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  • 3 piece Celtic Folk Fusion band
  • Open air Celtic Fusion with a heavy injection of Rock, Burlesque, Traditional and Sacrilegiously non Traditional Blaster Experience not to be missed!
  • Up to 90 minutes of live music

The band is based in Edinburgh and has mostly performed in the capital and across several events in the Lothians, but is willing to travel further afield for events.


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  1. Scotland The Brave
  2. Toom-Chak
  3. Hensway
  4. The De'il In The Caves
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    About this Act

    The Spinning Blowfish are a rambling comedic Folk Ceilidh Fusion trio with an innate sense of humour unique to their act and a genuine street music attitude that comes from 10 years of experience at entertaining countless international crowds on the streets and squares of the Scottish capital city of Edinburgh.

    They have started their live performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Street Events in 2011, and since then have always joined the festival as a finale act in several outdoor locations throughout the city.

    Despite not having toured outside of Scotland yet, the band has sold over 20,000 records and made several appearances at the most diverse events and venues, such as the Scottish Green Energy Awards 2011 and Brexit at Tiffany's, an Australian produced comedy show part of the Fringe festival in 2016.

    Born out of three different solo busking acts uniting forces, The Spinning Blowfish has ventured in all directions during its ten years of life, always stubbornly defying the stereotype of the average Celtic Rock sort of band and taking adventurous directions in all senses, from Scottish Bagpipe Folk with a twist to elaborating classical tunes, film and video game themes to a carefully choreographed set of burlesque dance moves that can't be taken any more seriously than the name of the band itself....

    The result is an explosive blend of colourful influences that defies definition at its very core, while at the same time remaining faithfully in sight of its Celtic Folk roots on which experimentally expanding as long as imagination can allow....

    Among all uncertainty remains a solid promise: definitely bring your dancing shoes!

    Set List

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    Sample set
    Rumbadelick- The Spinning Blowfish
    Scotland The Brave - Traditional
    Hensway - The Spinning Blowfish
    Wakili - The Spinning Blowfish
    Korobeiniki - Traditional
    Ulexite - The Spinning Blowfish
    The Infernal Galop - J. Offenbach
    Doppler's Faffajin - The Spinning Blowfish
    Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
    When the Daylight Arrived - The Spinning Blowfish
    Banjo Breakdown - Traditional
    The Conundrum - Traditional
    Old Town Rhapsody - David Spiers
    Toom Chak - The Spinning Blowfish
    Glen Hollow - The Spinning Blowfish
    Grač - The Spinning Blowfish
    The Gael - Dougie McLean
    The Fast One - The Spinning Blowfish

    Lineup

    • 3 piece band consisting of bagpipes, guitar and drums

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • 2 x 45 minute sets

    Tags

    • 3 piece / trio
    • piper option



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