Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker, and John Doyle are one of the most important and sought after collaborations in Celtic music- a true supergroup a benchmark for modern folk musicianship.
This will be a magical evening of top world class traditional music not to be missed!
‘Traditional music at its most graceful, ingenious and jaw dropping – The Guardian’
Saturday 20th February 2027
Doors 6.45pm show starts 7.30pm McKillop Hall
£18/£15 Bar by the Three Churches
Tickets available from July 31st
from The Wee Shop and Shrubs to Suds and online http://McGoldrick_McCusker_Doyle-LWArts2027.eventbrite.co.uk
La Dolce Vita Swing Collective brings timeless swing to the stage with effortless cool, smooth vocals, and a playful sense of style. With a sound rooted in the golden age of jazz, the band reimagines classics like Fly Me to the Moon, Witchcraft, I’ve Got the World on a String, On an Evening in Roma and favourites like Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Saturday 10th October
Doors 6.45pm show starts 7.30pm
£15/£13
Bar by the Three Churches
Ticket in Jim’s Wee shop and Shrubs to Subs
and online https://LaDolceVitaSwingCollective-LWArts2026.eventbrite.co.uk
FARA are a powerhouse in the Scottish folk music scene, igniting stages with their magnetic blend of spellbinding vocals, intricate harmonies, and driving fiddle tunes rooted in rich tradition of the Orkney Islands. With three award-winning fiddler – Kristan Harvey, Jeana Leslie, and Catriona Price – joined by the sensational Rory Matheson on piano, FARA deliver a sound that is bold, passionate, and unmistakably their own.
Saturday 19th September
McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch
Doors 6.45pm show starts 7.30pm
£15 / £13
Bar by The Three Churches
Ticket in Jim’s Wee shop and Shrubs to Subs
and online https://FARA-LWArts2026.eventbrite.co.uk
Siobhan Miller with support Common Thyme
McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch with bar by The Three Churches
Doors 6.45 pm, start 7.30 pm
Ticktes £15 / £13 from Shrubs to Suds and The Wee Shop
or online https://SiobhanMiller-LWArts2026.eventbrite.co.uk
McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch, bar by The Three Churches
Doors 7pm, start 7.30pm
Ticket from Shrubs to Suds and The Wee Shop
or online https://WhenBillyMetAlexander-LWArts2026.eventbrite.co.uk
Julia Nimmo – author and actress, Balamory, Scot squad, and Jules and Greg’s Wild Swimming
Greg Hemphill – comedian, writer, author and director
Interviewed by Professor Rowena Murray
McKillop Hall, Lochwinnoch 1pm to 2pm
Tickets £5 from Shrubs to Suds and The Wee hop
or online
https://NimmoAndHemphill-LWArts2026.eventbrite.co.uk
Bobby Motherwell book launch
Lochwinnoch, birds, words and wetlands
Colette’s Cairn 10.30am donations – tickets from Colette’s Cairn
Meet our local authors
including Alan Bissett, Rowena Murray, Vanessa Collingridge, Louise Turner, Laura Jackson, Iona Quickfall, Bobby Motherwell, Matthew McVarish and the Lochwinnoch writers
McKillop Hall 12noon free
Julie Nimmo and Greg Hemphill https://www.lochwinnochartsfestival.co.uk/event/book-day-author-event-with-julia-nimmo-and-greg-hemphill/
Alan Bissett’s When Billy met Alastair https://www.lochwinnochartsfestival.co.uk/event/alan-bissetts-when-billy-met-alastair/
