EVENTS COMING UP

Radio Skye Fundraiser - David Starr

Wednesday 8th May - 7.30PM

Radio Skye has been a valuable local resource for over 20 years and a constant source of entertainment and news for many. What better way to show your support than coming along to our theatre and enjoying a night of music and community? There will be music from International Country sensation David Starr so come along, have a good time and support the station.

Incase you're not aware:

David Starr is a Colorado-based, Americana and blues singer/songwriter with over 10 albums to his credit. The Arkansas native has honed his decades-long career touring internationally and sharing the stage with esteemed artists such as John Oates (Hall & Oates) and John McEuen, as well as opening for acts like America, Karla Bonoff, Jim Messina, Survivor, and more. In 2022, he was a showcasing artist at Folk Alliance International, AmericanaFest, and Southwest Regional Folk Alliance. His latest project Better Me, features acoustic-driven songs such as the title track and “Closer To You,” the feisty blues-rock “Poison The Water,” as well as “Any Chance Of Going Home,” showcasing Starr’s masterful storytelling. For his 2020 Touchstones project, Starr covered the music that shaped his own, including "I've Got To Use My Imagination" (Gladys Knight) and "These Days" (Jackson Browne). His critically acclaimed album Beauty & Ruin is a collection of songs inspired by Of What Was, Nothing Is Left, a novel written by Starr’s grandfather in 1972. Produced and arranged by John Oates, it is a southern gothic tale beautifully told through Starr’s own musical lens. His prestige extends beyond the stage, having launched Starr’s Guitars in Little Rock, before relocating to Cedaredge, CO in 2001, where it is now a beloved institution. Starr is also a founding member of the board for the Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center in Cedaredge, an intimate event space aimed at attracting musicians and visual artists to Colorado’s Western Slope.

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Django's Journey - Children's Classic Concert

Sunday 12th May - 2PM

We would like to invite you on a captivating journey to explore how gypsy jazz began…And to make things even more exciting, there will be a very special guest joining Owen for this musical journey: Django the Cat! Fabulously brought to life by puppeteer Ella Mackay from Nudge Puppets, Django will tell us all about his travels: from the vibrant colours of India, to the pyramids of Egypt, through the countryside of Eastern Europe and cobbled streets of Spain and France.

Who else will accompany Owen and the jazz-loving Django on this jazz-pedition?! None other than the award-winning songstress and fiddler, Seonaid Aitken, and her band, Rose Room.

This inspiring, interactive and inventive concert is perfect for 4–12-year-olds and their families and is sure to have everyone (whether they are 4 or 94) dancing in the aisles. So come along for a jam-packed hour of toe-tapping tunes! Maybe at the end of it we’ll realise that everybody wants to be a cat…!

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Adam Holmes

Friday 17th May - 7.30PM

Adam’s 4 albums, Heirs and Graces, Brighter Still, Midnight Milk and Dreamweaver have cast an impressive shadow across the UK Folk Scene and gained him Scottish Album of the Year Nominations (in 2014, 2017 and 2018) and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominations. His songs have featured widely on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 3, BBC Scotland, Edith Bowman’s BBC Scotland Quay Sessions show and Virgin Radio, amongst many others.

The second youngest of 8 children raised by his mother in a small flat in Portobello,

Adam crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood.

Only in the world of folk music could you imagine the staff at one of the liveliest, smokiest and most famous Folk music pubs in Britain, Sandy Bells, making a space at the end of the bar so that an eight year old child could get the best view of the singers and musicians. But that was the very place that Adam first picked up the skill of learning music by ear.

Age 15, after the death of a close friend and a cascade into drugs and alcohol he found his way out through the focus of rapping and producing hip hop. Simultaneously he began to play guitar and write songs and after leaving school and moving into his first flat aged 16 he worked on building sites, trying to pick up an apprenticeship as a joiner.

On the very same day that he was finally offered an apprenticeship aged 19 he received a phone-call offering him a place in the semi finals of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2009. He chose his place in music and hasn't looked back since.

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Budapest Cafe Orchestra

Tuesday 4th June - 7.30PM

The Budapest Cafe Orchestra 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.

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Stewart Kelly

Saturday 6th July - 7.30PM

Stewart Kelly is a Classical Guitar Recitalist from Scotland. Stewart studied at the RCS Junior & Senior Conservatoire for 7 years and received tuition from world class players such as Pavel Steidl, Scott Tennant & Tomasz Zawierucha. Stewart Kelly is an award winning Classical Guitarist with several 1st Prizes in Competitions.

Stewart will be playing a wide catalogue of classical guitar music from Scotland to Spain, America to Hungary, Brazil to Italy and more.

LIVE MUSIC


Wayward Jane

Friday 19th July - 7.30PM

Wayward Jane’s music is a modern, transatlantic interpretation of American folk and Old Time traditions, blending roots music with fresh arrangements and original compositions. Their rich sound features fiddle, clawhammer banjo, double bass, guitar, wooden flute and close vocal harmony. Their live shows have a joyful energy, expressing the fine musicianship and playful chemistry of the band members with material ranging in mood from high- octane, toe-tapping tunes to tender and soulful songs. Wayward Jane tend to leave audiences with a glow in their hearts.

For more Info, videos, etc check the bands website www.waywardjane.com.

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101 Ways To Annoy Your Parents …And Other Really Old People!

Sunday 28th July - 12.30PM

Winner of Best Kids Show at Adelaide Fringe 2023.

The title says it all! (Evil laugh). From multi award-winning kids’ comedian Matty Grey. Laugh your guts out of your butthole as he brings his new show to Las Port Righ!

‘Matty Grey is the master of children’s entertainment and he knocks it out of the park' ***** (Advertiser, Adelaide).

‘Matty Grey is loud, enthusiastic and will (mildly) insult your children!’ ***** (PlayAndGo.com.au).

Winner Best Kids Show Perth Fringe 2020 and 2017.


ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT

KIDS COMEDY SHOW


Sian

Monday 9th September - 7.30PM

Sian comprises three of today’s most exquisitely gifted young Gaelic singers - Ceitlin Lilidh, Eilidh Cormack and Ellen MacDonald – accompanied by in-demand multi-instrumentalist Innes White.

With direct connections among the singers to Lewis, Skye and North Uist, their arrangements match deep feeling for traditon with stunning, boldly imaginative harmony work, which has seen them likened to The Staves and even Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Their self-titled debut album, produced by Donald Shaw, was released in 2020.

They will be playing in our restaurant Gasta so get on those dancing shoes for a night you’ll never forget!

“At once both ancient and modern, and never less than remarkable.” – The National

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Anna Massie

Sunday 27th October - 7.30PM

Equally at home as accompanist or melody player, Anna Massie is one of Scotland’s foremost guitarists. As well as being a skilled multi-instrumentalist and singer renowned for her work with Blazin’ Fiddles and RANT, she also presents BBC Radio Scotland’s award-winning flagship trad music programme, Travelling Folk. (Trad Music in the Media, Scots Trad Music Awards 2023)

Three-time nominee for Best Instrumentalist at the Scots Trad Music Awards, 2021 winner of the Trad Music in the Media award for her Black Isle Correspondent work and 2022 Producer of the Year award, Anna is a highly talented musician, presenter and producer.

2024 has seen her release her long-awaited solo album Two Down and embarking on solo touring throughout the year and into 2025.

“…lively, often witty arrangements…compelling at the heart.” - Colin Irwin, MOJO

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