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Battle of the Folk Bands

Battle of the Folk Bands

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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!

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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). […]

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Battle of the Folk Bands 2022: Deira

Deira 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 Juan of Deira a few questions about the band. Tell […]

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Battle of the Folk Bands 2022: The Auldeners

The Auldeners 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 Ellen of The Auldeners a few questions about the […]

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Battle of the Folk Bands 2022: Ruach

Ruach 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 Craig of Ruach a few questions about the band. Tell […]

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