The Clutha Bar

Weekly Monday night instrumental session, mix of Scots and Irish solid traditional tunes. Good mix of instruments. Welcoming experienced players playing in a modern, roomy atrium style music bar situated on the Clyde waterfront, short walk from city centre. Recommended. Video here: https://www.facebook.com/Cluthabar/videos/677845180702628

Who plays at this? On a normal Monday, not when it’s the Jimmy McHugh weekend.

Hi Dr S, this is the decades-running renowned Jimmy McHugh session, relocated to the Clutha, far preferable to the previous hard to get to, urban wasteland venue across the river in the Gorbals. His son Benny plays at it. Last week when I went, Benny was in Ireland, there was an Irish box and fiddle duo, a Scots box player, a Scots small pipes player, a fiddler and whistler/singer, a bodhran player and myself on Irish concert flute. Everyone was welcoming, a good vibe. The tunes were good standard traditional and the playing standard was good. The Clutha is modern, ‘hipster/civilised’, good beer; Glasgow and Queen Street stations are ten minutes walk and there’s an NCP car park around the corner in King Street. Great for out of town visitors like me. A real boost for trad in Glasgow!

Recent videos of the Clutha sessioneers;
https://www.facebook.com/Cluthabar/videos/1261647114554673
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3157847241190098