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The holiday season is a magical time filled with joy, togetherness, and good cheer. To spread even more Christmas spirit this year, talented singer Josie Duncan has a heartwarming plan – to create and record 12 new Christmas songs and videos to brighten the season for families across the country. Josie’s uplifting voice and spirited […]

Young Gaelic speakers from across the Highlands are invited to a music, drama and fun-filled weekend in Cromarty as Fèis Rois holds a Gaelic immersion ‘pay what you can’ event, with some of Gaeldom’s finest broadcasters and musicians. Dingwall-based traditional arts organisation, Fèis Rois, is holding a Gaelic immersion weekend for young Gaelic speakers in […]

Tayside Young Fiddlers was formed by local musician Bob Edwards, and this year marks the anniversary of their founding. To mark this important milestone, they are celebrating with a Concert in the Gardyne Theatre, Dundee, with guests Patsy Reid, Sheena Wellington, Barbara Dymock, and Chris Marra, along with the 6th/8th Boys’ Brigade Pipe Band. Recently, […]

The overall winner of the prestigious Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2023 has been named as Callum Beaumont, as the event celebrates five decades of sensational piping. The prestigious Championship, which was first held in 1974, was founded by Sandy Grant Gordon of William Grant and Sons, and Seumas MacNeill who was Principal of the College of Piping at the […]

Castle Concerts is delighted to announce that Scotland’s celebrated Celtic rock  band Skipinnish will play at Edinburgh Castle next summer to celebrate their 25thanniversary. This promises to be a very special evening and surely a career highlight. Skipinnish co-Founder, Angus MacPhail said, “Since Skipinnish started in 1999, we have never been so excited about a gig.  Little did we think back then […]

World-renowned Glasgow festival Celtic Connections will once again light up stages, venues and dark winter nights from Thursday 18 January to Sunday 4 February 2024, for what will be one of its biggest-ever capacity festivals. Proudly known as Europe’s premier folk, roots and world music festival, and the home of spectacular musical showcases and one-off collaborations, Celtic Connections has continued […]

The Highland Art Prize (https://highlandartprize.org.uk/) is an exhibition of 74 artworks submitted by 16 arts organisations across the Highlands and Islands (including the Isle of Skye), which is taking place at The Briggait in Glasgow from Friday 13 October to Saturday 21 October in conjunction with the Royal National Mòd. There will be a Gaelic-medium […]

Not long now to the world’s biggest celebration of Gaelic language and music, the Royal National Mòd, will return to the town of Paisley for the first time in a decade. The premier Scottish cultural event will be held in the town between 13 – 21 October 2023, with thousands of visitors expected to soak up the […]

Lau bring their jubilant Lau-Land festival back to Edinburgh’s Summerhall and The Queen’s Hall on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October for another open-hearted celebration of music, community and the artists who inspire them. This year’s programme features sessions, performances and a family ceilidh, with special guests including Kathryn Joseph, Rachel Sermanni and Ciaran Ryan.  Saturday begins with a morning of workshops in Summerhall […]