Celtic Connections 2019 - Gig Guide
Celtic Connections kicked off last with a bang featuring some of the most talented young musicians in the country. Check out our annual guide to all the gigs you should be checking out at the festival. With Trad, Folk, Jazz, Roots and Indie to choose from you are literally spoilt for choice.
FRIDAY 18th JANUARY
The Chair with Daimh | Queen Margaret Union | 7.30pm
Bridghe Chaimbeul & Special Guests with Carr & Roswall | St Andrew's in the Square | 7.30pm
Moxie with Greg Russel & Ciaran Algar | Oran Mór | 7.30pm
Hamish Napier 'The Railway' with Claire Hastings | Strathclyde Suite GRCH | 8pm
SATURDAY 19th JANUARY
Elephant Sessions and Dallahan | Queen Margaret Union | 7.30pm
Gary Innes Band and Savanah Donohoe & Charlie Galloway | Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
SUNDAY 20th JANUARY
Fourth Moon with Ross Couper and Tom Oakes: 'Da Streen' | Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
Saltfishforty with Jamie Smith's MABON | Oran Mór | 7.30pm
The Rheingans Sisters and Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth | The National Piping Centre | 7.30pm
Jenna Reid & Harris Playfair and Mr McFall's Chamber with Andrew Collins Trio | New Auditorium GRCH | 8pm
TUESDAY 23rd JANUARY
Sharron Shannon, Seckou Keita & S.O.N with Usher's Island | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 7.30pm
WEDNESDAY 23rd JANUARY
The Once with Mike Vass: Save His Calm | Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
Cherish the Ladies & Special Guests | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 7.30pm
THURSDAY 24th JANUARY
Zoe Graham and John Edge & The Kings of Nowhere | King Tut's | 7.30pm
Mezcla | The Blue Arrow | 8pm
FRIDAY 25th JANUARY
TOSTA Banda with Malinky | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 7.30pm
Danu with Ímar and Huntza | Queen Margaret Union | 7.30pm
Shooglenifty and Kinnaris Quintet | The Barrowland Ballroom | 7.30pm
Rachel Sermanni & Jarlath Henderson with Scottish Chamber orchestra | City Halls | 7.30pm
The Tweed Project and Support | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
SATURDAY 26th JANUARY
Siobhan Wilson and Old Sea Brigade | Saint Luke's | 7.30pm
Niteworks: 'Comann' with Special Guests and Mercedes Peon | The Barrowland Ballroom | 7.30pm
Iain MacFarlane & Ingrid Henderson with Hecla & Friends | The Macintosh Church | 7.30pm
Gaels Le Chéile @ Ceól's Craic: Árchú, Anne Martin and DLÚ | CCA | 7.30pm
Breabach and Steph Geremia | Old Fruitmarket | 8pm
SUNDAY 27th JANUARY
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final 2019 | City Halls | 5pm
The Outside Track with Gráinne Holland | The Macintosh Church | 7.30pm
Karine Polwart & Kris Drever with Scottish Chamber Orchestra | King's Theatre | 7.30pm
Sam Sweeney: The Unfinished Violin and Rachel Bairman | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
Baile air Bhoil featuring Inyal, Griogair Labruidh & The League of Highland Gentlemen | Queen Margaret Union | 8pm
MONDAY 28th JANUARY
Rhiannon Giddens with the Celtic Blues Orchestra and J.S. Ondara | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 7.30pm
TUESDAY 29th JANUARY
DuoDuo Quartet and Hannah Rarity | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
WEDNESDAY 30th JANUARY
Alistair McCulloch Trio with Oakes, Bews and Thorpe (OBT) | St Andrews's in the Square | 7.30pm
Paul Mckenna Band and Support | Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
James Lindsay Group | The Blue Arrow | 8pm
Innes Watson's Guitar Colloquium | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
THURSDAY 31st JANUARY
Josie Duncan: 'The Final Shift' and Symbio | Mitchell Theatre | 7.30pm
Birds of Chicago and Salt House | The Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
Cóig with Twelfth Day | The Mackintosh Church | 7.30pm
Blazin' Fiddles with special guest Karen Matheson and Tanxgueiras | King's Theatre | 7.30pm
Navá with Iona Fyfe | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
The New Tradition: Talisk, Vishtén and Xabier Diaz | Old Fruitmarket | 8pm
FRIDAY 1st FEBRUARY
Jenna Moynihan & Máiri Chaimbeul with Gnoss | St Andrew's in the Square | 7.30pm
The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc and Julietnorth | Mitchell Theatre | 7.30pm
Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton's Symbiosis with Anxo Lorenzo Band | Queen Margaret Union | 7.30pm
JigJam and Eabhal | Oran Mór | 7.30pm
Snuffbox with Zoe Rahman Trio | New Auditorium GRCH | 7.30pm
Fara and Tannara | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
SATURDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
RURA and Talabarte | Saint Luke's | 7.30pm
Mairearad Green & Anna Massie with Jamie MacDonald & Christian Gamauf | Drygate Brewery | 7.30pm
Alasdair White and Vox featuring Kim Carnie | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 8pm
SUNDAY 3rd FEBRUARY
New Voices: Megan Henderson | Strathclyde Suit GRCH | 1pm
Tom McGuire & the Brassholes (Album Launch) | Queen Margaret Union | 7.30pm
Transatlantic Sessions | Glasgow Royal Concert Hall | 7.30pm
The Dead South and Prett Archie | O2 Academy | 7.30pm