2025 Schedule

Please find below scheduled events for NTFM 2025. Unless otherwise stated, all of the below is located in the village hall. Additionally, you can find tunes, food and company in The Grapes Hotel, The Liddesdale Hotel, Copshaw Kitchen and other venues throughout the village. Come and visit the festival office for further information.

Friday

12 noonCampsite open
3 pm – 7 pmFestival office open
7 pmOpening Concert (Village Hall)Jamie Anderson & Friend – Accordion – Jedburgh
Kathy Hobkirk – Singer – Hawik
Matt Seattle – Border Pipes – Jedburgh
With – Alan Atkinson & Special Guests
9.30 pmCeilidh Dance (Village Hall)Band –
Carol Dobson
Neil MacMillan
Iain Anderson
Eric Goodfellow
After the dance – LateSessions and Singaround (Vilage Hall)

Saturday

10 am – 5 pmFestival office open
10.30am – 12.30pmTraditional Singing Workshop by Maggie Macrae (Village Hall)Please send any questions you have about singing traditional song in advance by email to margaretmacrae@btinternet.com
1 pmMusic Competitions in the Village Hall
1 pmSinging, Poetry and Storytelling Competitions in the Church
7pmPrize Winner’s Concert
10 pm / after the concert – Late Sessions and Singaround

Sunday

10 am – 2 pmFestival office open
12 pmHighland Bagpipe Competition (Main Square / Village Hall if the weather is bad)
2 pmChorus Cup (Legends)
4 pmFestival AGM (Legends)All Welcome
9 pm – LateSessions and Singaround (Village Hall)