Saturday 26th April 2025 is the date for your diary.
Further details on guest artists and how to get your tickets will be issued very soon.
Garioch Fiddlers Rally Date for 2024
The date for the annual rally in 2024 has been released.
Special guests to be announced nearer the time.
Saturday 27th April 2024 is the date…… Pop it into your diaries to avoid disappointment!
Check out our calendar of events for more details.
The Garioch Fiddlers – The Next Generation
Our latest CD is available at any of our events, or by contacting us from the website.
The Next Generation gives a fine mix of new tunes from the full orchestra as well as some from our junior section and 2 guest artistes.
Priced at £10 each, it is great value to keep your toes tapping until the next rally.
New Season Rehearsals Start
Both Junior and Senior rehearsals start tonight – Monday 28th August 2023.
We also have someone coming to do a recording of a few of our special Bennachie Bailies sets for a BBC Scotland programme.
- Juniors start at 6.30pm
- Seniors start at 7.30pm
New members are most welcome to come along – we currently have fiddles, basses, piano, mouthies, accordions, guitars, flutes and a mandolin!
Keep an eye on our diary for details of upcoming events, and of course there will be our Annual Rally in April 2024 to look forward to.
Garioch Fiddlers Practise
Happy New Year All!
Hope to see all of our members at the KA tonight, usual times,
6.30pm Juniors
7.30pm Seniors
for the first practice of the year.
Hope to see you there!
Garioch Fiddlers at Glen Garioch Rare Fayre
Garioch Fiddlers will be entertaining attendees at the Rare Fayre being held at
Glen Garioch Distillery in Oldmeldrum on Saturday 3rd December 2022.
Come along to hear the toe tapping tunes between 1pm and 3pm.
Junior Competition March 2nd 2020
This year’s Garioch Fiddlers Annual Competition was held on Monday 2nd March 2020 in the Kintore Arms Hotel Inverurie, where the entrants were welcomed by Garioch Fiddlers Committee member Finlay Morse. The judge for the evening was Barbara Coutts who was impressed by the standard of fiddle playing throughout the night. Finlay gave the introductions and Orchestra Leader Neil Hehir accompanied the competitors on the piano. The evening was attended by Garioch Fiddlers senior orchestra members and family and friends of the competitors.
ALEX GARDEN MEMORIAL TROPHY
1st Emma Cameron
2nd Hannah Farquhar
3rd Chloe Gordon
BILL JOHNSTON MEMORIAL TROPHY
(Formally YOUNG FIDDLER OF THE YEAR)
1st Emma Cameron
2nd Chloe Barber
3rd equal Jessica Thomson and Rhona Fraser
Hannah Farquhar won the Bert Morgan Cup for Best Slow Air.
Emma Cameron also won the George Smith Trophy for best competitor, entering their first Garioch Fiddlers’ junior competition.
All entrants can be heard playing live as part of the Garioch Fiddlers Annual Rally to be held on Saturday 18th April 2020, in Inverurie Town Hall where the winners will also be presented with their trophies.
Garioch Fiddlers Rally :18th April 2020
The Annual Fiddlers Rally will be held in Inverurie Town Hall
