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The Deeside Sessions 2010

For Deeside Sessions 2010 Poster please click Here 

Some of the north-east’s top musicians will be returning to Royal Deeside this summer to show off their talents and celebrate the heritage of traditional Scottish folk music. Live music sessions will take place in various pubs and hotels in Royal Deeside as part of special two and a half month programme, during July, August and September. For full list of dates please see below.

Organised by the Royal Deeside & Cairngorms Destination Management Organisation (DMO), many of the sessions are informal music and social events, which are open to all. Many of the musicians will be from the Royal Deeside area.

John Carnie, Tourism Manager, with the DMO adds that "this year we have built on the Deeside Session events which took place last year and have extended the programme into July. We have added a few Open Mic events where musicians will be able to take the stage and these events will also have well seasoned musicians such as Paul Anderson and Frieda Morrison helping out and playing as well.  

We have also been working with Feis Spey and have been pleased to add a number of Ceilidh Trail events into the programme. The core programme will be the informal traditional music sessions where musicians and singers are welcome to come along and take part in an informal atmosphere. Very often, visitors to rural Scotland expect to hear traditional music in the pubs but are disappointed when they learn that most folk session take place in the bigger cities. We are delighted to be able to present for the second year running an exciting programme of sessions for the Deeside area."  

Royal Deeside has historic musical connections, fiddler James Scott Skinner was born in Banchory and is often described as ‘the greatest violin exponent and composer of Scottish National Music’. The area also has a strong singing and piping tradition. The Deeside Sessions 2010 events  will be held throughout July, August and September aim to celebrate Royal Deeside’s musical roots and give visitors a memorable experience of the area.

The Deeside Sessions project has been PART-FINANCED BY THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY [Rural Aberdeenshire) LEADER 2007-2013 Programme and Aberdeenshire Council. 

For further info contact Frieda Morrison Frieda Morrison Tel: 07789 692 836 Birseland@aol.com  or John Carnie at the Royal Deeside & the Cairngorms DMO office in Ballater Tel: 013397 55283 or email: info@discoverroyaldeeside.com

Check out a Deeside Session from 2009 with Paul Anderson on youtube  www.youtube.com/watch

The Deeside Sessions 2010 Schedule

July

Mon 19 Lonach Hall Strathdon - Ceilidh Trail, ceilidh band – Ceilidh Dance, 7.30pm

Tues 20 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 7pm (Tickets on door)
Village Hall, Braemar - Ceilidh Trail, ceilidh band – Concert, 8pm
Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Wed 21 Balmoral Castle Grounds - Ceilidh Trail, ceilidh band – tunes, 11am - 4pm
Victoria Hall, Ballater - Ceilidh Trail, ceilidh band - Concert and Ceilidh, 8pm

Thurs 22 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm

Fri 23 Loch Kinord Hotel, Dinnet, 8pm

Tues 27 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 7pm (Tickets on door)

Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 29 Loch Kinord Hotel, Dinnet, 8pm

Fri 30 Cromar Folk Club, Tarland, 8pm
Crathes Hall - Woodend Barn Folk Sessions, 8pm

August

Tues 3 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 7pm (Tickets on door)

Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 5 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm

Tues 10 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Wed 11 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 7pm (Tickets on door)
 

Thurs 12 Potarch Hotel, by Banchory - Guest musicians and open mic, 8pm

Tues 17 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 7pm (Tickets on door)

Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Wed 18 Moorfield House Hotel, Braemar 8pm

Thurs 19 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm

Sun 22 Lodge on the Loch, Guest musicians and open mic Aboyne, 2pm - 4pm

Tues 24 Albert Hall, Ballater - Concert with Paul Anderson, 8pm (Tickets on door)
 

Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 26 Loch Kinord Hotel, Dinnet, 8pm

Fri 27 Cromar Folk Club, Tarland, 8pm
Crathes Hall - Woodend Barn Folk Sessions, 8pm

Tues 31 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

September

Thurs 2 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm

Fri 3 Loch Kinord Hotel, Dinnet, 8pm

Tues 7 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 9 Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, 8pm

Tues 14 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 16 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm

Tues 21 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Wed 22 Moorfield House Hotel, Braemar 8pm

Thurs 23 Loch Kinord Hotel, Dinnet, 8pm

Fri 24 Cromar Folk Club, Tarland, 8pm
Crathes Hall - Woodend Barn Folk Sessions, 8pm

Tues 28 Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Tarland 9.30pm

Thurs 30 Coilacriech, Ballater, 8pm