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17 Jul 20
by Nathon Jones

Chloe McDonald dancing at this year's online festival event

If you enjoyed this year's online version of Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival please remember that you can still donate online to support costs for next year's event and the on-going work of Trad Music Trust to develop traditional music in Dumfries & Galloway.

You can watch this year's concert by clicking the button below where you'll also find a donation button which will take you to our JustGiving campaign.  Not only will you be supporting the musicians and dancers who appear in this year's online event, you'll also be supporting costs to host next year's festival which is taking over 9th-11th July 2021.

Thank you so much for your generosity and support.

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