2011 Programme

Rua Macmillan

‘Young Scottish Highland fiddler delivers a debut of uninterrupted quicksilver playing to leave you breathless and eager for more.’

- Songlines review of ‘Tyro’ by Rua Macmillan
(A Songlines ‘Top Of The World’ album)

‘Rua MacMillan is one of the brightest of the current generation of rising stars to emerge from the R.S.A.M.D.’s Scottish Music.  As a stylist of Scottish fiddle he is second to none.  As an arranger of traditional music in the modern idiom there is no one I’d listen to more!’

- Brian McNeill, founder of the Battlefield band and former head of Scottish Music at the R.S.A.M.D.

Click Here to visit Rua's MySpace page

Elena Piras

Music is one of the main things that has kept me going – my lifesaver and inspiration.' From an article in the Sunday Herald Magazine.

Blind since birth, Elena Piras is a FOLK, OPERA and JAZZ SINGER from Sassari in Sardinia who moved to England aged 18. She went on to work at the Royal Scottish Academy of Art in Edinburgh, and now lives in Glasgow.

Click Here to visit Elena's Website

Saturday 3rd September 2011

Afternoon - Pub Sessions inside and out

4:00pm - Tide Machine performance at the harbourside. Free!

7:30pm - Evening Concert in the Village Hall featuring Rua Macmillan with support from Belfast Folklore and Elena Piras. B.Y.O.B    -  £8

9:00pm – Pub sessions continuing on 'till late.

Saturday Night at 7:30pm in the Village Hall
Rua Macmillan with support from Belfast Folklore and Elena Piras.  B.Y.O.B    -  £8

Friday 2nd September 2011

7:00pm -The festival officially begins with Scott McCaig piping on the Dorn Rock

7:00pm - Pub Sessions inside and out (weather permitting!)

7:15pm – Ceilidh concert with Life O’ Reilly – Village hall   B.Y.O.B   - £6

10:30pm - The Tide Machine at the harbourside (visit www.tidemachine.com) to find out what it's all about!)

Sunday 4th September 2011

7:30am - A traditional brisk swim around the harbour to help you shake that hangover!