Admission £7 (16 & under free) Tea/coffee available for a donation.
Our favourite ceilidh band are making a welcome return! Skyrie is an electrifying contemporary Celtic music trio renowned for their dynamic performances and innovative sound. Their music blends traditional Scottish and Irish tunes, poignant original songs, tunes and soundscapes with modern influences from rock to funk!
Admission £5, tea/coffee available for donation, doors open 10.30am
“The Quiggs” is a Scottish/Danish folk duo consisting of Stephen and Pernille Quigg. Stephen and Pernille share a common feeling for the tradition of folk song, and thrive on a strong connection to the audience reaching far beyond the front row.
Songs from Scotland and beyond – the Danish/Scottish folk duo presents a unique tapestry of songs woven with a Celtic thread. Whether the material is traditional or contemporary the distinguishable mark of the Quiggs is the quality of the voices in harmony and the strength of the songs.
Darach is a Galician-Scottish duo formed by Roo Geddes (violin) and Hugo Franco (guitar), blending the musical traditions of Galicia and Scotland with a contemporary, intimate, and deeply emotional sound. Their music, rooted in folk, jazz, and classical traditions, creates a dialogue between ancestral melodies and original compositions—rich in nuance and feeling.
Roo Geddes, an internationally acclaimed Scottish violinist, combines classical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a strong background in jazz and traditional music. He is a finalist of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year and a recipient of the Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections. Hugo Franco, a guitarist and producer from Vigo, stands out for his versatility as a multi-instrumentalist and his ability to fuse tradition, groove, and modernity into a distinctive sound.
Together, they present their debut album in Ortigueira—a sonic journey between two countries and many emotional landscapes.
The Paddy Buchanan Band are a five-piece ensemble from Aberdeenshire who specialise in the reworking of traditional folk songs, primarily ballads from the North-East of Scotland – Paddy is an accomplished Bothy Ballad singer, winning numerous TMSA competitions and the prestigious Champion of Champions competition in Elgin 2024. Fresh from a highly acclaimed BBC Radio Scotland’s Travelling Folk session as well as main stage performance at the Aberdeen Tall Ships 2025 the band are pleased to offer some musical tidings from the Garioch, the New World, and beyond.
Dundee Gaelic Choir invite you to an interactive waulking song workshop led by Wilma Kennedy as part of World Gaelic Week.
Admission £5, children free. Tea/coffee available for donation
Catriona Scott, in addition to being a fine singer and former member of The Young Fife Roadshow, has a BA Honours in Scottish Literature with Music from the University of Stirling,. She also has an -ology in the Scottish Highland Dancing Tradition from The School of Scottish Studies! She has a wide knowledge of musical archives and has also contributed her own accessions to the School of Scottish Studies and the Glasgow College of Piping. Notable achievements include winning the Leng Medal, a Danny Award (Celtic Connections), the Grierson Prize for writing Scots poetry (University of Edinburgh) and the Sloan Prize for Scots prose (University of Edinburgh). In 2024, she also won the inaugural Glenfarg Folk Club Folkie Awards for best song.
Ian Hardie who hails originally from Mastrick, Aberdeen, has long had a keen interest in traditional music and song. He has played in various ceilidh bands in Northeast Scotland, including Clachan Yell, notably at the FLAC music festival in France, and Galik Bred of Stonehaven Aqua Ceilidh fame! For many years, he was also a guitar tutor with Scottish Culture and Traditions (SCaT). Ian is currently involved in several music projects in and around the Kinross area. He co-founded and leads Kinfolkies, a thriving weekly community folk club. Most recently, he and his trio, Amici, has been working on “Sound & Vision”; a collaboration with Scottish visual artists Pauline McGee and Julie Close, to create an hour-long collage of live music and animation. Ian plays Ibanez and Takamine guitars and a Moon mandolin.
A special Burns season fundraiser for the Friends of Wighton programme – please note timing! Featuring Barbara Dymock, Wilma Kennedy, Sheena Wellington, Wighton Singers, Piers Bowser as Tam O Shanter, Erin Farley, Morag Anne Elder’s Mixed Instruments, Mary Veal’s Harpers, and a singalong with Karen McAulay on piano!
Admission by donation, raffle, auction, refreshments available! Not to be missed!
We are absolutely delighted, thrilled and chuffed to the soles of our slippers to announce that, on Saturday 6th December, Rosa Michaelson, Friends of Wighton’s Membership Secretary, will be inducted, along with her colleagues in the ground-breaking band Sprangeen, into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame at the MG Alba Scots Trad Awards. Rosa, a classically trained violinist who plays sonata or strathspey with equal skill, is an acknowledged authority on Scottish fiddle tunes. Congratulations, Rosa, we are proud of you!
We send congratulations, too, to our recent Cappuccino Concert guest, Elspeth Cowie, who will also be inducted at the ceremony at Aberdeen’s Music Hall on Saturday. The Trad Awards are shown on BBC Alba on Saturday 6th from 9pm
This Glasgow based folk duo put their own style on Gaelic and Scots song
Admission £5, tea/coffee (pre-booking 01382 434940 or www.dundeebox.co.uk, fees apply)
