The Orkney Folk Festival 2009

• Long Gone Lonesome
• Alasdair White
• Bella Hardy
• Bevvy Sisters
• Blyde Lasses
• Breabach
• Cara Dillon
• Face the West
• Foghorn Stringband
• Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band
• Lau
• Leeshinat
• New Rope String Band (The)
• R Cajun and the Zydeco Brothers
• Scott Gardiner
• Shee (The)
• Shetland's Heritage Fiddlers
• Stambordet
• Tim O'Brien and Kris Drever
• Amy & Jack Westwell
• Billy Jolly
• Bruce Mainland
• Chair (The)
• Diane Kelday
• Eric Linklater and David Delday
• Fiddletime
• Fiona Driver and Graham Simpson
• Frank Keenan
• Hadhirgaan
• Hullion
• James Grieve Band
• Jo Philby
• Kirkjuvagr
• Kirkwall City Pipe Band
• Lone Star Swing Band (The)
• Orkney Traditional Music Project
• Saltfishforty
• Shoot the Piper
• Shoramere
• Skalder
• Songshop Choir
• Songshop Trio
• Stromabank Pub Choir
• Stromness RBL Pipe Band
• Stronsay's Silver Darlings
• Wrigley Sisters (The)

Tim O'Brien & Kris Drever

Stromabank Pub Choir

The Stromabank Pub Choir was the brainchild of two members of the Hoy and Walls community just over three years ago, and is coordinated by local musician and music teacher, Fran Gray.

 

The choir currently boasts around 35 members, who get together weekly to sing a variety of songs; ancient, modern, secular, sacred, rounds, Orcadian, Scottish, English, Caribbean and African.

 

Last year the folk festival invited them to perform on the mainland, however the group “didn't feel ready to do abroad". This year they returned the offer, by inviting the festival to come to Hoy! Happy to oblige, we took them up on it and are going across to Hoy on Sunday afternoon for a concert in the Hoy Kirk.