid-19, but these are expected to 

be provided by mid June following their test events. Our 

change in date from July to August is to allow time for an 

insurance scheme to be drawn up and for the guidelines to 

be published so we have time to incorporate them into our 

festival planning, something we are able to do at shorter 

notice than other much larger festivals. 

“The safety of our audience, staff, artists, and contributors is 

our number one priority and we are fully aware that the 

festival may still yet need to be postponed until 2022. 

However, it’s important we continue to prepare should we be 

given the go ahead to head safely back into the beautiful 

fields of Cardross Estate again in 2021.” 

In the event that the festival has to postpone to 2022, 

audiences will be given the option to rollover tickets to July 

or August 2022, whichever is confirmed. 

More information will follow shortly on the activities 

programme (including yoga), glamping, children’s fun and 

food suppliers. If you have further questions on how the 

pandemic is impacting the festival, please see the Covid-19 

FAQ section of the Doune the Rabbit Hole website. 

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Tradfest Enjoys Virtual Success 

“I’d forgotten quite how heart-stoppingly beautiful Karine Polwart’s voice is. 

What a joy to hear her sing and speak tonight.” - Rebellious Truth audience member 

The first ever digital edition of 

Edinburgh Tradfest came to a 

crescendo on 10 May with the 

rearranged Rebellious Truth 

lecture from Karine Polwart, with 

performances from Mike Vass and 

Mairearad Green and presented in 

partnership with the Department 

of Celtic and Scottish Studies at 

the University of Edinburgh. 

The Festival’s programme travelled the airwaves around the 

globe, reaching traditional music fans in America and 

Australia, as well as across Scotland and the UK. 

Over 400 people tuned in to Edinburgh Tradfest’s ‘live’ 

events, with a further 3,000 people enjoying the new 

Edinburgh Tradfest Podcast – about four times the Festival’s 

previously recorded largest audience. Overall the Festival 

featured over 40 artists from the world of folk music, 

producing around a total of 770 minutes of entertainment. 

Highlights of the programme included the opening concert 

Shetland Springs, presented in association with the Shetland 

Folk Festival and curated by accomplished Shetland fiddle 

player Catriona Macdonald; interviews with international 

guests Aaron Jonah Lewis and J.P. Cormier; and insight into 

the life of a folk musician, with stories from Kinnaris Quintet, 

The Shee, and Gaelic supergroup Dàimh. 

In addition to the University of Edinburgh and Shetland Folk 

Festival, Edinburgh Tradfest once again partnered with the 

Scottish Storytelling Centre for the launch of Scotland 

Online: A Directory of Musicians which will celebrate the 

online directory with an event on Tuesday 18 May. 

The programme received praise across the board, with 

audience members appreciative of the digital format for this 

year: 

“Thanks for that from the bottom of my heart. I enjoyed 

every nanosecond of it.” - Shetland Springs audience 

member 

“I’d forgotten quite how heart-stoppingly beautiful Karine 

Polwart’s voice is. What a joy to hear her sing and speak 

tonight.” - Rebellious Truth audience member 

“Loving these podcasts – entertaining me; educating me. 

Thank you so much.” - Edinburgh Tradfest Podcast 

listener 

Douglas Robertson and Jane-Ann Purdy, co-producers 

of Edinburgh Tradfest said: “In the circumstances 

Edinburgh Tradfest 2021 exceeded our wildest expectations. 

“Our first ever livestream - the Rebellious Truth lecture by 

Karine Polwart - proved extremely popular as did our series 

of podcasts (another first) which allowed our listeners to 

hear directly from the musicians themselves how lockdown 

had affected their lives and how they had coped. Some had 

built home studios, others had delivered groceries or worked 

on the fishing boats. All of them, however, displayed energy, 

enthusiasm and a determination to hit the ground running 

when the world returns to ‘normal’. 

“The Shetland Springs recorded concert not only entertained 

our audience but allowed Shetland Folk Festival to celebrate 

their 40th anniversary with some island music performed by 

some of their finest players. 

“We’d like to thank all the musicians who took part, our 

fantastic crew and PR team, our funders, partners, and 

everyone who told us how much they enjoyed the festival. 

We look forward to meeting you all again in the flesh at next 

year’s Tradfest.” 

Lori Watson, lecturer at the school of Celtic & Scottish 

Studies at University of Edinburgh said: "Edinburgh 

Tradfest created a brilliant first digital festival and I loved 

every minute of it! The festival included two major 

livestream events, the first lecture/performance Rebellious 

Truth 2021: Karine Polwart (a brilliant night of ideas, difficult 

questions and beautiful music) as well as Shetland Springs 

and a series of podcasts that, quite frankly, were a stroke of 

genius in these times. Edinburgh Tradfest’s response (after 

having to postpone in 2020 and amid shifting rules in 2021) 

has been energetic, culturally relevant and supportive of the 

musicians. Long may it continue." 

Siobhan Anderson, Music Officer at Creative Scotland 

said: “Congratulations to Edinburgh Tradfest on a brilliant 

10 days. The podcasts have provided a real insight into the 

lives of musicians over the past year and the closing 

Rebellious Truth Talk from Karine Polwart was inspiring. This 

online edition of Tradfest has created an important moment 

for the music community and fans to come together to 

celebrate our world class trad and folk music until live events 

can return to the festival circuit.” 

Douglas 

Robertson and 

Jane-Ann Purdy, 

co-producers of 

Edinburgh 

Tradfest said: “In 

the circumstances 

Edinburgh Tradfest 

2021 exceeded our 

wildest 

expectations. 

Laura-Beth Salter (The Shee, Kinnaris Quintet) said: 

"The Edinburgh Tradfest podcasts have been a great way to 

reconnect with the trad music scene. I've really missed the 

chats on long journeys to gigs and gatherings that happen 

after shows. The podcasts have been a great way to get an 

insight into what loads of musicians have been creating and 

how they are getting on. I even found out stuff I never 

knew about my own band mates! What a lovely series to be 

involved in. Thanks Jane-Ann and Douglas!” 

Acid Croft pioneers Shooglenifty said: “We’ve been 

pleasantly surprised at the response to the inclusion of our 

chaotic ramblings in the Edinburgh Tradfest podcast. And we 

were honoured that our Edinburgh-themed track 'Silence of 

the Trams' was adopted as theme tune for the festival. 

Thank goodness that Tradfest was anything but silent this 

year. We loved it!” 

Piper and fiddler Malin Lewis said: “ I was so glad to be 

asked by Edinburgh Tradfest to take part in their podcast. 

It's a really cool project full of interesting and uplifting 

stories from so many awesome people! I got to know a little 

more about some very talented people who I look up to and 

with the lack of live concerts it felt very fresh to be making 

something like this.” 

The Edinburgh Tradfest Podcast will be available to listen to 

for the next year, and the festival hopes to return in full 

force 29 April - 9 May 2022. 

Highlights from the 2021 programme are available on the 

Edinburgh Tradfest website. 

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www.twitter.com/EdinTradfest 

www.facebook.com/tradfestedinburgh 

Shetland Springs 

(T-B Ross Couper, Margaret Robertson, 

Catriona Macdonald, Chris Stout) 

:: photo by Adam Bulley 

Rebellious Truth Mike Vass and Mairearad Green 

:: photo by Douglas Robertson 


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