Tim Edey, a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee for Best Musician 2018, headlines the opening night concert of the 5th annual Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional Music & Dance Festival with support from the outstanding 5-piece group LAS, who combine lively music numbers with beautifully arranged Scottish Gàidhlig/Irish language songs and Scottish stepdance/sean-nós dance routines, and BBC Radio Scotland's Young Musician of the Year 2018, singer Hannah Rarity and her band.