New date: Stories & Songs in the North East Bothy Tradition

Schedule

Fri Dec 05 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St. Peter's Heritage Centre and Hall, Peterculter | Aberdeen, SC

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✨Kick off the festive season with an unforgettable night! ✨
We have new date for Stories and songs in the North-East Bothy tradition, a show that made a big impact at Edinburgh TradFest, Do't miss the ocassion of enjoy this event in the land of the musicians and storytellers who bring it to life: ballad singer Allan Taylor, fiddler Karin Paterson, and storytellers Phyll McBain and Jackie Ross.
This performance is rooted in the bothy tradition — the songs and stories once shared by farm workers in the bothies of the North East. Full of humour, resilience, and local flavour, these tales have carried across generations and continue to inspire new voices today.
If you want to know more, visit our Eventbrite page to read the artists’ biographies, or check out the review of the Edinburgh show here: https://theqr.co.uk/2025/05/08/folk-fun-and-doric-laughter-tradfests-north-east-bothy-show/
👉 What to expect: An evening of powerful storytelling, unforgettable songs, and a hearty dollop of Doric!
📍 St Peter’s Heritage Centre Hall, Peterculter
📅 5th of December, 19-21 horas
🎟️ Tickets £10-£15, available now on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-songs-in-the-north-east-bothy-tradition-tickets-1803744792229?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
Join us for a celebration of tradition, creativity, and connection. Don’t miss it!
The Aberdeen and Beyond Storytelling Festival is organised by the @ElphinstoneInstitute and the Grampian Association of Storytellers (GAS), with support from the Scottish International Storytelling Festival(SISF), and TRACS - Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, and in collaboration with the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland (TMSA Aberdeen), the University of Aberdeen, St. Peter's Heritage Centre and Hall, Peterculter, and Culter library.
✨ Celebrating stories that connect Aberdeen & Beyond
✨Tellin tales aat keep Aiberdeen & Ayont igither
#ABStoryFest25 #ScotStoryFest
If you booked for the event originally scheduled on Friday 3 October 2025, your payment remain svalid for the new date, Friday 5 December 2025. Please check your email , a Promo Code has been sent for you to Rebook. If you are unable to attend, please don’t contact us just yet — we’ll be in touch with ticket holders individually with options by 31 October 2025.
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St. Peter's Heritage Centre and Hall, Peterculter, Culter Heritage-Hound Research, Howie Lane, Peterculter, AB14 0UP, United Kingdom, Aberdeen

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