University of Edinburgh St Andrew's Day Concert

Sun Nov 30 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC+00:00

Playfair Library Hall | Edinburgh

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University of Edinburgh St Andrew's Day Concert
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Join us for this year's St Andrew's Day Concert in Playfair Library Hall, Old College.
About this Event

St Andrew's Day Concert
Sunday 30th November 2025
3pm - 5pm (Doors Open 2:30pm)
Playfair Library, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL

Join us for the afternoon to celebrate St Andrew's Day in music and song at the University of Edinburgh's annual concert.

This event is hosted by Celtic and Scottish Studies and the School of Scottish Studies Archives.

Performers include:

Fraser Fifield and Thalia Blacking

Traditional and contemporary tunes on pipes, whistle, saxophone and fiddle

Gary West

Pipes and folk song

Tim Macdonald and Claire Garabedian

18th and 19th century music on fiddle and cello

Lori Watson

Scots song

Rob Dunbar

Gaelic song

Will Lamb

Leading the 'big tune' on banjo

Franky Leong-Murphy

Folk music on whistle from one of our wonderful student musicians


PLEASE NOTE:

You must bring your ticket (printed or electronic) with you to the event.

This event may be photographed and/or recorded for promotional or recruitment materials for the University and University approved third parties. If you do not want to be in photos or videos please contact the organiser at [email protected].

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Playfair Library Hall, South Bridge, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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