Northern Streams Festival of Nordic & Scottish Music, Song & Dance in Edinburgh: 26-28 April 2024
‘…something out of the ordinary’ The Herald
Welcome! Velkommen! Tervetuloa! Heisan! Välkommen! Velkominn!
We have invited the following artists to this year’s festival in its 19th (+2) year:
- Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich with Órla Ní Eadhra and Ró Ó hEadhra
- Erin Mungall-Baldvinsdottir with Evie Alberti, Becka Gauld and Ben Shanks
- Sir-Reel Clarks ft. Aaron Clark – North East Champion Melodeon Player
- Miguel Girão & Amy Laurenson* (*BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2023 Winner)
The artists are all based in Scotland but with backgrounds and repertoire from Iceland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Shetland, North East Scotland, Scots and Gaelic!
Outline Festival Programme
Information about the various parts of the programme appear in the different sections in the menu above as well as listed in outline format below.
All events take place at The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ.
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The outline Festival programme is:
Friday 26 April
7.00pm Evening Concert
Brian Ó hEadhra & Fionnag NicChoinnich with Órla Ní Eadhra and Ró Ó hEadhra (BFÓR) + Erin Mungall-Baldvinsdottir with Evie Alberti, Becka Gauld and Ben Shanks. Featuring Nordic and Scottish music and song from talented artists based in Scotland, including from Gaelic, Icelandic and Finnish cultures.
Saturday 27 April
Workshops:
11am-12.15pm North Atlantic Songs
12.30-1.45pm Icelandic/Finnish Songs
2.00 – 3.15pm Tunes from the Wedding Traditions of Shetland
3.30 – 4.45pm North East Scotland Tunes
7.00pm Evening Concert
Sir-Reel Clarks + Miguel Girão & Amy Laurenson. Featuring Nordic and Scottish music and song from talented young artists based in Scotland, including BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2023 winner Amy Laurenson.
Sunday 28 April
2-5pm Open Music & Song Session – FREE entry
You can view the online content in our ‘Northern Streams Kist’ project which began collecting items in 2022 and will continue to be added to!
Check out our new Sessions page for how you can enjoy Scandi music year round in Edinburgh & Glasgow!
Click here to get a sense of what happens at the Festival with our video about the Festival in 2016: Northern Streams 2016 Video – thanks for Karen White & Sandy McGhie for their work on this!
The festival is organised by the Edinburgh & Lothians Branch of the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland (TMSA) and acknowledges support from Tasgadh Traditional Arts Small Grants Scheme, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in association with the City of Edinburgh Council and Covid recovery funds from the national TMSA support for local Branches.
Organised by:
The TMSA is registered as a Scottish Charity SC003819 & a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 199976. Registered office: The Signal Box, 5 Appin Lane Edinburgh EH14 1JL, Scotland
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