Craic it open Ceilidh – Thursday 7th August
7.45pm – 9.15pm Greenhillbillies
9.45pm – 11.30pm The Storm Chasers
7.45pm – 9.15pm Greenhillbillies
9.45pm – 11.30pm The Storm Chasers
Friday 8th August
| Venus Flytrap Palais | ||
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| 12.45PM | Baby Beat: rave and dj experience for under fives accompanied by parents |
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| 2.00PM | Rythmn & Rhyme: kids moving to cool music and rhymes using skipping ropes, balls and hoops with Lillian Ross |
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| 3.15PM | Yusef Azak: challenging, unsettling, acoustic from Glasgow |
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| 4.30PM | Reggae Woodland Roots: Henry Fosbrooke brings his own brand of forest funk to the stage |
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| 5.45 PM | Derek Meins: Scots poet and troubador, formerly of Eastern Lane, brings his surreal songs to Bella: 'If the ocean were made out gin, maybe I'd learn how to swin' |
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| 7.15PM | The Blank Album: live Music, Dance & Comedy from Natasha Gilmore - choreographer and artist in residence at the Dance House in Glasgow - and her troupe |
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| 8.15PM | Orchestra del Sol: sousaphone-fuelled Balkan brass madness |
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| 9.30pm | The Cyriac Review Cabaret Show: Wild Card Kitty produces the weird and wonderful for your delectation and delight: adults only |
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| Puppets/Storytelling Tent (MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og area for kids) |
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| 12.00PM | Pictish Paper People: origami and paper magic workshop for kids |
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| 2.30PM | Jesse Paul: Comedy Storytelling for kids |
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| 4.00PM | George MacPherson: storytelling for kids from the venerable Skye bard |
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| 5.30PM | Flotsam & Jetsam: The Wee Imp & Recycling Magic - eco puppet show |
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| 7.30PM | Zenwing: Traveller's Follies: Puppet show |
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| 9.00PM | Tartan Terror: 2 hrs of ghoulish goulash for kids with Davy The Ghost and other spooks |
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| Kids Workshops Tent (MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og area for kids) |
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| 11.30 AM | She Phoenix: The Goddess of fine brings kids a Fire & Poi class | |
| 12.45PM | Lyrics writing for songs for 16 years and over with Lillian Ross | |
| 2.00PM | Zenwing Puppet Making Worshop | |
| 3.15PM | Bella Belters: voice coaching for 14 years and over with Lillian Ross |
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| 4.30PM | Lorna's Poi Class | |
| 5.45PM | PlayActing (for kids!) with Lizzie MacDougall | |
| 7.00PM | Wildwood Puppet Making (Noona Owens) | |
| The Co-op Verb Garden | ||
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| 1.15PM | The Camcorder Guerillas: Asylum - Taking Action (experience of asylum seekers in Scotland) | |
| 2.30PM | The Co-Op Debate: Is Fair Trade Damaging The Environment? Colin Baines, Head of Ethics; Eleanor Scott, former Green Party MSP; Donnie MacLeod, Highland Organics, imprisoned over GM crops protests; a representative of The Soil Association: chair Ian MacWhirter of the Sunday Herald | |
| 4.15PM | CO-OP 60 Mins Spoken: Mandy Haggith - ecologist, poet, revolutionary! Gerry Loose - horticulturalist, former poet-in-residence at Glasgow Botanical Gardens and currently writing on the natural history and folklore of Sunart Oakwoods in Ardnamurchan; Tom Leonard - well known Glasgow political poet | |
| 5.30PM | Co-Op Up Close Artist Interviews: The Sunday Herlad's Ian McWhirter interviews musciians appearaing at Bella | |
| 6.30PM | Co-Op Private Reception | |
| 7.45PM | Plaid Speaking; George MacPherson tells you the right way to wrap up in a plilibeg mor - BYOB (bring your own bolt of tartan if you've or borrow George's) | |
| 9.00PM | Jackie Goode & Scott Russell: A comic musical delight | |
| 9.45PM | Roberto Cassani: Troubador of Comedy Mayhem | |
| 11.30PM | Bluesey Blue: Late night adult comedy with Parrot, Kier McAllister & Niall Brown & music (Jamie and Johnnie Kerr on piano and blues harp) | |
| The MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og kids' area | |
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| Face Painting with Michele Garner | |
| Hats Workshop with Arts In Motion | |
| Inverness Countryside Rangers _ active fun for youngsters | |
| The Garden of Earthly Delights and Face Painting brought to you by the creative geniuses of Fired Art | |
| Ross-shire Youth - teenage diversions and fruit kebabs | |
| Fairy Mound: Lizzie MacDougall helps you create your own winged people to populate a make-believe world | |
| Green Shee (Owen Phoenix) storytelling yurt and craft workshop | |
| Arena | |
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| Maisy Marionette & The Phantom Groover: Graham Moffat's walkabout puppets | |
| Seat of Glory - Bogwood throne & projections from Arts In Motion | |
| The Health & Safety Inspector: He's back again, but not exactly as you knew him! | |
| Pedalability: pedal-powered phone charging | |
| The Care Bear: depressed? Worried? Tell all to a sympathetic furry ear | |
| Ego Massage: street theatre with Arts In Motion | |
| Henry Fosbrooke's Woodland Orchestra: make your own instruments from wood and play them | |
| The Bough Tent: The real Summer Walkers' bring their mobile home and exhibition of their way of life | |
| Miniscule of Sound: the world's smallest nightclub with the world's strictest dress code | |
| Geoff King: The many faces of Boris Lunchbox | |
| She Phoenix: Queen of fire poi display and her troupe | |
| Village Disco: a small but perfectly formed disco featuring some pretty shocking jocks | |
| Highland Park Corner: A chance to stand on a soap box and get it all off your chest; best speaches win a free dram of Highland Park; adjudicator Maxwell MacLeod | |
| Free Hugs: Johannes Judt and team spread the love | |
| Ruaraidh Milne: Trapeze | |
| Mischief La Bas - street theatre - Tom Jones Fan Club; The Elvis Presleys; Emotional Security; | |
| Big Rory & Ochie - street theatre | |
| Madame Fifi's dance parlour | ||
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| 11AM | Chi Gung: working with Qi energy within the body with Doug Hardie | |
| 12.00PM | Salute to the Sun: Yoga with Fiona Sarjeant | |
| 1.00PM | Flamenco: Dunia del Campo Baena | |
| 2.00PM | Relax Kids: Charlie Turner & Fran Polson | |
| 3.00PM | Belly Dancing: Kathleen Riachi and one other | |
| 4.00PM | Merenge & Cha Cha Cha: with Salsa North | |
| 5.00PM | 5Rhythms dance: Deborah Jay-Lewin & DJ | |
| 6.00PM | Salsa til late: Salsanorth | |
| MacRae & Dick Snapdragon | ||
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| 12.00 PM | Eden Court Box Office Opens | |
| 1.00 PM | Animation (8-12 yrs) & Drama Games (8-12 yrs) | |
| 1.30 PM | Stage Fighting (8-16 yrs) & Yikes Stripes (under 3) | |
| 2.00 PM | Horror Make-up (8-16 yrs) | |
| 2.30 PM | Drama Games (5-9 yrs) & Yikes Stripes (under 3) | |
| 3.00 PM | Animation (12-18 yrs) & Character Acting (12-18 yrs) | |
| 3.30 PM | Make An Alien (8-12 yrs) & Yikes Stripes (under 3) | |
| 4.00 PM | Street Dance (8-12 yrs) | |
| 4.30 PM | Animation (6-9 yrs) & Drama Characters (8-12 yrs) | |
| 5.00 PM | Drama Games (8-12 yrs) | |
| 5.30 PM | Street Dance (12-18 yrs) | |
| 6.30 PM | Kids' Films (5-12 yrs) | |
| 9.15 PM | Dance Workshop for all the family with Natasha Gilmore | |
| 11.30 PM | South Pacific: The sing-along version | |
| Buddhist Temple | ||
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| 10.30AM | Stall for books and Buddhist artefacts; kids' activities - making prayer flags and painting Buddhas | |
| 11.00AM | 'Finding The Breath' - an introduction to the mindfulness of breathing meditation | |
| 3.30AM | Poets & Painters who meditate, read and display their work; Q&A session | |
| 4.30AM | Mantra Chanting | |
Saturday 9th August
| Venus Flytrap Palais | ||
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| 12.00PM | Baby Beat: rave and dj experience for under fives accompanied by parents |
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| 1.45PM | Bruce Fummey: 90 Mins of Bruce on Bruce - absolute rubbish about Robert the Bruce, fresh from Edinburgh Fringe and for adults only |
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| 3.00PM | Animal Behaviour: Original Dance, electro, drum and Bass, funk tracks with live DJ, Percussionist, vocals, guitar, projection for teenagers upwards |
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| 4.30PM | The Parsonage Choir: 40 Glaswegians beautifully in harmony (!?) - choral arrangements of the great sounds of Gram Parsons and Hank Williams |
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| 5.30 PM | Four On Six: stunning local jazz prodigies for lovers of brown corduroy, Peter Sellers specs, and Hamlet cigars |
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| 7.00PM | Kerieva: a ska/celtic/romany rollercoaster of Gypsy songs and music from a mysterious and charismatic lady with real gypsy blood |
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| 8.15PM | Izo Fitzroy & The Royal Bastards: Guaradian Young Composer of the Year with a voice like Janis Joplin and a wit to match |
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| 9.30PM | The Cyriac Review Cabaret Show: Wild Card Kitty produces the weird and wonderful for your delectation and delight: adults only |
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| 11.30PM | The Invernetian Masked Ball: waltzes and gavottes from the Secret Chamber Orchestra & compelling gypsy rythmns from Kerieva, cabaret artists and all directed by a master of ceremonies; Entry only for adults wearing masks and preferably costumes |
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| Puppets/Storytelling Tent (MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og area for kids) |
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|---|---|---|
| 12.00PM | Pictish Paper People: origami and paper magic workshop for kids |
|
| 2.30PM | Jesse Paul: Comedy Storytelling for kids |
|
| 4.00PM | George MacPherson: storytelling for kids from the venerable Skye bard |
|
| 5.30PM | Flotsam & Jetsam: The Wee Imp & Recycling Magic - eco puppet show |
|
| 7.30PM | Zenwing: Traveller's Follies: Puppet show |
|
| 9.00PM | Tartan Terror: 2 hrs of ghoulish goulash for kids with Davy The Ghost and other spooks |
|
| Kids Workshops Tent (MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og area for kids) |
||
|---|---|---|
| 11.30 AM | She Phoenix: The Goddess of fine brings kids a Fire & Poi class | |
| 12.45PM | Lyrics writing for songs for 16 years and over with Lillian Ross | |
| 2.00PM | Zenwing Puppet Making Worshop | |
| 3.15PM | Bella Belters: voice coaching for 14 years and over with Lillian Ross |
|
| 4.30PM | Lorna's Poi Class | |
| 5.45PM | PlayActing (for kids!) with Lizzie MacDougall | |
| 7.00PM | Wildwood Puppet Making (Noona Owens) | |
| The Co-op Verb Garden | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11.00AM | Plaid Speaking; George MacPherson tells you the right way to wrap up in a plilibeg mor - BYOB (bring your own bolt of tartan if you've or borrow George's) | |
| 12.00PM | Dr Sketchy's Cabaret Art Class with Wild Card Kitty: very life drawing - come and paint a real live cabaret artist under Kitty's direction; materials provided | |
| 2.30PM | For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn: Flash Fiction Extreme Workshop & Compeition with Moniack Mhor Writers Centre | |
| 3.45PM | Co-Op Up Close Artist Interviews: The Sunday Herlad's Ian McWhirter interviews musciians appearaing at Bella | |
| 4.15PM | The Co-Op Debate: The Cost of Energy: Crisis or Opportunity? Colin Baines, Head of Ethics; Eleanor Scott MSP, Green Party; Mark Jennison, Scottish Director, Energy4all; Scottish & Southern; Highland Enviro Newtwork; Paul Young, anti-windfram campaigner; chair Ian MacWhirter | |
| 6.00PM | CO-OP 60 Mins Spoken: Mandy Haggith - ecologist, poet, revolutionary! Gerry Loose - horticulturalist, former poet-in-residence at Glasgow Botanical Gardens and currently writing on the natural history and folklore of Sunart Oakwoods in Ardnamurchan; Tom Leonard - well known Glasgow political poet | |
| 7.15PM | The Camcorder Guerillas: Deadly Cargo - Nuclear Fuel Transport in Scotland; Short Films and Discussions | |
| 8.30PM | Jackie Goode & Scott Russell: A comic musical delight | |
| 9.15PM | The Malt & Barley Revue: BBC Radio Scotland presenter Tom Morton's 'Songs, Poetry and three drams' audience limited to 30 | |
| 11.30PM | Bluesey Blue: Late night adult comedy with Parrot, Kier McAlister & Niall Browne plus Chris Lynam & music (Izo Fitzroy, Jamie Kerr and Johnnie Kerr on piano and blues harp) | |
| The MacRae & Dick Tir Nan Og kids' area | |
|---|---|
| Face Painting with Michele Garner | |
| Hats Workshop with Arts In Motion | |
| Inverness Countryside Rangers _ active fun for youngsters | |
| The Garden of Earthly Delights and Face Painting brought to you by the creative geniuses of Fired Art | |
| Ross-shire Youth - teenage diversions and fruit kebabs | |
| Fairy Mound: Lizzie MacDougall helps you create your own winged people to populate a make-believe world | |
| Green Shee (Owen Phoenix) storytelling yurt and craft workshop | |
| Arena | |
|---|---|
| Maisy Marionette & The Phantom Groover: Graham Moffat's walkabout puppets | |
| Seat of Glory - Bogwood throne & projections from Arts In Motion | |
| The Health & Safety Inspector: He's back again, but not exactly as you knew him! | |
| Pedalability: pedal-powered phone charging | |
| The Care Bear: depressed? Worried? Tell all to a sympathetic furry ear | |
| Childrens' Procession: The people of Tir Nan Og, Land of the Ever Young | |
| Ego Massage: street theatre with Arts In Motion | |
| Henry Fosbrooke's Woodland Orchestra: make your own instruments from wood and play them | |
| Katherin MacKinnon: street theatre with Nanny Strait | |
| The Bough Tent: The real Summer Walkers' bring their mobile home and exhibition of their way of life | |
| Miniscule of Sound: the world's smallest nightclub with the world's strictest dress code | |
| Geoff King: The many faces of Boris Lunchbox | |
| She Phoenix: Queen of fire poi display and her troupe | |
| Village Disco: a small but perfectly formed disco featuring some pretty shocking jocks | |
| Highland Park Corner: A chance to stand on a soap box and get it all off your chest; best speaches win a free dram of Highland Park; adjudicator Maxwell MacLeod | |
| Free Hugs: Johannes Judt and team spread the love | |
| Ruaraidh Milne: Trapeze | |
| Mischief La Bas - street theatre - Tom Jones Fan Club; The Elvis Presleys; Emotional Security; | |
| Big Rory & Ochie - street theatre | |
| Madame Fifi's dance parlour | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11AM | Chi Gung: working with Qi energy within the body with Doug Hardie | |
| 12.00PM | Salute to the Sun: Yoga with Fiona Sarjeant | |
| 1.00PM | Flamenco: Dunia del Campo Baena | |
| 2.00PM | Relax Kids: Charlie Turner & Fran Polson | |
| 3.00PM | Belly Dancing: Kathleen Riachi and one other | |
| 4.00PM | Merenge & Cha Cha Cha: with Salsa North | |
| 5.00PM | 5Rhythms dance: Deborah Jay-Lewin & DJ | |
| 6.00PM | Salsa til late: Salsanorth | |
| MacRae & Dick Snapdragon | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12.00 PM | Eden Court Box Office Opens | |
| 1.00 PM | Animation (8-12 yrs) & Street Dance (8-12 yrs) | |
| 1.30 PM | Horror Make-up (6-14 yrs) & Yikes Strikes Under 3) | |
| 2.00 PM | Street Theatre (adults) | |
| 2.30 PM | Make a Treasure Bag (5-10 yrs) & Yikes Stripes (under 3) | |
| 3.00 PM | Animation (12-18 yrs) & Parachute Games (5-10 yrs) | |
| 3.30 PM | Yikes Stripes (under 3) | |
| 4.00 PM | Drama Games (8-12 yrs) | |
| 4.30 PM | Street Dance (12-18 yrs) | |
| 5.00 PM | Parachute Games (5-10 yrs) | |
| 5.30 PM | Drama (8-12 yrs) | |
| 6.30 PM | Kids' Films (5-12 yrs) | |
| 11.30 PM | South Pacific: The sing-along version | |
| Buddhist Temple | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10.30AM | Stall for books and Buddhist artefacts; kids' activities - making prayer flags and painting Buddhas | |
| 11.00AM | Communication exercises and introduction to the development of loving kindness meditation | |
| 3.30AM | Listening to the Buddhas - readings from ancient teachings and Q&A session | |
| 4.30AM | Mantra Chanting | |








