Scots Language Awards 2022 returns to celebrate at Dundee’s Gardyne Theatre VOTE HERE Public votin tae fin the winners in the 2022 Scots Leid Awards wull be open fae Monday 5th tae 18th September. The Awards gie richtfu recognition tae the mony dedicatit fowk wha ower years lang syne an forrit intae oor ain time gie […]
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Highland Youth Music Forum Youth Music Conference 12th September, Inverness.
The Highland Youth Music Forum is delighted to announce that BOOKING IS NOW OPEN for the 2022 Youth Music Conference! Sign up here: bit.ly/HYMFConferenceBooking The conference will take place on Monday 12th September, 10:30am-3pm at the Spectrum Centre, Inverness. This conference has been planned by Highland pupils and is aimed at those involved in delivering and organising music opportunities […]
Blas. 9-day feast of Highland music, culture & language kicks off this weekend
Scotland’s top musicians will tour the Highlands & Islands with Blas Festival, 2-10 September The Highlands & Islands will see a flurry of musical and cultural activity from this Friday (2nd September) until 10th September as the Blas Festival hits the road for the 18th year, visiting village halls and concert venues across the region, as well as […]
Celtic Connections closes 2022 programme with special autumn concerts
Celtic Connections, the UK’s premiere celebration of roots music, is set to showcase a series of special concerts this autumn. Best known as the largest winter music festival in Europe, Celtic Connections is closing out the 2022 programme with three special performances. The rescheduled shows, which were due to be part of the festival in […]
Tickets go on sale for Royal National Mòd 2022 events in Perth
Tickets for a vibrant programme of concerts, shows, ceilidhs, competitions and exhibitions taking place as part of this year’s Royal National Mòd in Perth go on sale today. Audiences can secure tickets via Horsecross Arts for a host of performances showcasing and celebrating the very best in Gaelic and Scottish traditional music and culture between the 14th – 22nd October […]
Orkney Folk Festival Welcomes New Producer in 40th Anniversary
Ahead of its fortieth anniversary in 2023, the Orkney Folk Festival has recently welcomed a new festival producer – with responsibility for the festival’s artistic direction. Craig Corse, from Kirkwall, has taken the reins of the award-winning festival, having served on the committee in a variety of roles since 2007. He takes the baton from […]
People and land of Coigach & Assynt celebrated in multimedia commission; Talamh Beò
A multimedia performance celebrating the land and people of Coigach and Assynt will be one of the centrepieces of this year’s Blas Festival. Talamh Beò – Living Land, commissioned by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership Scheme, is a multimedia work featuring responses to the place in music and language, especially Gaelic, reflecting long-rooted families, […]
New album showcases pioneering new genre GaelPop
Speactram is the exciting and innovative new album from Marcas Mac an Tuairneir. Set for release on Friday 29 July 2022, this new body of work is a watershed moment for the Gaelic music scene as it revives the Gaelic popular music tradition, bringing it back into the spotlight whilst further introducing LGBTQI+ narratives into the traditional and contemporary […]
Dandelion Festival Inverness 2-4th September 2022
This September, join Dandelion for a major free music and arts festival with live music programmed by Celtic Connections Creative Director Donald Shaw. Dandelion is a creative programme bringing together growing, science, art and music for a series of events and activities across Scotland in 2022. After the success of the first Festival in Glasgow’s […]
Glasgow Fiddle Workshop Classes back 29 and 31st August
Glasgow Fiddle Workshop (www.gfw.scot) classes are back on Monday, 29 August and Wednesday, 31 August in Kelvin College , Glasgow. Enrolment and Session 24 August in Kelvin College. Some zoom classes available. GFW Junior Come and Try – 27 August at 10 am and 1 pm in Kelvin College. Classes start Wednesdays at 6.15 til […]