The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
KIRKJUVAGR CEILIDH BAND Well known on the Orkney dance scene this five-piece band bring a special lilt to their repertoire of traditional Scottish, Irish, Cajun and self-penned tunes. Adopting the Norse name for Kirkwall, they are also known throu...
10:30 - 11:30
COFFEE CONCERT An opportunity to sit back for an hour while you listen to some fine tunes presented by the wonderful instrumentalists of Orkney Traditional Music Project. OTMP was formed over 18 years ago to reviv...
20:00 - 21:30 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX
Like the Festival, Douglas Montgomery and Brian Cromarty are 40 this year and both performers have been involved with St Magnus Festival for much of its and their lifetimes. To mark these anniversaries they present a concert of old favourites ...
The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
The Festival Club regulars play swing, lounge jazz and a bit of rock ‘n’ roll. Festival Club tickets £7 at door or £25 season ticket from the Festival office in advance. Sponsored by Highland Park...
The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
A Club regular the Orkney-based singer has strong folk roots with influences of American and Country music. Festival Club tickets £7 at door or £25 season ticket from the Festival office in advance. Spon...
22:00 - 01:00 The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
Two of Orkney’s talented young performers, Graham Rorie and Aidan Moodie on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Festival Club tickets £7 at door or £25 season ticket from the Festival office in advance. Sp...
The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
On fiddle and bouzouki or accordion, they are at home performing both traditional Celtic music, and music from Europe, the Balkans and Greece. Festival Club tickets £7 at door or £25 season ticket ...
The Girnel Harbour Street , Kirkwall KW15 1LE
A full line-up of swing and blues from a gathering of Orkney’s best musicians. Festival Club tickets £7 at door or £25 season ticket from the Festival office in advance. Sponsored by Highland P...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
The award-winning duo from Orkney reveal their new four piece line-up with tunes and songs traditional and new. One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Festival Box Office ...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Another chance to hear the award-winning duo from Orkney with their new four-piece line-up, playing tunes and songs traditional and new. One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Festival Bo...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Early jazz, stomp and swing! The Dime Notes dig back into the blues-drenched sounds of clarinet-driven 1920’s New Orleans jazz, unearthing a repertoire of stomps, blues, and forgotten gems of the era on clarinet, piano, rhythm guitar and ba...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Two of Orkney’s finest traditional musicians, this duo have won acclaim wherever they go. A mix of fiddle, guitar and voice. One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Festival ...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Don’t miss Scottish virtuoso concertina player Mohsen Amini and French guitarist Jean Damei . The award-winning duo are fast-building a reputation for their memorable performances that draw on the traditions of their home countries and Irish ...
22:00 - 23:59 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Hadhirgaan has been an ongoing and every changing band of young traditional musicians from Kirkwall Grammar School whose performances are renowned for their toe-tapping youthful exuberance. One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door ...
Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
AIDAN MOODIE Guitar/Vocals GRAHAM RORIE Violin Celebrate the opening of the 2018 Festival at the Sound Archive with late-night entertainment from two of Orkney’s finest talents and an award-winning duo...
17:30 - 21:30 Skaill House Bay of Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LR
MAGFEST returns with an outdoor concert of music from Lithuania and Orkney in the grounds of one of Orkney's most historic houses, sited at the heart of the World Heritage Site on Orkney's Atlantic Coast. Hadhi...
21:30 - 23:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
Barroksolistene Bjarte Eike Violin/Director An enormous hit across the world, the Alehouse Sessions – curated and devised by Bjarte Eike – is an ever changing and evolving insight into the music of the 17th Century tavern. It gives a...
17:30 - 18:30 Statsraad Lehmkuhl Kirkwall Pier, Kirkwall Pier
Barokksolistene Eike and his diverse band of performers present an hour of music ranging from traditional to baroque in a more unusual venue, the tall ship which will have sailed from Bergen especially for the Festival. Enjoy the music and visit t...
Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW
Paul Chamberlain Accordion Michael Haywood Saxophone, Whistle, Violin, Clarinet Join us from 21:30 onwards for the closing celebration of the 2018 Festival with entertainment by this wonderful duo who bring an eclectic, energy-...
22:00 - 01:00 The Sound Archive Laing Street, KW15 1HL
The Sound Archive, Kirkwall Entertainment, food and drinks from 10pm each night of the festival. Details announced at www.stmagnusfestival.com One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Fe...
22:00 - 01:00 The Sound Archive Laing Street, KW15 1HL
Entertainment, food and drinks from 10pm each night of the festival. Details announced at www.stmagnusfestival.com One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Festival Box Office Watch Alas...
22:00 - 01:00 The Sound Archive Laing Street, KW15 1HL
Entertainment, food and drinks from 10pm each night of the festival. Details announced at www.stmagnusfestival.com One Night Festival Club tickets £7 at the door Full Festival Club Pass £25 from Festival Box Office
15:00 - 16:00 Statsraad Lehmkuhl Kirkwall Pier, Kirkwall Pier
Described by The Times as 'irresistible', Kaleidoscope Saxophone Quartet is an innovative collaboration between four creative young players. Here they perform an eclectic programme of music taking in original composition...
14:30 - 16:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
ARGENTA TRIO Straddling three centuries of music, the concert begins with Schubert’s Op. 100 trio, one of his last works. Its epic scale and profound intensity show a composer of great maturity. Ravel’s Trio was completed just as W...
14:00 - 15:40 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
DAVID CHADWICK AND MARIT FÄLT Taking the Year of Coasts and Waters as their point of departure, David Chadwick and Marit Fält collaborate to explore the traditional music of Scandinavia, as well as its musical connections across the ...
10:30 - 12:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
OLIVER WASS A tour de force for harp and a tour round Europe in terms of the repertoire. From Bach’s exquisite suite to the quirky and surreal sound world of Oliver Leith, by way of music from France and Spain and the virtuosic version o...
13:00 - 14:00 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX
HEBRIDES ENSEMBLE Scotland’s foremost chamber ensemble brings a varied programme of music from the 20th Century. Penderecki’s unusual combination of clarinet and strings was written in 1993 and inspired by Schubert’s String Q...
22:00 - 23:10 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX
KUGONI TRIO This award-winning Belgian trio brings a late-night, relaxing selection of music for the unusual combination of violin, saxophone and piano. Music ranges from the familiar sultry tango world of Piazzolla to the hauntingly reflectiv...
10:30 - 12:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
TABEA DEBUS AND ALON SARIEL A specially created concert mixes poetry and prose against an eclectic musical backdrop. Taking the theme of the land, sea and the coastline of Scotland and mixing the poetry of Orkney poets George Mackay Brown, Edw...
18:30 - 20:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
KUGONI TRIO AND MARCELO NISINMAN An electric performance is in prospect as the world-renowned bandoneon player Marcelo Nisinman joins the Kugoni Trio to perform his newly-created works alongside the iconic and sultry music of the most famous t...
10:30 - 11:50 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA
LOTTE BETTS DEAN AND JESSE FLOWERS The wind blows us across the sea from the UK to Spain in this recital which features music old and new. Dowland’s lute songs are perennially popular with their rather melancholy moods and Britten takes ...
22:00 - 23:10 St Peter's Kirk Skaill, Sandwick, Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LS
ALON SARIEL The mandolin is often overlooked as an instrument although it plays a part in folk and classical music across time. In recent years many works have been written to exploit the sound spectrum and effects which are possible, and fo...
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