Acclaimed Golspie musician to perform gigs in Sutherland as part of Scotland on Tour initiative

Scotland on Tour, the exciting initiative to support the recovery of the country's live music industry, comes to Sutherland and Caithness in early 2023 with a string of gigs from Golspie’s Jennifer Port.

Jennifer will perform at MacGregor’s at The Ben in Golspie on Monday 9th January, at Kyle of Sutherland Hub in Bonar Bridge on Monday 23rd January, at The Pier, Lairg on Wednesday 1st February, and at Lyth Arts Centre on Wednesday 15th March.

Acclaimed Scottish harpist and singer Jennifer Port balances her professional career alongside being a married mum with five young children. She graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with an honours degree in Scottish Music, and has won numerous awards for her Clarsach playing and singing, including gold medals at the Royal National Mòd, reaching the final of the BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, winning a Danny Kyle Award at Celtic Connections Festival, and winning ‘best wedding entertainment’ at the Scottish Wedding Awards.

Jennifer Port said: “I’m excited to be performing this series of gigs as part of Scotland on Tour. It’s a fantastic initiative after a difficult couple of years for Scotland’s music industry, and I can’t wait to bring live music to the local communities across the north of Scotland.”

Scotland on Tour is taking place over a period of 12 months between April 2022 and 2023. Scotland on Tour supports the creation of hundreds of concerts and performances at much-loved arts centres, town halls and community venues across Scotland. More than 120 artists are set to perform at more than 100 venues across the country as part of the initiative.

The project, which has been created and managed by Active Events, was made possible by £750,000 of Scottish Government backing and focuses on increasing the number of opportunities to showcase and enjoy live music, while bringing exciting acts to the doorstep of city, towns, villages and rural communities.

The year-long Scotland on Tour bill includes both emerging and established artists with genre-spanning acts appearing across the breadth and width of the country, with rock, pop, jazz, classical, folk, trad and acoustic genres all being showcased.

Tickets for these and a raft of other shows are on sale now at www.scotlandontour.com.

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