Author Archives: FRETS CONCERTS

FRETS is delighted to announce that Jo Mango will be appearing at the Strathaven Hotel as special guest of Butler, Blake & Grant on Sat 22nd & Sun 23rd March. Both show quickly sold out and will be the first FRETS concerts at the Strathaven Hotel of 2025. Here’s a link to Jo’s album Murmuration.Continue reading “Jo Mango – special guest Butler, Blake & Grant.”

FRETS presents a Glasgow concert on Saturday June 21st. The Secret Goldfish launch their new album with a concert at the Glad Cafe on the southside of Glasgow, alongwith special guests The Cords. Tickets are now on sale from this link: https://wegottickets.com/event/651972 James Kirk (Orange Juice) will be playing guitar with the Goldfish and theContinue reading “THE SECRET GOLDFISH / THE CORDS”

Hi, hope you are all well and easing gently into 2025. The first FRETS concerts at the Strathaven Hotel take place shortly on Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd March, with Butler, Blake & Grant in concert. BBG are launching their debut album in Strathaven, which is pretty amazing, and both concerts sold out quickly. WeContinue reading “FRETS – 2025 update”

BMX BANDITS will be marking their 40th anniversary by performing a FRETS concert at St. Luke’s tomorrow/Weds 29th Jan. QUAD90 will be appearing as special guests. There are some tickets left, information and tickets from Celtic Connections at this link: https://www.celticconnections.com/event/1/bmx-bandits-and-quad90/ PLEASE NOTE, THE STAGE TIME INFORMATION ON THE CELTIC CONNECTIONS WEBSITE FOR QUAD90 ISContinue reading “BMX BANDITS / QUAD90 – stage times re Celtic Connections, Weds 29th Jan.”

Happy New Year to everyone, all the best for 2025! FRETS concerts start back with a run of shows we’re involved in at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. We present BMX Bandits in concert at St. Luke’s on 29th Jan, where they’ll celebrate their 40th year by performing their much acclaimed recent album Dreamers on theContinue reading “FRETS 2025”

SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 2025 – TICKETS : https://wegottickets.com/event/643235 Thanks again to everyone who attended FRETS concerts over 2024, we hope you have a great Xmas. Tickets for the Sunday 23rd March album launch at the Strathaven Hotel for the debut album by Bernard Butler, Norman Blake & James Grant are selling well. The concert willContinue reading “Merry Xmas, all the best for 2025.”

SUNDAY 23rd MARCH 2025, The Strathaven Hotel. TICKETS: https://wegottickets.com/event/643235 Tickets for the Butler, Blake & Grant album launch concert at FRETS on Saturday 22nd March sold out in record time last night. However, we have organised a second concert in the Strathaven Hotel for the following night – tickets for the Sunday 23rd March showContinue reading “Butler, Blake & Grant – second FRETS concert added / Sunday 23rd March 2025”

Bernard Butler, Norman Blake & James Grant will launch their debut album at FRETS on Saturday 22nd March with a live performance of songs from their album (and material from their back catalogue with McAlmont & Butler; Teenage Fanclub; Love & Money). Tickets go on sale TONIGHT (Friday 13th Dec) at 7pm from this link:Continue reading “Butler, Blake & Grant – tickets on sale tonight at 7pm / SOLD OUT”

BUTLER, BLAKE & GRANT – Saturday 22nd March, the Strathaven Hotel. TICKETS: https://wegottickets.com/event/642705 TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY 13th DEC AT 7PM FROM THE ABOVE LINK. FRETS is delighted to announce that Bernard Butler, Norman Blake & James Grant will launched their debut album – Butler, Blake & Grant – at the Strathaven HotelContinue reading “FRETS 2025 – Butler, Blake & Grant – Saturday 22nd March”