Celtic Connections ended earlier this month, showcasing Scottish talent as the driving force of this international festival. Traditional music and the rise of new bands such as Niteworks are being increasingly recognised as a key asset for agencies such as Visit Scotland, who showcase the band for their promotional video for the Year of History, […]
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Storytelling Centre (Edinburgh) weekly bulletin
This just popped into my inbox and I thought I would share it with you! You can sign up here. This week brings the Audacious Women Festival, lots of opportunities to get involved in storytelling and a child-friendly mix of stories and science! Join Nadine Aisha for the first of our AWF events, How Dare […]
Hands Up for Trad Promotional Video
Have you seen our latest promotional video made by film maker Martin Forry? We asked musicians for their thoughts about Hands Up for Trad’s activities and we filmed them. We hope it’s informative and fun at the same time. You can watch it below.
Start-Studded National Gaelic Film Awards
Photo by Alan Peebles[/caption]Scottish stars turned out in Glasgow on Friday, 17th February to present awards at the ninth annual National Gaelic Film ceremony. FilmG is MG ALBA’s (the Gaelic Media Service) prestigious Gaelic screen talent awards, which this year attracted a record number of entries and was streamed live to audiences around the world. […]
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to launch arts hub in North East of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is to widen access to high quality performing arts education in the North East of Scotland with the launch of its latest arts hub. Fraserburgh has been identified as the home of the second Royal Conservatoire fair access arts hub following the first hub launched at Dumfries House in Ayrshire […]
The Merlin Academy 6th Annual Summer School – 8th-11th August 2017
The 6th Annual Merlin Academy Summer School has moved to the fabulous new location of Abbotsford the home of Sir Walter Scott. The Summer school runs from Tuesday 8th to Friday 11th August inclusive and classes will be taught in the beautiful house and grounds of Abbotsford House, the Historic House where Walter Scott wrote […]
East Ayrshire Gaelic Forum
Here are two great events coming up in March worth noting! Song Workshops Maggie MacInnes & Gillebride MacMillan Saturday 18th March 2017 Shortlees Community Centre Blacksyke Avenue Kilmarnock KA1 4QY 9.30am to 3.30pm £2.00 Must be booked in advance Bring your own lunch Tea/coffee included. Please contact Jim Smith at jkseagal@gmail.com to book a place […]
House Concerts At Watercolour Music, Ardgour
Original Gaelic songwriting and masterful American storytelling are at the heart of the matter as one of Scotland’s finest residential recording studios Watercolour Music open their doors once more in 2017 for the first two events in this year’s House Concert series. Watercolour Music co-director Mary Ann Kennedy will be marking the forthcoming release […]
Scottish Music Brand
A couple of years ago Hands Up for Trad launched a Scottish Music brand that is freely available to all Scottish musicians and bands. The objective is to promote our music as Scottish across the world and be seen and heard with one voice. The brand can be inserted on CDs, printed materials, websites and […]
New Hands Up for Trad Galleries Website
At Hands Up for Trad we take loads of fab photos of our many events and presentations. We are very lucky to work with some great photographers as well. We always upload the photos to our various websites but they are easily lost so we have decided to make a dedicated website so you can […]