Rolling Hills Folk Club

07/08/2025

Or if you fancy seeing George Machray he is playing on the 15th of August at the same venue.

East Lothian folk singer, George Machray writes songs about towns, villages and characters in and around Edinburgh with varying themes from the humorous to the serious. George is a triple winner of both the Edinburgh Folk Club Song Competition (Audience Vote) and the Glenfarg Folk Festival Annual So...

06/08/2025

Hello all, hope everyone is having a fantastic summer break. Just sharing if you are local and available on either the 21st or 22nd of August and fancy hearing Fyfe Iona at the Ukranian Community centre. Iona did a slot for us in your Zoom lockdown days.

The Fringe is an incredible juggernaut of shows and global talent. It's almost impossible to cut above the noise. I'm only doing two shows this year, but I'd LOVE to sell them out.
Can I ask my lovely followers to book their tickets in advance? I'm performing a solo show of Scots songs and folksongs just myself and piano.
📍Ukrainian Community Centre, 14 Royal Terrace, Venue #138
📅 21 + 22 August
⏰ 19:30
Tickets 🎟️ https://bit.ly/ionafringe
💰 £18/15 • Box Office 01312260000

One of Scotland's foremost folksingers, Iona Fyfe showcases her passion for Scots language through traditional repertoire, translations and self-penned songs. A graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Iona has toured extensively in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA. A fierce advocate fo...

05/07/2025

The agent of Elsa Jean McTaggart Music has flagged to us the various Edinburgh Fringe shows on offer from her and husband Gary in August.

Here are the names of the 5 shows they are doing and they seem to cover quite a spectrum of interesting musical offerings.
All are in various venues within Surgeon's Hall.

You can check for more information on The Fringe website.

Caledonia
Eva by the Divas -a celebration of Eva Cassidy
Hebridean Fire
The Gael
Scots of the Pops

http://music-info.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com

Facebook - Elsa McTaggart Music

Described as a Scottish Superwoman of music. Follow her on tour, listen to her music and join her growing number of fans.

04/07/2025

Interesting mix of artists to look forward to seeing in Kelso.

🎶✨ Kelso Folk Festival 2025 is coming! 🎻🪕

📅 September 5–7, 2025
📍 Kelso, Scottish Borders

Join us for a fantastic weekend of live music, sessions, workshops, and community spirit at the Kelso Folk Festival! 🎤🍻

🎵 Featuring performances from:

The Haar
Kris Drever
We Mavericks (duo from Australia)
Jon Doran and The Northern Assembly
Divergence
Skelpt
Local artists, floor spots, and open mics!
🎪 Also including:

Workshops
Rag Bag Morris
Small Hall Band
Children’s Show with Andrew Gordon
Late-night song & tune sessions
Caravan & campervan site available!
🎻 Regular warm-up sessions:

Thursdays: Tunes at Cross Keys Saddler’s Bar (8pm)
Fridays: Floor spots at Cross Keys Oak Room + late song session at the Cobbles Inn (from 10pm)
👉 Tickets & info: www.kelsofolkfest.org
💻 More about the club: www.kelsofolk.co.uk
📧 [email protected]
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Tag your folk-loving pals and save the date! Let’s make it a weekend to remember 🎉🎶

02/07/2025

Belated thanks to all who made the final live club in Darnick Village before the summer break such a great night.
Thanks very much to everyone who helped Ron with the evening, in the absence of Ros and Jenny, including clearing away and special thanks to Sarah Gulliver for being his chauffeur due to his leg problem. We all really appreciate our loyal friends!

The autumn season starts again for Rolling Hills Folk Club with the Zoom club on Friday September 5th and the live club on Friday September 19th when we are very pleased to welcome Sandy Watson as our guest for the evening.

14/06/2025

Thankyou to all our loyal Zoomers who made the last night of the season so thoroughly wonderful!
Last night we started off with 14 screens and thought everyone would need to sing/play 2 or even 3 times. The numbers kept increasing and we had 22 screens some of which involved several contributors including the unexpected arrival of the renowned Jo Girvan via Francis Teeney.

Ron and I want to thank everyone for helping us end a very sad week for us all in the most wonderful way. We really appreciate all your support and friendship and wish you a wonderful summer and please do your best to stay healthy and keep singing/playing!

We'll see you again on Zoom on Friday September 5th.

04/06/2025

Just a reminder that our next ZOOM folk club is NOT on Friday June 6th.

As notified previously it will be on the second Friday this month which is Friday June 13th- hopefully the date will not affect anything technical related to the running of the event!!!

Look forward to seeing you on screen with your songs, music, poems or just your enthusiasm!!!

04/06/2025

Apologies to anyone trying to access the Rolling Hills Folk Club website.
There are unfortunately currently technical difficulties with the site linked to a BT problem which is being investigated.

17/05/2025

Thanks to to all who came along to the Rolling Hills Folk Club in Darnick Village last night for a great night of music.
Our guest, George Machray, sang a wide variety of his own material which included the poignant and comedic,with his great guitar accompaniment.
From our talented floor spots, we heard fiddle, whistle, individual acapella songs in traditional and contemporary styles and also a duo and trio of our regulars singing in beautiful harmony.
Thanks as usual, to everyone for help clearing the Hall at the end of the night AND for offers to give specific help for the
last club of the season on Friday June 20th when Ron's usual support team of Ros and Jenny are missing! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😁😁

14/05/2025

All welcome for a great night in Darnick Village on Friday May 16th.

14/05/2025

It's our live folk club again this Friday (16th) in Darnick Village in the beautiful village hall.We are delighted to have George Machray as our guest, renowned singer-songwriter from East Lothian. Admission £8/ free for under 18s. Bring your voices and instruments for floor spots and of course remember to BYOB.
Tea/coffee available for small donation. There will also be the legendary raffle.
Doors open 7.30 p.m. for 8 p.m. start.

12/04/2025

Just a wee reminder that the AGM of Rolling Hills Folk Club is at the next regular Club night on Friday April 18th.
Please come along with future guest suggestions and to help with plans for the next year. No pressure to be on the Committee or to be an officer as all are happy to continue.
Please watch your email inbox on Sunday/Monday for the agenda and the 2024 AGM minutes.
Paper copies of the minutes and accounts will be available at the meeting.

Most importantly bring your voices and instruments as the AGM is the short part of the evening and the main feature is music, song or a poem/story or two from anyone who wishes to perform.

See you there 🎵🎶🎼🎻🪗🪕