Hands Up for Trad are inviting bands to send in a demo to take part in The Battle of the Folk Bands 2023 competition to be held at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections Festival on Saturday January 21st 2023 at 2pm. ENTER HERE. If you are in a band or have an idea for a band that you haven’t […]

Hi all Places are going fast for Showcase Scotland 2023 and we now have only 80 places remaining. Please make sure you get registered as quickly as possible to guarantee your place. We also have one of our official hotels offering complimentary breakfast for all bookings made before the end of September so it is […]

Please join our next online coffee morning 09:30am BST | Tuesday 06 September and spread the word by sharing this with your networks and colleagues UK Music recently published a new report on UK musicians touring the EU, called ‘Let the Music Move – A New Deal for Touring’. The report outlines the urgent action needed to help […]

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME Keychange supports women and gender minority Artists and Innovators to take part in an extensive talent development programme of showcases, panels, workshops, mentoring and creative sessions. The year-long programme takes place at 13 festivals across Europe and Canada, including 2 full network meet-ups in February and September. As well as exporting opportunities, […]

Creative Scotland have published their draft Gaelic Language Plan 2022-27 and invite responses from anyone interested in Gaelic, or the work of Creative Scotland.  Creative Scotland recognises that Gaelic is, and continues to be, an integral part of Scotland’s heritage, national identity and our current and future cultural life.  Creative Scotland is currently in the […]

The UHI Lillywhite Family Trust Scholarship of £5,000 will support a student on the MA Music and Environment course. Deadline Monday 29th August 2022 at 5pm The Lillywhite Family Trust provide bursaries for students who would be unable to take up their desired course due to financial constraint. Selection criteria The beneficiary student will be chosen by […]

Have you released an album between September 2021 and August 2022? Submit your album into our 2022 Album of the Year competition. Our aim is to highlight the trad recording industry and to showcase the large amount of albums that are released each year in the trad/folk music genre. Anyone can add an album – just fill in the form with details. In October […]

Children in Scotland are running free training for people working with children and young people in Scotland. Mindfulness for your wellbeing and creativity – 31 Augusthttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindfulness-for-your-wellbeing-and-creativity-tickets-275551972367?aff=CS&fbclid=IwAR1Y71vxFcUpbXQk7R1IexrwFwQsxJ2DI3UeO6ZZw1zp5GxvuEnxWr2-Two Attunement in leading, developing, mediating and coaching – 28 Septemberhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/attunement-in-leading-developing-mediating-and-coaching-tickets-275552313387?aff=CS&fbclid=IwAR0VgKmeIR_qnLviVbjDH-Kz1UK46tPasd-9brTS5eGE0T7TM9CVjvuT0Rw Autism: inclusive settings & supporting change – 25 Octoberhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/autism-inclusive-settings-supporting-change-tickets-275552754707?aff=CS&fbclid=IwAR3g6GTKbWEhcuyEYiBJNPyzdgEoFuE8-LMSM0CHJe7OzKnhW5N6IeHWduU

We are looking for local musicians to help us in our new community project in Dundee in September/October this year.  We are looking for multiple local musicians for our community project: Dolly Parton Saved My Life. The project consists of our new play, and then a social event and live music. We will be touring […]

Hi everyone, A number of artists have contacted us to request an extension to the application deadline for the Showcase Scotland Expo Opportunities for 2023. We understand that a lot of you are in the middle of a very busy festival season and this combined with travel issues and flight cancellations has made it very […]