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. 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 never have thought of! Your … Read more
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Watch the Scots Language Awards this Saturday 25th September at 7pm
Join Alistair Heather and Len Pennie for the third Scots Language Awards live on 25th September at 7pm from Dundee’s Gardyne Theatre. You will watch the nominees, performers and of course the winners as if you were in the audience! Of course if you can make it along we would love to see you. You […]
Join our Stathspey and Reel Society 21st September at 7.30pm
The HUFT Strathspey & Reel Society is led by fiddler Claire Gullan and you will play arrangements of great Scottish & Irish tunes. The next Strathspey and Reel will be held on Wednesday 22nd September at 7.30pm (UK time). You can buy a ticket here for the Strathspey and Reel (£4 +booking fee). The remaining dates […]
Summer of glamping festivals comes to a spectacular close in Cannich
A fun-filled summer of glamping festivals in Cannich came to a close in spectacular style this weekend as headliners Mànran and Scooty and the Skyhooks brought the curtain down on the series of groundbreaking events. Capers in Cannich made history earlier this year when it burst onto the Scottish events calendar in May to become […]
Blazin’ in Beauly 2021 is back!
Blazin’ Fiddles are delighted to announce that Blazin’ in Beauly 2021 will be taking place in person, from 11-15 October, and tickets are now on sale. In order to keep everyone as safe as possible, they have a smaller capacity than normal – just 80 places are available. They won’t be able to host any concerts […]
Celtic Media Award for Scots Radio
A popular radio station which gives an online voice to the Scots language has scooped a prestigious International award. Scots Radio has been crowned winner of the radio magazine show category of the Torc Awards for Excellence, presented each year during the Celtic Media Festival. The awards celebrate film, TV, radio and digital media in […]
Tarland celebrates with harvest-time festival of local food and music
After a successful on-line presence in 2020 The Tarland Food and Music Festival is back with an action-packed programme for all ages! The festival, now in its eighth year, celebrates quality local food and Tarland’s thriving music scene. Events run throughout the village. This year, the festival will run from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th […]
Professional musicians to guide next generation of traditional music tutors in new training programme across Scotland
Eighteen musicians, including ten young emerging music tutors from across Scotland, will be employed in a project which aims to re-establish traditional music opportunities for young people after the last 18 months in which such activities have been seriously curtailed. With support from Creative Scotland and other funders, Gaelic arts organisation, Fèisean nan Gàidheal, has […]
How to make a podcast from scratch: webinar by The Soundhouse Organisation
This post was originally published hereWith no live gigs to organise for last May’s festival and lots of musicians to include, we decided to make a podcast instead. We had never made one before. In the end it was quite sucessful. Join podcast producer/presenter Jane-Ann Purdy, sound engineer Dave Keay and digital marketer Christina Webber […]