Advanced guitar workshop: Brian Cromarty
Caird Hall Complex | 11am | £5 | BOOK ONLINE
Brian Cromarty guitar workshop Saltfishforty's guitarist straddles traditional, jazz and country styles - a great opportunity for more confident players.
Advanced fiddle workshop: Douglas Montgomery
Caird Hall Complex | 11am | £5 | BOOK ONLINE
Douglas Montgomery fiddle & viola workshop: Inspired fiddle tuition for adventurous players.
Advanced harp workshop: Catriona McKay
Caird Hall Complex | 2pm | £5 | BOOK ONLINE
Catriona McKay harp workshop. Workshop for confident players from one of the most adventurous and accomplished harpers in the UK .
Choired for Sound: The Big Sing
Marryat Hall | 3pm | £2/£1 concession | BOOK ONLINE
Individual sets from some of the amazing choirs participating in Choired For Sound, including Black Voices. The concert finale features a new commission from Michael Marra, The Wrights of Man , sung by at least 8 of the choirs at once - last year there were 147 singers on stage, and we're looking to raise the bar this time around. Not to be missed.
Whistlebinkies Group Workshop: How to make a folk group
Caird Hall Complex | 2pm | £5 | BOOK ONLINE
The quintessential Scottish music group, The Whistlebinkies, will be leading a workshop for mixed instruments (lowland pipes, small pipes, flute, clarsach, drum & double bass) covering musical arrangements, how instruments can work together, in fact all aspects of putting together a folk group.
Traditional Music Session
Braes | 4pm | Free
Join local musicians for a relaxed session of tunes.
Last in the Line: Sheila Stewart In association with DCA
DCA | 4pm | £5 | BOOK ONLINE
Last of the Line: Sheila Stewart (Scotland 2007)
Born on July 7, 1937 in a stable that belonged to an hotel in Blairgowrie, Sheila Stewart grew up in a family of travelling people whose roots in Scotland have been traced back to the eleventh century and whose music and song gained world-wide renown during the folk music revival. Now in her seventies, ballad singer Sheila Stewart is the last in the line of the Stewarts of Blair, a long lineage of traditional travellers ballad singers and storytellers. Her final quest is to ensure that her ancient culture does not die with her. But it's not an easy battle, being a Traveller means Sheila is ignored on her own doorstep in the idyllic setting of Blairgowrie. The film, made by Dundonian filmmakers Blair Scott and Dylan
Drummond, is a moving portrait about an outsider and a lament for a culture now lost.
The film will be followed by an audience with Sheila Stewart herself, an inimitable singer and raconteur.
The Great Homecoming Ceilidh @ the Apex Hotel
Apex Hotel | 7pm | £5 (Families/Groups of 4 come for £15!) | BOOK ONLINE
For the grand finale of Dundee’s Homecoming week, Fest’n’Furious in partnership with DALMG presents The Great Homecoming Ceilidh: eight simultaneous Ceilidhs taking place throughout Dundee. The barnstorming University of Abertay Ceilidh Band will be leading the city centre ceilidh, with help from a host of very special guests.
From small family events to large-scale ceilidhs, each venue has it’s own unique programme to suit all the community, and you can expect some very special guest surprises on the night. There is an event on your doorstep, so get involved!
The Hot Seats
Marryat Hall | 8pm | £12/£10 concession | BOOK ONLINE
Crazy bluegrass scientists and Absurdist string band The Hot Seats have been together for seven years, fine-tuning their skills on the US redneck bar and college club circuit. Winners of a Herald Angel at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008, and Fave Rave at Leicester's Summer Sundae Festival, we couldn't think of a better way to close Fest'n'Furious.
The Hot Seats thrive on diversity . . . The action is virtually non-stop, the musicianship superb, with fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar coalescing with humour and speed and powered by a communally owned and played double-bass, drums and washboard.
The Glasgow Herald, 2008
"BLUEGRASS, old-time, skiffle, jug band stir them up vigorously, throwing in elements of zany vaudeville , add some unpredictable tics, then stand back and watch them go.
The Edinburgh Scotsman, 2008
www.myspace.com/hotseatsrva
With support from the fantastic Lost Todorovs: an explosion of Balkan-gypsy-fused instrumental mayhem with tinges of Burlesque and East European Cabaret Hall style songs. Recipients of a Dundee's Musicians' Award, the Todorovs' take their inspiration from Bulgarian Horos, klezmer music and the surreal in equal measure.
www.myspace.com/thelosttodorovs
Don Paterson @ the Acoustic Cafe with Zoe Venditozzi, Dom Venditozzi & guests
Braes | 8pm | £6 (tickets available on the door only) | tickets on sale at door only
Music. Spoken word. An event to savour. Welcoming back one of the most talented British poets of his generation: Don Paterson OBE. Don's last appearance at the Acoustic Cafe was a sell-out show in which the audience were treated to both classics and newer works, as well as a spontaneous stunning jazz guitar solo. Enjoy a brilliant and rare home date with one of Dundee 's most prominent wordsmiths.
www.myspace.com/domvenditozzi