Ten of the UK and Ireland’s finest traditional poets and musical artists including vocalists using five languages, medieval instruments: crwth and northern triplepipes as well as fiddle, harp, accordian and electronics will join together in a Knockengorroch music residency to re-invigorate and create new music inspired by past peoples and languages of Britain. Award winning
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Early bird tickets selling fast!
Knockengorroch 2019 is set to be another belter of an event with music and arts from across the globe in the incredible setting of our very own river valley, set amongst the majestic Southern Upland Galloway mountain range. No festival brings you such world class music in as unique and intimate a setting. Knockengorroch festival
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Brazilian singer extraordinaire Renata Rosa hits Glasgow and Edinburgh
As part of our Off Site programme we are bringing North Eastern singer and rabeca player Renata Rosa to Glasgow and Edinburgh in August 2018. Renata and her band will arrive at Glasgow Cottiers theatre on Thursday 9thand Edinburgh St Vincent’s Chapel on Friday 10th. She will also give a polyphony singing workshop at the Scottish
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Featured artist: Emma Brierley
If you were wondering who has created the artwork for this year’s poster, read on… Adventures in puppetry & visual theatre have moved Emma around Scotland, Vermont, Nepal, Taiwan, North Carolina & Sri Lanka – touring shows by foot, bicycle, horse & cart, a caravan & beat up old school buses. Her work is driven
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Rivers of Music
Pleased to announce our theme. RIVERS of life, of music, of Knockengorroch! For 2018 we’ll be paying homage to the Deugh and the Bo – the rivers which run through our festival site and on which humans have depended for (merely) thousands of years. We’ll be celebrating during the festival with rivery installations and streamlined
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First astounding line-up announcement!
Cut Chemist, Transglobal Underground and African supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique are amongst the international traditional and dance music acts participating in World Ceilidh 2018! Both live and dance music artists have been booked from the USA, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Spain, Egypt, Japan and Ghana. Hailing from across West Africa, Les Amazones d’Afrique are an all-female
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