General Weekend Items

More to come!


FOOD AND DRINK - THE FESTIVAL HUB

  • The Pleasance Cabaret Cafe and bar is open and accessible to all; all day and into the evening throughout the weekend.

  • It will be open from Friday evening for pre-concert drinks, coffee etc.

  • The Cabaret Cafe and bar is our ‘Festival Hub’ on Saturday and Sunday from 10.00 am: providing beverages and limited food, and stalls (closing at 5.00pm), sessions, good company and with the occasional special event. Just come in and join us. It’s very laid-back, friendly - and families (and fiddles) are welcome..

  • Our information desk, merchandising stall and, of course, the ever present CD stall, are also in this area.

  • Sunday repeats the Saturday activities - but excluding the Festival Club.

CASHLESS / CONTACTLESS PAYMENT ONLY

  • Please note the EUSA Cabaret Bar/Cafe is cashless for all transactions.

  • This was adopted during the Covid pandemic by the Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) and has now been continued.

  • The good news is that the Student bar prices are still much cheaper than other establishments, and they maintain that pricing for our Festival goers :)

SESSIONS

  • There will be led sessions in the Lomond Room on both Saturday and Sunday; with breaks between for informal tunes.

  • Our daytime programme runs from 10.00am until 5pm, and finishes on Sunday at the Final Stramash in the Bar - 5.30pm.

  • Our Festival Hub is very laid-back and friendly with all ages welcomed.

  • All sessions are free to attend each day - just come in and join us - and bring your fiddle along if you play.

FESTIVAL CLUB

Saturday, 11pm – 1am - CABARET BAR - over 18 only - entry by donation (suggested £5)

  • Want more? The Festival Club brings you even more great music after the recitals and concerts are over.

  • Join local and international artists as they make special un-billed appearances.

  • See someone you haven’t had a chance to hear elsewhere and witness some spellbinding collaborations.

SPECIALIST MORNING CONCERT

SUNDAY 10.00 AM TO 11.00 AM Quaker Room - FREE AND OPEN TO ALL - Donations invited

  • TRAD TUNES FOR BAIRNS

  • Join the fabulous Celine Donoghue for some fun trad tunes for running about/dancing to.

  • No lower age limit up to around 9 years old. Minimum one adult per child/family.

STALLS

We are delighted to welcome our stallholders - old and new. Find them in the Cabaret Bar area.

HARDIE PRESS - A loyal supporter over the years of the SFF, publisher of lots of tune books, and an amazing source of knowledge. Not a bad fiddler himself, coming from a long line of fiddle-makers and players.

LOVAIG MUSIC - Delighted to welcome this new stallholder to the Scots Fiddle Festival! Lovaig is Katherine Liley: a talented musician and broadcaster who offers a range of services; including music publishing, tuition, and performance.

MAC-TALLA MUSIC - A warm welcome to another new stallholder to the Scots Fiddle Festival! ‘Mac-Talla’ comes from the Gaelic word for ‘Echo’ and represents the oral culture of traditional Scottish music. They offer online and in-person traditional Scottish music lessons and are also available as a ceilidh band or band for your wedding/event.

MARIE FIELDING - When not playing, or composing or teaching, Marie somehow finds time to produce an excellent range of cards and original art, plus her own tune books and more. Find them here.

PURE ACOUSTIC - High-grade, professional-quality pickup systems for fiddles and other acoustic instruments; including their Skyinbow Pure Acoustic Power Series Active Transducer Systems.

STEVE BURNETT - Another weel-kent face and delighted to see him back. Makes fiddles, repairs fiddles, Edinburgh-based and font of fiddle knowledge.

STRINGERS - One of Scotland’s longest-established musical instrument dealers. Browse away - lots of fiddle-y goodies and some special Festival offers.

TIM WRIGHT FINE VIOLINS - A warm welcome to yet another new stallholder to the Scots Fiddle Festival! Independent violin dealership based in Edinburgh. Tim believes that every musician deserves a top-quality instrument; making sure you always sound your best.

THE SCOTS FIDDLE FESTIVAL’S AWESOME CD STALL - Run by Don and George, selling CDs and merch on behalf of artists appearing at the Festival, plus The 25+2 Collection tune book and CD, and some other Festival bits and pieces! Will be using contactless payment.

ACCESS

If you have a question re. access or parking, SFF Committee member Dugald is a wheelchair user himself and keen to help.

Just drop us a line at: info@scotsfiddlefestival.com

Please note that there is no general or public parking available in the Pleasance Courtyard.