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18 May, 2009

a busy time for pigtown fling

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

The new busy season for Pigtown Fling and its members kicked off in fine style last week and looks set to continue over the summer and beyond. More…

17 May, 2009

Puffer Bar, Easdale Island

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing in The Puffer Bar, Easdale Island, Oban, Argyll, Scotland on Saturday 13th June 2009 to help celebrate one year under new ownership. This will be a particularly emotional gig for Stephen as he was, for over 10 years, the previous owner of The Puffer. Please come along and join the party!

17 May, 2009

Puffer Bar, Easdale Island, Argyll

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing in The Puffer Bar, Easdale Island, Oban, Argyll, Scotland on Saturday 13th June 2009 to help celebrate one year under new ownership. This will be a particularly emotional gig for Stephen as he was, for over 10 years, the previous owner of The Puffer. Please come along and join the party!

16 May, 2009

all aboard the reaper…

Posted by: Stephen In: stephen's blog

On Thursday May 14th 2009 Pigtown Fling played on board a 107 year old Fife herring drifter which was moored in Oban Bay, Argyll, Scotland. More…

07 May, 2009

Reaper, Oban (old fishing boat)

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing on Reaper, a Fifie sailing herring drifter dating from 1902, on Thursday 14th May, 2009 in Oban, Argyll, Scotland. The boat is undertaking a tour of the West Highlands to allow schools and the public to visit it an learn about it’s history and the history of th eherring fleet in Scotland. More…

17 Apr, 2009

Kames Hotel, Kames, Argyll

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing at The Kames Hotel, Kames, Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland on the Saturday 5th September 2009. We will also be hanging around on the following Sunday afternoon for an open music session, please come and join us.
The Kames Hotel is an excellent place with good food and beer and lovely rooms, all set amongst lovely West Cowal scenery.

17 Apr, 2009

pigtown fling’s return to slovenia

Posted by: rab In: rab's blog

A day is a long time in carnival. Blink and you’ll miss it. That was certainly not the case for Pigtown Fling, as we didn’t miss a moment on their trip to Kurentovanje Carnival, Ptuj, Slovenia. More…

16 Apr, 2009

website theme experimentation

Posted by: Stephen In: news

I’ve started work on a new theme for Pigtown Fling’s website. I was looking for something a bit more dynamic that would encourage us to keep the content updated and fresh. More…

16 Apr, 2009

carnival 09 promo video

Posted by: Stephen In: news

Hotel Mitra created this short video to promote our visit to carnival in Ptuj.

16 Apr, 2009

Combourg, Brittany, France

Posted by: Stephen In: gigs

Pigtown Fling will be playing in Combourg, Brittany, France on Saturday 8th August 2009.
More details to follow.



  • Stephen: Yeah, it is a great tune. It's tunes like this that make me want to get a banjo!
  • David Brooks: This is a great tune. Evie Ladin, the banjo player for the Stairwell Sisters, plays a driving, syncopated version that is the engine for the tune. I

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web server change

I am in the process of moving all our sites to a new hosting company. The sites have been hosted with GoDaddy for the last year and I can’t say I have been very impressed with the service. More…

posted by Stephen in news on 23 Sep, 2009