Mugdock Country Park, on the outskirts of Milngavie is home to this festival. The festival will be a musical extravaganza of cultural diversity, uniting and celebrating ethnicity through the medium of music and dance, as well as workshops and free performances.
Mugdock Country Park lies to the North of Milngavie and covers an area of 260 hectares. It has woods, trees lakes and historic buildings and is one of the area's most popular visitor attractions offering a great countryside experience. The historic visitor centre with its enclosed courtyard and and restored Victorian walled garden provide a spectacular backdrop for the Mugdock International Music festival.The facilities include a well-equipped 60 seater theatre which provides an ideal intimate venue for evening concerts.
http://www.mugdockmusicfestival.co.uk
2008: 20th - 22nd June 2008
Evening concerts in the theatre:
The festival begins with a Friday evening concert in the intimate setting of the Mugdock theatre. The virtuoso Eastern European gypsy violin of LEV ATLAS, and the accomplished and sensitive jazz guitar of NIGEL CLARK combine to provide an evening of classical, folk and hotclub music not to be missed.
On Saturday, MICHAEL MARRA, one of Scotland's most prolific Songwriters, and a much loved & respected figure in the entertainment business, will truly delight with his humour, his music and the piercingly acute and accurate insights of his stories and songs...
Afternoon Concerts in the Walled Garden:
Once again, we are staging daytime concerts in the glorious setting of Mugdock's historical walled garden.
The Saturday afternoon concert features an eclectic mix of PRELUDE with their harmony-based soft rock: the pipes, drums and guitars of the blazing rock group RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS: and the wild excitement and colour of a MASAI WARRIOR DANCING TROUPE from Kenya.
The Sunday Courtyard programme will feature, among others, Romanian, Asian and African Dance * Drum groups.
Dance and music in the courtyard:
There will be a free programme of music and dance and workshops in the Courtyard and Theatrefrom 11am- 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday Groups appearing on Saturday include Seylan Baxter & Cheyenne Brown, Glasgow Oriental Dance Group, Gypsy Glasgow! (Slovakian Group), Cross Border Band, Sri Lankan Children's Dance Troupe, Spanish Flamenco, Asian & African groups.
Further information: http://www.mugdockmusicfestival.co.uk
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2007: 15th - 17th June 2007:
Artists appearing in the Courtyard and Walled Garden:-
Ali Bain & Alle Moller – celebrated Scottish/Swedish fiddlers
CALEDON (three Scottish tenors)
Milngavie Pipe Band & The Glasgow Gaelic Choir
The Peter Donegan Band (son of Lonnie Donegan) with Ray Laidlaw of Lindisfarne on drums
Diwan lead by Sengalese guitarist Samba Sene
Fribo ~ traditional Norwegian/Celtic Music
The Cross Border Band ~ Anglo/Scottish original and traditional music
Punjabi No1 ~ Bhangra, Ghidda, Bollywood and Dohl music and dance
Chinese Dancers & Musicians from Glasgow Oriental Dance Association
Close Shave Barber Shop Group
Partick Beat ~ a multi-cultural group of African style drummers
Seylan Baxter (Cello) & Cheyenne Brown (Harp)
Beyond the Pale ~ East European Kleizmer band
East Dunbartonshire Swing Band
Maryhill Women’s Integration Group ~ belly dancing group
The Sighthill Project ~ young musicians and singers from the RSAMD
FREE WORKSHOPS IN THE MUGDOCK THEATRE
VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT SATURDAY & SUNDAY
An introduction to Scottish Country Dancing
Glasgow String Quartet (Intro to Classical music)
Kim Ho (Chinese Musician)
Maryhill Women’s Integration Group (belly dancing)
Seylan & Cheyenne (Intro to Celtic music with Harp & Cello)
Plum Loco (kids show)
All concerts in the Walled Garden are priced at £8 for adults (£5 concession) and £2 for children under 16 (under 5’s free). A family ticket is also available, priced at £25 for two adults and two children (see: http://www.mugdockmusicfestival.co.uk/tickets.html ). Tickets can be purchased on the day from the Mugdock Ticket Office at the Visitor Centre or in advance by contacting 0141 956 610.
For further information email info@mugdockmusicfestival.co.uk or visit the website, www.mugdockmusicfestival.co.uk.
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