You can t head north, so 2,000 celtic musicians come to you
19-day Celtic Connections festival features 300 events in 30 venues
Trish Lee
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Celtic Connections 2021 goes digital - across 19 days, the festival will present over 30 online performances between Friday, January 15, and Tuesday, February 2. STEPHEN OTTNER has booked his seat for the UK’s premier celebration of celtic music
IN ‘normal’ times my wife and I would be preparing for a trip to Glasgow. Why, you may well ask, would anyone consider heading north rather than south in January?
We are not alone, as thousands from across the world are drawn to this UNESCO City of Music for Celtic Connections. Celtic Connections is a feast of music on a mammoth scale, with around 100,000 attendees at 300 events in 30 venues, with 2,000 musicians over 19 days. And, as Donald Shaw, the festival’s creative producer, says: “That’s just the ones we know about.”