Scots Trad Music Awards

Scotland's top Awards celebrating Scottish music

Sponsor Spotlight: National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs

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National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs (NAAFC) came on board right at the start of the Scots Trad Music Awards in 2003. They do a fantastic job of supporting all the Accordion and Fiddle clubs across Scotland. Read more about them below. (Have you voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet? Do so here! 2011 […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Traditional Music and Song Association

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Another long time sponsor of the Scots Trad Music Awards is the Traditional Music and Song Association. They have sponsored Scots Singer of the Year since the start and few years in we changed the title of the Award to the Citty Finlayson Scots Singer of the Year in honour of their late Convenor. Read […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Temple Records

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Temple Records have sponsored the Scots Trad Music Awards since 2003. Led by Robin Morton they have released and produced many Scottish traditional music milestone albums. Read more about them below. (Have you voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet? Do so here!) Temple Records is based in a converted church in […]

Take the Floor at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards – Friday 6th December

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How exciting! Take The Floor & Robbie Shepherd presents a pre Trad Music Awards special recording At Albyn School, Queens Road Aberdeen. The band will be Tom Orr and his Scottish Dance Band and we will also be entertained by special guest artists. For tickets which are free call 01224 384802 or email takethefloor@bbc.co.uk Join […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

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The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society have sponsored Club of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards for a good few years now. Here’s some information about their history. Have you voted yet? Do so here! Today the term ‘Scottish country dance’ embraces the social dances of Scotland which have evolved from many traditions […]

Trad Music Awards Warm Up Tour

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This is great! The Trad Music Awards Warm Up Tour takes place in Glasgow and Aberdeen on the two nights before the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards. We are proud to bring together a selection of the award nominees to play in some smaller, more intimate venues. The concerts take place in Stereo Cafe […]

Sponsor spotlight: Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust

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The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust has sponsored the Community Project of the Year for the last 4 years. Read below to find out more about them. If you haven’t voted in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards yet do so now!! The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust was formed to raise funds for the promotion […]

Votes are flying out of the door

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We are having a record breaking year for votes! We are now into the 2nd week of voting in the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2013 and there has been loads of interest. When we started the Scots Trad Music Awards back in 2003 our main aim (and still is) was to let the […]

Sponsor Spotlight: Macmeanmna

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Macmeamna Recordings are another of MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards long time sponsors. They have delivered a fab service for many years. Macmeamna are sponsoring Gaelic Singer of the Year. Have you voted yet? http://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/scotstradmusicawards/voting/. Macmeanmna are the eighth recipients of Hands Up for Trad’s Business Limelight Award. The “Limelight’s” are a monthly initiative […]

Hands Up for Trad is grateful for funding support for Na Trads/MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025 from: