Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band

Dance the night away to an eclectic mix of traditional ceilidh and contemporary music. The Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band feature a personable caller, are suitable for all ages and are available for any special occasion - weddings, parties, functions.

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Set List / Repertoire

CEILIDH DANCES
Gay Gordons
Strip the Willow
Eightsome Reel
Canadian Barn Dance
Dashing White Sargeant
Scottishe
Virginia Reel
Waltz set
Cumberland Reel
Haymakers Jig
Circassion Circle
Swedish Masquerade

TRAD SONGS
Wild Mountain Thyme
MacPhersons Rant
Sunshine Song
Barnyards o’ Delgaty
Coulters Candy
Johnny Ladd
Leezy Lindsay
Star of the County Down
Old Armchair
Bank and Braes
Loch Lomond
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Jambalayee
Jelly Piece Song
Our Glens
Wild Rover
Whiskey in the Jar
Auld Lang Syne

CONTEMPORARY SONGS
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
500 miles - Proclaimers
Stuck in the Middle – Stealers Wheel
Bad Moon Rising – Credence Clearwater Revival
Proud Mary – Credence Clearwater Revival
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness – Nancy Griffiths
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
The Joker – Steve Miller Band
Slip Slidin Away – Paul Simon
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Misery to Happiness – The Proclaimers
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard
Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohen
So Lonely – The Police
Caledonia – Dougie MacLean
Come up and see me – Steve Harley
Moondance – Van Morrison
King of the Road – Roger Miller
Galway Girl - Steve Earle
Like a Hurricane - Neil Young
Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Already Gone, Lying Eyes - EaglesSold,
the Grundy County Auction - John Michael Montgomery

 

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Highlights
* Spootiskerry are a ceilidh/ rock and pop band with a repertoire for all aspects of your day
* From Gay Gordons to Traditional American Scottish and Irish tunes to Van Morrison and Scissor Sisters
* Self contained with PA system as standard
* Larger 4 piece line-up available
* Available in Scotland



The Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band have an established track record operating as a ceilidh collective providing top quality traditional musicians for corporate and private ceilidh dance events.

They place great importance on the role of their callers and every Spootiskerry line-up features this important individual who helps instruct with the dances and entertains the dancers with some good crack!

Set List
Ceilidh Dances include The Dashing White Sargeant; The Gay Gordons; Orkney; Strip the Willow; Various waltzes; The Virginia Reel; Eightsome Reel; Canadian Barndance; a set of Scottische's; and The Flying Scotsman.
The band also perform various slow airs and assorted jigs and reels in between dances if required...

The band perform various songs throughout our set in order to break things up a bit and to give people a wee breather from the dancing!

Previous Clients
BBC Children in Need
Athens St Andrews Society
The Glenmorangie Company
The British Interplanetary Society
Scottish Enterprise
Glasgow University Union
and Depra the Food Standards Agency
Previous Venues
Spootiskerry have played in a range of venues including
Glasgow Marriett Hotel
Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow University
the Old Fruitmarket
Edinburgh Castle
the Athens Intercontinental Hotel
One Devonshire Gardens
Turnberry Hotel
Seamill Hydro
Crieff Hydro
the George Hotel Edinburgh
Oran Mor and Arta

Lineup

Default lineup: 3 members

Standard 3 piece: fiddle/caller, fiddle/accordion, guitar/piano.

* The band aim to be as flexible as possible to your needs. Additional band members for 4 piece lineup can be included upon request (please see booking options). 

Performance Times

2 x 45 minutes sets


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Prices

Price from £1,242 + travel from Perthshire area

Based on 3 members performing 2 x 60 minute sets

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    6 Customer Reviews

    Performance quality: 5 stars
    Sound quality: 5 stars
    Behaviour: 5 stars
    Communication: 5 stars
    Audience engagement: 5 stars
    Value for money: 5 stars
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    They were the perfect addition to my day!

    5 stars - Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
    booked Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band for their Wedding in Perth and Kinross

    “This band was amazing! They did a great job at getting people up to dance and keeping everyone entertained. They were also great at giving instructions for all of the dances - we had a large number of international guests who had a great time at their first ceilidh! I would happily hire this band again for any future events and recommend them to anyone.”


    Really great musicians

    5 stars - Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
    booked Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band for their event at SEAMILL HYDRO in Ayrshire area

    “We had a fantastic night, the surprise went to plan and was a real success. Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band were fantastic, perfect for our event. They arrived on time and were set up and ready to play by 9:00pm which had been agreed with them direct, they were professional and appropriately dressed for our kind of event. Their music was perfect, really great musicians, they were appreciated by our company and I had no negative comments from our guests, which was a relief! Thank you again for all of your help, I will keep you in mind for the future and will be sure to recommend Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band and Alive Network to my friends and colleagues.”


    We were very happy with Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band.

    5 stars - Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
    booked Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band for their event in Glasgow

    “We were very happy with Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band. They followed my request of playing mellow Scottish background music and everyone attending the event had a great time.”


    Hiya Neil, Spootiskerry played at our wedding in september, and it was a p...

    5 stars - Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
    booked Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band for their event

    “Hiya Neil, Spootiskerry played at our wedding in september, and it was a perfect end to a perfect day: the band were great, really enthusiastic and friendly and had no problem filling the dance floor from the very first song. Everybody had a fantastic time, including the band! Please pass on mine and Anthony's thanks to the guys, it really was exactly spot on. Best wishes, Megan and Anthony Hagger. ”


    This was our guests first experience of a Ceilidh band and everybody thoroughly ...

    5 stars - Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
    booked Spootiskerry Ceilidh Band for their event

    “This was our guests first experience of a Ceilidh band and everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves. It has been the talk of our wedding.... despite few of us actually being able to grasp the dances! Fantastic band and atmosphere! Can't thank you enough. Many thanks, Sharon ”

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