ST ANDREW'S DAY CELEBRATIONS 26th November - 4th December 2005

GLASGOW AND CLYDE VALLEY

Festival: Partick Folk Festival II
Wednesday November 30, - Sunday 4th December @ The Annexe, 9a Stewartville Street, Partick, Glasgow. Contact 0141 3576747. Set to be EVEN BETTER than last years!!! www.theannexehlc.org

Ceilidh: The St Andrews Ceilidh
St Andrew's Festival
Organised by St Andrews in the Square
Wednesday, November 23, 8:00 pm @ St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow. Tickets priced £6.00 available at the door.
All the way from Mallaig, The Fergie MacDonald Ceilidh Band will bring a touch of the Scottish Highlands to Saint Andrews in the Square. Join us for an authentic Scottish celebration.

Ceilidh: Lamington Ceilidh
Organised by Hands Up for Trad
Friday, November 25, 8:00 pm @ Lamington Hall, Lamington. Tickets priced £5.00 (concs £2.50). Contact 01899 850587. A family ceilidh in our local hall. Everybody welcome.

Ceilidh
Friday, November 25 @ Greenock Town Hall , Greenock. Tickets priced £10.00. Contact 07956 292 484. Ceilidh to support local lass Carrie Gibson in her bid to climb Everest in 2007.

Workshop: Traditional Music Come and Try Session
Organised by Glasgow Fiddle Workshop
Saturday, November 26, 2:00 pm @ McCormicks Music Shop, Bath Street, Glasgow. Free. Contact Sara Melville www.glasgowfiddle.f9.co.uk
A Traditional Music "Come and Try" session in partnership with McCormacks music. Have you ever thought you would like to be able learn to play traditional music. This is an opportunity for you give it a go and see if it is for you.

Concert: A Son is Born to Us Capella Nova
St Andrew's Festival
Organised by St Andrews in the Square
Sunday, November 27, 7:30 pm @ St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow. Tickets priced £12.00 (concs £8.50). Contact Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 0141 3538000
Christmas Mass to mark the Thomas Tallis 500th Anniversary.

Session: McEwan's Sessions
Organised by Traditional Music and Song Association
Sunday, November 27 to Wednesday November 30, 9:00 pm @ Lismore Bar, 206 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow. Free. Contact 0131 6675587

Concert: Malinky
Organised by Star Folk Club
Thursday, December 1, 8:00 pm @ St Andrew's in the Square, 1 St. Andrews Square
Glasgow. Tickets priced £7.00 (concs £5.00). Contact Tom Holmes, info@starfolkclub.co.uk, www.starfolkclub.co.uk
One of the most dynamic and inventive folk bands to emerge over the last few years, Malinky's passionate commitment to the Scottish song tradition is matched by their instrumental flair.

Concert: Banquet of Musick
St Andrew's Festival
Organised by St Andrews in the Square
Sunday, December 4, 8:00 pm @ St Andrew's in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, Glasgow. Tickets priced £8.00 (concs £6.00) on the door.
Performance of Scottish Music for St Andrew's Festival with Hilary Bell, folksinger, including unpublished works by James Oswald and a selection of Burns songs.