Performance Ceilidh, Auchindrain Township Museum

On Saturday 31st July from 6.30pm-10.30pm, there is a Performance Ceilidh at Auchindrain Township Museum.

In an evening of music, dance and a buffet of home-made Scottish foods, a major draw is the presence of the Inverclyde Gaelic Waulking Group, singing traditional Gaelic songs. Local musicians are invited to bring pipes, fiddles, accordions, voices and do their virtuoso bit.

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