DOWNLOAD THE 2010 ORKNEY FOLK FESTIVAL PROGRAMME


LONG GONE LONESOME – 21-23 MAY
Friday 21 May – Westray Community Centre - SOLD OUT
Saturday 22 May – Orkney Arts Theatre - SOLD OUT
Sunday 23 May – Town Hall, Stromness


THURSDAY 27 MAY

EVENT 1 – Opening Concert - SOLD OUT
7:30pm Town Hall, Stromness
Tim O’Brien & Kris Drever
The Shee
The New Rope String Band
Hadhirgaan
Stromness RBL Pipe Band


EVENT 2 – Deerness Concert - SOLD OUT
7.30pm Deerness Hall
Foghorn Stringband
Blyde Lasses
Shetland Heritage Fiddlers
Hullion
R Cajun & the Zydeco Brothers
Bella Hardy
Songshop Choir
Fiddletime

The Shee
Stambordet
Alasdair White
Shoot The Piper


EVENT 5 – Song Club - SOLD OUT
10.30pm Royal Hotel
Scott Gardiner
Bruce Mainland
Bob Sharp
FRIDAY 28 MAY

EVENT 6 – Lunchtime Club - SOLD OUT
12noon Stromness Hotel
Tim O’Brien & Kris Drever
Jo Philby
Shetland Heritage Fiddlers


EVENT 7 – Youth Concert
6.30pm Lecture Theatre, Stromness Academy
The New Rope String Band
Orkney Heritage Fiddle Project
Big Orkney Song Project Schools

Tim O’Brien & Kris Drever
Foghorn Stringband
The Wrigley Sisters

Cara Dillon
The Shee
Scott Gardiner
Amy & Jack Westwell
Dance - Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band


EVENT 10 – Sanday Ceilidh
8.00pm Sanday Community Centre
Breabach
Bella Hardy
The James Grieve Band
Dance - Leeshinat
10.30pm Stromness Hotel
Lau
The Bevvy Sisters
Shoramere
10.30pm Lecture Theatre, Stromness Academy
R Cajun & the Zydeco Brothers
The Lone Star Swing Band
Stambordet
SATURDAY 29 MAY

EVENT 14 – Talk - SOLD OUT
11.00am Pier Arts Centre
Frances Wilkins (Blyde Lasses)
“The Fiddle at Sea: Exploring the Musical Traditions of Northern Sailors”


OQFD Orkney Village
Orkney Quality Food & Drink will be bring their famous Orkney Village food fair to Stromness Pierhead. Local producers will be offering samples and selling the finest of Orkney produce.
Music provided by Kirkuvagr Ceilidh Band and James Grieve Band.

Music in St Magnus
1.00pm St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
Orkney Traditional Music Project

Open Stage
1.00pm Town Hall, Stromness
Guest: Amy & Jack Westwell (winners 2009)

Screening of the film, “Fiddlers of James Bay” (1980), featuring Cree fiddlers and the Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, to be followed by tea, a short broadcast of archive material and a group discussion about the legacy of Orkney fiddle music and the value of musical heritage in Orkney.

Parade
3.00pm Stromness Pierhead (Weather Permitting)
Stromness RBL Pipe Band

Open Workshops
3.00pm Community Centre, Stromness
Kris Drever – Guitar
Martin Green – Accordion

EVENT 17 – Stromness Concert - SOLD OUT
7.00pm Town Hall, Stromness
Cara Dillon
Lau
Fiona Driver and Graham Simpson
Sponsor – Northwards

EVENT 18 – Harray Ceilidh - SOLD OUT
7.30pm Harray Community Centre
The Shee
The New Rope String Band
Blyde Lasses
Stronsay’s Silver Darlings
Dance - Iain Cathcart Scottish Dance Band


Breabach
Foghorn Stringband
Frank Keenan

Lecture Theatre, Stromness Academy
SUNDAY 30 MAY

Morning Service
11.15am Stromness Church of Scotland

EVENT 24 – Sunday Supplement
2.00pm Town Hall, Stromness
Breabach
Skalder
The Bevvy Sisters
Songshop Trio
Sponsor – Lows

Singers’ Session
2.00pm Stromness Hotel
Free to all who want to come along for a tune and a song. Guests and locals share songs in an informal atmosphere.

EVENT 25 – Fiddlers’ Rally
2.00pm Lecture Theatre, Stromness Academy
Orkney Fiddle and Accordion Club
West Mainland Strathspey and Reel Society
West Mainland Strathspey and Reel Society; Junior Section
Guest: Scott Gardiner
Sponsor – Northvet

EVENT 26 – Hoy Kirk Concert - SOLD OUT
3.00pm Hoy Kirk, North Hoy
Shetland Heritage Fiddlers
Blyde Lasses
Diane Kelday and Jenny Keldie
Stromabank Pub Choir
* Ferry leaves Stromness Pierhead at 2.00pm, returning at 5.30pm
Sponsor – Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme

Home vs. Away Football Match
3.00pm Stromness Market Green
Local and visiting artists put down their instruments and try to run. Worth it for the spindly legs alones!

EVENT 27 – Farewell Concert One - SOLD OUT
6.30pm Town Hall, Stromness
Breabach
The New Rope String Band
Lau
The Bevvy Sisters
Bella Hardy
Leeshinat
Tim O’Brien
Skalder
Also including readings from the winning entries in the Orkney Dialect Poetry Competition
Sponsor – Xodus Aurora

EVENT 28 – Farewell Concert Two - SOLD OUT
7.00pm Lecture Theatre, Stromness Academy
Face the West
The Shee
Cara Dillon
Scott Gardiner
Blyde Lasses
R Cajun and the Zydeco Brothers
Shetland Heritage Fiddlers
Duelling Drummers
Sponsor – The Royal Hotel