Kelburn Garden Party 2019

See! There! That's us!

Proud to announce that we are booked for the Kelburn Garden Party! Aaaah yeah!

 And you know what? We've worked really hard all winter to get NEW SONGS! Aaaah yeah!

So you know what to do, aye? Aaaaaaaah yeah!

Smugglers Tent, FRIDAY at 8pm!!

Pianodrome - 12th August

Portnawak & the Woo is proud to announce its first ever Edinburgh Fringe Festival gig!

Come and dance with us in the Pianodrome (Fringe Venue 432) with SINK on the 12th of August, starting from 7pm!

There will be Woos and Kwacks and PYLONS - PYLONS Pylons Pylons...

Bridgend Farmhouse BIG opening party. March 2018

 This weekend, Saturday 24th March 2018 to be precise, Portnawak greatly enjoyed playing the garden stage for the grand opening of Bridgend Farmhouse.

This is an excellent project, where a group of folk have tirelessly been working for 7 years to bring it into fruition.  Bridgend Farmhouse has been renovated from it's dilapidated state into a community owned initiative, with cafe, garden, workshops and volunteers.  The emphasis is placed on community and good eating.

 Go and visit, get involved!
http://www.bridgendfarmhouse.org.uk/

Three Hares Community Woodland Fundraiser. 27th Oct, 2017.

Yowzer!  A Psychegaelic Ceilidh with Awry!!

When?  Friday 27th October, 2017. 7:30-11:30pm
Where?  St. Peter's Hall, Lutton Place, Edinburgh
Why?  To raise funds for Three Hares Community Woodland
What?  A Ceilidh with Awry (Epic Ceilidh Band!!!) and some freestyle wigging out to Portnawak & The Woo.
How much?  £10, or £7 student/low wage, £5 unwaged.

Come and be flung!!!!!

In My Treehouse Festival, 9th July 2016

Portnawak & The Woo are pretty excited.  We're playing a gig in a tree!!

And, we'll be very glad to be dancing once again to the sounds of Diddley Squat

Saturday 9th July at the Burnlaw Centre, Whitfield, Northumberland.


For more info click here:
 'SAY TREES'


"Bands in a tree!! thats right! bands rocking out in a tree!!"


 Ah yeah.

REFUGEE AID 1ST APRIL, 2016

1st April, Old St.Paul's Hall, Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh.  7:30pm-Midnight.  £5 minimum donation.  Family friendly.  With music from foot stomping Portnawak & The Woo, the wonderful 'I could listen to this lady sing for days' Cera Impala (www.ceraimpala.com), and mini Moondog Choir.  Also some tunes of the world from Portnawak DJ's Smudge, Don Simon and Jesscat Selector!

Disco Soup, 26th March, 2016

Disco Soup aims to raise awareness and fight against food waste by diverting food that was headed to the bin towards our bellies instead, all while grooving to some local tunes. Over the previous three events, we’ve avoided hundreds of kilos of food waste while building more sustainable communities here in Edinburgh.

 It’s back, and this time at the Forge in Fountainbridge! Join us and Foodsharing Edinburgh for the city’s 4th Disco Soup. We’ll start the food prep at 12 noon, with a day of chopping, eating, and dancing to follow!

 The Forge is located in a post-industrial field in between the streets Viewforth and Gilmore park next to the Union Canal. 

There will also be workshops:
  
Bikes for Refugees (supporting new members of our community with bikes). Bring any old or uneeded bikes of safety equipment to donate!

The Pianodrome ("a bespoke apocalypse-chic 100 seater amphitheatre made entirely out of 30 freegan upright pianos") is in construction at the Forge. On saturday the prototype will be there for playing, as well as a whole container of upcycled pianos - learn about this exciting, experimental community project.


Portnawak & The Woo will be providing the tunes from 4pm.


 

Re-Act Scotland, 17th December 2015

Studio 24, Edinburgh hosted Little X-Mas, a fundraiser for Re-Act, Refugee Action Scotland with Bristol Branch and Portnawak & The Woo.

Re-Act, Refugee Action Scotland, is a not-for-profit humanitarian aid project launched in response to the worldwide refugee crisis. It is part of a growing organisation throughout the UK, working to fundraise and collect vital donations from all over Scotland to transport to the refugee camps in Calais and throughout other crisis areas of Europe.

Re-Act aims to help raise awareness of the growing crisis that many in our government and much of the mainstream media refuse to support.

Visit http://www.re-act.scot/ for more info and to find out ways in which you can help.

Do it.

Three Hares Community Woodland Celebration

Portnawak & The Woo were delighted to be playing round a fire at the first Three Hares Community Woodland event on the land.  It was frosty, and fingers were numb, but we left glowing.

If you would like to be involved with the Three Hares Community Woodland, Midlothian or would like more info, visit our minimal but soon to be brimming website:  
www.three-hares-woodland.org
or email:
hello@three-hares-woodland.org

25th-27th September - NonStuff Festival

Portnawak & the Woo (but not only) will be PERFORMING an ACOUSTIC act at the NonStuff festival 2015! We cannae wait, acoustic is Fantastic! Acoustic is Romantic! Acoustic is Shamanic and Super Freak!!!

This is Wiston Lodge where it will happen

11th July,2015 The Drill Hall.

Out Of The Blue Drill Hall, Leith.

11th July, 2015. 11:30am-3pm, free entry.

Portnawak & The Woo plus Bruncheon!

What more could you want of a Saturday morn?

Meadows Festival - 6th 7th June

We'll be playing at 1pm (hopefully) on the Meadows on Saturday the 6th of June. WOO!

Who? WOO!

Forest Cafe, Saturday 9th August

For one night only during the Edinburgh Festival, Portnawak & The Woo will be playing at The Forest Café, Tollcross.

From 10pm ish.

Plus special guests.

Always FREE.

NonStuff Festival - 12-14 Sept 2014

Portnawak & the Woo is proud and excited to announce that they will be playing ACOUSTIC (Yeah!) at the NonStuff festival.

And as if it was not enough to see Portnawak & the Woo twice over the weekend, you also get other performances including the amazing Pendulums, the Forgotten Works, + more + workshops + free hugs + Voley ball playing + Story telling + Poulet-Patates-Cornichons + ....

Less Is Mor. Fri 31st Jan, 2014.

Psychedelic Ceilidh Crew 'Awry' bring us 'Less is Mor'.  Friday 31st January, 2014 at The Canon's Gait Bar basement 7pm-12:30am.

With music from Dead White Males, Grant McNeil, Cammy Sinclair, Danny 'Sparklepants' Mullins, and Portnawak & The Woo.  Of course, there will be a psych ceilidh from Awry.

Rumour has it there may even be an unauthentic Swedish Troll Grotto.  Yep, you heard.

Nobles Bar, 25th Oct, 2013.

25th October, 9pm (ish!).  Portnawak & The Woo swashbuckle   [swosh-buhk-uhl] 
the night away.


So, dock your vessel in Leith... the Nobles creature is poised to seize your timbers and shiver 'em like billy-o. 

 Nobles Cafe, Bar & Venue
44a Constitution Street
Leith

DJ Set and jiggity live music.  FREE!

swashbuckler  (ˈswɒʃˌbʌklə)
— n
1.	a swaggering or flamboyant adventurer
2.	a film, book, play, etc, depicting excitement and adventure, esp in a historical setting

Knockengorroch 2013

Portnawak & The Woo will be bouncing around the Knockengorroch World Ceilidh 23rd-26th May.

Catch our gigs in the Shieling Tent, The Longhouse and, of course, the bar!



Yipeeeeeee!!!!



See you there, sunshine!

Hob My Nob, 23rd November 2012

There was 'Crunchy My Nut', there was 'Cheesy My Puff' and now, described as ' Edinburgh's most exquisite and eclectic circus clubnight...' HOB MY NOB is happening at Studio 24 on 23rd November 10pm-3am.

Portnawak & The Woo will be there, playing at 1am-ish, The Beasties will be there, and more, to make this night an 'orgastronomical fusion of performances'. Wow.  Will  you be there?...or will you be at home with a nice cuppa tea and a Medievalbiscuit?  Dance or dunk?

27th October, Eskdalemuir

By special request...  Portnawak & The Woo return to Eskdalemuir...dum dum dhuuuum!  


Eskdalemuir will be resurrecting it's Hallow'een ROKPA Fundraiser in the Town Hall on the evening of Saturday 27th October.

Bring the family!!

Clearly, you missed the Audio Soup Festival, where we were playing on Sunday, did you not? What a shame... Well, next time, we will let you know then.