Hands Up for Musicians

Scottish musicians expanding their creative horizons into other other areas of musical practice.

Battle of The Folk Bands 2019 is open for entries!

Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2019 competition to be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 19th 2019. ENTER HERE If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t tried out yet this could be for you! We want musicians to take a chance and make a band that you might … [Read More...]

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Alasdair Gray Bursary Launched (£1000)

Following on from the success of the 2017 Alasdair Gray Bursary, which saw folksinger Iona Fyffe produce her album Away from My Window through the bursary and go … [Read More...]

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Distil Showcase 2018

Distil Showcase 2018: Where’s My Hat? by Luc McNally

The Distil Showcase will return again to the Tolbooth in Stirling on Friday 6th April 2018 at 8pm. The concert showcases the new and exciting music of traditional … [Read More...]

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Sound Hub Rights Officer – National Library of Scotland

The aim of this role is to enable as many sound resources as possible to be included for online dissemination by conducting rights clearance activities and to ensure that the rights clearance process is recorded to a high standard to ensure proper due … [Read More...]

8-week course for emerging musicians, game developers, visual and other artists (Tinderbox Collective)

Room to Play is an exciting new course exploring interactive live and digital processes in music, art, performance and game-development.  It is part of a new Digital programme that we are developing in 2019. A  group of 8 emerging artists … [Read More...]

Complete Guide to 2019 Artist Grants & Opportunities

Spotted this on web from artworkarchive.com Get ahead of the game this year. We sent our team on a mission to find the best art opportunities, artist grants, and calls-for-entry for you in 2019. From that, we present you a list of the top international open … [Read More...]

John Byrne Award 2019 – £250 prize a month

I love this! https://www.johnbyrneaward.org.uk/enter-now-1 2018/2019 THEME: CREATIVE WORK - CRITICAL QUESTIONS "We are looking for thought-provoking, creative work that asks a critical question about something that is important to … [Read More...]

Radiophrenia 2019

Radiophrenia announce an open call for sound and transmission artworks for their upcoming broadcasts in May 2019. Radiophrenia is an artist run FM radio station broadcasting in Glasgow and online. We are seeking soundscapes, spoken word pieces, radio … [Read More...]

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