Performing LIVE at the 9th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival on Sunday 9th July 2023 in the Festival Marquee. Tickets on sale now!
9th July 2023
Entries are now open for this year's Junior Solo Piping Competition on Saturday 8th July 2023 and there's a special award up for grabs this year from the National Piping Centre.
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Don't miss the fabulous HEISK live at the 9th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival on Sunday 9th July 2023 with support from Jenn Butterworth & Will Pound. Tickets on sale now!
Celebrating Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) 2023, Gaelic vocalist Rachel Walker and singer/instrumentalist Aaron Jones celebrated amazing Scottish women with their powerful new album ‘Despite The Wind And Rain’.
A packed Festival Marquee enjoying the Sarah Markey Band at the 8th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival in July 2022.
Weekend Passes 2023
Save up to £20 on tickets for Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival over 7th-9th July 2023 with a Weekend Pass. On sale now!
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Southwest Scotland's biggest Highland dancing competition is held at Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival.
Highland Dancing Competition
Opening night is always a special one and 2023 will be no exception, with the incredible Ciarán Ryan Band with support from Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe & Daniel Quayle.
Absolutely thrilled to have secured Flook for the 9th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival over 7th-9th July 2023. Early bird Weekend Passes on sale now!
Concerts and picking sessions throughout the weekend at SpringGrass Bluegrass Festival.
Dancers celebrate their acheivements at the Highland Dancing Competition in 2018
47 young dancers competed in 2019 at one of the largest traditional Scottish dancing competitions in South West Scotland.
Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music Festival, as it was now called, secured £2,500 funding from Dumfries & Galloway Council's Regional Arts Fund in 2015 along with new local and national sponsorship and partners. The programme expanded to feature 2 concerts, 6 traditional music workshops, tune & song writing competitions, tune & song sessions and award nominated and award winning, world famous, traditional musicians including the unforgettable Máirtín O'Connor Band.
* Total amount spent by Newton Stewart Traditional Music Festival Association to deliver Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival over the 10th & 11th July 2015.
Máirtín O'ConnorCathal HaydenSeamie O'DowdJennifer ButterworthLaura-Beth SalterRyan YoungCraig IrvingClaire Hastings (BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015)Robyn StapletonClaire MannAaron JonesBilly JonesMichael DrainJonathan HendersonNadine Stah WhiteThe OystercatchersRhins of Galloway Pipes & Drums
The 9th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival takes place over the 7th-9th July 2023 and, after an incredible year in 2022, will continue the festival's tradition of bringing the absolute best in traditional Scottish, Irish and World music and dance to perform in Galloway. Stay tuned throughout the year for programme announcements, or grab an Early Bird Weekend Pass - on sale now - and secure your seats now for 2023!