Winner of the MG ALBA Scots Traditional Music Awards 'Club of the Year' for 2009 & 2016
Nominee for the Scots Trad Music Awards 2021 'Community Project of the Year' for the Folk in Crisis Fund
CHARITIES
FOLK IN CRISIS FUND
About the Fund
Stonehaven Folk Club recognised the catastrophic impact that Covid-19 was having on Scottish Folk Artists and their crew’s incomes. To help address this impact, the Club teamed up with Hands Up for Trad to launch the Folk in Crisis Fund to help support Folk musicians and music production staff living in Scotland during the crisis.
A total of £21,510 was raised since Stonehaven Folk Club and Hands up for Trad launched the Folk in Crisis Fund in April 2020. Around 100 folkies have benefited from a grant or concert fee.
Two 'Stoney Tune & Song-a-Thon' concerts were held:
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The first concert was held on Friday 20th Nov 2020 featuring:
Paul McKenna
Fiona Hunter & Mike Vass
Spiers Family
Ellie Beaton
Claire Hastings
Cameron Nixon & Rory Matheson
Kenny Speirs
Tripple
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The second concert was held on Friday 26th March 2021 featuring:
Adam Sutherland & John Somerville
Siobhan Miller & Euan Burton
Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan
Aaron Jones & Claire Mann
Alan Reid
Anna Massie
Hannah Rarity
Michael Biggins
The remaining funds were used to help finance a concert The New Tradition: Rejuvenation at Celtic Connections. The concert was held on Saturday 22nd January 2022. Hands Up for Trad, Stonehaven Folk Club and Celtic Connections came together to give an opportunity to seven young musicians to make a new piece of music. They could take pieces from the tradition or write new music - it was up to them! The music was performed by a band of their peers and the musical director was pianist Rory Matheson, and was a great concert from the next generation of musicians, including:
Ailis Sutherland
Cameron Nixon
Chloë Bryce
Ellie McLaren
Evie Waddell
Isla Callister
John Dew
The Folk in Crisis Fund was wound up in January 2021.
A huge thanks to all who donated to the Fund!
RAFFLES FOR UKRAINE
In May & June 2022, Stonehaven Folk Club held 2 raffles to raise money for humanitarian aid in Ukraine. The total amount raised (including the Folk Club contribution) was £1,500!
All proceeds from the raffle have gone to Disasters Emergency Fund to be used to support people who are really suffering. Donations are helping DEC charities provide food, water, shelter and healthcare to refugees and displaced families.
Our thanks go to all the local shops and businesses who donated prizes. A list of shops, cafes and businesses who donated can be found here. Their generosity and good will is greatly appreciated and if you were a winner you will enjoy some of the local produce and generous prizes they donated.