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Celtic Connections 2012

Celtic Connections 2012Photo Credit: Lieve Boussauw

The acclaimed festival returns

Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections celebrates Celtic music and its connections to cultures across the globe. Between 19th January – 5th February 2012, 2,100 musicians from around the world will descend on Glasgow and bring the city to life for 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, and free events. Read more …

Celtic Connections is programmed by Artistic Director (and founding member of Celtic supergroup Capercaillie) Donald Shaw, and features over 300 events across multiple genres of music.

The festival is renowned for its strong spirit of collaboration, bringing together one-off line-ups for very special one night only collaborative shows. The camaraderie between musicians continues into the wee small hours at the late-night Festival Club – home of legendary musical collaborations and spontaneous sessions.

More information on this production is available at www.celticconnections.com.

Features about Celtic Connections 2012

Line-up's a red-hot winter warmer

Jonathan Geddes, Evening Times, 25/10/2011

Celtic Connections gets politica

Robert Dawson Scott, STV, 25/10/2011

Stellar Line-Up Announced for Celtic Connections 2012

Northings, 25/10/2011

Gerry Rafferty remembered in wide-ranging Celtic Connections line-up

Nick Mitchell, The Scotsman, 25/10/2011

Folk supergroup Lau to divide and conquer at Celtic Connections

Sue Wilson, The Scotsman, 26/11/2011

Celtic Connections scoops coveted festival award and adds bands to 2012 programme

STV, 02/12/2011

Celtic Connections heads to Sky to stage Big Top festival featuring Rosanne Cash

STV, 09/12/2011

Muth is living the dream at Celtic Connections

The Herald, 06/01/2012

Sleep is off the agenda for Michael McGoldrick as Celtic Connections beckons

Rob Adams, The Herald, 13/01/2012

Songs in the key of strife: Celtic Connections tribute to Woody Guthrie

Graeme Thomson, Sunday Herald, 15/01/2012

Celtic Connections preview: highlights from an 'embarrassment of musical riches'

STV, 19/01/2012

Preview: Celtic Connections

Sue Wilson, The Scotsman, 19/01/2012

Rab Noakes on paying tribute to Gerry Rafferty with Celtic Connections tribute show

STV, 22/01/2012

Protest music makes a new stand in 2012 at Celtic Connections

Sue Wilson, The Scotsman, 22/01/2012

Where and when?

Multiple venues. Check the website for event and venue details., from Thursday January 19, 2012, until Sunday February 5, 2012.

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