Tim Edey
Robyn Stapleton
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
& Mick O’Brien
Maggie MacInnes
Janice Burns & Jon Doran
Len Graham
A Wheen o Wimmin
Seilach Fire Show
Billy Kay
Alan Reid
Morgan’s Men
Pauline Cordiner
The Barrstools
The Roving Pedlars
whether it’s your first or 51st time…
…come awa in. You’re in for a treat!
Tim Edey
Irrepresible multi-instrumentalist Tim Edey is widely regarded as one of folk’s finest. Equally at home on guitar, melodeon, his playing combines dazzling technical skill with incredible musical sensitivity. A BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner, Tim has toured and recorded with many of the biggest names in traditional music. We’re over the moon to welcome Tim to the Catholic Hall on Saturday night for what promises to be an unforgettable show!
Tim Edey
Maggie MacInnes
Acclaimed Gaelic singer and harp player Maggie MacInnes is an old friend of Girvan Festival having performed with us many times in the past. Coming from a long line of Barra singers, Maggie was herself born in Glasgow and now lives just up the road from Girvan in South Ayrshire!
We’re delighted that Maggie will songs collected from her mother, the great Barra tradition bearer, Flora MacNeil (1928–2015) by Australian folklorist Dr James Kalokerinos. Maggie will be joined by a 6-piece band including her son Calum and daughter-in-law Robyn!
Maggie MacInnes
Robyn Stapleton
Multi award-winning singer, Robyn Stapleton, joins us for a third time at Girvan Festival to entertain us with Ayrshire songs that featured in the childhood of Robyn’s friend and collaborator Billy Kay.
Robyn Stapleton
Pauline Cordiner
Pauline is a storyteller from the fishing and farming traditions of the North East of Scotland and enjoys telling a variety of traditional Scottish tales, fairy tales, folk tales creation myths and the occasional home-grown tale of her own.
Pauline Cordiner
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Mick O’Brien
Mick & Caoimhin’s two records of uilleann pipes and fiddle, Kitty Lie Over and Deadly Buzz are hugely influential touchstones of traditional music. We’re delighted to welcome these two masters of Irish music off the ferry for their first trip to Girvan. Mick & Caoimhin will be giving workshops on Sunday afternoon, close the Farewell Concert on Sunday night and play a session in town on Saturday night. Infectious, irresistible, pure drop trad – not to be missed!
Caoimhîn & Mick appear at Girvan thanks to generous support from Culture Ireland.
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh
A Wheen o Wimmin
Five celebrated Scots singers who’ve shared many a stage – many of them at previous Girvan Festivals!
Perthshire’s Aileen Carr, Amy Lord from Dunblane, Lanarkshire-born Elspeth Cowie, and Barbara Dymock and Chris Miles both originally from Fife, all share a love of traditional song, and over the years they have collectively received innumerable plaudits for singing it. They come together as a group in 2025 and we can’t wait to welcome them to Girvan to share with us the jewels of the Scots song tradition.
Four of the Five Wimmin were part of the Scots Womxn: Generations o Change concert at Celtic Connections in 2025 from which the following clip is taken 👇🏻
Len Graham
County Antrim born, Len Graham is one of the finest of the Ulster singers and was the first person in the Folk Revival to make a commercial recording of Robert Burns’s Song Composed in August or Now Westlin Winds. Alongside Burns, Len’s fine interpretations of the song of his native Ulster have brought him many awards and admirers, including in 2011 the Gradam na mBard CCÉ at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
We’re very happy to welcome Len back to Girvan, to entertain us over the weekend.
Len appears at Girvan thanks to generous support from Culture Ireland.
Len Graham
Seilach Fire Show
On Sunday night after the Farewell Concert there’ll be a bagpipe parade from the Catholic Hall to Girvan’s Shalloch shore and the site of our spectacular closing fire show.
As usual, the show will be a collaboration between renowned local artist & much-in-demand willow weaver David Powell, CRAG Community Arts and local school children. And we’ll have some music from friends of the Festival.
David T Powell Arts
Morgan’s Men
Morgan’s Men are Alan Jones, Steven Clark & Graham Carter, all three weel-kent faces to Girvan audiences the first came together during a session at the 50th Festival last year! They each bring a wealth of experience to the new group – Alan is a multi-instrumentalist, a member of Haggerdash & a presenter for Celtic Music Radio, Steven a songwriter & performer and Graham, a popular solo act in the Folk Clubs of England & Scotland. The group specialise in songs of the sea – be prepared to sing!
Steven Clark
Alan Jones
Graeme Carter
Janice Burns & Jon Doran
Janice & Jon are an award-winning Anglo-Scottish duo who deliver traditional song with peerless vocal harmonies and sensitive accompaniment on mandolin, bouzouki and guitar. We’re delighted to welcome them to Girvan for the first time where they’ll give us a concert set on Saturday night.
Janice Burns & Jon Doran
The Roving Pedlars
Moniaive’s principal ceilidh crew and firmest of friends to Girvan Festival, The Roving Pedlars, join us to once again lead sessions and fun over the Festival weekend.
The Roving Pedlars