It's the moment you have been waiting for: a full run-down of The Solas Festival Programme! Below, you'll find the highlights of each day at Solas Festival 2011, but remember there will be lots, lots more happening all over the site. Frankly, we think you’re mad if you don’t come for the whole weekend (we cram all this into just over 48 hours, so you don’t even have to take any time off work!), but rest assured, whenever you pop in to join us, there’ll be something absolutely cracking to discover onsite.
FRIDAY EVENING
It’s a folk-tastic music bill for the Friday night. RURA open with a young, fresh twist on Scottish Trad. Also on the bill we have folk stars Emily Smith and Michael Marra, and, with full band in tow, Emma Pollock (increasingly well-known in her own right as well as for her work with The Delgados, The Burns Unit and Glasgow-label, Chemikal Records).
SATURDAY (during the day)
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| Samba Sene & Diwan |
World music with Samba Sene & Diwan; Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker; Rory Butler Album Launch; a brand new musical collaboration featuring We See Lights; performances from Open Swimmer, Silver Caves, Alex Cornish, Adam Stearns, The Wild Myrtles, David Ferrard and esperi. The film programme’s Frame by Frame interview features major Hollywood producer Alan Greenspan (Donnie Brasco, High Fidelity, Fever Pitch). Talks from Kathy Galloway, Pete Ward, Sol Oyuela, Steve Stockman, Karen D’Artois, Sarah Brown and a panel discussion on Sectarianism. Nick Thorpe talks about his new book. Eco-drama present ‘The Isle of Egg’; our visual artists lead lantern-making and the Long Light Procession; workshops in Samba drumming, waulking songs and lithographs, storyteller Gerry Durkin and children’s author Matthew Fitt.
SATURDAY EVENING
We’ve got two incredible bands returning from Solas 2010 because their live performances were so spine-tinglingly perfect we had to keep spreading the word; we fell in love with Glasgow’s The Starlets and Edinburgh-based hip-hop/electronic outfit Stanley Odd have to be seen to be believed. We’ve also got the lovely Irishman, Iain Archer, a favourite at our partner festival Greenbelt and well-loved in Scotland for his work with Snow Patrol and the Reindeer Section. Finally, The Campbells take to the stage; five members of the Scottish Trad dynasty from the island of Skye, including our very own Mary Ann Kennedy, and every one of them a Mod gold-medallist.
SUNDAY
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| Rachel Sermanni |
Our hottest tip for 2011, Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni; world-class classical cellist, Robert Irvine, performs Bach; another original collaboration for Solas featuring Jo Mango, Open Swimmer, Tall Tales and Kettle of Kites; as well as performances from Aerials Up and Julia & the Doogans. Talks from Gerry Hassan, David McNair, Jenny Baker and Alison Urie and panel discussions on Economics: The Cuts and Scottish Nationalism in the light of the SNP victory. The film programme’s Frame by Frame interview features Scottish producer Andrea Calderwood (The Last King of Scotland, Ratcatcher, The Hole). We’ve got workshops in environmental art and family bushcraft led by B.E.E.S.; a dawn hike up Tinto Hill and storyteller Mara Menzies. Theatre for kids with STaG and the Fischy Music Concert. And, of course, the Homecoming String Band lead our giant Ceilidh.
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