Beyond presents

Elephant Sessions

Thursday 22nd September

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  • Doors 7:30pm |
  • £16.00 |
  • Standing |
  • 14+ (Under 16 with responsible adult)

Please note: ticket prices may be subject to booking fee. Ticket prices shown reflect the lowest price tickets available.

// RESCHEDULES //
Statement from Elephant Sessions
“We have had to make the difficult decision to postpone our last two shows of this tour in Aberdeen and Inverness. Both of these shows have been sold out for a while and we were so excited to do them but it is clear to us that the risk to the health of our fans, crew and venue staff is just not worth it. This decision won’t be surprising given how things have played out over the last few days.
Original tickets remain valid and the new dates are:
Lemon Tree, Aberdeen – 05/05/22
Ironworks, Inverness – 22/09/22 
Thanks for all your support, we really do appreciate it.
Just can’t believe it’s come to this, again.
Gutted”

Previous date 18/12/2021. All tickets remain valid for the new date) 

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PRE SALE – WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH 10AM 

GENERAL SALE – FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 10AM 

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Elephant Sessions return to their hometown for their first headline show in the Highland Capital for two years! This is a special venue for the band and one they sold out last time so grab tickets whilst you still can!

WINNERS 2017 BBC SCOTS TRAD AWARDS ALBUM OF THE YEAR

WINNERS 2018 BBC SCOTS TRAD LIVE ACT OF THE YEAR

FINALISTS 2018 BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS – BEST BAND

‘The versatility of Elephant Sessions is its strength. Passionate about their culture and their origins, these Scots are using their instruments like weapons to destroy clichés…We love them’ Rolling Stone Magazine

‘Absolutely superb…’ Chris Hawkins (BBC Radio 6)

Elephant Sessions transcend boundaries and shake the very foundations of expectation.

Exploding onto the indie folk scene to unparalleled effect with their last album “All We Have Is Now”, the band have since appeared at some of the world’s most notable venues and festivals with audiences crowd surfing their way through the summer and marquee floors breaking under the weight of bouncing fans.

The Mercury nominated Alt-J, along with BBC Radio 6, found themselves converted to the band’s unique brand of indie folk. Reviews from Rolling Stone Magazine sat alongside folk magazine coverage. Radio features accompanied documentaries and highlights shows on television stations.

Charting in the French download charts and selling bucket loads across Europe, ‘All We Have Is Now’ firmly established this band as completely unique.

2018 saw awards in abundance. Opening the year as winners of Album of the Year at the BBC Scotland Trad Awards, they went on to be finalists as Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 awards. In May, Belhaven Brewery got together with the band to award the first ever Belhaven Bursary for innovation in music. The bursary amount matches the Mercury Music prize and was awarded in recognition of their unique and outstanding sound. It was accompanied by the bands own beer ‘Elephant Sessions Ale’, which was launched in May 2018.They closed the year by picking up the coveted BBC Scots Trad Award as Live Band of the Year.

May 2019 saw the release of third album ‘What Makes You’, once again to great acclaim. A UK tour was followed by a summer of festivals across Europe, including Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Tonder Festival, Wickham Festival, Belladrum, Towersey, Skye Live and the opening ceremony of the Solheim Cup. Closing the year with sold out shows in both their home towns of Glasgow and Inverness, the band have notched up over 1.5 million spotify streams and charted in digital charts across Europe and Australia. The band spent Hogmanay/ New Year’s Eve by magically managing a simultaneous appearance in both Scotland and Australia! An appearance on BBC Scotland’s Hogmanay show kept fans at home happy, whilst a live concert at The Woodford Festival in Australia officially opened year- long activities for the Year of Scotland in Australia 2020.

Returning from a tour of Australia in January and a quick appearance at Folk Alliance international in New Orleans, the band planned to again head out on the road to perform a few dates across the UK. Then came lockdown.

It takes more than a worldwide pandemic to stop this band though! As soon as they were able to get together, in a Covid safe, socially distanced way of course, they started making plans to film a unique live performance in their home of the Scottish Highlands. As well as providing  exclusive performance footage for fans, the stream ensured that their regular touring crew and wider teams, as well as their favourite local venue would all benefit from the stream.

With help from Creative Scotland, Elephant Sessions filmed their Lockdown Special in late 2020 in Ironworks in Inverness. This went on to be one of the most viewed events of the Celtic Connections 2021 online festival. Following huge demand from those that were not able to see this stream the band have partnered with Active Folk By the Oak, Head for the Hills Festival and myplayer.uk for an exclusive stream of this show on 10th April 2021.