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.

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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.  

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Two Concerts - The Stoney Tune & Song-a-Thons were held: 

• The first concert was held on 20th Nov 2020 and featured:

PAUL McKENNA, FIONA HUNTER & MIKE VASS, SPIERS FAMILY, ELLIE BEATON, CLAIRE HASTINGS, CAMERON NIXON & RORY MATHESON, KENNY SPEIRS, TRIPPLE.

• 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.

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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.

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The Folk in Crisis Fund was wound up in January 2021. 

A huge thanks to all who donated to the Fund!