) FESTIVAL OFFICE & SHOP Tickets and Information: 1988 5 Burns Lane, Lerwick ( Lerwick 4757) OPEN FROM 5th APRIL 10.00 am to 4.00 pm Tuesday to Saturday

Pierre laporte & Gilles Losier: Tosspot Theatre: Magic, mime, Recommended by Guy Bouchard music, plays, escapology, as a supreme exponent of the clowns, music hall and street FESTIVAL MEMBERSHIP The 8th French Canadian style, Pierre theatre from Mick Scott and Lucy Available from The Festival Office or Laporte comes from Montreal, Carter. by post Quebec, to Shetland for his first appearance in Europe. The Dave Jackson Trio: A rare Adult £8.00 Accompanied by Gilles Losier chance to hear the renowned duo Child (under 16) £4.00 who has been to Shetland before of Kenny Slavin and Alan Clark, Family (two adults plus brought together under the SHETLAND and who accompanied the late, two children under 16) £16.00 great, Jean Carignan. wavering baton and flying plectrum of the even more Elvis Costello: Came to Shetland Ash Plant: Based in Copenhagen renowned Dave Jackson, taking a incognito for a short holiday last and made up of three Danes plus well earned break from his usual FESTIVAL CLUB Members only FOLK year and asked to appear at the two Irishmen, between them Ash stint with the Jackson Five. festival. We're delighted to have Plant play fiddle, mandolin, flute, lslesburgh Centre him and reckon this exchange of fife, whistle, harp, bouzouki, Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis: Thursday, Friday, old and new traditional music is guitar, bodhran, bones and sing Californian fiddle player, Scots Saturday 11 am to 12 midnight FESTIVAL what the festival is all about. as well! born of a bagpiping father and Sunday 11 amto2 pm singing mother, Alasdair, one in a Strung Out: Dermot Mclaughlin Spektacle Kases: From long line of Hom Bru fiddlers, is Day Tickets, pay at door £1.00 and Tom Trainor are well known Newcastle upon Tyne and accompanied on keyboards by Bar plus light meals in Shetland having visited at least describing themselves as a folk Paul who is used to a positive No admission after 11.00 pm once a year every year at festival music mongrel with musical reaction. time to play non-stop fiddle in the influences ranging from classical club. This year with Maire through rock and pop to Simon Nicol: Legendary vocalist, O'Keefe and Kiaran Curran on traditional dance. A four piece guitarist, failed motor racing TICKETS 28th April to fiddle and cittern they go on only six months old playing driver, and nice guy out on his From Festival Office or from local shops stage for the first time to play fiddle, guitar, cello, mandolin, own for the first time in public. Irish music, Donegal style. banjo, accordion and Elvis This solo appearance is long Country Garrison Foy Sean McGuire & Eileen Hunter: Costello songs alongside overdue. Member 1st May Happily returning to Shetland, Scandinavian, Yiddish and Adult £5.50 £3 .50 £6.50 one of the stars of the 1st Folk American traditional tunes. Shady Lady: Three young ladies Child £2.50 £2.00 £3.00 from the North East of England Festival and accompanied this Non-Member - Becky Taylor on Northumbrian time by our own Eileen Hunter, Adult £7.00 £5.00 £8.00 the one and only Sean McGuire. pipes, Lynn Tucker on accordion ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ plus Amanda Lewis on fiddle. Child £3.50 £3.00 £4.00 Kevin Burke & Jackie Daly: The fiddle and accordion half of The Albion Dance Band: Half-price for pensioners and holders of UB40s OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Patrick Street with distinguished This year's local artistes: Hom Distinctive bass guitar work from Clickimin Children's Concert £2.00 pedigrees as soloists. When we Bru, Robbie Pearson, Tom one of folk music's genuine (no discount) announced to the Garrison Anderson and Shetland's Young pioneers. Ashley Hutchings leads audience last November that they Heritage, Tom Morton, Eart the Albions on their first visit to Garrison Sunday Concert £5.00 were booked we heard a squeak , Kyent, Fred's Band,. Maggie Thule. Put on your dancing (no discount) of adulation somewhere in the Robertson, The Jun1or Shetland shoes. one & nines. Fiddlers, Burrian, Henry & Muriel, P.A. -by E.F.X. Jim & Marysia: From New Texas Pete, Scrape the Barrel, The M.C.s: Danny Kyle, Tich Celeste through Dick Broad & the Shetland Fiddlers, Northmavine Frier and Davy Steele all from Fallen Goats, Jim and Marysia Fiddle & Accordion Band, Walls Scotland's central belt, here to RAFFLE NOTE: This programme may be Dance Band, Jim Halcrow's hold the shows together with make a welcome return. Never Win a unique Martin guitar, tickets on sale at all subject to change without prior forget their spot in the Shetland Dance Band, and the Cullivoe unbelievable skill and verve and if Hotel in '86 when a ringing Dance Band. we're lucky they'll be joined on venues, Festival Office and local shops notification telephone next to the stage Sunday by fellow central belter. Shetland Folk Festival Society turned "Only You" into "It's for Kevin ("I thought the festival 5 Burns Lane, Lerwick you". started on 1st May") Dempsey. Tel. Lerwick 4757 Thursday, 28th April Friday, 29th April Saturday, 3Jh April Sunday, 1st May

ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CLICKIMIN CENTRE 10.30 am WALLS HALL 7.30 pm FESTIVAL CLUB WORKSHOPS (open to non-members) CENTRE - Lerwick Pipe Band at Play Group Concert SEAN McGUIRE & EILEEN HUNTER ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE 1.00 pm 12.30 pm followed by OFFICIAL TOSSPOT THEATRE DAVE JACKSON TRIO GUITAR 2.30 pm OPENING at 1.00 pm. JIM & MARYSIA JIM & MARYSIA DANNY KYLE HOM BRU BURR IAN DAVY STEELE CLICKIMIN CENTRE 6.30 pm Dance to THE CULLIVOE DANCE BAND GARRISON THEATRE 3.00 pm CHILDREN'S CONCERT with: BALTASOUND HALL 7.30 pm VOICES ' N' VIOLINS with ALASDAIR FRASER & PAUL MACHLIS ALASDAIR FRASER & PAUL MACHLIS (hopefully): ELVIS COSTELLO STRUNG OUT EART KYENT MARYSIA, SEAN, SIMON, PIERRE, JIM & MARYSIA WHALSA Y HALL 7.30 pm TOSSPOT THEATRE ELVIS, KEVIN, DAVY, ALASDAIR, TICH, ROBBIE PEARSON PIERRE LAPORTE & GILLES LOSIER DANNY, DERMOT & others TOSSPOT THEATRE STRUNG OUT Dance to THE ALBION DANCE BAND ELVIS COSTELLO CULLIVOE HALL 7.30 pm ROBBIE PEARSON SEAN McGUIRE & EILEEN HUNTER FRED'S BAND SPEKTACLE KASES DANNY KYLE FESTIVAL FOYS 7.00 pm TOM MORTON Dance to THE ALBION DANCE BAND See most of the surviving acts at: ASH PLANT CUNNINGSBURGH HALL 7.30 pm DAVY STEELE KEVIN BURKE & JACKIE DALY CLICKIMIN CENTRE SIMON NICOL SHETLAND'S YOUNG HERITAGE SHETLAND HOTEL Dance to THE CULLIVOE DANCE BAND DAVE JACKSON TRIO FESTIVAL CLUB SIMON NICOL TINGWALL HALL 7.30 pm LERWICK HOTEL HOM BRU ALASDAIR FRASER & PAUL MACHLIS WHITENESS HALL 7.30 pm DANNY KYLE SPAKTACLE KASES Dance to JIM HALCROW'S BAND ASH PLANT PIERRE LAPORTE & GILLES LOSIER TICH FRIER STRUNG OUT TOSSPOT THEATRE CO CRAFT MARKET: SCRAPE THE BARREL JUNIOR SHETLAND FIDDLERS lslesburgh Community Centre EART KYENT Dance to THE NORTHMAVINE FIDDLE & ELVIS COSTELLO VOEHALL 7.30 pm Open FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY, ACCORDION CLUB 11 am to 4 pm, includes: DANNY KYLE PIERRE LAPORTE & GILLES LOSIER Dance to THE ALBION DANCE BAND SHADY LADY SILVERWORK ASH PLANT PHOTOGRAPHY SCRAPE THE BARREL GARRISON THEATRE 7.30 pm PAINTING SKERRIES HALL 7.30 pm WESTSIDE FIDDLE & ACCORDION CLUB KNITWEAR KEVIN BURKE & JACKIE DALY TICH FRIER MARQUETRY KEVIN BURKE & JACKIE DALY SHADY LADY Dance to THE WESTSIDE FIDDLE & LEATHER WORK DAVE JACKSON TRIO SIMON NICOL ACCORDION CLUB , GLASS WORK SHADY LADY TEXAS PETE CROCHET WORK BURRIAN MAGGIE ROBERTSON FIDDLE MAKING HENRY & MURIEL SHETLAND'S YOUNG HERITAGE INSTRUMENT REPAIR TICH FRIER AND OTHER CRAFTS Dance to THE WALLS DANCE BAND GARRISON THEATRE 7.30 pm (Concert) ( SEAN McGUIRE & EILEEN HUNTER FESTIVAL CLUB 9.00 pm SPEKT ACLE KASES FESTIVAL CLUB WORKSHOPS ALASDAIR FRASER & PAUL MACHLIS ELVIS COSTELLO ~ Open to non-members) FESTIVAL MERCHANDISE JIM & MARYSIA THE SHETLAND FIDDLERS STYLES OF FIDDLING 2.30· pm A variety of valuable memorabilia tastefully TOSSPOT THEATRE TOM MORTON MIME 3.00 pm chosen and on sale at the Shop, the Club MAGGIE ROBERTSON DAVY STEELE SINGING 3.30 pm and most Concerts (while stocks last).