Listings: Evening events

The band that sets the standard for modern, bluesy Cajun music. From the bayous of South Louisiana, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, enjoy the revelry of a hot two-step, then turn on a dime and deliver an a cappella ballad, then play something that sounds like Howlin’ Wolf fell in lust with a Creole girl. This is the…

One of the big hits of last year's Festival was the collaboration between Sardinian saxophonist, Enzo Favata, and Scottish musicians, Colin Steele and Dave Milligan. They're back, and with a really special 12 piece group, consisting of six Scottish and six Italian musicians, all leading players. Their music is rooted just…

The Submotion Orchestra whip up a heady brew of soul, jazz and electronica into their instrumental treatment of dubstep. They can produce absolutely hypnotising sets where rolling bass-lines combine with layers of rhythm and somehow leave room for improvisational horn lines and gorgeous, soaring vocals (from the…

A fantastic double bill. Atmosphere and groove from saxophonist, Sue McKenzie and swinging modern jazz from dazzling pianist Brian Kellock and his Danish Trio.

Everyone's favourite cat lady is around for 12 nights only to chuck around some new material and see what sticks. After her rollicking success last year, you'll want to get in early for this one.

Colin Wiggins, Head of Education at The National Gallery in London, will give an introduction to the work, themes and concerns of Ana Maria Pacheco.

Inspirational gospel music, blended with R&B, blues, funk and soul from one of the hippest acts in Nashville. Ann, Deborah, Regina and Alfreda have been steeped in blues and gospel music their whole lives as daughters of the Rev. Sam McCrary, founding member of legendary gospel quartet The Fairfield Four. The sisters…

The Dutch violinist is one of Europe’s foremost gypsy swing jazz fiddlers, and here he is, with his classic Trio – Nigel Clark/guitar, Roy Percy/bass – turning the spotlight on the man who brought the charm and wizardry to the Parisian Hot Club jazz scene, and went on to delight audiences all over the world. Grappelli’s…

This Is England meets Shakespeare in Hiraeth Artistic Productions’ gritty and aggressive take on one of his bloodiest plays. Shakespeare’s classic tale of war, revenge, honour and rivalry is transported into the underbelly of 1980s British skinhead culture.

World Premiere: Cellist Peter Gregson’s new work To Dream Again unfolds after a series of interactions between the audience and bespoke data systems. Created especially for this world premiere, these audience interactions mean that each performance develops in an entirely different way in the laboratory venue and…

David Zinman concludes his Festival concerts at the helm of the Tonhalle Orchestra with one of Brahms’s most magnificent creations: the German Requiem. A profoundly humanistic work that offers a vision of comfort and hope rather than grief and anger, its superbly crafted music and soaring vocal melodies encompass drama…

The rich, Romantic music of Brahms is the focus for the Tonhalle Orchestra’s two Festival concerts under its artistic director David Zinman. Widely considered one of the world’s finest violinists, German Frank Peter Zimmermann is the soloist in Brahms’s beautifully melodic Violin Concerto. He brings his commanding yet…

European Premiere: Brilliant General Caius Martius returns to Rome a hero. Having conquered the city of Corioles he is named Coriolanus and persuaded to run for Consul. However, when he is rejected by the ‘common people’ Coriolanus vows to destroy Rome and joins forces with his enemy Aufidius to mount an attack. With live…

Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Piazzolla’s Nightclub 1960 along with folk melodies from Denmark and Scotland performed by Kirstine Fritzen Uth (clarinet), Mads Madsen and Astrid Larsen (guitar).

Come on in! Share in a musical feast of Scots tunes, old and new, from local band Shindiggery. Vibrant sounds from our rich mix of instruments - and songs, too. Foot tapping guaranteed! www.shindiggery.wordpress.com.

One of The Scotsman’s Top Ten free shows of 2012. Bizarro! ★★★★ (TimeOut). ‘It's quite lovely’ ★★★★ (Skinny). ‘Hugely Entertaining’ ★★★★ (ExuentMagazine.com). ‘Twonkey is a true comic original' ★★★★ (Scotsman). ‘Silly and Enjoyable’ ★★★★ (BritishTheatreGuide.info).

UHF are a major profile band in Spain, playing dramatic and fiery flamenco-jazz fusion with a folky, acoustic feel: tumbling rhythms, dazzling unison passages and passionate melodies. Imagine The Hot Club re-located to Granada in the 21st century. “A 24-carat quartet” (Flamenco Culture), they feature four real virtuosi…

The Festival’s Usher Hall concerts come to an epic conclusion with Verdi’s powerful Requiem, its theatricality and gripping emotions making it as suited to the opera house or concert hall as to any church. From music of hushed restraint and transcendent hope through to the thunderclap-like drums that depict the day of…

Classic sounds of the jazz age from Newcastle six piece band swing, ragtime, New Orleans style from the 20s and 30s – perfect for a post Mardi Gras pint.

Beckett on Film: Waiting for Godot: Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring Stephen Brennan, Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford and Sam McGovern as the boy.

Beckett on Film: What Where: Directed by Damien O’Donnell and starring Sean McGinley and Gary.Lewis. Footfalls: Directed by Walter Asmus and starring Susan FitzGerald and Joan O’Hara. Come and Go: Directed by John Crowley and starring Paola Dionisotti, Anna Massey and Siân Phillips.

Wiszniewski's New Focus music has been winning acclaim in its new Quartet version, and the leading sax player and his pianist colleague, Euan Stevenson, have put together a band that balances attractive compositions with passionate playing. Stevenson is on the platform twice, as he leads a band of top Scottish and…

Performed in a photobooth, you are treated to four snapshots from the very worst moments of Scottee's life – from stealing money from his nan to pretending one of his friends committed suicide – Scottee's not afraid to let his bad side rear its ugly head.

A mixed programme by Dvorák and a selection of German composers for soprano and piano.