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Events This page lists forthcoming events, including when the Training Centre becomes the Old Brewery for gigs. We may not be the biggest venue in the north, but we have an intimate atmosphere and great audiences, with many very special nights - come along and have a good time.
Friday 4 September - Dick Gaughan One of Scotland’s most outstanding musicians. Dick Gaughan's vocal prowess, instrumental virtuosity and intelligence as a composer are legendary. Restlessly imaginative, and passionate in his beliefs, he is a commanding presence on this country's musical scene. The common thread running through all of Dick's work is his passion for social justice and telling it like it is. He draws his material from a variety of sources, so while traditional material provides much of this repertoire, great song writers are also represented. He lists his influences as everything ranging from Davy Graham to Big Bill Broonzy, Bertolt Brecht to Robert Burns and Karl Marx to Groucho Marx. Dick planted our red (pink) flag on his last visit to the Old Brewery. The flag may have gone, but we'll always treasure the photo. www.dickgaughan.co.uk
Thursday 17 September - Luke Plumb & Peter Daffy Luke is now the band's principal writer, but he likes to change the style a little every now and then with his old pal Peter Daffy. Peter is also a great player, and well known as a maker of very high quality guitars - and Luke's mandolins. "Luke Plumb displays a blistering virtuisity ... he celebrates the musical ingenuity of the mandolin and the deep resonant poetry within traditional Irish and Scottish music." - Songlines magazine. "How does anyone fit THAT many notes into a tune?? What an awesome mandolin player!" - National Folk Festival Canberra 2009 www.shoogle.com www.myspace.com/lukeplumb
Fiddle and Accordion Classes We’re delighted to have secured a leading tutor, Fiona Duncan, for further fiddle classes. You can make a block booking for classes. We also hope to support a new series of individual accordion classes. Contact Mairi for details of both.
Coming later: 26 September - Fiona MacKenzie 3 October – Eric Taylor 24 October – Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell 30 October - Katy Moffatt 28 November – Anna Massie 12 December - Martin Stephenson & Henry Fosbrook
We serve supper between 7.00 and 7.30, but we're not licensed so BYOB. Music starts @ 8.30. (Paper free) tickets are £10 (£15 with supper) unless otherwise indicated.
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Luke Plumb, originally from Hobart and now international mandolin celebrity with the very wonderful Shooglenifty, is a fine tunesmith and astonishing instrumentalist. He had been playing traditional Celtic tunes in pub sessions in Australia when he received a challenge he couldn’t refuse. Shooglenifty was touring Down Under, and needed a replacement for its mandolinist, who’d recently left. Would he care to fill in for a few shows? 
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