A brilliant venue and a huge asset to the city of Inverness. The ground floor is solely dedicaded to trad music with 'real' trad bands every thursday, friday and saturday and sessions fours nights a week, sunday through to wednesday.
Starts 9pm
Sunday night - The Clach (local band) lots scots songs
Monday night - Brian O'headhra from 'Anam' with others www.brianoheadhra.com
Tuesday night - Bob Massie (Anna Massie's dad, young trad musician winner 2003) with other
Wednesday night - Alternates between Sofie Jonsson (from sweden) and Graeme Scott with others
Great atmosphere with plenty of room for lots of musicians and very friendly
We were there on Monday 8 August just to listen but were quite disappointed. Although there were microphones on the musicians in the downstairs bar it was impossible to hear them at all. At one point I stood a foot away to the side of a fiddler trying to listen to what she was playing and I couldn't hear her!
They were crowded in by a hen party, which wasn't helping, but the main problem was the acoustics of the room.
I'm visiting Scotland this summer with some friends, and we will stay near Inverness from 11th to 18th August. We would love to join a session and play, so I would like to know what of the listed sessions are still alive
Is the one at Hootnanny's Ceilidh Bar still going? Is it an 'open session' (foreign musicians welcome)?
Hootnanny's Ceilidh Bar
A brilliant venue and a huge asset to the city of Inverness. The ground floor is solely dedicaded to trad music with 'real' trad bands every thursday, friday and saturday and sessions fours nights a week, sunday through to wednesday.
Starts 9pm
Sunday night - The Clach (local band) lots scots songs
Monday night - Brian O'headhra from 'Anam' with others www.brianoheadhra.com
Tuesday night - Bob Massie (Anna Massie's dad, young trad musician winner 2003) with other
Wednesday night - Alternates between Sofie Jonsson (from sweden) and Graeme Scott with others
Great atmosphere with plenty of room for lots of musicians and very friendly
# Posted on May 21st 2004 by greenbutton
Too busy...
We were there on Monday 8 August just to listen but were quite disappointed. Although there were microphones on the musicians in the downstairs bar it was impossible to hear them at all. At one point I stood a foot away to the side of a fiddler trying to listen to what she was playing and I couldn't hear her!
They were crowded in by a hen party, which wasn't helping, but the main problem was the acoustics of the room.
# Posted on August 25th 2005 by LowProfile
Are sessions still going?
Hi!
I'm visiting Scotland this summer with some friends, and we will stay near Inverness from 11th to 18th August. We would love to join a session and play, so I would like to know what of the listed sessions are still alive
Is the one at Hootnanny's Ceilidh Bar still going? Is it an 'open session' (foreign musicians welcome)?
Thank you in advance; greetings from Spain!
# Posted on July 17th 2009 by Indariel