Perthshire Amber Festival Programme 2010 PDF  | Print |  E-mail

The programme of concerts for this year's Perthshire Amber Festival is being made available a little earlier so that those traveling long distances can book their concert tickets and organise travel and accommodation. The living heart of the festival, the programme of walks, talks, workshops, demonstrations and music sessions as well as the artists performing at Cabaret Amber will be unveiled in detail over the months ahead.

PLEASE NOTE: Start times at this point are just a guide and may me subject to slight changes.

 [ * denotes a free event ]

FRIDAY 29th OCTOBER

7.30PM CONCERT
PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE (PFT) MAIN AUDITORIUM

OPENING CONCERT:
DOUGIE MACLEAN (SOLO)
JULIE FOWLIS BAND

SATURDAY 30th OCTOBER

11.00AM WORKSHOP PFT RIVER ROOM
The Art of Performance with Ewen Sutherland
12 MIDDAY
DEMOPFT FOYER
ARDBLAIR HIGHLANDERS*
12 MIDDAY
- 6.00PM
SESSION
MACLEAN'S REAL
MUSIC BAR at PFT
Spontaneous music sessions*
12.15PM  
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM  
Hand Spinning Workshop with Laura Freeman, Enid Sutherland and Jenny MacLean
1.00PM -
4.00PM
OPEN MIC
PFT FOYER 
OPEN MIC - Hosted by Ewen Sutherland* 
 1.30PMTALK
PFT RIVER ROOM
Genealogy Stepping Stones with Jo Graham, FSA Scot
2.45PM
TALK
PFT RIVER ROOM
"What Do We Really Know About The Lewis Chessmen?" with Mark Hall
4.00PM
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM
Heritage Song with Christine Kydd
7.30PM
CONCERTPFT MAIN AUDITORIUM

"THE HERITAGE CONCERT"
DOUGIE MACLEAN with Special Guests

SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER

11.00AM WORKSHOPS
PFT RIVER ROOM
Play Guitar in Open C Tuning with Dougie MacLean
12 MIDDAY
DEMO
PFT FOYER
HANDBELL RINGING*
12 MIDDAY
- 6.00PM
SESSION
MACLEAN'S REAL
MUSIC BAR at PFT
Spontaneous music sessions* 
12.15PM - 1.15PM
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM
An Introduction to Penny Whistle with Kenny Hadden
1.00PM -
4.00PM
OPEN MICPFT FOYER
OPEN MIC - Hosted by Ewen Sutherland* 
1.30PM - 2.30PM
TALK
PFT RIVER ROOM
Lansdcape Photography with Graham Lumsden (Highland Photo)
2.45PM
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM
An Introduction to Fiddle with Pete Clark
4.00PM
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM
An Introduction to Bodhran with Mark Maguire
7.30PM
CONCERT PFT MAIN AUDITORIUM

DOUGIE MACLEAN with Greg Lawson & Pete Garnet
CROOKED STILL (USA)

MONDAY 1st NOVEMBER

11.00AM -
4.30PM
MUSICAL
BUS TRIP
THROUGHOUT
PERTHSHIRE
SONGBUS - Landscape, lunch and song!
5.00PM -
7.00PM

CONCERT

PFT FOYER
CABARET AMBER*
Hosted by Gina MacLeod & Alan Jordan
8.00PM
CONCERT
BLAIR CASTLE, BLAIR ATHOLL

DOUGIE MACLEAN with Ali Ferguson & Chris Agnew
FRED MORRISON TRIO

TUESDAY 2nd NOVEMBER

11.00AM
WALK DUNKELD & BIRNAM
NIEL GOW WALK with Pete Clark
5.00PM -
7.00PM
CONCERTPFT FOYER
CABARET AMBER*
Hosted by Gina MacLeod & Alan Jordan
8.00PM
CONCERTDUNKELD
CATHEDRAL 

EAMONN COYNE & KRIS DREVER
DOUGIE MACLEAN with ROSS AINSLIE

WEDNESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER

10.30AM
WALK/TALKLOCH TAY
ARCHAEOLOGY WALK with Nick Dixon
11.00AM
GUIDED WALK
HIGHLAND PERTHSHIRE
PHOTOGRAPHIC WALK EXPERIENCE with Graham Lumsden

2.00PM -
3.00PM

CONCERT
CRANNOG
on LOCH TAY
SOLD OUT!! An instrumental concert
with ROSS AINSLIE and FRIENDS
5.00PM -
7.00PM
CONCERT
PFT FOYER
CABARET AMBER*
Hosted by Gina MacLeod & Alan Jordan
7.300PM
CONCERTBIRNAM ARTS CENTRE

FIDDLE TREE CONCERT: Aly Bain, Ale Möller & Bruce Molsky

8.00PM
CONCERT
BLAIRGOWRIE TOWN HALL 

ELIZA LYNN & WILL STRAUGHAN (USA)
DOUGIE MACLEAN (SOLO) 

THURSDAY 4th NOVEMBER

11.00AM
GUIDED WALK
PERTH MEDIEVAL PERTH and its LOST MONASTERIES with Mark Hall
3.00PM
EXHIBITION & TALK
PERTH MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
Skin & Bone: Life & Death in Medieval Perth with Mark Hall
5.00PM -
7.00PM  
CONCERT
PFT FOYER
CABARET AMBER*
Hosted by Gina MacLeod & Alan Jordan
8.00PM
CONCERT
PERTH CONCERT HALL

"THE ESSENTIAL DOUGIE MACLEAN"
Dougie MacLean with Special Guests-
Includes premiere performance of Perth 800 specially commissioned composition.

FRIDAY 5th NOVEMBER

11.00AM -
4.30PM
MUSICAL
BUS TRIP
THROUGHOUT
PERTHSHIRE
SONGBUS - Landscape, lunch and song!
2.00PM -
3.00PM
CONCERT
CASTLE MENZIES, WEEM
DOUGIE MACLEAN- "THE FIDDLE CONCERT" with Sorren Maclean & Gordon Maclean
7.30PM
CONCERT
PFT MAIN AUDITORIUM

DOUGIE MACLEAN (SOLO)
GRADA (IRELAND)

SATURDAY 6th NOVEMBER

11.00AM -
12.30PM
WORKSHOPS
PFT RIVER ROOM
Come & Sing! with Christine Kydd
12 MIDDAY - 12.45PM
CONCERT
PFT FOYER
SongCircle with some of the festival's wonderful singers*
12 MIDDAY
- 6.00PM
MUSIC SESSION
MACLEAN'S REAL
MUSIC BAR at PFT 
Spontaneous music sessions*  
12.45PM - 1.45PM
WORKSHOP
PFT RIVER ROOM
An Introduction to Bluegrass for Guitarists with Will Straughan
1.00PM -
5.00PM
OPEN MICPFT FOYER
OPEN MIC - Hosted by Ewen Sutherland.
Including the Scottish Songwriter Showcase

2.00PM -
3.30PM
WORKSHOPPFT RIVER ROOM
Come & Join Just Singin' with Christine Kydd
3.45PM - 4.45PM
DISCUSSION
PFT RIVER ROOM
MUSIC ADVICE SEMINAR- Details to be announced*
7.30PM
CONCERT PFT MAIN AUDITORIUM

DOUGIE MACLEAN & FRIENDS

SUNDAY 7th NOVEMBER

2.00PM
FAREWELL BASHEDRADOUR DISTILLERY

The Perthshire Amber Team 2010 entertain!!...fine music, food and fireworks!