Blabbermouth is a 12-hour live celebration of Scottish music and spoken word where invited artists, actors, politicians, journalists, sportspeople, singers and scientists will perform their favourite bit of Scottish writing. That could be a poem, lyric, polemic, gag, letter or sports commentary. The only proviso they’ve been given is that whatever they choose must have been written by a Scot.

From correspondence between Queens in the early 1600s, to lyrics by contemporary Scotland’s leading songwriters, Blabbermouth will provide a colourful and wide ranging exploration of Scotland’s legacy through a day of readings and live music performances. The event will be divided into four, two and half hour sessions and every session will feature live music.

This is much more than just a gig though. Blabbermouth is a unique chance to celebrate Scotland’s contribution to the world in the final hours before the referendum. A moment to remember that, whatever the Country should choose the following day, as a nation we have proven our ability to flourish and lead the world.

Age guidance: 14+

Conceived and Created by Graham McLaren.

Performers include Dave Anderson, Peter Arnott, Amal Azzudin, Anne Bonnar, Tam Dean Burn, Sir Harry Burns, Juliet Cadzow, Morven Christie, Patrick Doyle, David Fagan, Cathy Forde, Janice Galloway, Tommy Gorman, Stephen Greenhorn, David Greig, Scott Hames, Gerry Hassan, Theo Van Heijnsbergen, Douglas Henshall, Richard Holloway, Kieran Hurley, Kathleen Jamie, Paul Laverty, Alexander Linklater, Liz Lochhead, Aonghas Macneacail, Colin McCredie, Iain Finlay Mcleod, Joyce McMillan, Susan Mansfield, Tricia Marwick, John Scott Moncrief, Ewan Morrison, Peter Mullan, Julie Wilson-Nimmo, Alex Norton, Ian Pattison, Lesley Riddoch, Anneika Rose, Ricky Ross, Elaine C Smith, Alan Spence, Gerda Stevenson, Julia Taudevin, Alison Walker and Jonathan Watson.

Also participating are BBC Generation 2014 participants: Rory Docherty, Nathan Epemolu, Craig Hogg, James Kane, Annie Lennox and Margot Smith.

Lorraine McIntosh, Ricky Ross, MC Soom T, PJ Moore, Horse Macdonald, Findlay Napier, Cora Bissett and Katie Mackenzie will be performing alongside the in-house Blabbermouth band made up of well-known Scottish musicians; Annie Grace, Neil McDermott, Cat Myers, Gav Prentice, Karine Polwart, Inge Thomson and Sarah Hayes & Joe Rattray of Admiral Fallow.