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The band

The Science Ceilidh Band is formed from the team of Lewis Hou (fiddle, calling), Lewis Williamson (fiddle), Gary Rafferty (guitar) and Helen Le-Mar (flute, calling). 

The band have played their high energy take on traditional Scottish music around Europe, incorporating elements from continental balfolk, quebecois and nordic traditions with a cheeky dash of techno and geek culture for good measure into their ceilidhs for festivals, events, weddings and conferences. Highlights have included TEDxGlasgow, the Royal Society, Physiological Society Conference, Big Bang Bash at National Museum Scotland, Green Man Festival (Einstein's Garden), headlining Solarsphere in Wales, Mugstock Festival and weddings in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Ireland. 

Based on the Canadian Barn Dance. Part of Brainwaves Science Ceilidh, with all dances with a twist of neuroscience, at the Edinburgh International Science Festival 2015 (at Summerhall). Find out more: www.scienceceilidh.com
 
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For the International Year of Light, a team of chemists from Edinburgh worked with the Science Ceilidh to write new Scottish ceilidh dances which explained the science behind light in everyday life, and on a cold and windy December eve, shared it with the public. Find out more here: www.scienceceilidh.com/light Kindly funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry
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