Following on from the success of 2024’s “Any Port in a Storm” tour, King Creosote’s 2025’s follow-up “Any Storm in a Teacup” promises a night of modular synth, I DES tracks and KC classics.

Kris Drever originally comes from Hrossey in the Orkney Islands. Over the years, he has taught himself to be a songwriter, guitarist and singer of note (and sometimes many notes). As well as creating award-winning original songs and instrumental pieces with the trio Lau, he has had a fruitful solo career exploring the cracks between classic and modern songwriting and the traditional music that he comes from. Drever’s sound is rooted in the earthy and hypnotic rhythms of much older music, but there’s a sophistication to both the lyricism and the instrumentalism which places him skilfully in the present. He has an extensive collection of BBC R2 Folk awards, plus a fistful of Scottish NaTrads awards for everything from best album, best singer and best live act to best original song. He has worked with many excellent musicians, including Jack Bruce, Eddi Reader, Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas and Roddy Woomble, and is a member of the beautiful multi-media project Spell Songs: The Lost Words. Currently, Kris is preparing for a series of Lau events around the UK, writing music for a new solo album and learning some old tunes for reasons he can’t quite explain. “Utterly stunning” – fROOTS “Kris Drever is a serious talent” – MOJO £16 General Admission | £14 Concessions | £10 Under 16s We are offering a free carer/companion ticket for any disabled or wheelchair-user audience members throughout our shows this season. Please note that it is helpful if this is booked in advance via the WeGotTickets website, so that we can ensure that there is adequate accessible seating reserved on the day/night of the event. Wheelchair access, or entry for people with a disability is available from the side entrance, by the Phoenix Café. Tickets for our Spring/Summer 2025 events can also be purchased in person at the Phoenix Shop, Findhorn. These will be available for purchase from February 2025. Please note that this is a seated event.

The BCO is a music-driven phenomenon, a specialist performance-entertainment outfit, enthralling audiences everywhere with their infectious energy. The BCO will sweep you off your feet and stay in your heart forever. You will journey from one emotional pole to another: from a desperately tragic evocative heart-rending ancient Jewish melody to a dance from Romania or Russia and all the fiery exuberance that goes along.

Highland fiddler and composer Graham Mackenzie is an innovative musician originally from Inverness. A graduate from the Royal Northern College of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he was twice a finalist in the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, as well as being a finalist in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. He has also been nominated as Composer of the Year at the Scots Trad Awards. His 3rd album will be launched in 2025. The other members of the Trio are guitarist Innes Watson ,one of Scotlands most innovative musicians, and pianist Rory Matheson renowned for his imaginative accompanying.

From the moment Kevin Henderson, Olav Luksengrd Mjelva and Anders Hall of The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc first played together in 2009 they felt a particular chemistry in the sound they created. Some seven hundred gigs later, playing across Scandinavia, mainland Europe, the U.S. and the UK, that chemistry continues to draw the trio together. On the evidence to hand, pure fiddle doesn't get much better than The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc. Folkworld

Described as ‘one of the best Scottish traditional singers on the planet’ (fRoots), Siobhan Miller is a richly celebrated folk singer and songwriter, whose soulful and stirring renewal of traditional song has won her the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track and the BBC Alba Scots Trad Music Awards’ Scots Singer of the Year an unprecedented four times. She appears at the Granary with Innes White, guitar, Charlie Stewart, fiddle and Euan Burton, double bass.

Westward the Light are a quartet, creating a new expression of an age- old sound. On fiddle, viola, piano, and guitar, the band’s powerful and dynamic music is reflective of upbringings immersed in the nature and landscapes of Scotland. Bandmates Charlie Grey, Sally Simpson, Owen Sinclair and Joseph Peach formed Westward the Light to make instrumental Scottish music in a way both true to their traditional roots, and pointing to the future.

The Alistair McCulloch Trio, featuring champion fiddler McCulloch alongside past Scottish Folk Musician of the year Aaron Jones of Old Blind Dogs and the Kate Rusby Band on bouzouki, guitar and vocals and former Capercaillie whistle wizard, the trio has gained a formidable reputation for its dynamic concert performances.

FRAS have stormed their way through the West coast of Scotland and beyond with their iconic pipe heavy sound. A thundering four piece from na Garbh Chrìochan of box, flute, pipes and guitar. FRAS blend old melodies and original tunes to create a crashing wave of highland music.

Back by popular demand having blown away the audience at our New Years Day gig! 3ManJob, based in Glasgow, are an alliance of some o the UK's finest traditional musicians. Whilst the members hail from Scotland, England and Wales, they were brought together by their love of Irish music, and are breathing new life into some of Irelands most timeless tunes and songs, weaving together arrangements that both honour the past, and embrace the present.

Emerging Scottish musician Lauren Collier, is making a name for her virtuosity on the fiddle and captivating vocals. Originally from Irvine in Ayrshire, Lauren now lives in Glasgow and has been writing and playing her own music for the last six years. She has toured all over Scotland and has played in Canada, India, Ireland, Denmark and Sweden. With her illustrious band -Ali Hutton (Old Blind Dogs, Treacherous Orchestra), Paul Jennings (Wolfstone, Shooglenifty) and Gus Stirrat (Fat Suit, Blue Rose Code) - Lauren masterfully crafts a live performance portraying a sense of place, emotion, and time.

The Tom Campbell Trio is a collective of three Scottish musicians with Tom on flute, Callum Convoy on bodhran and Gillie O'Flaherty on guitar. All three are immersed in the Glasgow traditional music scene. The trios sound comes from a blend of tastes, ideas and experiences formed from Scottish and Irish musical traditions. A lot of the bands music is original, although inspired by trad. However, contemporary ideas are also included in the new compositions and arrangements.

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Iona returns to The Ceilidh Place- this time accompanied by a harpist. Driven by awe and wonder of the natural world Iona Lane delivers poetic songs, with subtle musical touches and contemplative melodies that link unheard stories with the world we find ourselves in today.

Fell Line are an award-winning Glasgow-based folk trio featuring Chlo Bryce (Lewis McLaughlin Trio), MeganMacDonald (Eabhal, HEISK), and Calum McIlroy (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2024). Hailing from Tain, Lairg, and Aberdeenshire respectively, they blend fiddle, accordion, guitar, and their voices to present an array of intricate tunes and delicate songs. Off the back of winning Battle of the Folk Bands at Celtic Connections 2024, they went on to appear on festival stages across Scotland and beyond, including Blas Festival, Scots Fiddle Festival, and the National Celtic Festival of Australia. . The name Fell Line is taken from a weaving term and refers to the many interlinking parts offered up by each of the three musicians.

Edinburgh-born Lewis McLaughlin was inspired by the likes of John Martyn and Villagers to begin writing and recording his own songs. He has performed across Europein various outfits, accompanying his father a folk shows and playing with his brother in a folk duo before going solo. A life-affirming listen, Feel The Ground You Walk Upon in one moment will have youmisty-eyed, wishing you could hold a pint aloft with your dearest pals and in the next ,have you contemplating your most intense personal struggles. All the while Mclaughlins warm timbre blazes perpetually, unifying and comforting the lost souls that gather in its glow. The new anthem we all need Roddy Hart (BBC Radio Scotland)

Coming from a musical household in Loughduff, Co. Cavan, Grinnes Dad was her first fiddle music teacher. She then went on to perform regularly at traditional music festivals throughout Ireland and rapidly built from that a broad repertoire of tunes. Her fiddle playing style emanates from the musical lyricism of counties Cavan, Leitrim and Clare, and has more recently evolved to incorporate newfound Scottish influences. Grinnes style of music is tethered by tradition while spanning the sky-wide scope of a composers imagination. Boo Hewerdine is an acclaimed Ivor Novello Award nominated English singer-songwriter. He is also a teacher and producer .He is regularly associated with Eddi Reader as a songwriter, musician and producer. He has also collaborated with Findlay Napier. Grainne and Boo make a fascinating musical duo

The Poozies have been mistresses of cosmic shape-shifting for a miraculous 34 years Pioneers from the beginning, with a healthy dose of sass and irreverence, they paved the way for sparkly women folkies in a beardy mans world. The band continue to be anchored by the glorious bass of founding member Mary Macmasters electro-harp, while the irrepressible riotousness of Eilidh Shaw & Sarah McFadyens twin fiddles and the shimmering joyfulness of Mike Bryans guitars burst off to happily explore other musical dimensions. The band are ever-evolving, and 2025 will see them further embrace their unique brand of Trad-Punk with The Poozies have been mistresses of cosmic shape-shifting for a miraculous 34 years.Pioneers of defiantly idiosyncratic new music featuring top notch guest drummers Donald Hay and/or Kenny Knowles.

Bringing together one of Scotland's finest Gaelic singers and songwriters with one of the country's foremost folk singers and accompanists, Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones celebrate songs both from the traditional and contemporary repertoire with a focus on vocal harmony and sensitive arrangements.

Join Jen Stout for readings and discussion around her book Night Train to Odesa: Covering the Human Cost of Russias War (Birlinn, 2024), longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize. It has also been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize.

This world class duo provides a feast of interplay, improvisation and eclectic repertoire with music ranging from Peter Gabriel to Richard Rogers via DollarBrand and Alison Goldfrapp. Guitar thaurmaturge John Etheridge (Soft Machine, Stephane Grappelli, DizzyGillespie, John Williams and Nigel Kennedy) and virtuoso violinist Christian Garrick (Van Morrison, Cleo Laine, Wynton Marsalis, Bireli Lagrene and Tim Minchin) have been associated for many years starting with theGrappelli/Reinhardt-based Sweet Chorus project and concurrently in duo format. This free-wheeling pair make extensive use of looping and other effects, creating exotic tapestries of sound, almost orchestral at times, yet they can switch seamlessly to a pure acoustic sound with rollicking renditions of Hot Club swing evoking the spirit of Reinhardt and Grappelli as they do. Atmospheric, hypnotic, humorous and entertaining. They can roar, seduce and whisper... "One of the most potent relationships in European Jazz". (Guardian), Superb interplay - gorgeous stuff (The Times)