Want to play?

Open Led sessions

Turn up and play til you drop in a lively led session! Friday & Saturday in the Supper Room from 9pm.

Open Stage with Mark Neal

Saturday in the Edinburgh Suite at 2.30pm
This is your chance to play in a prestigious professional setting with a live audience.
If interested, please leave your details at the information desk on Friday 21st or let us know ahead of time by email: mark@soniclodge.co.uk, or phone 0771 890 3064
If you want to listen, just come along to this free event!

Another option for the brave is to see if there is a free spot in the Cabaret

Slow Sessions & Very Slow Sessions Saturday and Sunday in the Music Hall
Free with a day ticket or Supersaver - see full schedule for times
A hugely popular feature of our festival, these sessions, led by experienced tutors from the Glasgow Fiddle Workshop and Falkirk Fiddle Workshop, are for you if you love to play, feel the formal workshops might be too hard for you, and that the people in the downstairs sessions just go too fast! Many thanks to the tutors for their help!

Final Stramash
Sunday in the Ballroom at 5pm
Your chance to play with our performers in one of the largest sessions in the UK.

Oh, and don't forget the many workshops where you can play AND learn!