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This event is part of Newbury Spring Festival 2026 programme

RANT



  • Corn Exchange Auditorium
  • Adults £25 / £22  / 
  • Children £12.50 / £11 (including booking fees)
Four musicians holding fiddles, standing in front of a colourful brick wall. One performer is crouching, and they are all looking at the camera.

Tickets will go on sale to Platinum Friends at 10am on Tue 27 Jan, with Gold Friends booking from 10am on Wed 28 Jan, Friends booking from 10am on Fri 30 Jan and on general sale at 10am on Tue 10 Feb.

With three acclaimed albums under their belt, RANT remain at the forefront of the Scottish fiddle scene. 

The meeting of four of the country’s finest players, the quartet use just their fiddles to weave a tapestry of melodies, textures, layers and sounds. Bethany Reid from Shetland, Anna Massie and Lauren MacColl from the Highland peninsula of the Black Isle, and Gillian Frame from Arran join forces to showcase the combined resonance of their instruments with repertoire unearthed from both old collections and their own contemporary writing. 

RANT create a sound which is both spacious and lush, yet retaining all the earthy bite and spark of a traditional Scottish fiddle player. Their performances reflect years of honing their sound together and their love for the music of their respective home regions through their writing, repertoire and stories.

Location: Corn Exchange Newbury RG14 5BD

Duration: 2 hours (approx)

Bethany Reid, Anna Massie, Lauren MacColl & Gillian Frame : fiddle

Sponsored by The Storey Charitable Trust

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