Light it Up: Tinderbox Orchestra
Join us for a glorious festival finale! Bringing together rappers, poets and singers with soaring strings, heavy brass, woodwind, and thundering bass and drums, Tinderbox Orchestra are teaming up with some of Scotland’s most exciting spoken word artists to combine original music and spoken word performances transforming preconceptions of what an orchestra can be.
With a set packed with original music, movement and unexpected collaborations, this will be an unforgettable live music experience unlike any other and the perfect way to close out Push the Boat Out 2025 with a bang.
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