PHOTOGRAPHING THE 2025 CELTIC CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL
1,500 artists, 40 nationalities, 300 events, 24 venues and 18 days… That’s just some of the stats for this year’s Celtic Connections festival which wrapped up on Sunday. I wrote about working on last year’s outing and how much I enjoyed being a part of it, so you can imagine my delight at being asked to document it again this year. It was a very intense 3 weeks and I’m still catching up on sleep but my heart is full. You can find some of my favourite shots from the past few weeks below:

Gretchen Peters
Barony Halls

KT Tunstall
Barrowland Ballroom

Ibibio Sound Machine
Tramway

Abraham Cupeiro
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Yola
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Joyous Choir Maryhill
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Barrowland Ballroom

Burns Night
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

Bulgarian Voices
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

Lady Blackbird
Pavillion Theatre

Mec Lir
Barrowland Ballroom

Kinnaris Quintet
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Transatlantic Sessions
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

James Grant
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Kitti
Drygate

Jupiter & Okwess
Saint Luke’s

Hamish Hawk
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Peat & Diesel
Emirates Arena

John Swinney, First Minister
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

Lyle Lovett
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Mackintosh Church

Zawose Queens
Òran Mór

Ed Harcourt
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Madison Cunningham
Pavillion Theatre

Orchestral Qawalli Project
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Phil Campbell
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Ibibio Sound Machine
Tramway

Loudon Wainwright III
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Jupiter & Okwess
Saint Luke’s

The GRIT Orchestra
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Jill Jackson
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Joyous Choir Maryhill
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Windborne
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

KT Tunstall
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

The Bluebells
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

The Seeger Sessions Revival
Emirates Arena

Transatlantic Sessions
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
GEAR
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Nikkor Z 70-200 f2.8
Nikkor Z 14-24mm f2.8
Nikkor Z 85mm f1.2
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters