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The Aviemore 'Saltire' Festival

Friday 28th - Sunday 30th November 2008

A Festival of Traditional Scottish Music celebrating St. Andrew's Day
A weekend of the best in Scottish Music



Brought to you by the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort in conjunction with MuseNexus - The Musicians Network, this new and exciting festival offers a feast of music for everyone.

It's not often there's the chance to announce a brand-new traditional music festival, especially in the Highlands. This is a true grass roots collaboration between the Highlands' largest and friendliest resort and the musicians themselves and guarantees to be much more entertaining and full of life than some other events.

The Aviemore Saltire Festival - a weekend of the best in Scottish music - it does just what it says on the tin!

There's not only the 'Festival Concert' on Saturday night with a wide variety of acts from solo clarsach (Celtic harp), through original songs and gypsy jazz, to two phenomenal bands giving new meaning to 'Celtic Ramee'. You'll also find activities, concerts and ceilidhs to keep you busy and dizzy from Friday 5pm almost non-stop through to Sunday afternoon.


Along the way you'll have a chance to take in:

Friday evening's 'Kick-Off Ceilidh' and Saturday afternoon 'Family Ceilidh' designed to be child friendly, both in the Four Seasons.

Lunch time sing-along concerts in the Food Hall with a St Andrew's Day special on Sunday.

Friday and Saturday evening 'Rosewood & Steel' informal concerts in the sophisticated atmosphere of The Laggans Bar featuring five of the best acoustic guitarists in Scotland today.

Workshops and hands-on musical activities with Feis Strathspey in The Inn Lounge.

And for you night Owls and party animals there are late night sessions in the Four Seasons Festival Club on both Friday and Saturday with a survivor's session not-too-early on Sunday.


There are events for the family, for the musical sophisticate, the Festival Concert, for ceilidh dancers and the Four Seasons Festival Club sessions are open to players and listeners alike, especially if you like to stay with the party atmosphere into the wee small hours.

We have the music, do you have the stamina?


Festival Prices

Weekend Special Passes

Adult

Child

Pre Dinner & Show Saturday

£23

£15

Weekend All Events Pass (no meals)

£25

£15

Weekend Residential Programme

2 nights Dinner, Bed and Breakfast
Full Festival programme of Events
From only £139 per Adult

Hotel

Adult

Child

Four Seasons

Highlands

Academy

£139

£159

£139

£45

£45

£45


Download Festival Programme - PDF


Contact The Aviemore Highland Resort to book and for more information:

Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort
Central Administration Building, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, PH22 1PN
Tel: 01479 815100 E-mail: general@aviemorehighlandresort.com



Music Line-up for Festival

Canterach
Main Concert, Saturday night
This Internationally renowned five-piece with it's characteristic driving pipes and fiddle sound has been described as 'a mixture of The Tannahill Weavers and The Who!'

Ruairidh Macmillan Trio
Main Concert, Saturday night
Fiery traditional instrumentals with edge and attitude.

Tattie Jam
Main Concert, Saturday night
Outstanding vocal and instrumental duo, superb original and traditional songs with breathtaking harmonies.

Swing Guitars
Main Concert, Saturday night
'Rosewood & Steel', Friday night
Phenomenal gypsy jazz guitar duo, between Django and The Jam.

Ingrid Henderson (Clarsach/Harp)
Main Concert, Saturday night
'As though it were needed, here is proof that Ingrid is a musician of quite outstanding calibre, a virtuoso in terms of sensibility.' & Peter Urpeth, Living Tradition Magazine

Norman Mackay Ceilidh Experience
'Kick-Off Ceilidh' Friday night

Iain Forbes
'Rosewood & Steel', Friday night
Rocketing to recognition in the last five years, Iain's passion for music encompasses folk, rock, country, classical, blues and jazz.

Clarelynn Rose
'Rosewood & Steel', Friday night
Clarelynn's own compositions is intricate and subtle, filled with the peace and power of nature. She's had three albums topping new age charts in the U.S. now she's made her home in Scotland.

Ben Edom
'Rosewood & Steel', Friday night
A superb 7-string guitarist whose mastery extends across an unusually wide range of genres taking in Celtic, Classical, Flamenco, Contemporary and Jazz.

Cruachan
Lunchtime Concerts, Saturday & Sunday
A great fun, foot-tapping folk band.

Anne Pack
Lunchtime Concerts, Saturday & Sunday
A singer/songwriter/guitarist with wealth of knowledge on Scottish history who likes nothing better than telling stories interwoven with traditional songs that reflect the period, time and place of the tales

Grant Milne
throughout festival
The Saltire Festival Piper and a fantastic young piper!


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