Folk singers and musicians from Ayrshire are banding together for a charity event next month to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees.
Ayrshire Folk For Ukraine will be staged at the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr and musicians from the town, Irvine and further afield are preparing to take part.
Organisers have finalised the programme and already 30 stage professionals and club floor singers have signed up for the three-and-a-half hour music fundraiser.
It is hoped the event will be a sell-out.
A spokesperson for the organisers said: “Ayr Phoenix Folk Club joins ranks with the Gaiety Theatre for a Ukraine refugee support funding concert, with voluntary professional and floor singer stage performers from folk clubs across Ayrshire.
“Ayrshire Folk For Ukraine will be a gala folk music concert curated to make a significant much-needed financial donation to the terrible current Ukraine humanitarian cause.”
The evening’s programme is fronted up by main guests Alastair McDonald, Fraser and Ian Bruce and Gavin Patterson, supported by Dalrymple Ladies Ukulele Orchestra and Folk Club Floor Singers – with a special appearance by Ukrainian musician Vlada Kupriyanova.
Irvine Folk Club has already arranged a bus with 46 of their local audience set to attend.
The concert, which takes place on Wednesday, July 13 from 7pm, will be produced and directed by Ayr Phoenix Folk Club, in association with Irvine Folk Club, Girvan Folk Club, Dalry Folk Club, OIR Folk Club, Girvan Traditional Folk Festival and The Gaiety Theatre.
A spokesperson added: “Excitement is really mounting. This is a great Ayrshire folk community humanitarian fundraising collaboration for such an important cause, truly reflecting how 'We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s weans' is not just a Scottish human equality virtue.”
To book tickets go to https://thegaiety.co.uk/events/ayrshire-folk-for-ukraine/
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