Glasgow's Celtic Connections which takes place at various venues from Thursday 19th January to Sunday 5th February 2017 will once again play host to 18 days of concerts, ceilidhs, talks, art exhibitions, workshops, free events, late night sessions and a host of special one-off musical collaboration.  

The Opening Concert will see Laura Marling performing the world premiere of orchestrations of her songs by Kate St. John with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and special guests.

The festival will include a celebration of inspiring women artists, with performances by Roberta Sá, Olivia Newton John with Beth Neilson Chapman, Karine Polwart, and legendary singer Shirley Collins among the other highlights.

Celtic Connections 2017 will also focus on artists who have lived through times of intense personal hardships and found success through their music and strength, such as world music star Aziza Brahim who grew up in an Algerian refugee camp.

Margo Price, St Paul & the Broken Bones, Darlingside, Hurray for the Riff Raff, the Mark O’ Connor Band and Calexico and are among the stars of Americana & Bluegrass who will be taking to the stage.

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry will perform classic railroad songs featured on their album Shine A Light which was recorded on a four day journey by train across America.

Traditional and Folk music remain at the heart of Celtic Connections, the line up includes La Banda Europa led by Jim Sutherland, star-studded folk orchestra Unusual Suspects, fiddle super-group Session A9, Edinburgh’s Dallahan, the premiere of piping project Tryst, Ireland’s festival favourites Sharon Shannon and Four Men & A Dog, Gaelic rockers Manran and a 20th Anniversary performance of Phil Cunningham’s Highlands & Islands suite.

Shooglenifty and special guests will come together for A Night for Angus, paying tribute to their friend, band member and inspirational fiddle player Angus R.Grant who so sadly passed away this month.

Celtic Connections 2017 will also bring the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Canada to Glasgow with shows by leading Canadian artists such as Martha Wainwright, Le Vent Du Nord, De Temps Antan and Russell deCarle.

The 70th anniversary of the Partition of India will be marked with a Celtic Connections premiere and commission for leading world percussionists Trilok Gurtu & Evelyn Glennie and classical violin star Jayanthi Kumaresh.

Details of all artists performing at Celtic Connections, below:

Laura Marling, Martha Wainwright, Olivia Newton-John, Fairport Convention, St Paul and The Broken Bones, Orchestra Baobab, Eliza Carthy and The Wayward Band, Sharon Shannon, The Eskies, Karine Polwart, Steve Tilston, Jez Lowe, Ed Harcourt, Calexico, Manran, Seth Lakeman, Shirley Collins, King Creosote, Treacherous Orchestra, Charlie Cunningham, Atlantic Arc Orchestra, Wildwood Kin, The White Buffalo, Pictish Trail, Fat Suit, Federation of The Disco Pimp, Lewis & Leigh, Bella and the Bear, Aziza Brahim, Dervish, Breabach, Anna Meredith, Beoga, Night Moves, Blazin' Fiddles, Broken Witt Rebels, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Amy Sky, John McCusker Band, Four Men & A Dog, Imar, Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Shooglenifty, Suns of Arqa, Bemis, Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fire, Margo Price, The Anchoress, Feis Rois, Heidi Talbot, John Smith, Lauren MacColl, Mexrrissey, Los Pacaminos, C Duncan, Man of Moon, Tryst, Connla, Aaron Watson, Siobhan Miller, Cherish The Ladies. Le Vent du Nord, Damien Dempsey, Hermitage Green, De Temps, Fara, Ezza, Basco, Talisk, Tom Russell, Cera Impala, Pierce Turner and Charly Houston, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Rayon, Gaelic Psalm Singers, The Glad Community Choir, Sarah Jarosz, La Banda Europa, Blue Rose Code, Fiona Hunter, Rod Paterson, Claire Hastings, Ross Kennedy, John Morran, Wendy Weatherby, Brian O'hEadhra, Gaels Le Cheile, Balkanopolis, Aidan O'Rourke, Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson, Stephanie Hladowksi, Koshka, Lula Pena, A Night for Angus, RANT: 4/4 - A Project For Projection, Ivan Drever's Orkney Gathering, Louise Bichan, Compton & Newberry, Sean Gray, NeWt Trio, Phil Cunningham, Aidan Moffat, Derek Gripper, Tom Paxton, The Elephant Sessions, Dosca, Darlingside, Adam Holmes and the Embers, Cathy & Marcy, Robyn Stapleton, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Galen Fraser, Baby do Brasil, Far Flung Corners, Fuaran, Angus Nicolson Trio, Calum Alex Macmillan, Modern Studies, Tisso Lake, Nae Plans , Jeremy Kittel, Slobodan Trkulja, Roberta Sa, Gillian Frame, Trilok Gurtu, Evelyn Glennie, Dallahan, Vishten, Jarlath Henderson, Anna Lindblad Trio, Starless, Inveraray and District Pipe Band, Bagad Kemper: Melezour, Duncan Chisholm, Renata Rose, Ginkgoa, Scottish Clarinet Quintet, Ros Dunlop, World Beat Bothy, Niteworks, Inyal, Hamilton de Holanda, Hannah Fisher, Xabier Diaz, Mark O'Connor, Graham Mackenzie, Auld Hat New Heids, George Monbiot, Ewan McLennan, Stand and Stare, Shovels & Rope, Dirk Powell & Jon Cleary, The Lions of Lisbon, The Special Consensus, Quick, The Macmath Collective, John Paul White, Callaghan, Budapest Bar, Liz Lochhead, The Hazey Janes, Steve Kettley, Karan Casey, Rab Noakes, Tartine de Clous, Alasdair Roberts, Neil McDermott, James McMurtry, Nathan Bell, Alice Drinks the Kookaid, Rachel Walker, FLIT, Craig Armstrong, Calum Martin, The Pipes, The Pipes, Issho Drummers, Alice Marra, The Gaels Blue Orchestra, 3hattrio, Lizabett Russo, Strathspey, Surreal Society, Russell deCarle, Denis Keldie & Steve Briggs, David Francey, and Fraya Thomsen.

Tickets for all the events are available via the Celtic Connections website.