Created: 13 September 2022

The flyer for the Linlithgow Folk Festival 2022 was launched at the Music Session in the Black Bitch Tavern on 21 August.

Click here to view a PDF version of the flyer.

Created: 21 August 2022

Two of the leading young performers on the traditional music scene in Scotland - Hannah Rarity and Anna Massie – are coming to Linlithgow for a special concert on Friday December 8th in Queen Margaret Hall.  Building on a fast-growing reputation, Hannah Rarity ranks as one of Scotland’s finest singers. Performing a carefully chosen mix of traditional, contemporary, and self-penned material, she earns comparisons to Eva Cassidy and Cara Dillon, whilst standing confidently in her own right.

Widely recognised as a flourishing talent after winning the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year in 2018, Hannah was tipped by The Scotsman as ‘One to Watch’ and, more recently, was invited to work as co-musical director for the Opening Concert of Celtic Connections 2022.

Anna Massie is the current presenter of “Travelling Folk” on BBC Radio Scotland. Equally at home as accompanist or melody player, Anna is one of Scotland’s foremost guitarists. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, she also excels on the fiddle, mandolin, and tenor banjo. Renowned for her work with Blazin’ Fiddles, Mairearad Green and RANT, her reputation as a producer, presenter and musical director grows with each passing project. Three-time nominee for Best Instrumentalist at the Scots Trad Music Awards, she is a highly talented musician “…lively, often witty arrangements with Anna Massie’s deft banjo and guitar compelling at the heart.” Colin Irwin, MOJO

Hannah and Anna are both former winners of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Hannah appeared at “Songs and Reels at the Rose” at Linlithgow Folk Festival in 2019. On December 8th in Linlithgow, they will be supported by ‘FINDING KEMBACK’, a young duo from Fife, who wowed the audience at the Nora Devine Stage this year.

The concert on Friday December 8th will take place in the Queen Margaret Hall, Blackness Road, Linlithgow EH49 7JA:

• 7.30PM (doors open at 7pm)
• £12 (Unreserved Seating)
• This is a BYOB event. There will be no licensed bar

Tickets are now SOLD OUT.

Created: 10 August 2022

We will welcome The Sorries to the Linlithgow Rose Social Club on Friday 16th September at 8pm.

THE SORRIES are Douglas Kay (vocals, guitar, bodhran, mandolin) and Martin Philip (vocals, guitar, bodhran, tres). The duo sing, play and banter their way through a show which features a host of traditional tunes from the much-loved Scottish songbook, as well as some songs gathered from the oral tradition and a few original compositions.

The two formed The Sorries following a conversation during a tour of the Highlands where both Martin and Douglas were performing as part of separate projects. Coming from very different musical backgrounds, Kay and Philip discovered a shared love for the music of The Corries. Over a bottle of whisky they decided that the duo is still an ideal format in which to present so many of the sensational folk songs in which Scotland is so rich.

The Sorries made their live debut in Edinburgh during December 2006 and during the next three years moved from the pubs of Edinburgh to playing sell-out shows in locations as diverse as Lossiemouth’s Warehouse Theatre, Coldingham Village Hall, Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree and the Isle of Eigg Community Hall. 2009 saw the duo complete a successful three week run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, during which they played to packed audiences and garnered attention from the national press. That first Fringe run was the start of an annual engagement which has continued ever since; it also saw the release of their eponymous debut album.

Tickets priced £12 are now on sale via online via our ticketing platform Yapsody: .  PLEASE NOTE:  The additional charges applied to the ticket purchase are to cover Yapsody and PayPal charges only.  Also available to purchase locally via Far From The Madding Crowd and Wilsons Newsagents (cash only).

Created: 10 August 2022

We will welcome The Tonkerers to the Linlithgow Rose Social Club on Saturday 17th September at 8pm.

The Tonkerers are an experienced five piece band from Falkirk who play a wide range of music including their own energetic arrangements of folk and country songs. They deliver a crowd pleasing mix of entertainment with energy and a sense of fun enjoyed by audiences of all ages.

The band takes its name from an incident in Falkirk High Street in 1624, when the town drummer, George Brocklay was accused of “drinking and tonkering ye drum at unreasonable hours on ye sabbath morne”.

Tickets priced £10 are now on sale via online via our ticketing platform Yapsody: .  PLEASE NOTE:  The additional charges applied to the ticket purchase are to cover Yapsody and PayPal charges only.  Also available to purchase locally via Far From The Madding Crowd and Wilsons Newsagents (cash only).

Created: 10 August 2022