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ScotFest
A one-day celebration of homeland food and drink, craft, design and live music. You can nibble your way around the food fair, with samples of regional produce from Galloway Fudge to Arbroath Smokies. The craft fair sells a range of products from handmade cards to woodcarvings, while there's live music throughout the day.
Cochrane Park, Alva
Sat 14 Sep
Times & prices to be confirmed / 01259 215111
Sat 13 Sep
Prices to be confirmed / 01259 215111
- 10:30 – 16:30
Small Wonder
Rock covers band.
Tricky's Hotel, Redruth
Fri 24 May
Phone for prices / 01209 219292
- 21:00
The Watering Hole, Perranporth
Fri 31 May
Phone for prices / 01872 572888
- 21:00 – 23:45
The Spook School
Edinburgh indie four-piece.
Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh
Sat 18 May
£4 / 0131 229 1442
Occasional Flickers guest.
- 19:00
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
The accordion-player and his five piece collective, from Southern Louisiana, plays Cajun-funk and Zydeco.
The Band Room, York
Wed 22 May
£17.50 / 01751 432900
- 15:45 – 16:30
Wed 29 May
£17.50 / 01751 432900
- 15:45 – 16:30
Mon 22 Jul
£17.50 / 01751 432900
- 19:30
Stonehaven Folk Festival
The 25th anniversary of the festival heralds a line-up combining old favourites and exciting new acts in a programme of concerts, ceilidh, workshops, sessions and the Tradition Bearers Concert, as well as some more unusual events like the World Paper 'n' Comb Championships and the Aqua Ceilidh.
Various Venues, Stonehaven
Thu 11 Jul
Times & prices vary / 07766 581596
Fri 12 Jul
Times & prices vary / 07766 581596
Sat 13 Jul
Times & prices vary / 07766 581596
Sun 14 Jul
Times & prices vary / 07766 581596
Summer Ceilidh With Kate's Kitchen Band
Our annual summer Ceilidh with early English traditional dance, Morris, and Celtic music, a foot-tapping mixture of sounds from start to finish. Get down to your English roots and dance the night away at Ropetackle's fun and friendly summer Ceilidh.
The Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea
Fri 24 May
£10 / 01273 467523
- 20:00
Sussex Jazz Kings
The trumpeter leads his jazz band, featuring Len Baldwin on trombone, Phil Durell on banjo, clarinettist Bernard Strutt, drummer John Hall and bassist Peter Clancy.
Azur, St. Leonards-on-Sea
Fri 28 Jun
£10 ( £8; £5) / 0845 812 1066
- 20:00 – 23:00
Concorde Club, Eastleigh
Sun 19 May
£11 ( £7) / 023 8061 3989
- 20:00
Electric Palace Harwich
Thu 13 Jun
£9 / 01255 553333
- 20:00 – 22:30
Also on at:
That'll Be the Day
Step back in time with a brand new edition of the popular touring show, and hear rock'n'roll hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
The Anvil, Basingstoke
Fri 31 Jan
£23.50 / 01256 844244
- 19:45
Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells
Sat 15 Jun
£22–£24 / 01892 530613
- 19:30
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Tue 4 Jun
£21–£23 / 0844 871 7607
Also on at:
- Baths Hall, Scunthorpe
- Beck Theatre, Hayes
- Bristol Hippodrome
- The Castle, Wellingborough
- Churchill Theatre, Bromley
- The Civic Hall, Bedworth
- Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
- The Edinburgh Playhouse
- Embassy Theatre, Skegness
- Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
- Harlow Playhouse
- The Hawth, Crawley
Tom Craven
Alternative folk by the singer-songwriter from Watford.
The Horn, St Albans
Sun 26 May
Free / 01727 853143
- 16:00 – 18:00
Wakin Snakes
The five-piece plays Cajun music and old time American blues with touches of bluegrass.
Ypres Castle Inn, Rye
Fri 7 Jun
Phone for prices / 01797 223 248
- 21:30
Fri 20 Dec
Free / 01797 223 248
- 21:30
Woodenbox
Folksy, rhythmic indie and country pop from Woodenbox.
Electric Circus, Edinburgh
Sat 18 May
World Premiere Quintet
A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal.
The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh
Sat 18 May
£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298
- 20:00
Sat 25 May
£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298
- 20:00
Sat 1 Jun
£5 (£4) / 0131 220 4298
- 20:00
Wounded Knee
Folky swirlings and lo-fi electronica from Edinburgh-based musician and 'occasional children's entertainer' Drew Wright.
Mono, Glasgow
Wed 22 May
Free / 0141 553 2400
- 20:30
WWOS The Sound of Music
The uplifting tale of the musical Von Trapp family, packed full of hummable tunes.
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Wed 22 May
£15–£24 / 0870 060 6620
Xara Vaughan
Xara Vaughan a true chanteuse born out of talent and circumstance. She escaped from school to become a Stringfellow’s Angel. She escaped from a nunnery high in the Himalayas to join a punk band. Ms. Vaughan is that rare thing “the genuine article” – a cabaret star! Musical direction and arrangements by Mark Aspinall.
Komedia, Brighton
Sun 26 May
Mon 27 May
24 Pesos
The London-based outfit performs alternative blues.
606 Club, London SW10
Mon 20 May
£10 / 020 7352 5953
- 20:30 – 23:30
The Cellars At Eastney, Southsea
Fri 27 Sep
£10; £9 adv / 023 9282 6249
- 20:00 – 23:00
80s Mania
A celebration of music from the 1980s, featuring the songs of Duran Duran, The Human League, Kim Wilde, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Culture Club and Wham.
The Cresset, Bretton, Peterborough
Fri 14 Jun
£18 (£15.50) / 01733 265705
- 20:00
The Harlequin, Redhill
Sat 9 Nov
£20 (Children £18; £18) / 01737 276500
- 20:00
Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
Fri 1 Nov
£20 / 01270 368 242
- 19:30
Also on at:
9 to 5: The Musical
Three office workers get their own back on their lying bigot of a boss and conspire to take over the company, all while singing along to 18 classic Dolly Parton numbers.
The Edinburgh Playhouse
Tue 4 Jun
£15–£45 / 0844 871 3014
Thu 6 Jun
£15–£45 / 0844 871 3014
His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
Mon 24 Jun
£15.50–£42.50 / 01224 641122
Tue 25 Jun
£15.50–£42.50 / 01224 641122
Wed 26 Jun
£15.50–£42.50 / 01224 641122
King's Theatre, Glasgow
Tue 13 Aug
£9.75–£45 / 0844 871 7648
Thu 15 Aug
£14.50–£45 / 0844 871 7648
Also on at:
Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
An eclectic repertoire from the orchestra featuring Haydn's last symphony and Beethoven's first.
Woodend Barn Arts Centre, Banchory
Sat 18 May
£8 (£5) / 01330 825431
- 19:30
The Beaverwood Club, Chislehurst
Thu 30 May
£13; £12 adv / 020 8300 1385
- 19:30
The Boom Boom Club @ Sutton United Football Ground
Fri 6 Sep
£12; £10 adv / 020 8460 4907
- 19:30
The Chequer Mead Arts Centre, East Grinstead
Sat 14 Sep
£15 / 01342 302000
- 19:30
Also on at:
- Concorde 2, Brighton
- Fat Lil's, Witney
- Half Moon, London SW15
- Manchester Academy
- O2 Academy Birmingham
- O2 Academy Islington, London N1
- O2 Academy Leicester
- O2 Academy Liverpool
- O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
- O2 Academy Oxford
- O2 Academy Sheffield
- The Picturedrome, Holmfirth
The Abyssinians
The veteran Jamaican group, known for its close harmony singing and Rastafarian references, performs roots reggae.
The Institute, Birmingham
Sat 18 May
£22.50 / 0121 643 0428
- 21:00
An Acoustic Evening with Andy Cairns
Therapy? frontman goes solo and unplugged.
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
Sat 25 May
£11 / 0141 221 5279
- 20:30
Africa Unite 2013
A cross cultural live music journey from the heart of the African Caribbean diaspora, promising a tropical sunshine party for everyone. With live sets from REBEL CONTROL, a Roots Reggae & Dance Hall festival favourite. Plus Congolese Soukous Stars Zong Zing All Stars. PG – Children (16 and under) must be accompanied…
Komedia, Brighton
Thu 23 May
Alex Hutton Trio
ALEX HUTTON The UK is currently blessed with a team of hugely talented pianists, and Alex is most certainly at the forefront of these. Trained in the USA he returned to Britain to find work with a host of high profile British musicians, including Jim Mullen, Gilad Atzmon and Art Themen. His fluent, inventive, bop…
The Lit & Phil, Newcastle upon Tyne
Sat 18 May
£8–£10 / 0191 232 0192
- 19:30
Nolias, London SE1
Fri 7 Jun
£6; £25 inc meal / 020 7928 9366
- 21:30
Fri 14 Jun
£6; £25 inc meal / 020 7928 9366
- 21:30
Fri 21 Jun
£6; £25 inc meal / 020 7928 9366
- 21:30
Oaklands Hotel, Norwich
Tue 21 May
£10 / 01603 614169
- 20:30
Also on at:
Alice Russell
Soul and electro by the Brighton-based singer.
Electric Ballroom, London NW1
Thu 21 Nov
£15.50 / 020 7485 9006
- 19:00






