On March 25th Hands Up for Trad hosted a dinner in The Scullery restaurant (Glasgow) for Services to Broadcasting recipient Stewart Cruickshank. It was a great night with speeches from fellow broadcaster Iain Anderson and Stewart himself. The food was lovely and everyone had a great time. Below are photos from the evening taken by […]

Last Friday we hosted our third Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner in Oran Mor, Glasgow. Whenever you enter the Oran Mor Auditorium with it’s amazing murals by artist Alasdair Gray it feels good. There were representatives from all the inductees at the dinner and it was great to meet them all. The evening […]

The Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame is dedicated to giving acknowledgement and recognition to musicians and industry people who, by their dedication and hard work, have supported and influenced the development of Scottish traditional music during their lives. We are very happy to announce the 2014 Inductees to the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of […]

Hands Up for Trad are hosting our 3rd Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner. This will be a 3 course at Oran Mor, one of Glasgow’s premier venues and will feature entertainment from top traditional music acts including BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2014 winner Robyn Stapleton. Our host for the evening […]

Don’t miss the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame exhibition at the Ceilidh Place, Ullapool. It runs into August. If you haven’t visited Ullapool before you should! It’s on of the most beautiful places on Scotland and the Ceilidh Place is one of the best places to stay, eat and hear music. http://www.theceilidhplace.com

On May 23rd The Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame held its 2014 Induction Dinner. Five very deserving individuals were inducted into the Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame – John Roy MacDonell (deceased), Gerald McGillis (deceased), Kathy Fraser Collins, Carol Kennedy Zadorozny and Donaldson MacLeod. More details are available on our website: http://www.glengarrycelticmusic.com/induction-dinner-2014/ Photos […]

Hands Up for Trad are hosting our 3rd Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Dinner. This will be a 3 course at Oran Mor, one of Glasgow’s premier venues and will feature entertainment from top traditional music acts including BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2014 winner Robyn Stapleton. Our host for the evening […]

Hands Up For Trad wid like tae hae yer company at the third ‘Hall O Fame Dinner’ on Friday 24th October at The Oran Mor, Glesga when they will pay tribute tae this year’s inductees. Ivery year, Hands Up For Trad gies honour tae a wheen o the guid folk wha, ower the years, hae […]

An ambitious new cross-form, Scots-Canadian site specific production based on the inspiring life and music of one of Scotland’s most innovative, pioneering and influential musicians; the tragically late Martyn Bennett. Directed by multi-award winning director Cora Bissett (Olivier award winning RoadKill, Creative Scotland award winning ‘Whatever gets You through the Night’ and bold new political […]

We are very lucky that as part of Trad Fest Edinburgh, The Scottish Storytelling Centre has agreed to show our Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame Exhibition. It is definitely worth visiting the fabulous Scottish Storytelling Centre. As well as lots of great events over Trad Fest and the rest of the year you can […]