Graham Rorie & John Lowrie x The Orkney Distillery

Date: 14/03/2026
Time: Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.30pm start
Ticket price: £15

Orcadian fiddle and mandolin player Graham Rorie is an award-winning folk musician based in Glasgow. Nominated for ‘Musician of The Year’ at the 2023 Scots Trad Music Awards and a finalist in the 2021 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Graham has been making a name for himself as a performer, composer, session musician and producer since he graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Traditional Music Degree.

A founding member of quartet ‘Gnoss’, Graham has enjoyed festival appearances across Europe including Glasgow’s Celtic Connections, Festival Interceltique de Lorient (France) and Tønder Festival (Denmark). The band have also been nominated for four MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards including ‘Up and Coming Artist of the year 2017’, ’Album of the Year’ for their last two records, ‘Drawn From Deep Water’ (2019) and ‘The Light of The Moon’ (2021) and most recently ‘Folk Band of The Year’ (2023).

*Disabled parking is available from our car park on Burnmouth Road, disabled access to the events room by lift is also available.

Full-bodied and remarkably smooth, it combines vibrant juniper and pine with notes of dried fruit and toasted oak. Subtle smokiness adds depth, while the long, warming finish lingers with hints of liquorice, and sweet spice.

While our Barrel Aged Navy Strength Gin is exceptionally versatile and can be enjoyed neat or over ice, we recommend serving it as an Old Fashioned cocktail. You will need:

• 50ml Barrel Aged Navy Strength Gin
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp water
• Orange peel, for garnish
• Soda water (optional)

Method
Add the sugar, water and bitters to a glass and muddle gently until the sugar begins to dissolve. Fill the glass with ice, add the gin, and stir until well chilled. Express the oils from a fresh strip of orange peel over the drink and use as a garnish. Finish with a small dash of soda water if desired.