Congratulations to Tarran who won Battle of The Folk Bands on Saturday 21st January at Celtic Connections Festival in Glasgow. In a packed out Drygate in the East End of Glasgow 4 bands competed to win this prestigious prize. All the bands performed brilliantly but in the end there had to be one winner. The […]
Battle of the Folk Bands
This Saturday 21st January! Battle of The Folk Bands 2023 Finalists Announced
Hands Up for Trad are very happy to announced The Battle of the Folk Bands 2023 Finalists! We can’t wait to hear the bands compete at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 21st 2023 at 2pm. Buy your ticket here!! The finalists are: FalasgairGlasturTarranThe Paddy Buchanan Band
Battle of The Folk Bands 2023: Falasgair
Falasgair are finalists in Battle of The Folk Bands 2023. The Finals will be held at Celtic Connections Festival on January 21st 2023 in Glasgow’s Belhaven Brewery. Buy a ticket here. Falasgair are an exciting and energetic five-piece at the forefront of Scotland’s traditional music scene. The band came together in 2021 in the Isle […]
Battle of The Folk Bands 2023: Glastur
GLASTUR are finalists in Battle of The Folk Bands 2023. The Finals will be held at Celtic Connections Festival on January 21st 2023 in Glasgow’s Belhaven Brewery. Buy a ticket here. GLASTUR. Formed in early 2020, coming together out of a love of playing Scottish, Asturian and Bretton music. GLASTUR is a band born out […]
Battle of The Folk Bands 2023: The Paddy Buchanan Band
The Paddy Buchanan Band are finalists in Battle of The Folk Bands 2023. The Finals will be held at Celtic Connections Festival on January 21st 2023 in Glasgow’s Belhaven Brewery. Buy a ticket here. The Paddy Buchanan Band are a five-piece ensemble from Aberdeen who specialise in the reworking of traditional folk songs. Primarily ballads […]
Battle of The Folk Bands 2023: Tarran
Tarran are finalists in Battle of The Folk Bands 2023. The Finals will be held at Celtic Connections Festival on January 21st 2023 in Glasgow’s Belhaven Brewery. Buy a ticket here. T A Я R A N are an exciting four-piece contemporary traditional band currently based in Glasgow, with roots in both the western isles […]
Battle of The Folk Bands 2022 – The videos
We have just uploaded all this videos from the 2022 Battle of The Folk Bands at Celtic Connections Festival. Watch them below or on our YouTube Channel!
Deira – Battle of The Folk Bands Winners 2022
Congratulations to Deira – winners of Battle of The Folk Bands 2022. It was brilliant to be in the Drygate as part of Celtic Connections Festival. All the bands performed so well. Read about all the finalists here. Thanks to our judges Cameron Nixon, Sarah Lockhart, Adam Sutherland and Kim Carnie who chose the winners […]
Battle of the Folk Bands 2022: Kenneth Macfarlane
Kenneth Macfarlane have reached the finals of Battle of The Folk Bands 2022. The competition will be held at Celtic Connections on January 29th in the Drygate Brewery at 1pm. Why not come along and join in the fun? You can buy tickets here. We asked Kenneth of Kenneth Macfarlane a few questions about the […]
Battle of The Folk Bands Finalists 2022
The finalists for Battle of The Folk Bands 2022 have been announced! Congratulations to Deira Kenneth MacFarlane Band Ruach The Auldeners We can’t wait to get back to hearing these bands live and would love you to join us. The finals will happen at Celtic Connections on Saturday 29th January in the Drygate Brewery (1pm). […]