Beggars Row were first formed in 1997 especially for the Culross
Festival by Bob Ferguson, disbanded later that year and reformed with a new line up early in 1998.
By the summer of that year the Beggars went to Russia with overwhelming
success and three more tours followed. The last one involved twenty three concerts in twenty one days as well as TV shows
and several press conferences.
Since then there have been some personnel changes though Bob,
Gus and David remain from the original line up as founder members.
Below are some of the Festivals and Venue Beggars Row have performed at over the years
Skagen festival, Denmark Loch Lomond festival, Scotland Over
the Wall Festival, Caernarvon Stonehaven Festival, Scotland Killin Folk Festival, Scotland Mauchline Festival,
Scotland Callander festival, Scotland Broadstairs festival, England Canterbury Theatre, England Newton Aycliffe
Festival, England Maiden City Festival, Ireland KIlkeel festival, Ireland East Kilbride Theatre, Scotland Harbour
Arts Centre, Scotland Glasgow City Hall, Scotland Nevis Centre, Scotland Paisley Beer festival, Scotland Houston
Beer festival, Scotland Egursund festival, Norway Labadoux festival, Belguim Hasselt Festival, Belguim Blairgowrie
festival, Scotland Strib Festival, Denmark Sneek Festival, Holland Moscow Highland Games, Russia House of
artists, Moscow, Russia Norvey Centre, Moscow, Russia British Embassy, Moscow, Russia House of Journalists, Moscow,
Russia Planet Hollywood, Moscow, Russia Sokorniki Park open air Festival, Moscow, Russia Leewarden Celtic night,
Holland Zwolle Celtic night, Holland Glasgow Marathon, Scotland Theatre DE Tamboer, Holland Theatre Rondeel,
Holland Aalten Country Fair, Holland Stonevalley Folk Club, Holland Silkeborg Viseverse Club, Denmark Kulturhuset
Pavillonnen, Denmark Culross Festival, Scotland Bornholms Musikhus, Denmark Lindenboom Hotel, Texel, Holland
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Early in 2000 Neil joined and has become the anchor on stage
as the rest of the band roam around on and off stage as part of a highly energetic performance.
The act continued to develop into more of a show during further
tours of Norway, Holland, Denmark, Belgium and Ireland. By the time Ricky joined as percussionist Beggars Row were selling
out at Concerts and Festivals and building a fiercely loyal fan base.
Many of the Beggars Row fans travel hundreds of miles to see
the band playing.
Now when The Beggars are playing they are often always billed
as the best live Celtic Band from Scotland.
We hope that in ten or twenty years from now this Biography
will be a lot longer and our friendship and music will still be playing for you for a lot longer than one can imagine.
beggarsrow2003@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone enquiries 0044 (0)141 884 3153
We would like to express or gratitude to Bent & Peter from
Art and Music in Denmark for their continued faith in Beggars Row by continuing to secure prestigious venues for us in
Denmark.
We are proud to be represented by Art and Music who also represent
Fairport Convention, Ralph McTell, Magna Carta and other greats in the Folk Music world.
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