All The Kinema Ballroom Dunfermline Gigs In 1971

The Whole Story of The Famous Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline (now in its 78^th Year!)

In Memory of Stuart Adamson

1971

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Summary:

Folk At The KB continued on Tuesdays through 1971 albeit with a summer break in July & August.

A fundraising concert took place on 10th January 1971 in aid of the Ibrox disaster fund (only eight days after the tragedy.

1971's resident support was The Change and Nazareth made their first appearance at the ballroom in August.

Highlights this year included:

Argent
Atomic Rooster
Barclay James Harvest
The Bay City Rollers
Beggar's Opera
Graham Bond
The Edgar Broughton Band
Colosseum
Billy Connolly
Curved Air
The Dubliners
Edison Lighthouse
Rory Gallagher
The Groundhogs
The Humblebums
Hamish Imlach
Hawkwind
Elton John
The JSD Band
Alexis Korner
Tommy Makem
Manfred Mann
Marmalade
The McCalmans
Medicine Head
Mott The Hoople
Nazareth
Watt Nicoll
Osibisa
Pickettywitch
Skid Row
Slade
The Strawbs
Stealers Wheel
Uriah Heep
John Watt

January 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
01/01/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change	Bubbles were paid £30 for a one hour spot
02/01/1971	Saturday	Blackthorn	The Change
03/01/1971	Sunday	Tear Gas	The Change
05/01/1971	Tuesday	Alex Campbell		Folk At The KB
08/01/1971	Friday	The Concords	The Change
09/01/1971	Saturday	The Bay City Rollers	The Change / The Set
10/01/1971	Sunday	The Change		All proceeds to the Ibrox disaster fund
12/01/1971	Tuesday	Hamish Imlach		Folk At The KB
15/01/1971	Friday	The Beings	The Change
16/01/1971	Saturday	The Set	The Change
17/01/1971	Sunday	Mott The Hoople	The Change
19/01/1971	Tuesday	Bitter Withy		Folk At The KB
22/01/1971	Friday	Suede *	The Change	* Not the same band successful in the 90s!
23/01/1971	Saturday	Dog Watch	The Change
24/01/1971	Sunday	Hardin & York	The Change
26/01/1971	Tuesday	The Great Fife Roadshow		Folk At The KB
29/01/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change	Bubbles were paid £30 for a one hour spot
30/01/1971	Saturday	Colour Blind	The Change
31/01/1971	Sunday	Jackson Heights	The Change

February 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
02/02/1971	Tuesday	The Humblebums		Folk At The KB
05/02/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change
06/02/1971	Saturday	Salvation	The Change
07/02/1971	Sunday	May Blitz	The Change
09/02/1971	Tuesday	Watt Nicoll		Folk At The KB
12/02/1971	Friday	Index	The Change
13/02/1971	Saturday	Pendulum	The Change
14/02/1971	Sunday	Elton John	The Change
16/02/1971	Tuesday	Bill Barclay		Folk At The KB
19/02/1971	Friday	Cat Violet	The Change
20/02/1971	Saturday	Horoscope	The Change
21/02/1971	Sunday	Brinsley Schwarz	The Change
23/02/1971	Tuesday	Chordah Cleich		Folk At The KB
26/02/1971	Friday	The Phoenix	The Change
27/02/1971	Saturday	Copper Plate	The Change
28/02/1971	Sunday	Groundhogs	The Change

March 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
02/03/1971	Tuesday	Watt Nicoll		Folk At The KB
05/03/1971	Friday	Bubbles
06/03/1971	Saturday	The Set
07/03/1971	Sunday	Skid Row	Daddy Long Legs
09/03/1971	Tuesday	The Skerries	The Roving Kind / Whisky Fizz	Folk At The KB
12/03/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
13/03/1971	Saturday	Salvation	The Change
14/03/1971	Sunday	Atomic Rooster	If
16/03/1971	Tuesday	Johnny Silvo	Dave Moses	Folk At The KB
19/03/1971	Friday	Index	The Change
20/03/1971	Saturday	The Avengers	The Change
21/03/1971	Sunday	Yes	The Change
23/03/1971	Tuesday	The Humblebums	Billy Connolly	Folk At The KB
26/03/1971	Friday	Dusty Hutt
27/03/1971	Saturday	The Chris McClure Section
28/03/1971	Sunday	Cochise	Edgar Broughton Band
30/03/1971	Tuesday	The Travelling People		Folk At The KB

April 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
02/04/1971	Friday	Camera	The Change
03/04/1971	Saturday	Crumble	The Change
04/04/1971	Sunday	The Strawbs	The Change
06/04/1971	Tuesday	The McCalmans		Folk At The KB
09/04/1971	Friday	Priory	The Change
10/04/1971	Saturday	Edison Lighthouse	The Change
11/04/1971	Sunday	Argent	Slade / The Change
13/04/1971	Tuesday	Billy Connolly		Folk At The KB
16/04/1971	Friday	Pendulum	The Change
17/04/1971	Saturday	The Reflection	The Change	All 4 Beatles had solo chart hits on this day.
18/04/1971	Sunday	Medicine Head	The Change
20/04/1971	Tuesday	Ali Watson	Mike Moran	Folk At The KB
23/04/1971	Friday	The Phoenix	The Change	The Rolling Stones album 'Sticky Fingers' released UK on this day with the famous Andy Warhol cover including a working metal zip!
24/04/1971	Saturday	The Set	The Change
25/04/1971	Sunday	Tear Gas	The Change
27/04/1971	Tuesday	The JSD Band		Folk At The KB
30/04/1971	Friday	Dusty Hutt	The Change

May 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
01/05/1971	Saturday	Rockin' Chair	The Change
02/05/1971	Sunday	Steamhammer	The Change
04/05/1971	Tuesday	Town Choice		Folk At The KB
07/05/1971	Friday	The Reflection	The Change
08/05/1971	Saturday	Crumble	The Change
09/05/1971	Sunday	Climax Chicago *	Hawkwind / The Change	* AKA The Climax Chicago Blues Band or The Climax Blues Band
11/05/1971	Tuesday	Stealers Wheel		Featuring Rab Noakes & Gerry Rafferty
14/05/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi
15/05/1971	Saturday	The Avengers
16/05/1971	Sunday	Alexis Korner	Barclay James Harvest
18/05/1971	Tuesday	Redd Sullivan		Folk At The KB
21/05/1971	Friday	Salvation	The Change
22/05/1971	Saturday	Marmalade	The Change
23/05/1971	Sunday	Aegis	The Change
25/05/1971	Tuesday	Johnny Ballard		Folk At The KB
28/05/1971	Friday	The Phoenix	The Change
29/05/1971	Saturday	Camera	The Change
30/05/1971	Sunday	Uriah Heep	The Change
31/05/1971	Monday	The JSD Band		Folk At The KB (Monday this week)

June 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
04/06/1971	Friday	The Reflection	The Change
05/06/1971	Saturday	Bodkin	The Change
06/06/1971	Sunday	Nicholson	The Change
08/06/1971	Tuesday	The Fife Reivers		Folk At The KB
11/06/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
12/06/1971	Saturday	Four In A Bush	The Change
13/06/1971	Sunday	Beggar's Opera	The Change
15/06/1971	Tuesday	The Dubliners		Folk At The KB
18/06/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
19/06/1971	Saturday	The Avengers	The Change
20/06/1971	Sunday	Osibisa	The Change
22/06/1971	Tuesday	Chordah		Folk At The KB
25/06/1971	Friday	Stumble	The Change
26/06/1971	Saturday	The Phoenix	The Change
27/06/1971	Sunday	Steamhammer	The Change
29/06/1971	Tuesday	Tommy Makem	Billy Connolly	Folk At The KB

July 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
02/07/1971	Friday	The Verge	The Change
03/07/1971	Saturday	Crumble	The Change
04/07/1971	Sunday	Gentle Giant*	The Change	* Actually advertised in the local press as 'Gentle Gent'
09/07/1971	Friday	The Heat	The Phoenix
10/07/1971	Saturday	Warren Davis Band	The Phoenix
11/07/1971	Sunday	Colosseum	Mangas Colorado	Tickets 75p at the door or 60p in advance
16/07/1971	Friday	Fresh	The Change
17/07/1971	Saturday	Manfred Mann	The Change
18/07/1971	Sunday	Bodkin	The Change
23/07/1971	Friday	Priory	The Change
24/07/1971	Saturday	Horoscope	The Change
25/07/1971	Sunday	The JSD Band	The Change
30/07/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
31/07/1971	Saturday	Bubbles	The Change

August 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act
01/08/1971	Sunday	Pink Fairies	The Change
06/08/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
07/08/1971	Saturday	Sugar	The Change
08/08/1971	Sunday	Clouds	The Change
13/08/1971	Friday	Index	The Change
14/08/1971	Saturday	Moll's Myre	The Change
15/08/1971	Sunday	Tear Gas	Northwind
20/08/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
21/08/1971	Saturday	Pendulum	The Change
22/08/1971	Sunday	Graham Bond with Magick
27/08/1971	Friday	Salvation	The Change
28/08/1971	Saturday	St.Cecilia	The Change
29/08/1971	Sunday	Scene	Nazareth

September 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
03/09/1971	Friday	Fresh	The Change
04/09/1971	Saturday	Pickettywitch	The Change
05/09/1971	Sunday	The Elastic Oz Band		A John Lennon project with vocals by Bill Elliot for 'Oz' Magazine.
10/09/1971	Friday	The Fence	Bubbles
11/09/1971	Saturday	Mixed Spice	Bubbles
12/09/1971	Sunday	Beggar's Opera	Aegis
14/09/1971	Tuesday	Bitter Withy	Chordah / Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
17/09/1971	Friday	The Stag Party	The Change
18/09/1971	Saturday	Blizzard	The Change
19/09/1971	Sunday	Amazing Blondel	The Change
21/09/1971	Tuesday	High Speed Grass	The Great Fife Roadshow	Folk At The KB
24/09/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
25/09/1971	Saturday	Tessie Gork	The Change
26/09/1971	Sunday	The Natural Acoustic Band	The Change
28/09/1971	Tuesday	Rankin File	Bobby Eaglesham / Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB

October 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
01/10/1971	Friday	Blizzard	The Change
02/10/1971	Saturday	Mickey Finn	The Change
03/10/1971	Sunday	The Poets	The Change	Curved Air / Merlin played in the afternoon
05/10/1971	Tuesday	Tommy Makem	Ray Durham / Rowan / Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
08/10/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
09/10/1971	Saturday	New Crumble	The Change
10/10/1971	Sunday	Wild Angels
14/10/1971	Thursday	Hamish Imlach	Contraband / Alexian Folk / Chordah	Folk At The KB (Thursday this week)
15/10/1971	Friday	Salvation	The Change
16/10/1971	Saturday	Blizzard	The Change
17/10/1971	Sunday	Slade	Stone the Crows
19/10/1971	Tuesday	Derrol Adams		Folk At The KB
22/10/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
23/10/1971	Saturday	Close Friends	The Change
24/10/1971	Sunday	Beggar's Opera	The Change
26/10/1971	Tuesday	Bill Barclay		Folk At The KB
29/10/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change
30/10/1971	Saturday	Stallion	The Change
31/10/1971	Sunday	Jack Bruce & Friends	The Change	(Featuring Chris Spedding & Graham Bond)

November 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
02/11/1971	Tuesday	Billy Connolly	Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
05/11/1971	Friday	Blizzard	The Change
06/11/1971	Saturday	Sky Line	The Change
07/11/1971	Sunday	The Change
09/11/1971	Tuesday	The Waverleys		Folk At The KB
12/11/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
13/11/1971	Saturday	Mixed Spice	The Change
14/11/1971	Sunday	The Change
16/11/1971	Tuesday	Folk Jambouree		Folk At The KB
19/11/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
20/11/1971	Saturday	New Crumble	The Change
21/11/1971	Sunday	The Jeff Beck Group	The Change	Featuring Rod Stewart & Aynsley Dunbar
23/11/1971	Tuesday	The McCalmans	Brewers Droop	Folk At The KB
26/11/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change
27/11/1971	Saturday	Blizzard	The Change
28/11/1971	Sunday	Supertramp	The Change	Supertramp's appearance is in some doubt. Can you confirm?
30/11/1971	Tuesday	Foot Loose	Flying Haggis	Folk At The KB

December 1971

Date	Day	Headline Act	Support Act	Remarks
03/12/1971	Friday	Salvation	The Change
04/12/1971	Saturday	Close Friends	The Change
05/12/1971	Sunday	The Change
07/12/1971	Tuesday	Danny Kyle	Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
10/12/1971	Friday	The Fence	The Change
11/12/1971	Saturday	Blizzard	The Change
12/12/1971	Sunday	Rory Gallagher
14/12/1971	Tuesday	The JSD Band	John Watt / Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
17/12/1971	Friday	Bubbles	The Change
18/12/1971	Saturday	Fair Weather	The Change
19/12/1971	Sunday	The Change
21/12/1971	Tuesday	Bobby Eaglesham		Folk At The KB
24/12/1971	Friday	Maxi's Taxi	The Change
25/12/1971	Saturday	Dog Watch	The Change
26/12/1971	Sunday	Nazareth	The Change
28/12/1971	Tuesday	Hamish Imlach	Alexian Folk	Folk At The KB
31/12/1971	Friday	The Change

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