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FRIDAY 17th
7pm Main Street (Free)
CAMPBELTOWN PIPE BAND
Home-made is always best! The first of many fine performances from this top class Campbeltown-bred band!
7pm Picture House (£2.50)
THE FAIRLY FAMOUS FAMILY
Fairly Famous FamilyA kids’ show hosted by professional international street performers, this wacky team promise to ‘make something extraordinary and memorable happen at every event!’ Think of the Fast Show and Thunderbirds blended with the Chuckle Brothers and you’re getting warm! With 15 years of experience in entertaining at venues including the Dome and festivals around Europe, this show is a must for kids of all ages!
8pm Victoria Hall (£4.00)
FESTIVAL CEILIDH
Featuring Gaelic songstress Ishbel MacAskill, Kintyre & District Schools Pipe Band and the Jura Ceilidh Band. A truly enjoyable night of traditional sounds, Ishbel MacAskill’s famous solos have taken her from her home on Isle of Lewis, to every corner of the globe, but has—for the 2nd year running—brought her back to the Wee Toon to share her ‘spine-tingling’ repertoire.
9pm Grammar School (£TBA)
Kintyre Music Co-operative Under 18s Concert
Live music from local bands Dave Bizkit, CamelTrane, Solus, Winzton.
9pm, Local Bars (Free)
Tennents' Festival Fringe
Pub Sessions - see programme below

SATURDAY 18th
10am Town Hall
Campbeltown Brass Coffee Morning
Musical interlude featuring beverages, biscuits and our very own multi-award winning Brass Band, with conductor Gordon Evans MBE.
12.30pm Kinloch Green
GRAND PARADE & HARBOUR SPLASH
A mixture of local and guest talent, Campbeltown’s own gig on the green features Catch 22, Cruithne, Campbeltown Brass and Pipe bands, and the essential Beer Tent. Food stalls, charity stalls and sponge-throwing stalls offer an afternoon of family fun (and hopefully sun!). Local organisations parade in fancy dress for a prize of £100 as ‘Music & Dance Through The Ages’, and no parade would be complete without Gigha’s finest Charlie the Horse!
2.30pm Heritage Centre (£2.50)
FEASGAIR GAIDHLIC
A celebration of Gaelic culture featuring Ishbel MacAskill, Catherine MacNeill, the Kintyre Ladies’ Choir and Mod gold-medallist Norman McKinnon. Also appearing is Donald McKeeve, a member of Kenneth Thompson’s Glasgow Hebridean Choir. Acts include waulking songs, and stories of Gaelic heritage illustrated by song.
6.30pm Burnside Square (Free)
Burnside Bash
More mayhem and further frolics from the Fairly Famous Family and music from Kintyre & District Schools Pipe Band.
7pm Main Street (Free)
Campbeltown Pipe Band

Another fine performance of pipes in the centre of town.
7.45pm Victoria Hall (Tkt £14.00)
FESTIVAL CONCERT

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham
These two veterans of folk are making a welcome return to the town. Phil has played accordion since the ripe old age of three, and Shetlander Aly began learning fiddle at 11. They met while filming a folk programme for Channel 4 in 1989 and have toured together annually ever since.

Peatbog Faeries
Traditional Celtic folk mixed with reggae and soca beats and bass makes a totally unique sound to get your feet tapping. Bagpipes blended with keyboards and electric guitars puts a new meaning to the phrase ‘opposites attract’! “Sexy is not a word usually associated with Celtic music but this certainly is.” Scotsman

Malinky
Striking duets make a refreshing combination with the bouzouki, guitar, whistle and bodhran, among others, and with influences from Eastern European sounds the Danny Award for best new talent from Celtic Connections (1999) was definitely well deserved.

Four Men & A Dog
This energetic Irish group made their mark with their own (and probably the first in history) Irish rap song! Their distinctive sound of unabashed merriment and jigs can only be described as “traditional music with balls!” It’s worth going along just to see what instrument the dog plays!

Pipework
A relatively new local assemblage consisting of Pipe Majors Iain McKerral and John Brown with local singer/songwriter Dave Bisset.

M.C Arthur Johnstone

7.45pm Royal Hotel (£TBA)
CEILIDH DANCE
Campbeltown’s Fiddle and Accordion Club, guarantee a great night. Plenty of ‘heeeuuuchs’ all round!

SUNDAY 19th
12 Noon Grammar School Playing Fields
“IT’S A KNOCKOUT” COMPETITION
Hosted by Greenwood, fun and frolics is guaranteed in Campbeltown’s own version of the game show. A prize is up for grabs, and surely it’s worth a custard pie or two!
2.30pm Burnside Square (Free)
SUNDAY SERVICE
A session of hymns and prayer al fresco with musical accompaniment from Campbeltown Brass Band.
8pm Victoria Hall (Ticket £10)
Survivors' Night
Wee Toon Tellers, The Regulars, Catch 22, Cruithne, Kintyre & District Schools Pipe Band
A fine mixture of local and guest talent.
 

 

BURNSIDE SQUARE CAR PARK

TICKETS
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY CONCERTS
Victoria Hall, 17-19 August
Available from Tourist Information Office, Campbeltown and A.P Taylor’s

THE FAIRLY FAMOUS FAMILY KID’S SHOW
The Picture House, Friday 17th August
Available from A.P Taylor’s

GAELIC AFTERNOON
Heritage Centre, Saturday 18th August
Available from A.P Taylor’s

KINTYRE CO-OPERATIVE CONCERTS
Available from Picture House Office.

Will be officially cleared of all vehicles from 2pm Saturday 18th August, and from 9am Sunday 19th August to enable outdoor events to take place as advertised. The festival organisers, Argyll & Bute Council and Campbeltown Police would be grateful if members of the public would assist by observing this temporary arrangement.
LICENSING LAWS

A local bi-law prohibiting the consumption of alcohol outwith a ‘designated area’ came into effect on 1st August 1999. Permission for a ‘designated area’ for the consumption of alcohol has been granted to the Mull of Kintyre Music & Arts Association to include a cordoned off area on Kinloch Green on Saturday & Sunday 12 noon-5pm only and in Burnside Square Car Park on Saturday evening 5pm-8pm only. The consumption of alcohol outwith these areas or allocated times will be deemed an offence. We will be grateful if members of the public observe the new laws in order to create a relaxed, enjoyable weekend for young and old alike and maintain a good image of the town for potential visitors and for future festivals and local events.

Thank you for your support.

Funded By

Scottish Power Scottish Power

Argyll & Bute Council


Tennent Caledonian Breweries


Rotary Club of Campbeltown

Disclaimer:-
THE MULL OF KINTYRE MUSIC & ARTS ASSOCIATION GIVES NO WARRANTY THAT ANYONE NAMED IN THIS PUBLICATION WILL PERFORM AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME, OR AT ALL, BUT EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO CARRY OUT THE PROGRAMME AS ADVERTISED.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: THE SECRETARY: (01586) 551053
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