Sat 3, 8.30pm, Cross Keys Hotel, Denholm, £12.50, 07706 661951 Northumbrian piper and fiddler Kathryn Tickell makes the journey over the hills to top the bill at the Denholm Folk Festival in the Borders.

A professional musician for more than half her life, Tickell has been the official piper to the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, played sessions for Sting and composed music for jazz saxophonist Andy Sheppard and Mr McFall's Chamber. Here with her band, she'll bring her customary sweet-toned piping grace and fiddling zest to dance tunes and airs from the north east of England and beyond.