Neil Gow 16th Festival 15-17th March 2019
Programme of Events
While correct at time of printing please check with festival for any alterations or amendments to programme
The Annual Niel Gow Festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire’s fiddle legend. It is envisaged that through time the festival and other activities will gather enough funds to erect a fitting memorial to Niel Gow in Dunkeld & Birnam.
The memorial fund has been growing year by year, the result of Festival surplus income, donations and income from sales of the recording “Niel Gow’s Fiddle” (Pete Clark & Muriel Johnstone, INVER229). The goal is to have a life-size bronze of Niel Gow installed in Dunkeld by 2020. The renowned Scottish sculptor David Annand has been commissioned to undertake the work.
The web site also has a facility for making donations to the memorial fund via PayPal.
2019 Festival
Artist Appearing – Pete Clark /Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira / Falkirk Fiddlers / Iain MacFarlane, Ingrid Henderson & Allan Henderson/ Ryan Young & Chris Amer / John Shedden / Alastair Savage / Alastair Hardie / Donald Gillan / John Kitchen / Sandy Brechin Trio / Hannah Fisher &
Sorren Maclean / Lesley Thompson & Innes Watson / Karys Watt & David
MacFarlane / Dunkeld & District Strathspey & Reel Society / Gillian
Stevenson / Suzanne Fivey / Seán Heely, Colin McGlynn & Greg Mannion / The
Blackford Fiddlers / Wendy Weatherby /
Programme:-
Friday 15th
Royal Dunkeld Hotel
7:30 Solo Fiddle Concert with Jocelyn Pettit / Gillian Stevenson / Sean Heely / Suzanne Fivey
Saturday 16th
Workshops – in Birham Arts
Fiddle
10:30 Joycelyn Pettit
11:45 Iain MacFarlane
01:00 Allan Henderson
Miscellaneous
10:45 Film – Welcome to Blair Castle – James Hunter
12:15 Making Memorials – Neil Gow in Broze – by Sculptor David Annand
10am Recital – Pete Clark Plays Neil Gow’s Fiddle Little Dunkeld church
10:45 Famous Tree Walk to The Neiw Gow Oak with David Martin
Concerts at Birnam Arts
11.00 Kirst of Music – A Tribute to Nathaniel Gow with Alastair J. Hardie & Friends
2:30 The Falkirk Fiddleers – Sean Hely/ Colin McGlynn & Greig Mannion
Followed by Iain MacFarlane / Ingrid Henderson and Allan Henderson
7:30 Joycelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira / Ryan Young & Chris Amer / The Sandy Brechin Trio
Sunday 17th
Workshops
Fiddle
10:30 Sean Heely
11:45 Hannah Fisher
01:00 Jimmy Johnannsen
Miscellaneous
10:30 Wendy Weatherby – Cello
11:45 Sorren Macleand – Guitar
01:00 Sandy Brechin – Accordion
10:45 Walk to Neil Gow Cottage in Inver with Pete Clark
Concerts at Birnam Arts
11:00 Pupils of Perthshire School’s / The Blackford Fiddlers
02:00 Dunkeld & District Strathspey & Reel Society / Hannah Fisher & Sorren Maclean / Lesley Thompson and Innes Watson
