![Canadian fiddle and step dance powerhouse April Verch with her band stood out as one of the highlights of the four day festival. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130505_april_verch_Photo_Olivia_Abbott-240x140.jpg)
The Clickimin crescendo
![Canadian fiddle and step dance powerhouse April Verch with her band stood out as one of the highlights of the four day festival. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130505_april_verch_Photo_Olivia_Abbott-240x140.jpg)
![The full Orkney/Shetland Isles Gathering takes the stage at Mareel. Photo Davie Gardner](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130504_isles_gathering_1-240x140.jpg)
![Leon Hunt n Tet (as in quartet here) having a 'bloody excellent time'. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130504_leon_hunt_n_tet_1-240x140.jpg)
![Cape Breton fiddle maestros Coig set the Clickimin alight with their fiery music. Photo Davie Gardner](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130503_coig_at_clickimin_Photo_Davie_Gardner-240x140.jpg)
![Shetland's own nearly-all-girl band Birls Aloud set off the night in rip-roaring style. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130503_Birls_Aloud_at_the_Legion_Photo_Olivia_Abbott-240x140.jpg)
![Celtic folk rock band Skerryvore were the first on stage at the opening concert - Photos: Austin Taylor](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/DSC_5143-240x140.jpg)
![Son Yambu singer Yuri Moreno Soria in her gravity-defying shoes wanted folk dancing on the tables at Voe Hall. Maybe she'll get her way by the end of the weekend. Photo Olivia Abbott](https://mirror1.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/130502_Son_Yambu_at_Voe_Hall._Photo_Olivia_Abbott-240x140.jpg)
![Vair are (from left to right): Jonny Polson, Erik Peterson, Lewie Peterson and Ryan Couper](https://mirror2.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Vair_Left_to_right_-_Jonny_Polson_Erik_Peterson_Lewie_Peterson_Ryan_Couper-240x140.jpg)
![This year, Jes Kroman (left) visits the festival with his latest project, the Fionia Stringband.](https://mirror3.shetnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/fionia_sb-240x140.jpg)
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