Set in Orkney’s incredible landscape in the light nights of midsummer, the St Magnus Festival carves out a beautiful and distinct shape in the UK’s festivals landscape. FIND OUT MORE Under the directorship of Scottish composer Alasdair Nicolson, this year’s multi-artform programme spans the world premiere of David McNeish’s new play, Thora, directed by Gerda […]
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Taste of Speyfest with Spring Concert in Fochabers: Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham return to Moray for special night
Festival fever has come early for Fochabers as the village gets set to welcome the return of a beloved musical twosome in the form of Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, for a night of entertainment affectionately being dubbed Mayfest. From the organisers behind Moray folk festival Speyfest, the night will see Aly and Phil take to the stage […]
Fèis Rois nan Inbheach (Adult Fèis): Top traditional musicians descend on Ullapool for weekend of tuition and performances
Next month some of Scotland’s top traditional musicians will descend on Ullapool for a weekend of Gaelic and Scots music tuition and performances as part of this year’s Adult Fèis Rois. Fèis Rois nan Inbheach, (Adult Fèis) is run by Dingwall arts organisation, Fèis Rois, and celebrates Gaelic and Scots music with a weekend of […]
Dougie Mackenzie & Brian Miller Spring Gigs.
Don’t miss these great musicians performing at a venue near you! March 26th, Furness Tradition, Ulverston March 28th Dartford Folk Club March 29th Dorking Folk Club March 30th The Topic Folk Club, Shipley April 4th Ayr Phoenix Folk Club April 5th Dunfermline Folk Club April 25th Ardersier International Folk Club April 26th Aberdeen Folk Club […]
Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2023
Scottish Book Trust’s Young Scots Writer o the Year Award 2023 is noo open. Send your stories by Wednesday 21 June 2023, midday. Are you someone with stories to share? Or a teacher working with young writers we should know about? We’re looking for our next Scots writer of the year. Stories, poems, spoken word pieces, […]
New Folk Tunes from 100 Women to be published by Faber Music in bumper collection
On International Women’s Day, Faber Music announced a tune book like no other. ‘Folk Tunes from the Women’, to be released on 5 May 2023, isa bumper book of over 150 contemporary tunes from 100 female composers from Britain and Ireland, brought together all from different areas, traditions and backgrounds. Available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk […]
Scots Hoose: Snawman
Watch musician Johnny Cunningham’s beautiful Scots poem about building a snawman and the magic of the changing seasons, animated for Scots Hoose by Gary Welsh. Find out more about the great work of Scots Hoose here.
National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland: 20 Years Young – End of Year Concert
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland on 2nd April at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Featuring special guests, Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton. We are a charitable project ran by The National Piping Centre creating unique individual development experiences for young pipers and drummers throughout Scotland. Our End of Year Concert will feature […]
Trio of Scottish talent unveiled as ButeFest 2023 headliners
ButeFest, the much-loved boutique west coast music festival, has announced the first acts topping the bill for its seventh edition between Friday 28th – Sunday 30th July 2023. A raft of pop, indie and folk acts are set to take to the stage across the weekend, with Scottish rock greats Big Country, folk-pop festival powerhouses Skerryvore and bringing the […]
Hands Up for Trad’s Women in Music and Culture 2023 List
Hands Up for Trad exists to promote Scottish traditional music and culture through education, information and advocacy. Our core purpose is to promote and shine the spotlight on the diversity of talent in Scotland. Ideally there would be no place for a list promoting the work of women but until true equity and equality exist […]