Black Isle Ceilidh Band

We're a ceilidh dance band based on the Black Isle near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

Our friendly band is Kenny Fraser (fiddle), Hugh Marwick (whistle) and Chris Rasdale (guitar). We're long established on the Scottish music and ceilidh dance scene and our sound is authentically traditional, with a repertoire of Highland pipe tunes, Scottish country dancing and session tunes.

We play at ceilidh dances, weddings, functions, traditional music sessions and community events around the local area of Fortrose, Rosemarkie, Avoch, Cromarty, Munlochy and North Kessock. We'll also travel to Inverness, Dingwall, Nairn, Forres, Tain and further into the nether regions of the Highlands...

We play for the Dashing White Sergeant, Strip The Willow, Gay Gordons, Canadian Barn Dance, Highland Schottische, Virginia Reel, Eightsome Reel, Military Two Step, St Bernard's Waltz and other popular ceilidh dance favourites. We have some fun dances for families with children and some dances you may not have done before - we'll talk you through those! We also have a a few songs up our sleeve.

Next ceilidhs

Local community

On 11th May 2024 we'll be playing for the Spring ceilidh dance at Croy Village Hall.

On 29th June 2024 we'll be playing for the Coigach Gathering dance at Coigach Community Hall again.

We'll be playing for the North Kessock Village Hall New Year's Day fundraising dance again, on 1st January 2025.

Private functions

We have private functions lined up in 2024 around Inverness, including at the Royal Highland Hotel, UHI Inverness and Loch Ness Country House Hotel. We'll also be playing at Wildwoodz near Munlochy, the Strathpeffer Pavilion, the Golf View Hotel in Nairn, the Inch Hotel in Fort Augustus and at Roybridge.

Contact us to ask us about playing for your event.

Where have we played recently?

We've played in recent years for local functions, community and charity events around the Black Isle and Inverness area, as well as further afield in the Highlands.

We've played for Black Isle community ceilidh dances at North Kessock Village Hall, Resolis Memorial Hall and Rosemarkie Gordon Memorial Hall. We played for a Ukrainian community family ceilidh organised by Crown Connects at the Wasps Inverness Creative Academy.

We've also played for private functions at the Kingsmills Hotel, Lochardil Hotel, Bogbain Farm, Glen Mhor Hotel and Corriegarth Hotel in Inverness, the Ben Wyvis Hotel in Strathpeffer, Munlochy Hall, Rosemarkie Gordon Memorial Hall, Black Isle Yurts, Avoch and Poyntzfield on the Black Isle, Boat of Garten Community Hall, Alvie near Kincraig, and Gairloch Sands.

Between September 2023 and January 2024 we played three ceilidh club nights at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.

In September 2023 and January 2024 we played for community ceilidhs at Rosemarkie Gordon Memorial Hall for Fortrose and Rosemarkie Community Council.

In July 2023 we played for the Coigach Gathering dance at Coigach Community Hall.

In August 2022 we played for the Summer Festival Ceilidh at Brodie Castle.

Cool Ceilidhs For Kids

Cool Ceilidhs For Kids were free ceilidh dance workshops we organised for Black Isle families with primary-age children between June and October 2022 - supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland.