[4.6] Primary folk music pubs and sessions


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Edinburgh

Recommend listening to "The Reel Blend" on Radio Scotland on
Sunday mornings for listings.

Most of these start around 9
ALP/SMOG = Denotes Adult Learning Project Scots music group session - If you go to ALP you'll probably know some of the tunes A = Denotes afternoon session

Mon
West End Hotel ALP/SMOG session
Oxford Bar ALP/SMOG singing session
Fiddler's Arms Anne Hughes led session
Sandy Bells Jenny and Hazel Wrigley

Tue
Green Tree Mainly Irish session

Wed
The Diggers ALP/SMOG session
Sandy Bells mixed session
West End Hotel Bill Purves, mainly singing
Shore Bar Angus R. Grant and friends

Thu
West End Hotel ALP/SMOG session
Sandy Bells Alan Johnstone and John Martin
The Antiquary, St Stephens St, Stockbridge - *very* mixed session

Fri
Sandy Bells mainly Irish
(occasionally) The Tass, Canongate - instrumental, mostly Irish

Sat
Sandy Bells mainly Irish
The Tass, Canongate - instrumental, mostly Irish

Sun
West End Hotel ALP/SMOG tutored youth session (1-2:30) (A)
Upstairs Family session for everyone from 2:30 (A)
Sandy Bells 2.30-7pm (A) Scottish instrumental (lots of pipe tunes) Drouthy Neebours singing session with guest
Ensign Ewart Sandy Brechin and friends

All nights
Whistlebinkies 8:30 - 11:30
The Royal Oak (best pub for sing arounds)
Scruffy Murphy's

Glasgow

The Scotia Bar and Clutha Vaults (Stockwell Street)
Victoria Bar (Bridgegate)
Hielan Jessie's (Gallowgate)
Park Bar

Pitlochry

Moulin Inn, first Sunday afternoon of the month - contact Stan Reeves at the Adult Learning Project, Dalry Road, Edinburgh. His half-sister runs the hotel.

Further information

General Listings

http://www.ceolas.org/pub/session-list.html

Central Scotland

Check out the Gig Guide for what's happening in the pub folk scene in Edinburgh. http://www.gigguide.co.uk/
For Edin/Glasgow info look in the folk section of
The List http://www.timeout.com/

http://www.albafolk.freeserve.co.uk/sessions/

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