2011 ST MUNGO FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE ‘MUNGO’S BAIRNS’ The festival began in 2010, with the aim of establishing an annual event promoting the city’s heritage within the framework of Celtic culture.

Performances and events at the festival will take place at a variety of venues across Glasgow. Some of the headline names include The Ideal Band, Maggie MacInnes and Adam McNaughtan is coming out of retirement for a special multicultural gala concert taking place on 8 January at St Andrews in the Square..

Other performances and events include the Jimmy McHugh memorial concert, and one particular highlight will be a unique collaboration between the AKAYA African drummers and the Neilston Pipe Band pipers.

Bailie Catherine McMaster said: “The St Mungo Festival is a fantastic celebration of all the musical and dance traditions of Glasgow and of all of ‘Mungo’s Bairns’. The 2011 festival has a tremendous programme, with something for people of all ages and interests. I would like to say that we are very honoured that the McHugh family have agreed that the Jimmy McHugh memorial concert can form part of the festival.”

More information on the 2011 St Mungo Festival is available at http://www.stmungofestival.com

Saturday 8 January

St Mungo’s Bairns Multicultural Gala concert - a major celebration concert featuring a host of Glasgow’s top artists (The Ideal Band, Glasgow’s African Highlife Band, Maggie MacInnes, Neilston and District Pipe Band, Glasgow AKAYA West African Drummers, the Four Provinces Band and Adam McNaughtan) from the city’s many indigenous and diverse Celtic and World musical cultures.

7.30pm, St Andrews in the Square - £10/£8

Tickets - http://www.ticketsoup.com 0844 4818898 or direct from the ticketsoup box office at the SECC.

Friday 14 January

Thistle and Shamrock
A community evening concert/ceilidh followed by an informal music session hosted by Partick Folk Club. Featuring some of Glasgow’s finest traditional musicians, including The Ideal Band and many others. There will be an open invitation to bring instruments and songs, and participate in an informal event welcoming all to celebrate the wealth of music and song which has grown from the roots of Irish and Scottish music in Glasgow.
St Peter’s Hall, Chancellor St, Partick - 7.30pm for 8pm, tickets £5 on the door

Saturday 15 January

The 12th Jimmy McHugh Memorial Concert
Every January, many of Ireland’s top traditional musicians join Glasgow’s very best Irish musicians to pay tribute to their musical friend, the late Jimmy McHugh. This is always a sell-out concert, and its inclusion in the festival programme demonstrates the close ties between the McHugh family and their adopted home town.
Woodside Halls, 36 Glenfarg Street, 8pm - tickets, priced £10, are available from The Tron Box Office on 0141 552 4267 or phone 0141 569 3557 or 07855 2920

Information on some of the performers and events at the festival is available at:

http://www.maggiemacinnes.com
http://www.theidealbandscotland.co.uk
http://www.panafricanartsscotland.org.uk/index.php
http://www.jimmymchugh.com

or contact Ken Campbell - kc@theidealbandscotland.co.uk