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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£500 grants for Awesome projects in Glasgow

£500, no-strings-attached mini-grants to cool projects that will make the world - and Glasgow - more Awesome! We're the Glasgow Chapter of the Awesome Foundation. A … [Read More...]

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Distil Showcase 2018

Distil Showcase 2018: Relations by Carly Blain

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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Trad Talk comes to Glasgow!

This Trad Talk, of special interest to early-career musicians, will focus on the challenges that musicians experience beyond music-making, with talks from professionals in the field. The easy, and fun, bit of being a folk musician is creating the music, but … [Read More...]

Callout for Musicians (Dance Base & Scottish Ballet)

Musicians required for Dance for Parkinson’s national programme! The Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland programme is a joint initiative managed by Dance Base, Scotland's National Centre for Dance and Scottish Ballet, Scotland's National Dance Company, and … [Read More...]

2019 EBU children’s short drama scheme (MG ALBA)

BBC ALBA are looking for vibrant, compelling ideas from Gaelic writers for the 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme. 2019 EBU (European Broadcasting Union) children’s short drama scheme BBC ALBA are looking for vibrant, … [Read More...]

WoW Festival, Rio De Janeiro

Better be quick! Funded place for a young woman working in the creative industries aged 18-26 to attend the Southbank Centre’s Women of the World (WoW) Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from 14-18 November 2018. As part of British Council Scotland’s work to … [Read More...]

Clarsach Society Annual Scholarship Award and The Young Composer Award

The Young Composer Award The Young Composer Award is an annual competition based award issued by The Clarsach Society. This year the award name has been updated in memory of John Macleod. The Award is now called The Iain Macleòid Young Composer … [Read More...]

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