This year the Royal National Mod is coming to the Falkirk Council area for the very first time from 10th to 18th October. We are honoured and proud to host the Mod and pleased to play our part in helping to ensure the survival of the Gaelic language and culture.
A Mod fringe programme will run throughout the event, featuring a wide range of events to appeal to the whole community. Some of the highlights are listed here but look out for more information.
To set the scene, former Runrig frontman Donnie Munro will play at FTH on Saturday 13 September, with support from the Catriona Watt Trio. Tickets are £15 (£14) from The Steeple box office. Tel: 01324 506850.
Live Music
Friday 10th October 7:30pm
Official opening of the Mod @ FTH (tickets are free but need to be booked through The Steeple box office)
Friday 10th 9pm
Opening night ceilidh dance with Lochaber Ceilidh Band @ The Park Hotel (tickets £6, order from box office)
Sat 11th 7:30pm
Fiddlers Rally @ FTH (£9 Mod members and £10 non members, order from box office)
Sat 11th & Mon 13th – Fri 17th 2 – 4pm
Live music at the band stand and Steeple from local traditional musicians (free, no ticket required)
Mon 13th & Tues 14th 7:30pm
Children's dances at City Nightclub (free, order from box office)
Mon 13th
Unsigned bands night at Behind the Wall (free, no ticket required)
Tues 14th – Fri 17th
Bodega, Face the West, Skerryvore & Dáimh @ Behind the Wall (free, no ticket required)
Wed 15th – Fri 17th 2pm & 9pm
Live music from Skerryvore, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Iain Angus MacLeod Band, Calum Iain MacCorquodale, Lochaber Ceilidh Band, Iain MacKay with Donnie & Diane, Ian Smith & Gordon Connel @ Antonine Hotel, Canal Inn, City, Cladhan Hotel, Goose at Newmarket & The Park Hotel (free, no ticket required)
Thurs 16th 6:30pm
Colmcille awards and Eirinn s'Alba Night at Callendar House
Thurs 16th 9:30pm
Conveners ceilidh with performances from former Mod Gold medallists @ The Park Hotel (£5 members, £8 non members, order ticket from box office)
Fri 17th 10:30pm
Final dance with The Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Iain Angus Macleod Band, Skipinnish & Skerryvore (£10 order from box office)
Sat 18th 10:30am
Pipeband and massed choirs parade in the High Street (free, no ticket required)
Talks & Workshops
Sun 12th
Tryst conference with Donald Meek, DW Stewart & Iain Scott @ Forth Valley College (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon 13th 1:30 - 2:30pmMorag MacLeod: William Mathesons Legacy of Scottish Songs @ Callendar House (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon – Fri
'My mother, my daughter: the songs through our eyes'. An art exhibition by Victoria Caine and Sue Myles based on prescribed Mod pieces. (free, no ticket required)
Mon – Fri 10am
Parent & Child storytelling at Falkirk Library (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon – Fri 10am
Instrumental masterclasses on fiddle, pipes, Gaelic singing, accordion and pipe band drums (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon – Fri 12 & 2pm
'Come and try' classes for parent and child in Gaelic singing, fiddle, bodhran, chanter and accordion @ Callendar House (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon – Fri 10am & 12noon
Gaelic beginner language classes for children and adults @ Callendar House (free, order ticket from box office)
Mon –Fri 10am – 5pm
Pottery demonstrations by Barbara Davidson(free, no ticket required)
Tues 14th – Fri 17th 10am – 4pm
Childrens festival with instrument, drama, step dance, language and Gaelic singing workshops @ Camelon Education Centre (free, order ticket from box office)
Wed 15th
Talk by Essie Stewart 'Travellers – Life on the Road' @ Callendar House (free, order ticket from box office)
Thurs 16th 2 – 3:30pm
Donald Black with Donnie MacKenzie: Mouth organ workshop and talk On Honer Highlander Harmonica @ Callendar House (free, order ticket from box office)
Thurs 16th
Talk on the preservation on the Gaelic language in Nova Scotia by Lewis MacKinnon @ Antonine Hotel (free, no ticket required)
Fri 17th
Rona Lightfoot: Canntaireachd (free, order ticket from box office)
