Congratulations to Take the Floor who has been nominated in Trad Music in the Media at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2025. Vote now! It’s going to be another great night at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards on Saturday 6th December in Aberdeen Music Hall. Why not join us for a brilliant night of music and awards. Buy a ticket here.
We asked Jennifer of Take the Floor the following questions.
Tell us about yourself
Take the Floor is BBC Radio Scotland’s longest continually running programme, and champions traditional Scottish music and song. The programme features sessions from leading Scottish dance bands, as well as singers and other musicians and the presenter Gary Innes chats with a fantastic array guests, including leading musicians, Scottish actors, and other well known Scottish faces. Take the Floor also hosts regular live events, bringing world class traditional music to audiences across the country.
Why are you involved in Scottish music?
Take the Floor and it’s predecessors, have championed Scottish traditional music since their inception on Radio Scotland in the 1930s, and continues to showcase the very best that the scene has to offer – past and present!
Any particular career highlights?
This year, Take the Floor set a new record for the largest ceilidh audience the programme has ever had, at Lochaber Live Festival in Fort William. Over 800 dancers of all ages and generations joined Gary Innes and two bands for a fantastic afternoon of music and dance.
What are your plans for the future?
Take the Floor will continue to champion the very best of Scottish traditional music, from our very happening music scene with musicians young and old, to showcasing some gems from the BBC Archives and the masters from our past.
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The 2025 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards are on the 6th December 2025 in Aberdeen Music Hall! You will be able to watch it live in person (buy a ticket here). Watch it live in the UK at 9pm (GMT) on BBC ALBA and and around the world here. Hosted by Scottish personalities Alistair Heather and Mary Ann Kennedy, the night in the Granite City will also welcome live performances from some of the brightest lights on the thriving trad scene today including beloved singer Hannah Rarity, UK folk legends The Poozies, trad pop band Mec Lir and BBC Radio scotland Young Traditional Musician and Scots Performer o the Year Ellie Beaton and many more!
If you would like to support Hands Up for Trad in their work with Scottish trad music and musicians why not become a friend of Hands Up for Trad. In addition to our high profile events like the Scots Trad Music Awards, we also deliver a less well known, education programme for young people from 8yrs right through to young adults at the start of their careers. Read more here.