There's many a sesh on in Glasgow. The best (IMHO) *singer's* session in Glasgow is Wednesday evenings at Saint Andrew's in The Square. Apart from that, there's the late-night Festival Club (usually) at the Central Hotel, where there's usually stuff going on.

The thing about Celtic Connections is that it's not really a folk festival.. it's a set of concerts with some workshops. It was originally designed as a way to fill in some space for the Concert Hall in a dead part of the year. So it has never really had that "home-grown" character that many folk festivals emerge from.
In fact, I think it's fair to say that some sessions have been "grafted onto" CC, to give it a bit of character.

I'm not slagging it off - I enjoy CC, and it offers a range of artists and events that you'd have to go along way to find elsewhere.   It's just a different sort of beast from most other festivals. Plus, it's January. Not too much outdoor stuff going on...

Anyhoo...

I'm looking forward to Blue Murder, maybe get around to Dougie Maclean, and might even go after the Open Stage thingie.

Oh, BTW, Maryrrf, who opened the thread, you asked about the Danny Kyle Open Stage. I haven't participated, but as far as I know, if you get them a tape, earlyish - there'll be info on the Concert Hall website eventually - you can get a spot. It's pretty eclectic - a couple of guys who won 2 years ago played Django Reinhart-style jazz guitar..


Cheers


Steven