Braemar Folk Festival 2022 - St. Margaret's Braemar

St. Margaret's in Braemar, was an unused Scottish Episcopal Church, starting to disintegrate and decay. Now, thanks to a group of volunteers, it has had new life breathed into it and is a pretty unique music and arts venue. Last night I went there to see Dougie MacLean (Writer of 'Caledonia' ... a modern folk ballad and one of my favourite songs - guaranteed to make any Scotsman or woman homesick) and also a group called McGoldrick, McCusker and Doyle - who were absolutely outstanding! The setting was also quite beautiful. A lovely evening.

[Diana]

Wonderful capture of this stunning setting, it must have been quite a fabulous evening.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Kathy A]

I like that purple glow

[Wylie]

lovely shot. Those shadows are a great addition.

[Boxplayer]

Lovely view of this. And concert sounds great.

[Babs]

Lovely shot. Must have been a great evening.

[Valerie Chesney]

Your evening would have been wonderful in this venue & atmosphere///

[Kitty Hawke]

What a fabulous atmosphere. Love the purple lighting. Have seen Dougie at Cropredy and at Wadebridge Folk Festival.

[Tunia McClure]

Thank goodness for volunteers.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot. So glad for ythe volunteers. We have a similar situation that took place with a local church here in Edmonton

[Pat Knowles]

Fabulous use of this lovely looking church. It sounds the perfect venue for the lovely folk evening. Well done all the volunteers, they should be very proud!

[Richard Sayer]

Glad they haven't denatured it even though it has been repurposed.

[Judith Johnson]

Sounds and looks amazing. Didn't realise you were a folk music fan

[Dawn]

Lovely

[Christina]

I love seeing old buildings restored.

[Kathy]

The lighting of the cross and figurines is a bit eerie. I recognize the name of Dougie MacLean, probably from the The Thistle & Shamrock a National Publc Radio show with Fiona Ritchie that used to air regularly here.

[Phil Howcroft]

the purple light is wonderful issi

[Korcsog Károly]

Wonderful lights and colors! A great shot!

[KWind]

Pretty! Love the coloured lights and shadows.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The artistry and architecture looks amazing. Good shot.

[Issi Bannerman]

@busylady I have a very varied taste in music, and am happy to give anything a try. There are some great new Scottish traditional bands around now. I'm going to see Session A9 in Braemar in November, and Skerryvore in Aberdeen in December. :-)

[haskar]

Great architecture and lovely shadows.

[*lynn]

The beautiful color really caught my eye!

[Hazel]

Beautiful in splendid purple!