A new world music festival will take place in Aberdeen in April.
The Other Music Festival have finalised a line-up for their inaugural weekend, featuring 15 artists which will take place from Thursday, April 19 to Sunday, April 22 at the Lemon Tree and Blue Lamp.
Headlining the event is Darren McGarvey (aka LOKI the Scottish rapper) who will present his spoken word, rap and comedy performance piece inspired by his best-selling book “Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass.”
The festival opens with a “Celebration of the Fiddle” inspired by the Scottish and Eastern European traditions.
Thursday evening’s entertainment doubles up as the launch of the internationally-renowned North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (NAFCo) which returns to Aberdeen this summer for the first time since 2012.
Celebrated Tarland fiddler Paul Anderson will lead a Scottish fiddle and dance ensemble and collaborate with top-notch Hungarian Roma musicians Janos Lang and Janos Kallai.
Award-winning Polish folk duo Hanka Wojciak and Susanna Jara will travel to Aberdeen for the first time to share the earthy sounds of Poland and the Carpathian region in seven dialects and languages.
Festival Co-Director Simon Gall said: “Two things have been clear to us for some time: firstly, that the diverse make-up of the city was not being reflected in its cultural programmes, and secondly, that there was a serious lack of high-quality contemporary traditional music in our venues.”
The pilot festival has been funded and supported by Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Jazz at the Blue Lamp, The General Consulate of the Republic of Poland, The Elphinstone Institute and The Friends of the Elphinstone Institute.
