with special guest Beth Malcolm

Saturday 9th December 2023

Doors 7pm

ticket link here>>

You are in for a treat!  Two of the most beautiful and unique female voices in Scotland right now in one beautiful and unique evening! 
ticket link here>>

Scotland-based singer-songwriter Lizabett Russo merges her native Romanian traditions with elements of contemporary jazz, avant garde folk and world music, a range of influence effortlessly spanned by her beautiful and powerfully versatile voice. 

The evening will be opened by the wonderful Beth Malcolm – Scots Singer of the Year 2023 at the Scottish Trad Music Awards. 

Beth Malcolm is a singer-songwriter and keyboard player from Perth. Beth’s music is folk-inspired, and she sings a mix of traditional, modern and self-penned Scots songs.

What a line up! The atmosphere in the hall is going to be sweet!

Get your tickets NOW! – ticket link here>>

A Busy December for the Village Hall!

As well as our final Letham Nights, there will be TWO more Herculean Revival Ceilidh’s to end the year. The first will be on Saturday 16th December and the second will be a Herculean Hogmanay Hoolie on 31st Dec to see in the New Year! Tickets for both here >>

Future Letham Nights Shows

We are currently working on our 2024 programme. Put Feb 10th in the diary though. Exciting announcement on that one coming soon!

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

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Join Letham Nights on Facebook

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Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

Saturday 28th October 2023

Doors 7pm

ticket link here>>

We are excited and proud to present…

The Other – a collaborative music project with musicians from Scotland and those from a refugee and immigration experience. Their goal is to explore the music of different cultures and develop compositions based on the diverse ethnic backgrounds of the various international communities which have come to call Scotland home.

With support from Creative Scotland’s Creative Development fund, and the EPAD Practice Support Fund, The Other bring together eight wonderful musicians from Scotland, Iran, Chile and Brazil.

The diversity of their musical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their individual experiences, has contributed to a highly creative process and has produced some incredible music. The final outcome for the initial collaboration was a performance for The Pianodrome Sessions, recorded and filmed in their unique 100-seat amphitheatre in Granton, Edinburgh, on 29 June 2021. This was also streamed during the Refugee Festival on 17 July 2021.

The individual musicians involved each have an amazing range of work in their own right, as well a variety of projects they have contributed to over the course of their careers. The band are bring together a fantastic range of instruments including the tar (a long-necked Persian lute), daf (Persian frame drum), a whole range of Latin percussion and for the THIRD time in 2023 the magnifcent harp of Esther Swift!! The full band are:

From Iran: Aref Ghorbani, vocals & tar || Erfan Imandar, daf (Persian frame drum)

From Brazil: Mario Caribe, Bass

From Chile: Jose Rojas, Percussion

From Scotland: Esther Swift, Harp & vocals || Matt Wright, Sax & Flute || Iain Mackechnie, Guitar

It’s going to be an evening of rich rhythms and percussive magic!

Get your tickets NOW! – ticket link here>>

Future Letham Nights Shows

Delighted to announce our final show for 2023

9th December – Lizabett Russo with special guest Beth Malcolm – Scotland-based singer-songwriter Lizabett Russo merges her native Romanian traditions with elements of contemporary jazz, avant garde folk and world music, a range of influence effortlessly spanned by her beautiful and powerfully versatile voice. The evening will be opened by Beth Malcolm – Scots Singer of the Year 2023 at the Scottish Trad Music Awards. What an absolute treat to have these two unique voices on our wee stage! Tickets here

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

Sign up to the Letham Nights Mailing list

Join Letham Nights on Facebook

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter

Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

Letham Village Hall

Saturday 23rd September

7-10pm

Get yourself along to another ceilidh with the Herculean Ceilidh Revival

Tickets here >>

Saturday 19th August 2023

Doors 7pm

ticket link here>>

SOOOOOO excited to bring this amazing collective to the hall! The only issue is how we are going to fit them all on the stage! 

Magnificent award-winning jazz/funk/folk collective Fat-Suit will be cramming the stage and cooking up a funktastic storm of grooves to get you on your feet on the dance floor. Whoop!

Fat-Suit are an exuberant jazz-funk-folk collective hailing from Glasgow. The influence of the modern jazz greats combines with noughties indie guitar riffs, 90s dance sounds, and timeless groove and funk, while their softer side opens up to folk melodies with celtic roots. They embrace a seamless mix of musical styles, with the priority being to evoke MAXIMUM JOY through their supercharged live performance. Equally at home on a late night festival slot, jazz club, concert hall – OR EVEN A VILLAGE HALL IN RURAL FIFE – some recent performance highlights include Love Supreme Jazz Festival, Boomtown, Vsetin Jazz Festival (CZ), Budapest Jazz Club, and Jazzdock (Prague).

Hailed as ‘Ones to Watch’ by Jazzwise magazine, and winners of ‘Best Band’ & ‘Best Album’ at the Scottish Jazz Awards, they embrace a seamless mix of musical styles in a ‘showcase of sonic domination. One to dance at’ (STV).

Their most recent album ’Waifs & Strays’ was recorded live in Glasgow’s Drygate Brewery and took them on a release tour across the UK culminating in a sold out headline show at Celtic Connections.

The energy in the room is going to be IMMENSE!!

Have a listen to this and you’ll be hooked from the first bar! Don’t be alarmed at the cast of 25! The touring ensemble will be 8 – still a crowd on our wee stage!

Don’t wait about! The tickets are already flying off the digital shelves – ticket link here>>

Future Letham Nights Shows

Delighted to announce two more dates for 2023

28th October – The Other – A collaboration of Scottish musicians and those with experience of displacement or migration from their homeland.

16th December – exciting news on the way..!

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

Sign up to the Letham Nights Mailing list

Join Letham Nights on Facebook

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter

Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

(plus more ceilidhs!)

Saturday 24th June

Doors 7pm

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Sometimes the music we need just appears right under our nose – or more exactly, into our ears, from not very far away. 

This show is not only our first headline classical recital but also the first for a musician from Letham itself. Eva Lundell is a very popular local music teacher in Letham and across Fife but also a consummate classical violinist & performer in her own right. 

This April, Eva returns to Brooklyn to rehearse the repertoire for the evening with her close musical partner & pianist, Keiko Asakawa-Golden. Eva and Keiko are 2/3 of a longstanding ensemble The Savane Trio who came together in Illinois in the mid-90’s and have been playing together on and off ever since. Along with their friend Jacqueline Black, cellist, the trio kicked off their collaboration with a Japanese tour in 1995, followed by recitals and competitions in the Great Lakes region, California, and the Southwest US including a year-long residency in Arizona as part of Chamber Music America’s rural residencies program.

In June, Keiko will join Eva in Scotland on a mini-tour with Letham Nights an unmissable stop on their musical journey. 

Each piece in the repertoire will explore and celebrate a personal connection for one or both of the players. 

Join us to welcome them both to our village hall stage and enjoy the performance!

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More Ceilidhs with the Herculean Revival Ceilidh Band!

Following the success of the March fundraising ceilidh for the Turkey Earthquake appeal, the Herculean Revival Ceilidh Band are on a roll and have decided to offer another two dates with proceeds going to Greenpeace and the Letham Hall Fund! How cool is that! Get your dancing boots on and join them on the following dates:

Saturday 20th May – Ticket Link>>

Saturday 7th July – Ticket Link>>

Future Letham Nights Shows

Saturday 19th August – Fat-Suit – Magnificent award-winning soul/funk/folk collective will be cramming the stage and cooking up a funktastic storm of grooves to get you on your feet on the dance floor. Whoop!

Don’t wait about! The tickets are already flying off the digital shelves – ticket link here>>

We are working on dates for the tail end of the year – watch this space!

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

Sign up to the Letham Nights Mailing list

Join Letham Nights on Facebook

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter

Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

Not content with 1 event every 2 months, we have gone for 3 in a fortnight, plus a ceilidh in the hall on 1st April! Find out more below:

18th March 1.30pm – Saltfishforty – SOLD OUT

18th March 7pm – Saltfishforty – SOLD OUT

25th March 7pm – My Muses Take Care Of Me – Tickets Available

1st April – DEC Earthquake Fundraising Ceilidh

My Muses Take Care Of Me

A Letham Village Hall co-production

by Fleur Darkin in collaboration with the performers

Matthew Brown/Verity Church/Fleur Darkin/Salma Faraji/Amy Hollinshead/Claire Rose-Barbier

Join us at Letham Nights for an exclusive preview of My Muses Take Care of Me and an extended club night with beats to get you dancing. 

Tickets here >>

My Muses was performed to thousands of people at British Museum (August 2022) and explores feminine power and animist impulses. The full company of professional dancers and musicians will be resident at Letham turning this stunning gallery work into an intimate evening show. You’re invited behind the curtain to this exclusive preview performance as our local audience and collaborators. 

Post-performance the evening will unfold into an extended night of dancing for all… a very first Letham Club Night!

Doors open 7pm

7.30pm My Muses (performance with live music)

8.30pm Fleur Darkin live DJ set

9.30pm Matthew Brown live music set 

Wow! Our first Letham Nights Dance Performance. Our first Letham Club Night – turning the whole hall into our playing space for inspiration… 

Matthew Brown is an Australian artist and composer living in Scotland. He has participated in group/solo exhibitions and performances in Australia, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand and Norway, while running a small record label in the Australian underground noise and club culture communities. Collaborations include: James Grant, The Necks, Justin Fuller, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, and most recently work with Scottish label Blackford Hill.

Fleur Darkin is an award-winning, world leading choreographer/director living in Fife. Formerly director of Scottish Dance Theatre, Fleur has toured the world devising innovative collaborations and worked extensively in theatre with the Lyceum in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin and National Theatre of Scotland. Her work usually tours in cities and she is keen to share My Muses Take Care of Me as an invitation to the local community and as an exclusive preview ahead of a national & international tour. Fleur’s collaborating artists come from all over and will be resident for two weeks to create bespoke to Letham Hall and its gorgeous dance floor. Her work is made as an elaborate ruse to invite people to dance and express themselves. She is excited to be working with Letham Nights to produce its first special dance performance into “club night.”

18th March 7pm – Saltfishforty – SOLD OUT

Saltfishforty are a fresh and dynamic duo hailing from the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland. Douglas Montgomery (fiddle/viola) and Brian Cromarty (songs/guitar/mandola) combine the rich traditional music of Orkney with original compositions. The duo have four previous albums to their name: LIVE (2013), Netherbow (2010), Orkney Twister (2005) and Goose Music (2003).

The powerhouse partnership have won a devoted following throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format’s conventional confines. Linchpin figures in the currently flourishing revival of Orkney’s traditional music, they unite these deep-rooted sources with an exhilarating breadth of influence and expertise, catalysed by a creative empathy born from decades of friendship. The result is a sound of equally thrilling raw attack and multi-dimensional richness.

18th March 1.30pm – Saltfishforty Unplugged – SOLD OUT

And we tried so hard to offer you an alternative by offering this extra unplugged lunchtime session in the woods! But guess what? This sold out pretty darn quickly too. The lesson? STOP PROCRASTINATING! Get booked up and you won’t miss out.

1st April – DEC Earthquake Fundraising Ceilidh

Raising money for the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, this event organised by the Herculean Revival Ceilidh Band, is sure to have that amazing dance floor in the hall bouncing again! Support it if you can!

Tickets here

2 short weeks Less than a week to go until our first Letham Nights of 2023!

Saturday 11th Feb 2023

Doors 7pm

Still some tickets left – about 40 30 20 to be precise!

Special discounts available for NHS and Key Workers

Letham Nights invites you to COME TOGETHER for a celebration of all our key workers during the pandemic, in particular those on the frontline in the NHS. 

Leading the celebration will be new and upcoming band CLR theory.  Read their amazing story…

This project began at the height of the pandemic, with musical voice notes passed back and forth as a way to stay connected – home recorded musical gifts sent from makeshift cupboard studios. As things reopened, Gill Higgins and Hannah Jarrett-Scott invited loved ones to collaborate. The result is WAVES, a captivating record providing community, joy and comfort, in the face of social isolation, exhaustion, challenging communication and mental health. Since launching the album, CLR Theory (just say ‘colour theory’ by the way) have played sold out shows at this year’s Celtic Connections and Waves was chosen by BBC Radio Scotland’s Roddy Hart as his Record of Note.

The duo blend their powerful vocal harmony with bubbling string arrangement and triumphant brass, layered with grounding synth and harmonium drones. At Letham they will perform as a 5-piece with multiple vocal harmonies. They sing fervent lyrics in their honest accents, with beauty and vulnerability. They combine comforting melody and catchy riffs with contrasting swirling discord, creating a captivating sound. 

Gill Higgins, an NHS surgeon, was on the frontline of covid care in the ICU in Glasgow. Hannah Jarrett-Scott, an actor-musician (and one of the original cast of the Olivier award-winning Pride & Prejudice Sort Of) unable to ply her trade, worked in a grocery store. They collaborated to start the Scottish branch of charity MedSupplyDrive UK; a grass roots initiative to lobby industries, suppliers and businesses to contribute in a time of crisis. Together, they secured half a million items of PPE and delivered them to the NHS and Social Care. We are proud to say that the Letham Nights team worked alongside them.

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We are incredibly proud to present CLR theory in a full band performance, as we continue to rebuild our community music venue.

To open the evening we present the lyrical poetry and beautiful sounds of  Mima Merrow, an Irish singer-songwriter based in Glasgow. 

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Merrow’s sound is a unique blend of alternative folk characterised by longing, sudden changes in direction, and melodies that ache. Fascinated by the relationship between our environments and bodies, her thoughtful lyricism is held together by intimacy, honesty, and stories that challenge her listeners. 

Mima released her debut album, Almost Home, in September 2022. It explores the idea of home; where it is, who is allowed there, the rituals and rites of passage that bring it together. Have a wee listen below…

Photo Credit: Najma Abukar

Discounted tickets for NHS and other key workers

A portion of tickets will be offered at very reduced cost to NHS staff, other key workers and the unwaged. If you are feeling generous, you can also make a donation to help fund this ticket reduction for NHS staff and key workers.

Photo credit: Oisin Kealy

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

Sign up to the Letham Nights Mailing list

Join Letham Nights on Facebook

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter

Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

Pitlessie Village Inn

Sunday 5th February 12 noon

Come to the AGM (with pub lunch!)

We always need fresh energy and enthusiasm in the Letham Nights Team. Why not join us for our AGM? We are meeting in the Pitlessie Inn at noon on Sunday 5th Feb to have our (short!) AGM meeting and then a nice pub lunch in The Snug. If you would like to join us email mike@lethamnights.org. If you can’t make it but would like to see the annual report, then again just email and we can send it to you.

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter and Instagram

Like the Letham Nights Facebook Page and join the events.

Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

www.lethamnights.org

Sign up to the Letham Nights Mailing list

Join Letham Nights on Facebook

Follow Letham Nights on Twitter

Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!

Happy New Year from Letham Nights!

Here’s what’s what so that you don’t miss out…

Looking Back On 2022

NEW! 2023 Programme

Get Involved! Come to our 2022 AGM (in the pub!)

Looking Back On 2022

It was such a thrill to get back to live music last April, kicking off with a sold-out extravaganza from the bombastic Tom Maguire and the Brassholes. To put things in perspective, the Brassholes’ next show on 27th Jan will be at The Barrowlands!

In June we managed to have our postponed collaboration with Letham Lights with a showing of James Kelman’s Dirt Road to Lafayette in the afternoon, a Q&A with protagonist of the film, Neil Sutcliffe and then a wonderful Cajun/Zydeco gig in the evening with a band specially put together by Neil.  

In August, we had our first of two Scotland on Tour shows with Jemima Thewes.  Jemima and drummer Tim Lane were amazing, innovative performers and they put on a belter of a show.

September brought in extraordinary Ghanaian drummers Kakatsitsi. They came to the village and took it by storm, leading drumming, dancing and singing workshops during the day and then a fantastic gig in the evening.  

It is quite a boost when you get to host one of the best bands in the country, Breabach, who played in October.  We knew this would be a sell out and it was – weeks in advance.  They were just brilliant.

Finally, the last show of the year was also our 2nd Scotland on Tour gig with Adam Holmes.  Adam presented a mix of old and new songs to create a lovely, warm atmosphere on a cold winter’s night.  An extra bonus was having the amazing Esther Swift open the evening as our first harpist. 

New Shows For 2023

We already have some fantastic shows lined up for the first half of the year and more in the mix for the back end. Check them out here:

11th Feb – Letham Nights #70 – CLR theory + Mima Merrow

A special celebration of the NHS with a limited number of discounted tickets for NHS and other key workers

Tickets here!

March 18th – Letham Nights #71 – Saltfish 40 + Esther Swift

This promises to be a wild hoolie of the highest proportions with these Orcadian folk maestros! And Esther is back, back again!

Tickets here!

March 25th – Letham Village Hall, in Association with Fleur Darkin and Letham Nights, presents:

My Muses Take Care Of Me – a day of innovative dance workshops morphing into an evening of music and dance. More info soon!

Tickets here (soon)!

June 24th – Letham Nights #72 – Eva Lundell & Keiko Asakawa-Golden

Our first, and long overdue, classical recital with talented local and not-so-local duo Eva and Keiko.

Tickets here!

August 19th – Letham Nights #73 – Fat-Suit

Suits you? Jazz, Funk, Folk, Electronica? All the above? Then Fat-Suit will fit you just fine!

Tickets here!

Get involved! Come to the AGM (with pub lunch!)

We always need fresh energy and enthusiasm in the Letham Nights Team. Why not join us for our AGM? We are meeting in the Pitlessie Inn at noon on Sunday 5th Feb to have the AGM meeting and then a nice pub lunch in The Snug. If you would like to join us email mike@lethamnights.org

Adam Holmes

+ special guest Esther Swift

Saturday 10th December
Doors 7pm

Soulful, evocative & enchanting, Adam’s voice, rich like velvet, makes him one of the most talented singer-songwriters in the country.

Adam will be joined on stage by outstanding pianist, Jen Austin.

Opening the show will be the amazing and innovative harpist, composer and singer, Esther Swift

Tickets are NOW ONLY available from the Scotland on Tour website or from Eventbrite

Adam’s new album Hope Park was released in August to critical acclaim and he has been delighting audiences in venues across the country with his intimate and immersive shows. Here’s a clip from the Tolbooth in Stirling:

If you can’t wait until the show to get one, you can get a copy of the new album here:

https://www.adamholmesmusic.co.uk/hope-park

Adam’s 4 pervious albums, Heirs and Graces, Brighter Still, Midnight Milk and Dreamweaver have cast an impressive shadow across the UK Folk Scene and gained him Scottish Album of the Year Nominations (in 2014, 2017 and 2018) and BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Nominations. His songs have featured widely on national radio and TV. 

The second youngest of 8 children raised by his mother in a small flat in Portobello, Adam crafts lyrics that resonate like old folk songs, set to melodies rooted in the haunting slow airs and church hymns that echoed throughout his childhood. 

Only in the world of folk music could you imagine the staff at one of the liveliest, smokiest and most famous Folk music pubs in Britain, Sandy Bells, making a space at the end of the bar so that an eight year old child could get the best view of the singers and musicians. But that was the very place that Adam first picked up the skill of learning music by ear. 

Age 15, after the death of a close friend and a cascade into drugs and alcohol Adam found his way out through the focus of rapping and producing hip hop. Simultaneously he began to play guitar and write songs and after leaving school and moving into his first flat aged 16 he worked on building sites, trying to pick up an apprenticeship as a joiner. 

On the very same day that he was finally offered an apprenticeship aged 19 he received a phone-call offering him a place in the semi finals of the BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2009. He chose his place in music and hasn’t looked back since.

Tickets are available from the Scotland on Tour website or from Eventbrite

Future Shows

News for 2023 coming soon!!

Green Arts Initiative

Letham Nights is a member of the Green Arts Initiative, an interactive community of Scottish arts organisations working to promote sustainability and reduce their environmental impact – a perfect fit for Letham Nights!

Run by Creative Carbon Scotland and Festivals Edinburgh since 2013, the Green Arts Initiative supports Scottish arts organisations to be at the forefront of growing an environmentally sustainable Scotland.

Letham Nights…

Letham Nights began in December 2008.  Our vision is to bring high quality music to our village hall and provide a stage for talent, both local and global.  At the same time we want to promote sustainability and work towards creating a zero carbon village hall. 14 years and over 100 acts later, we have drawn in an audience which now averages 100 in our 120-capacity hall.  We have supported hall improvements so that we now have double glazing, better insulation, renewed wiring and a new efficient boiler.  The events are renowned for their high quality music and the unique, warm and friendly atmosphere.  We really do put on THE BEST SMALL GIGS IN THE WORLD!

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Contact
If you would like to take to the stage or the dance floor at Letham Nights, buy tickets or simply find out more, contact:

Michael t 01337 810372  m 07838 820659  mike@lethamnights.org

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Letham Village Hall, Fife is on the A92 just 15 minutes from the Tay Bridge, 10 minutes from Cupar and 15 from Glenrothes.

Don’t forget that the Clap and Tipple bar will be on hand to quench your thirst and tickle your tastebuds !

The Best Small Gigs In The World!