Water Sound Festival 2026

Friday, 3rd July 2026

Performances

• 11:00 – 11:45 Daytime Concert in Braeburn Care Home, St Margaret’s Hope
• 18:40 – 19:00 The Square Wheels
• 19:20 – 20:00 Haverin
• 20:20 – 21:00 The Brewer Family
• 21:40 – 22:20 Montgomery Shearer
• 22:40 – 23:20 JB Cardineau
• 23:40 – 00:30 Rodeo Lobsters

Workshops – info

• 21:00 – 21:40 Bluegrass jamming etiquette with Jeri Foreman – Peedie Marquee 

Saturday, 4th July 2026

Performances

• 12:00 – 12.15 Skool Dudes
• 12.20 – 12:50 Marram Grass
• 13:05 – 13:45 Saltfishforty
• 14:05 – 14:45 Mockingbird
• 15:30 – 16:20 Owl In The Sun
• 16:40 – 17:20 JB Cardineau
• 18:20 – 19:00 Andy Taylor Group
• 19:20 – 20:00 Sociograss
• 21:00 – 22:00 Laeverick
• 22:20 – 23:20 Lluis Gomez Ensemble
• 23:40 – 00:40 Wayward

Workshops – info

• 11:00 – 12:00 Bluegrass guitar with Jakub Racek – Peedie Marquee 
• 14:00 – 15:00 Banjo workshop with Lluis Gomez – Burray Hall
• 18:00 – 19:00 Fiddle styles: Scots trad vs Bluegrass with Jeri Foreman – Burray Hall

Jam Sessions – info

• 14:45 – 15:30 Blide Trust Jam
• 17:20 – 18:20 Orkney Blues Festival, with Laura Montgomery
• 20:00 – 20:45 Gypsy jazz, with Colin Black & Lluis Gomez

Sunday, 5th July 2026

Performances

• 12:00 – 12.40 Auskerry
• 13:00 – 13:40 Stoatfinger
• 14:00 – 14:40 Driftwood Cowboys
• 15:40 – 16:20 Deep Roots Last
• 16:40 – 17:20 Lluis Gomez Ensemble
• 17:40 – 18:20 Colin Nicholson & Friends
• 19:30 – 20:30 Country Jukebox
• 20:50 – 21:30 Silver Penguins
• 21:50 – 22:50 Bluegrass friends

Workshops – info

• 11:00 – 12:00 Traditional Canadian music on the banjo with Timothy Loten – Peedie Marquee 
• 14:00 – 15:00 Harmony Singing with JeanBaptiste Cardineau – Burray Hall
• 18:00 – 19:00 Mandolin Q&A with JeanBaptiste Cardineau – Burray Hall

Jam Sessions – info

• 14:40 – 15:40 Old-time, with Leila Dunn. Jeri Foreman, Ben Errington
• 18:20 – 19:20 Bluegrass, with Sociograss