Documenting the 2024 Celtic Connections Festival
Well, this January flew by for a change, thanks to Celtic Connections, the world-renowned folk, roots and world music festival. Glasgow Life approached me late last year asking if I’d be interested in documenting the 2024 outing of the annual winter event and I was, like, hmm, I need to think about it. I’m kidding, obviously, I jumped at the opportunity!
This year’s festival run from January 18th to February 4th, with over 300 events involving 1,200 artists across 25 of the city’s venues. I’m not superhuman and was able to photograph only a portion of that, but hopefully what you see below is a good representation of the 2024 Celtic Connections. I had a blast and am looking forward to the 2025 edition if they have me back. Enjoy a selection of my favourite shots from the past 3 weeks:
Dreamers' Circus, The Royal Concert Hall
Talisk, Barrowland Ballroom
Saint Luke's
Simon Neil (Biffy Clyro), The Royal Concert Hall
Heidi Talbot, The Old Fruitmarket
Behind The Scenes
Chris Thile, The Royal Concert Hall
Hamish Hawk, The Royal Concert Hall
The Royal Concert Hall
Allison Russell, Òran Mór
Lankum, The Barrowland Ballroom
Behind The Scenes
Roddy Hart, The Royal Concert Hall
Skerryvore, The Royal Concert Hall
Fatoumata Diawara, The Old Fruitmarket
SWG3
Valtos, SWG3
Adwaith, CCA
Rachel Sermanni, The Royal Concert Hall
Justin Currie (Del Amitri), The Royal Concert Hall
Behind The Scenes
Eddi Reader, The Royal Concert Hall
King Creosote, The Old Fruitmarket
The Bothy Band, The Royal Concert Hall
Talisk, The Barrowland Ballroom
Mec Lir, Saint Luke's
Ceilidh, The Old Fruitmarket
Behind The Scenes
Su-a Lee, City Halls
Dougie MacLean, The Royal Concert Hall
Heisk, Tramway
Behind The Scenes
The Royal Concert Hall
Josie Duncan, Tramway
Skipinnish, The Royal Concert Hall
The Royal Concert Hall
GEAR
Nikon D850 x 2
Nikkor 85mm f1.4
Nikkor 35mm f1.8
Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8
Tiffen Black Pro-mist 1/4 Filters