Tag: hanley and the baird
AW BLACKS DOUBLE BUSK
The Sing in the City Aw Blacks hadn’t busked in Edinburgh city centre for many years. With busking spaces in short supply, and only one space usually allocated to us, we decided to turn this into a fantastic opportunity for all our members to come together for one big busk. This year, we were lucky…
DOUBLE BUSK DAY DURING EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE
Busking days can be unpredictable, especially when you’re in the capital during Festival time! So, coordinating 600 members of Sing In The City is no mean feat. With our fantastic team behind us, we successfully brought our singers together to perform at the Ross Bandstand Theatre in front of hundreds of people, before packing up…
Hanley and the Baird opening for Skipinnish
Annette Hanley and Kirsty Baird are Directors of Sing in the City but they are also singer songwriters and musicians. They were thrilled to announce that they had been invited to open for Scottish music giants Skipinnish as special guests at three major dates on their Spring 2026 tour. The band will took to the stage ahead…
Kirsty Baird visits EATS Rosyth for a Remember When singalong
In March 2026 we had a return visit to EATS Rosyth. Kirsty Baird took a guitar and a microphone and half a dozen Sing in the City volunteers for a Remember When Singalong. Singing songs from the 50s and 60s and encouraging others to sing along with her while they all chatted and shared stories…
Skipinnish Collaboration – Ovo Hydro
From Edinburgh Castle to the OVO Hydro with Skipinnish The summer of 2025 was an epic year for Sing in the City! We were proud to be part of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2025, performing at the iconic Edinburgh Castle for 25 shows under the theme Heroes Who Made Us. Over the course of the Tattoo,…
Edinburgh Military Tattoo 2025
For the whole month of August, Sing in the City will be taking part in the 75th Anniversary show of The Edinburgh Military Tattoo. We have invited all 1000 members, over 26 performances to join us in the experience of a lifetime. Kirsty Baird has always told her members to dream big, and dreams don’t…
Scots band share hilarious song
On Hogmanay Hanley and the Baird were meant to be in the Princes Street Gardens with friends celebrating a new year while listening to Texas, Sharleen Spiteri and Callum Beattie. Obviously the weather put end to that plan. So before they went out to meet friends they took 10 minutes to record ‘A sh*te Hogmanay’…
Kirsty Baird awarded the British Empire Medal
2020 has been a year that nobody is going to forget in a hurry but what better way to end it than being awarded with a BEM? So yes it’s true, when Kirsty first receive and email saying that she would be in the New Years Honours list, she thought it was a wind up.…
Follow the Rainbows charity single available for download NOW
You can now buy the brilliant Follow the Rainbows and also donate to charity at the same time as all proceeds from this single is going to SAMH (Scottish Association Mental Health) for the first 120 of release and then to our own Sing in the City Dreampot. The song was written by Hanley and…
Dealing with COVID19 one song at a time (part 2)
As soon as the quarantine was announced we knew we had to do something to keep our members engaged and their heads up. We moved all rehearsals online as soon as we could and got hooked up to new meeting software that we had never really had a need for before. Within the first week…
