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Welcome to MacArts!
MacArts is run by the Duncan MacKinnon Music and Arts Trust - a charitable organisation inspired by the visionary spirit of Dunc Mackinnon, a prominent Borders promoter who brought high profile acts to the Scottish Borders in the 1960s. The Trust was formed to fulfil an ambition to create a state-of-the-art music and arts venue and community space in a disused listed building of historic and architectural significance in the centre of Galashiels with an emphasis on involving everyone in the community ; this space is now known as MacArts. |
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FRiday 2nd DEcember
INCUBATOR Session the midnight club /moral panic/3out of 4
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Incubator sessions - Where out young musicians age 14 -24 take centre stage. Funded by Creative Scotland these sessions are designed to give young performers the space to grow and develop with the support of industry professionals.
Come out to support the stars of tomorrow Time: 7.30pm Doors: 7:00pm (Note early start time) Tickets: £5 Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14-16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
saturday 3rd december
The polis : A tribute to the music of the POlice + Sting
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The Polis are Scotland's No.1 Police tribute act. Join them on a journey from Roxanne to the iconic Every Breath You Take as they perform an energetic and dynamic live set with all the urgency and angst of The Police at their very best. Listen out for a few B-sides, classic album tracks and live arrangements, a treat for the true Police aficionado.
Whilst deliberately not a look-a-like act, The Polis do tip their hats to the original Police with their instantly recognisable and striking on-stage look. Musically the band have rehearsed tirelessly to bring a reality and likeness to the sound that originally brought The Police to massive global popularity in the late 70's and early 80's. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £13 Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14-16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
wednesday 7th december
GUN + gin annie
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Glaswegian rockers GUN are back with a brand new album, ‘Calton Songs’ released on Cherry Red Records on 14 October 2022 and will be available on Cherry Red-coloured vinyl, CD, cassette and digital.
‘Calton Songs’ is a full-blooded celebration of the band’s career so far with enthusiastic and brand new acoustic reinterpretations of the songs that made their name and took GUN to the four corners of the world. These retooled classics are bolstered by the addition of the single ‘Backstreet Brothers’ which is released 18 May. This is a new and fully electric track that basks in the simple joys of both lives and good times shared, but also brings the GUN story up to date. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £24 Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14-16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
friday 9th december
THE SUGAR REVUE CHRISTMAS BURLESQUE & CABARET SHOW
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MacArts is proud to present a fabulous Christmas Burlesque Show on Saturday 9th December! The Sugar Revue Burlesque and Cabaret Show returns for a special Christmas edition to warm the cockles of your heart this Festive season! Featuring some of Scotland's top Cabaret artists this show is guaranteed to leave you amused, titillated and thoroughly entertained with its' many talented performers!
The glittering line-up of glamorous and cheeky burlesque Stripteasers features Debay De Lux, a blonde bombshell burlesquer and all-round saucy minx, Tootsie Annie is a Miss Burlesque Scotland 2019 Finalist and a real Rockabilly Rebel with a range of exciting and showstopping acts and Wild Card Kitty is an award-winning performer in the World of Burlesque having performed across the UK and USA- even as far as Alaska! Daiquiri Dusk, another Miss Burlesque Scotland 2019 Finalist, dubbed “Queen of Rock n Roll Burlesque” by Bizarre magazine will be wowing us with her hula-hooping skills and Lacy Rain brings some Drag Queen shenanigans to the night and all this hosted by the darkly humorous musical comedy stylings of The Creative Martyrs- guaranteed to be a great night out! All this AND The Raffle of Rubbish: win anything from a tin of Spam to a pair of hand-made pasties (the name for the lovely nipple covers that Burlesque performers wear. Pronounced “paste-y” not pastie like the savoury pastry!) PRIZE FOR BEST DRESSED Discounts available for bookings of 10+ (contact venue for more info) Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £15 General Admission £12 Concession (student / over 60) Buy Tickets over 18s only |
saturday 10th december
Colonel mustard and the dijon
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December at MacArts is looking mighty fine, when the yellow-clad-super-awesome-disco-funk party machine that is Colonel Mustard and the Dijon 5 head to the Scottish Borders (last appearance way back in 2017!)
Early booking highly recommended! Dancing! Fancy Dress! Fun Times! Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £15 General Admission £12 Concession (over 60s / Student) Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14s to 16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
friday 27th january 2023
Polly paulusma
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Polly Paulusma follows up her critically acclaimed 2021 album ‘Invisible Music’ with ‘The Pivot On Which The World Turns’ out September 30th , 2022 via One Little Independent folk subsidiary Wild Sound.
Affectionately shortened to ‘Pivot’, the album marks a return to her singular brand of insightful songs that, in their subject matter, roam around the badlands of love, sex and parenthood, death and grief, failure and success, violence and healing. Most poignantly the album focuses on the roles of women, in our lives and across history, from a variety of perspectives. ‘Pivot’ swings from the warm, blues-inspired Americana of ‘Back of Your Hand’ and ‘Dirty Circus’, to the more traditional folk of ‘Brambles and Briars’ and ‘Robin’, as well as poetic, pop curiosities such as ‘Snakeskin’ and the effervescent ‘Luminary’, all of which combine to make up Polly’s most sonically adventurous album to date. As always, she delights in the telling of stories, with littered spoken word aiding her as she utilizes infectious melodies and a light delivery to explore her characters. Paulusma has toured the world supporting Bob Dylan, Jamie Cullum, The Divine Comedy and Marianne Faithfull, and played Glastonbury, T in the Park, V Festival and Cambridge Folk Festival among many others, touring the USA and Italy. Her gorgeous music tells stories and ponders big questions. Expect to be enthralled. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £12 (price on the door will be £16) Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14s to 16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
Thursday 2nd febuary
INDEPENDENT VENUE WEEK
INCUBATOR SESSION with 8 days / RACAIN/DEVIN CASSON/CAMERON and AMBER
8 DAYS
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Independent Venue Week (IVW) is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them.
To start our celebration we have invited the stars of tomorrow who are taking part in Mac Arts Incubator sessions. These sessions give performers from 14-24 a platform to develop their skills and work with industry professionals. Due to the support of Creative Scotland we are able to pass on 100% of the ticket sales to the performers |
Racain
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The 4 acts taking part in this event are - 8 Days A fantastic young rock band from Peebles Racain Devin Casson A talented singer songwriter from Hawick Cameron and Amber A duo performing atmospheric covers |
Devin Casson
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Time: 7.30pm
Doors: 7:00pm Note early start time Tickets: £5 (100% of this goes to the performers) Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14s to 16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
Cameron and Amber
SATURDAY 4th Febuary
FatherSON
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Fatherson
Normal Fears, the band’s fourth album, is a lush lesson in letting go. Gorgeous, groove-led singalongs steeped in electronics find the band in a playful mode, putting break-ups, old ways of working and everyday worries behind them to start afresh, sunny side up. The album follows 2018’s Sum Of All Your Parts, which saw the band reach new levels of critical acclaim, with extensive support from BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac, Clara Amfo, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart, culminating in a European arena tour supporting Lewis Capaldi. Renowned for their encapsulating live performances, they have toured alongside the likes of Lewis Capaldi on his EU arena dates and at Wembley Arena, as well as playing with Frightened Rabbit, Biffy Clyro, Idlewild, Augustines, Enter Shikari, Amber Run, Twin Atlantic, and more. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £15 early bird tickets until 15/12/22 (price on the door will be £20) Buy Tickets from 6pm 1/12 Ages 14+ (14s to 16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
Thursday 9th february 2023
CRIME VIRAL PRESENTS: INSIDE THE mind of a serial killer
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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND...
"We serial killers are your sons, we are your husbands, we are everywhere" - words of serial killer Ted Bundy Founder of Crime Viral Cheish Merryweather (as seen on BBC) brings to the stage the sell-out talk Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer. This 2-hour talk will focus on investigating the darkest criminal minds and as always... guaranteed to shock. Featuring: Dr. Harold Shipman, Yorkshire Ripper, Golden State Killer, Amelia Dyer, Jerome Brudos, Jeffrey Dahmer, Fred and Rose West and more... Topics include: - 7 Phases of Serial Killing Explained - How Serial Killers Are Caught - Hiding in Plain Sight: How to Spot the Serial Killer Next Door - Hybristophilia: Why Women Fall in Love with Serial Killers - Do You Have the Mind of a Serial Killer? Based on psychiatric evaluations, courtroom transcripts, witness testimonies, crime scene evidence and criminal profiles; we will closely detail what goes on in the mind of the most notorious cold-blooded killers. Running time: 2 hours + interval Time: 7:30pm Doors: 7pm Tickets: £18 General Admission £9 NHS / Student (must have photo ID) *please note, tickets can only be purchased from the link below* www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inside-the-mind-of-a-serial-killer-galashiels-tickets-423931680067 |
SATURDAY 11th February 2023
READy steady 60s show
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Join us for a night of sixties nostalgia from the ex members of Pilot, Hotel California, Albert Hammond Band, Blues n Trouble- their new touring show.
Ready Steady 60’s Show presents a showcase of the great bands of this unforgettable time. The fantastic music of The Small Faces, The Kinks Beatles, The Animals, The Hollies, The Who, Dave Clark Five, Spencer Davis Group... – to name but a few – all recreated in this fabulous live show. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £17 Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14- 16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
saturday 4th march 2023
MOVING PICTURES : A TRIBUTE TO RUSH
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A 3-piece tribute to Canada's finest musical exports RUSH. Hailing from Scotland and the Lake District, Moving Pictures play classic Rush using a serious amount of equipment including progtastic double-neck guitars!
RUSHfest Scotland fan convention headliners — performed for and with Rush producer Terry Brown — appeared on the tribute albums Songs For Neil Vol.1, 2 and the forthcoming Vol.3. “That was the 3rd best Rush show I’ve ever seen. The first 2 were Rush.” Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £13 in advance // £15 on the door Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14- 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18) |
saturday 11th march 2023
These wicked rivers: The calm before the storm tour
“The sound of what might’ve happened if Clutch got a bit stoned with Audioslave and Zakk Wylde – and then jammed late into the night.” |
Established in 2014, These Wicked Rivers are Derby’s entry to the new wave of rock and roll that is sweeping across the United Kingdom. Drawing influences from the likes of Black Stone Cherry and Rival Sons, the band have made quite an impact since their inception with their brand of blues-infused modern rock steadily picking up plaudits for their gutsy live performances across the UK.
On the live circuit the lads have forged an ever-growing fan base through supports with the likes of Massive Wagons, Those Damn Crows and Kris Barras, as well playing stand-out performances at festivals such as Planet Rockstock, Steelhouse Festival, Stonedead Festival and Giants of Rock. 2020 was due to be the busiest year for the band yet, with a jam-packed schedule of tours and festivals including a slot on the main stage of Ramblin' Man Fair. However, even a global pandemic couldn't slow the lads down. They made good use of the down time back in the studio working on new music. The band embarked on their first full UK tour in September 2021, taking their trademark 'Grandma's Living Room' stage set to the far corners of the UK to a rapturous reception. Followed by a 23-date UK tour with Hayseed Dixie in 2022, the band is sure to be rolling into a town near you very soon No rest for The(se) Wicked (Rivers)! Jump on in and enjoy! Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £12 Advance // £10 Students £16 On the Door Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14s-16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18) |
SUNDAY 30th April 2023
The tannahill weavers
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Born of a session in Paisley, Scotland, and named for the town's historic weaving industry and local poet laureate Robert Tannahill, the Tannahill Weavers have made an international name for their special brand of Celtic music, blending the beauty of traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms. As one of the world's premier traditional Celtic bands, their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies, and humorous tales of life in Scotland.
“The music may be pure old time Celtic, but the drive and enthusiasm are akin to straight ahead rock and roll.” - Winnipeg Free Press "An especially eloquent mixture of the old and the new." - New York Times "Formed from a Paisley pub session in 1968, seminal trailblazers the Tannahill Weavers now also rank as national treasures." -Glasgow Celtic Connections 2018 Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £13 Advance // £15 On the Door Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14-16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
saturday 13th may 2023
The springsteen sessions
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After their epic gig at MacArts in May 2022. the gang are back by popular demand!
Dougie Robertson, the singer/ front man, founded the SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS in 2014 and they have gone from strength to strength ever since. Back to playing to large and enthusiastic audiences up and down the UK The SPRINGSTEEN SESSIONS have now totally re-branded - retaining the all-important “front-man” - and have added a complete revamp of the entire band introducing some of the best experienced musicians around. These guys are all huge fans of “The Boss” and their devotion to replicating the authentic sounds of the “Main Man” and the E-Street Band is obvious. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £15 in advance // £17 on the door Buy Tickets Ages 14+ (14- 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18) |
sunday 4th june 2023
Gary meikle 2023 tour
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“Most blurbs are written in the 3rd person so they’ll be like ‘Gary is this, Gary is that, you can expect this from Gary’ well I’m writing this myself so, this will be MY 3rd show, or 2.5 as I’m calling it.
I’ve had several top professionals and industry people tell me over the years that I shouldn’t swear as much on stage, that I shouldn’t be as crude or as edgy as I am but guess what, they likely don’t know that as a kid growing up in the care system I was told that I’d be either dead or in jail by the time I was 30 so I tend not to listen to others and do things my way, it’s gotten me this far after all. So, this show will be a continued celebration of me being me which in the current climate of cancel culture we find ourselves in could be seen as risky but f*** it. My targets as always will be my girls and me as well as life observations on things like, new laws on unsolicited dic* pics, how equality between the sexes has a clear definitive line, all medication side effects, my loathing of stupid questions, how our ancestors were idiots and much, much more. I’m going to remain to be playfully dark and as always do what I do best which is to be relatable, honest and give you an insight to what it’s like to be me, a young single grandad who’s passionate about making his audience laugh and then be available for hugs at the end if anyone needs or wants one. See you all soon enough, Gary” Time: 8pm Doors: 7pm Tickets: £22 Buy Tickets Over 18s only |
saturday 24th august
fleetwood bac
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FLEETWOOD BAC are the world’s first and best Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band, endorsed by Mick Fleetwood himself, the only Mac tribute to authentically replicate the classic ‘Rumours’ line-up.
The sound, the look, the mystical atmosphere and on-stage chemistry are all portrayed with the passion and energy that got the seal of approval from ‘Big Daddy’ Mick, and built up an excellent reputation amongst Mac fans through numerous tours, festival appearances, corporate events and TV and radio slots all over the U.K. and Europe. Time: 8pm Doors: 7:30pm Tickets: £18 Buy Tickets 0ver 14s only (14-16s must be accompanied by an over 18) |
