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 […]
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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 […]
Ceòl is Craic returns to the CCA stage! 18th September
GAELS LE CHÉILE on 18th September will be our first live gig since March 2020 and the very first post-lockdown music event at Glasgow’s CCA. Gaels le Chéile is our annual celebration of the shared Gaelic / Gaeilge culture of Scotland and Ireland and is presented this year as part of Colmcille 1500, the celebration […]
Opportunity: Tunes From The Women
Attention all women tune-writers…. We are collecting and collating material for a book of tunes by 100 contemporary female composers from the folk/traditional music scenes of the UK and Ireland to be published in 2022 by Faber Music. This book is part of a larger project/movement and royalties will be pooled in order to set […]
Global Music Match Wins Prestigious Womex Professional Excellence Award
Global Music Match – a world-first collaboration founded in 2020 by Showcase Scotland Expo, Sounds Australia and Canada’s East Coast Music Association (ECMA) – has been honoured with the 2021 WOMEX Professional Excellence Award. Created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through social media and peer-to-peer collaboration, Global Music Match has advanced opportunities and networks […]
BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2022 Semi-Finalists Announced
Congratulations to the 12 young musicians who have made it into the semi-finals of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award 2022. The semi-finals will be held in Glasgow on the first weekend of October. As ever it will be a brilliant concert. Each semi-finalist will be accompanist by the house band consisting of […]
Traditional music is being brought to life in East Renfrewshire, thanks to free lessons from talented performers.
Traditional music is being brought to life in East Renfrewshire, thanks to free lessons from talented performers. The Folks’ Music Project (TFMP) has been given a grant by Neilston Windfarm Legacy (NWL), which supports initiatives that benefit those who live in the G78 3 postcode area. Adults and young people are able to enjoy lessons […]
BBC ALBA showcases the return of live music audiences with Highland Festival
Inverness’s Eden Court has welcomed the return of live audiences in Scotland, with performances from some of the finest traditional acts on offer being showcased on BBC ALBA this autumn. Under Canvas signifies the return of a long-awaited platform for some of biggest names in Scottish traditional music to be playing in front of live […]