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# Ullapool Guitar Festival

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- [Home](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/) - Ullapool Guitar Festival, October 2nd, 3rd and 4th,2026. See the "buy tickets" page for more details. Welcome to the home page of the Ullapool Guitar Festival. Feel free to explore the website and to find out about what we are and what we are about. So, what is the UGF, and why is it
- [2026 Artists](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5341) - This is a list of artists confirmed so far, check out the links for further information. Adam Bulley & Chas Mackenzie Anna Massie Clive Carroll Emil Ernebro with Lucas Brar Gordon Giltrap MBE Huge Burns Innotet Jacques Carroll-Leitao John Goldie John Smith Laura Snowden Pete Price Professor Allan Neave with students from the Royal Conservatoire
- [2026 Programme 2nd, 3rd and 4th October.](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=1048) - All Concerts,Workshops, Late Club and the Trade Show take place in the Macphail Centre 5 Mill Street Ullapool IV26 2UN tel 01854 613336 Please note that the information given below may be subject to change and all timings are approximate. FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER. Concert starts at 19.30pm TBC SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER. Workshops @ 10.00am. Tutors:
- [Buy Tickets for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th October 2026.](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5) - You can now purchase tickets via this website. BUY TICKETS HERE WEEKEND TICKETS FOR 2026 A weekend ticket entitles you to entry to all 5 concerts, 3 late night festival clubs and all workshops and master classes held on the Saturday and Sunday mornings of the Festival weekend. Like many festivals, we do not send
- [Samuelito](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5206) - If you attended the 2022 Festival you would have seen Samuelito playing in a duo with the amazing Antoine Boyer.This year we have Samuelito playing a solo set. Samuel Rouesnel, known as Samuelito, is a French guitarist born in 1993 in Caen. He began playing classical guitar at the age of 7 at the Conservatory,
- [Clive Carroll](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=144) - Clive Carroll An ever-present at Ullapool since the first festival, Clive Carroll is recognised as one of the outstanding acoustic guitarists of his – or indeed any other - generation. He made his performing debut at the age of six, playing a home-made cut-down banjo with the family show band in Essex. There followed a
- [Link to our YouTube channel.](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5224) - Follow the link below. Ullapool Guitar Festival Youtube Studio The Ullapool Guitar Festival is sponsored by Fylde Guitars.
- [Gordon Giltrap MBE](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5218) - Gordon Giltrap is one of the legends of the guitar world, his biography is available as a hardback book; but if you would like to read an abridged version then follow this link https://www.giltrap.co.uk/bio/ This year Gordon will be running workshops and no doubt will be persuaded to play at the late club.
- [Anna Massie](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5215) - Equally at home as accompanist or melody player, Anna Massie is one of the trad world's foremost guitarists. As well as being a skilled multi-instrumentalist renowned for her work with Blazin’ Fiddles and RANT, she also presents BBC Radio Scotland’s award-winning flagship trad music programme, Travelling Folk. Four-time nominee for Best Instrumentalist at the Scots
- [Jacques Carroll- Leitao](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5212) - Jacques Carroll-Leitao is a guitarist, lutenist, composer and music researcher hailing from sunny Cumbernauld. He started learning music at the age of 6, and aimed for a musical career early on, He attended Douglas Academy music school followed by the RCS, where he is now pursuing a PhD on classical improvisation for guitar and lute.
- [Pete Price](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5209) - Peter Price is a highly respected British acoustic blues guitarist and singer-songwriter based in Warrington, known for his masterful fingerstyle technique and extensive repertoire spanning country blues, folk, jazz, and Latin American styles. He has toured internationally, performing at festivals across the UK, Europe, and North America. Key details about Peter Price: Musical Style: His performances feature ragtime,
- [Laura Snowden](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5203) - Described by Acoustic Guitar Magazine as possessing ‘multi-dimensional gifts, imagination and fearless artistic sensibility’, Laura’s eclectic musical output has ranged from playing guitar solos on Lorne Balfe's soundtrack for Marvel film Black Widow to performing Lisa Streich’s guitar concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Laura studied with Julian Bream, during which time she gave two
- [Robbie McIntosh](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5199) - Robbie McIntosh has legendary status among his fellow musicians. His career to date includes spells as guitarist with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Tom Jones, John Mayer, and Norah Jones. Robbie has played many of the world’s top festivals and venues. Among his numerous TV and radio appearances, Robbie was with Sir Tom Jones on Jools Holland’s Hootenanny BBC TV show on
- [The Transatlantic Guitar Trio, Richard Smith, Joscho Stephan and Rory Hoffman](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5196) - We are more than pleased to welcome these three fabulous musicians back to the Festival this year.Richard SmithRichard Smith (born December 12, 1971) is a British -Born Nashville based fingerstyle guitarist known for his incredible technical precision, range, and early acclaim as a child prodigy. Influenced by Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, he began playing at
- [Soenke Meinen](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4781) - SÖNKE MEINEN Sönke Meinen, born in 1991 and raised in Ihlow/Northern Germany, studied under Prof. Thomas Fellow, Prof. Stephan Bormann and Reentko Dirks at the Dresden University of Music, where he held a teaching position himself from 2019 to 2022.Sönke Meinen won numerous competitions - in 2016 he collected awards at two of the largest
- [Festival Club 2026](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=439) - The Late Night Festival Club in the Macphail Centre The late night Festival Club will take place in the The Macphail Centre. Weekend ticket holders have free entry to the Club. Sorry NO Wristband NO Entry. The 2026 Festival Club will start earlier because of the 0100 hr curfew pertaining to the building; you can
- [2026 Raffle guitars](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=1311) - Watch this space as we head into 2026.
- [Emil Ernebro with Lucas Brar](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4943) - Emil was born in 1987 in Bengtsfors, Sweden. He started playing the guitar at the young age of 9. His teacher at the Music school in Bengtsfors was a great inspiration and he gave him his first opportunity to play for a live audience. Emil’s first guitar was a nylon string acoustic. Then for Christmas
- [2026 Trade Show](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=787) - Exhibitors confirmed for 2025 are :- We are once again greatly indebted to Roger Bucknall MBE at Fylde Guitars for all his help and support over numerous years. Once again he is donating one of his amazing guitars which will be sold to raise money for the 2025 festival. www.fyldeguitars.co Rob Hodgson Acoustic guitars individually
- [Professor Allan Neave with Students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4302) - Professor Allan Neave The Guitar Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is among the foremost in Europe, attracting top students from Britain and indeed all over the world. Over the last ten years it has seen a production line of top-class and prizewinning talent, under the aegis of Allan Neave. Allan is one of
- [John Smith](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=5096) - He was dubbed the future of folk music by Pentangle’s John Renbourn, but singer-songwriter John Smith’s unique synthesis of styles puts him halfway across the Atlantic. The Living Kind is his masterpiece in American atmospherics: a true musician’s record, produced by Joe Henry, the man responsible for some of the subtlest Americana of recent times. At the
- [Tristan Seume](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=158) - http://www.tristanseume.com.Tristan Seume As a soloist,accompanist,writer and session musician, Tristan Seume is one of the UK’s leading acoustic guitarists. Strongly influenced by folk, jazz and country, he has released two instrumental solo albums, "You Just Know" and "Middle Child", featuring a mixture of original compositions, traditional tunes and a few choice covers . Tristan also
- [John Goldie](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=152) - John Goldie Originally from Airdrie, John's musical career began as an electric player, working as a session musician and sideman to numerous touring American artistes. A chance meeting with guitar legend Martin Taylor led to a fundamental change of direction to jazz and the acoustic guitar, and
- [Hugh Burns](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=148) - Hugh Burns As a 'first-call' session musician, and accompanist to the likes of George Michael and Gerry Rafferty, Hugh's work has been heard by millions of people across the globe. He has worked with Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Jack Bruce and Robert Palmer, among many
- [Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=991) - One of the most highly rated duo’s in the country, Adam Bulley & Chas Mackenzie deliver a fiery, energy fuelled array of acoustic music styles. Weaving effortlessly between Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Folk and Pop, they have performed on some of the biggest stages in the UK, alongside some of the worlds greatest musicians. Originally performing
- [Innotet](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4932) - Innotet Featuring Harriet Davidson, Innes Watson, Seonaid Aitken and Feargus Hetherington Harriet Davidson studied Modern History at Oxford University before postgraduate studies on the cello at the Guildhall School of Music. She returned to Scotland in 2005 after 8 years freelancing in London. Harriet has toured with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and works regularly with
- [Links](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=7) - For accommodation listings http://www.ullapool.comhttp://www.ullapool.co.uk Suppliers and instrumentsFylde GuitarsPowell GuitarsTaran GuitarsKenny's MusicLakewood GuitarsHeadway MusicElixir StringsD'Addario Strings General LinksGO Outdoors http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/blog/50-family-friendly-festivals/ Cafe’s and our main Venue Cult Cafe The Bothy Coffee Shop, West Ln, Ullapool The Ceilidh PlaceThe Macphail Centre
- [Contact](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=104) - [si-contact-form form='1']
- [Festival footage](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=451) - Have a look at our new youtube channel.
- [Accommodation](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=99) - Hotels/Inns The Arch Inn 01854 612454 The Caledonian Hotel 01854 612306 The Ceilidh Place 01854 612103 The Ferry Boat Inn 01854 612366 The Royal Hotel 01854 612181 The Argyll Hotel 01854 612422 Bed and Breakfasts The Sheiling 01854 612947 Ladysmith House 01854 613286 Eilean Donan 01854 612524 The Old Surgery 01854 612520 Ardvreck 01854 612028
- [Location](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=89) - All the Concerts, Trade Show and Workshops at this years festival will take place in the MacPhail Centre. Our thanks to the Ceilidh Place for providing us with amazing food and drink in their pop up cafe. The Macphail Centre Mill Street Ullapool IV26 2UN Travelling to Ullapool by car. From Inverness cross the Kessock Bridge
- [Masterclasses](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=442) - Workshops run from 10.00am on both Saturday and Sunday mornings and take place in the Macphail Centre. We don’t usually have details of workshops until the eve of the Festival, when we can confirm who will and will not be available. What we can say is that there’s always something for everyone. We try wherever
- [Media](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4) - We will be using this section of the website to post Youtube clips, photography and other Festival related media. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORviSxZf2-4
- [Refund and Returns Policy](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=4378) - This is a sample page. Overview Our ticket refund policy is that you can have a full refund until 30 days before the event after that no refund is possible. You might wish to consider the purchase of insurance. Refunds Need help? Contact us at {r.lindsay@btinternet.com) for questions related to refunds and returns..
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- [Info](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=216) - Click on the tabs to get further information.
- [Archive](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=69) - Artists that have performed at the festival include: Anthony Smith Michael Lochery Kevin Cahill Laura Browne Declan Zapala Matt Buchanan Daryl Kellie Michael Fix Tom Watson Tam Gallagher Jimmy Moon Tim Sparks Marco Ramelli Richard Smith Gary Ryan Julia and Christian Zielinski Billy Watman Tim Edey Tony McManus Roland Krause Patsy Reid Alice Allan Soenke Meinen
- [Gallery](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=15) - Check back on this page soon for new photo's from previous festivals!
- [Testimonials](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?page_id=446) - Here's what some of the musicians have had to say about the festival!

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- [Make a Donation](https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/?product=make-a-donation) - The Ullapool Guitar Festival is made possible by the support of our audience, volunteers, sponsors and donors. If you're able to make a donation, we'd be incredibly grateful. Every contribution helps us continue bringing outstanding music to Ullapool.

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