What’s on at Hootananny and Mad Hatters

Traditional songs of all types of tempos. A great night of music.

Spring Break are a vaguely outrageous, psychedelic 3 piece folk funk outfit, hand crafting screwball anthems deep in the Highlands of Scotland. Amalgamating a wealth of experience in vocal performance and musicianship, whilst fusing the hip hop languages of scratching, beat-boxing and lucid lyricism with the foibles of apathy and the implied abuse of aquatic life. 

Following the performance, our resident DJ will play you music right up until 3am!

Amy Henderson is from the outskirts of Inverness, and plays the Accordion, whistle, step dancing, and she can also turn her hand to singing here and there! Her playing is a blend of many different styles influenced by musicians she has met along her musical path in various genres including Cajun,Scottish and blues.

They’ll be taking their foot-stompin’ music to venues between 15th and 27th July. Keep an eye out around the mysterious Loch and you might catch a glimpse of these #tradMonster ‘s! With inspiring local tunes and ancient songs, stories, history and high energy ceilidh dance tunes, be sure to save a date and come see them at venue’s around Inverness and Loch Ness.

Thomas Newell and Jamie Douglas have finally joined forces to create and play music together. From the darkness of my man-cave we have been jamming and producing a unique sound. Playing as a 2 piece we make a heavy, psychedelic, garage, grunge, jazz, rock and roll sound.

Awkward Family Portraits have been dishing out rockin’ roots music to the streets of Glasgow since 2016. With a roguish charm and signature style that elevates them far above the dusty stereotypes of the genre, AFP are a band that have one central goal and that is to get you to abandon all of the outside world’s hang-ups and move. The brainchild of four likeminded musicians with a wealth of originality and technical skill at their disposal, you only need to catch the briefest glimpse of one of their live shows to feel an insatiable urge to make your way into the crowd and let loose!

Hailing in from the East Highlands, this alternative-folk-punk group have formed themselves out of a couple of different well known Invernessian groups.

Skidaddle are a Scottish two-piece consisting of a highly experienced and reliable guitarist and fiddler – modern and traditional songs and ceilidh dances. This energetic duo will preform all the ceilidh songs you know and love, to keep you dancing in the heart of our Scottish bar.

Join us for an night of live music.

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Melisa Kelly and the Smokin’ Crows have built a reputation as a powerful, soulful live act. Supporting artists Samantha Fish and Big Boy Bloater, the band achieved critical acclaim for their first EP ‘Some Kind of Voodoo’

Ted Christopher is one of Scotland’s finest performers. He is a well-travelled and extremely versatile singer songwriter. He is equally at home whether singing heart-felt originals to a concert audience, belting out Scottish favourites to the Tartan Army or playing some of his huge pop/rock repertoire to a packed dance floor.

Unfazed by any size of audience, he played to 750,000 people on The Mall in Washinton DC. A week later there were 12 in Cowie Miners Welfare. How’s that for a quick reality check? And they were both great gigs!

Ted has been involved in the Scottish live music scene since he was fifteen. He is proud to be a native of The Royal and Ancient Burgh of Stirling (Stirling is now a city but he much prefers the previous description of his hometown) and was born and raised a mere claymore’s length from Stirling Castle and The National Wallace Monument.

Ted performs many solo gigs, sometimes uses a couple of musicians as “The Ted Christopher Band” and of course fronts “Bannockburn”