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 […]
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An afternoon o Scots Language – The Wee Gaitherin’ Saturday 18th September 12-5pm
Jine Hands Up for Trad on 18th Sept at midday for 5 hours o muckle smeddum and rumblegumtion in Scots leid as part of oor Wee Gaitherin! Thanks tae Scots Bookbug, Scots Leid Associe, Lyfe with (Iona) Fyfe, Shetland Forwirds, and Patter wi (Stuart) Paterson. Watch below or on our Facebook, YouTube and Twitter channels. […]
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 […]
Scots Language Awards 2021 – Vote Now!
Hands Up for Trad cannae wait tae welcome ye tae the 2021 Scots Leid Awards. The thocht ahint the awards is tae heighlicht oor braw Scots Leid, bringin it forrit intae the een o the public an media in aa its mony forms. VOTE HERE The Scots Leid Awards ceremony itsel wi aa the winners […]
The Glenfiddich Piping Championship Returns for 2021
Ten of the world’s greatest solo pipers have been invited to compete in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship, as the renowned competition returns to the spectacular Blair Castle on Saturday 30 October. This year’s competitors are defending champion Stuart Liddell, Dollar’s Callum Beaumont, British Columbia piper Jack Lee, five-time champion Roderick Macleod MBE, William McCallum […]
The Hands Up for Trad Strathspey and Reel Society Term 5 – starts 8th September!
The Hands Up for Trad Strathspey and Reel Society Term 5 will run from the 8th September to 1st December 2021. There are two tickets you can buy. A term ticket (£25 + booking fee) which lets you into all 6 meet-ups or a ticket for each meet-up (£4 +booking fee). The dates for Term […]
1951 Edinburgh People’s Festival Ceilidh
2021 is the 70-year anniversary of the 1951 Edinburgh People’s Festival Ceilidh, the seminal event that heralded and generated the Scottish Folk Revival of the 1960s. Alan Lomax was on hand to record it in the Oddfellows Hall, and thus able to preserve a document of a legendary concert that alerted the astonished urban audience […]