Your guide to the top gigs around Ayrshire
Super Troupers and Dancing Queens are in for a real treat as Abbamania roll into town.
With almost two decades of experience, the band are worldrenowned for their faithful tribute to the Swedish pop sensation.
Kilmarnock’s Bellfield Tavern plays host to the band on Saturday evening, offering a great chance to hear classics in an intimate setting.
Elsewhere, the Harbour Arts Centre will see a performance by rockers Dogtooth, organised by top Ayrshire promoters Freckfest, on Friday evening.
The band, formed at the Millport Scooter Rally in 2012, take influences from some of the UK’s best- loved bands such as The Who, Oasis, The Stone Roses and The Clash.
And for a special celebration of Ayrshire’s original music hero, Robert Burns, head to Alloway Parish Church on Sunday.
The village’s Burns Club present Shall Brothers Be... at 2pm on Sunday, a celebration of the Bard’s work and legacy.
As always, there’s a great selection of open mics, acoustic and jam sessions throughout the county.
The full listings: Treehouse Sessions, Treehouse, Ayr, 9pm.
Acoustic Bliss – open mic, The Twa Dugs, Ayr, 10pm.
Jam session, The Wick, Prestwick, 9pm.
Jam session with Aimee Penman, Lido, Troon, 8.30pm.
Open mic and jam session, Fanny by Gaslight, Kilmarnock, 8pm. Checkpoint, Black Bull, Ayr, 8pm. Music Club, The Ship Inn, Irvine, 9pm.
Open mic, Tam O’Shanter Inn, Ayr, 9pm.
Welbeck Wood, Elliots, Prestwick, 9pm.
Dizzy Heights, RAF Association Club, Prestwick, 8pm.
Dogtooth, Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine, 7.30pm.
Trunk Monkey, Harleys, Ayr, 9.30pm.
Just Like Eddie, RAF Association Club, Prestwick, 8pm. Pam Kay, Anchor Bar, Ayr, 9pm. Love and Dance, Black Bull, Ayr, 8pm.
Velvet Touch, Railway Club, Ayr, 8pm.
Tangent, Ex- Services Club, Ayr, 8pm.
Abbamania, Bellfield Tavern, Kilmarnock, 7pm.
Ayr Blues Club, Twa Dugs, Ayr, 6.30pm.
Ben Ellis open mic, Harleys, Ayr, 9.30pm.
Mark and Alana, Black Bull, Ayr, 8pm.
Open mic, The Alton Inn, Kilwinning, 9pm.
Open mic, Elliots, Prestwick, 7.30pm.
Sunday jam, Fanny by Gaslight, Kilmarnock, 3pm.
Alloway Burns Club: Shall Brothers Be, Parish Church, Alloway, 2pm. Folk jam, The Turf, Irvine, 8pm.
If you have any listings you want included in the gig guide email michael. reynolds@ trinitymirror. com or call 01292 262200.