Highland Accordion and Fiddle Club

20/10/2026

20/10/2026

October Club Night Report

The Highland Club met for their October meeting in the usual venue at the Highland Rugby Club in Inverness.

Another large attendance had assembled in anticipation of another evening of excellent entertainment, and they were not to be disappointed.

First up was Heather Lyon on the fiddle. She had backing from Monica Maclean on accordion, Jacquie Macdonald on keyboards and Maggie Jamieson on drums.
First class as ever from Heather.

Young Grace Mohan took advantage of the school holidays and took her box and her Grandad Ernie Randall with his box with her. Grace is only 12 years old and displayed a competence and confidence way beyond her years, and I reckon we will be hearing a lot more from this young lady.

A trip to Forres for our next player. Bob Begg had his melodion and with backing from Jacquie Macdonald on keyboards and Maggie Jamieson on drums, he played a couple of well known medleys. Terrific sound from this wee box.

Time for our guests now and Roddy Matthews had made the long trip up from Northumberland. The renowned fiddle player had supreme accordionist Garry Alexander from Perth and Graeme Maceachern on drums, alongside him.

Wow. They wowed the audience with a rousing performance of pure talent and showmanship. Roddy is a master at the fiddle and managed to squeeze a couple of superbly played slow airs into the programme. Garry is also a master on the accordion and displayed his outstanding talent superbly. The band blended beautifully together and were very well received, and all done without a single note of music in front of them.

After the break, Susie Simpson had Jock Fraser on second box, Murdo Watson on fiddle, Jacquie Macdonald on the keyboards and Maggie Jamieson on drums.

Monica Maclean then took over the stage and Jacquie and Maggie remained in situ.

Jock Fraser filled the last floor player of the evening spot, with Susie Simpson moving over to the keyboards and Maggie Jamieson on drums.

Yet again our floor players excelled. Every single one of them are a credit to the music we all love and we really appreciate their efforts. Thanks guys.

The Highland faithful headed out into the cold air with a real spring in their step.

Yet another great night at the Highland Accordion and Fiddle Club.

19/10/2026

Looking forward to seeing you all tonight for the Roddy Matthews Trio…..we're expecting a busy night 🎻🪗🥁🤭

We know it's only October🍁 but we're starting our shenanigans early this year. Join in our “Musical 🎶Squares” fundraiser on sale Monday night £2 per square ⭐️£50 Gift Voucher of your choice⭐️
Wonder what would happen if 35 went to 36 🏰with 81. Meanwhile 77 and 88 were scrapping over 98. 66 was 90 when 54 came marching over 84 with 47 in tow. To cut a long story short, they all landed at a 26 👰where 28 🍻and by the end of the night they were 100 🌓…….🤣have fun and hope you win ⭐️🤞🎶

17/10/2026

We know it's only October🍁 but we're starting our shenanigans early this year. Join in our “Musical 🎶Squares” fundraiser on sale Monday night £2 per square ⭐️£50 Gift Voucher of your choice⭐️
Wonder what would happen if 35 went to 36 🏰with 81. Meanwhile 77 and 88 were scrapping over 98. 66 was 90 when 54 came marching over 84 with 47 in tow. To cut a long story short, they all landed at a 26 👰where 28 🍻and by the end of the night they were 100 🌓…….🤣have fun and hope you win ⭐️🤞🎶

13/10/2026

We'd be delighted if you'd join the easyfundraising app and support Highland Accordion and Fiddle Club with donations from your preferred retailer. We've already raised £153 towards club funds🍂 We have a great little club and have achieved so much in our 53 years🎶 We want to keep on this upward trend🪗🎻🥁🎹 A really easy way to help us if you shop online 🤞

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12/10/2026

No wonder they're going batty 🦇🦇🦇in Dingwall……⭐️WHAT A NIGHT ⭐️ 🕵️🍁🍂🎃Absolutely full throttle, west coast crackers from start to finish with the Andrew MacDonald trio 🍂 (Park Bar Tuesday night Mòd shenanigans) How are we supposed to compete with that 🤦oh yeh…….we've got the Roddy Matthews’ Trio coming on Monday…..see you there🎶🎻🪗🥁🎶