Scottish Showcase

A highlight of this year's Festival will be a Scottish Showcase, funded by the Scottish Arts Council, which will feature some of their best established musicians alongside young, up and coming Scottish folk artists appearing at the Festival.

Don't miss the following Scottish Showcase artists (click on the band's name for more info):

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS Friday, Stage 1

SALSA CELTICA Saturday & Sunday, Stage 1 & Stage 2

JULIE FOWLIS Saturday & Sunday, Stage 1 & Stage 2

THE BURNS UNIT Saturday & Sunday, Stage 1 & Stage 2

BREABACH Friday & Saturday, Stage 1 & Stage 2

BRIAN McNEILL Friday & Saturday, Club Tent and hosting the Festival Session.

THE MUCKLE LOONS Thursday, Club Tent

Details of workshops some of these musicians will lead is to follow.

“ We are delighted once again to support The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival and to highlight some of Scotland’s best emerging artists alongside established festival regulars such as Salsa Celtica, Brian McNeill and the mother of all big bands; Unusual Suspects. Our showcase also features Julie Fowlis, who exemplifies Scotland’s Gaelic culture with The Burns Unit-combining some of Scotland’s best known songwriters with Breabach, fast earning an international reputation and the Muckle Loons, made up from the finalists in the 2009 Scottish Young Traditional Musician of the Year. The inclusion of youngsters from our Fèis Rois ceilidh trail, repeating their success of last year, is further evidence of a great partnership working together to develop great musicians for the future.” Ian Smith, Head of Music at the Scottish Arts Council

"The Co-operative Cambridge Folk Festival are very grateful for the generous support of the Scottish Arts Council. For many years the wealth of talent from Scotland has been an important part of the Festival's programme. This Scottish Showcase is intended to put the spotlight on some of this brilliant music and I hope it will bring significant benefits to the artists involved." Eddie Barcan, Folk Festival Manager

BOOKING CONTACTS

If you are interested in booking any of these artists please use the following contacts. Please note that this is a business booking contact only, please do not use for other forms of contact or information.

THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS chris.wade@adastra-music.co.uk

SALSA CELTICA admin@salsaceltica.com

JULIE FOWLIS PaulFenn@asgard-uk.com

THE BURNS UNIT mattiefoulds@mac.com

BREABACH lisa@activeevents.org.uk

BRIAN McNEILL cobus55@talktalk.net

THE MUCKLE LOONS ruamac@btinternet.com