Mary Ann Kennedy and Na Seòid - Gaelic Album and Concert at Celtic Connections, Strathclyde Suite on 3rd February.
31 January 2008

The brave new music of a maverick musician and composer is celebrated by one of Europe's most fearlessly outward looking chamber ensembles. Mr McFall’s Chamber make a welcome return to Phipps Hall, Beauly on 20th March 2008 at 7.30pm (Tickets http://www.thebooth.co.uk)

An inspired collaboration between Mull Theatre and Right Lines Productions has brought about the long-awaited revival of The Accidental Death of an Accordionist for a major Scottish tour in summer 2008.
30 January 2008

The Music of Composer James Douglas, as featured in the BBC series ‘Sahara with Michael Palin,’ has been performed all over the world; and on Thursday 6th March 2008 at the Macphail Centre, Ullapool, his music will be performed alongside a enticing Visual Journey around North West Scotland, featuring many photographs taken by his wife Helen Douglas.

After a very close battle of outstanding skill, 23 year old Ewan Robertson from Carr-bridge won this year’s Traditional Musician of the Year Award.
30 January 2008

With the Highland Year of Culture now having fizzled out, residents and visitors to the Highlands and Islands can rest assured in the knowledge that art and artists remain alive and well in the Highlands and Islands.
30 January 2008

Award winning en masse theatre is touring their brand new production, The Iceberg to a series of venues across the UK in early 2008. Catch it whilst you can.
29 January 2008

The band will perform under a big top to a capacity audience of in the region of 8,000 fans on Sunday 20 July with special guests. Tickets go on sale Friday 1st February at 9am.
29 January 2008

HI~Arts is now seeking submissions from writers of fiction living in the Highland and Islands of Scotland wishing to be considered for a place on our annual Masterclass for the best new fiction writing talent in the region.
29 January 2008

The Lady Victoria Colliery, winner of RCAHMS’ ‘Treasured Places’ vote, is today celebrated in verse by Edinburgh’s Makar, Valerie Gillies. Valerie’s poem will be presented to the Colliery, now the Scottish Mining Museum, by the Minister for Culture, Linda Fabiani.


29 January 2008

Channel 4’s talent development initiative 4Talent Scotland is looking for new directors to take part in industry master classes and work with experienced 4Talent producers to create new, inspiring, creative videos for the 4Talent Scotland website.

Following the master classes, to take place in the Highlands and in Glasgow, three directors will be selected to work with Lewis-based production company Mac TV, producers of award winning documentaries such as Martyn Bennett:Grit and Downhill Racer, as well as long running arts strand series such as Ealtainn . Another five will work with Glasgow production company Blindside, who have produced various videos for the 4Talent Scotland website, such as Traffic, Trash and Toilets and Another Fine Mess.

To win a place on one of the master classes, and the chance to make a short film for the 4Talent website working alongside Blindside or MacTV, filmmakers and directors are invited to submit three ideas for the kind of films they’d like to see on the 4Talent website. For more information on how to enter go to www.channel4.com/4talentscotland

The deadline for applications is 11th February 2008.

A show by: Peter Baldwin, Matt Foster, Kally Lloyd-Jones and Michael Popper.
Directed by: Michael Popper
Performed by: Peter Baldwin, Matt Foster and Kally Lloyd-Jones

'laugh at the funny bits and gawp at the virtuoso dancing' Metro

The biggest names in rock and dance are set to descend on Loch Ness, Scotland this summer for the third monster Rock Ness music festival.

In a move guaranteed to thrill tens of thousands of discerning music fans, and boost the credentials of the festival for pursuing an inspired music policy, organisers today revealed an eclectic, genre-defying star line up.

28 January 2008

For artists in Moray who have decided that their New Year’s resolution is to start a new career or improve their existing one, Moray Art Centre has an event to help kick start ideas on Sunday 27 January from 2pm till 4pm.
25 January 2008

Scottish Ballet is delighted to announce that the Company was today awarded the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award Company Prize for Outstanding Repertoire (Classical), fending off competition from both The Royal Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet companies. The National Dance Awards are the highlight of the dance calendar and are voted for by critics, the majority of whom write regularly for national and regional newspapers and magazines.

24 January 2008

Bidh clasaichean Gaeilge a’ tòiseachadh an ann Inbhir Nis air 28 Faoilleach (gach oidhche Luain) agus a’ dol airson ochd seachdainean.

24 January 2008

Licketyspit present their new show for 2008 - Heelie-go-Leerie – an exuberant piece of theatre for children and families with live drumming, singing and bagpipes!
24 January 2008

PROJECTOR, the festival that celebrates the best in the animation world, is back at Dundee Contemporary Arts from 30 January–2 February 2008. It will be launched on Saturday 26 January with a special screening of Anders Rønnow Klarlund’s Strings.

24 January 2008

Following the huge success of the ‘Stories from the Straths Exhibition’ in Strathy last week, Essie and the team will be setting up camp in Lochinver next week. Visitors’ comments on the Strathy Exhibition and events included –‘magnificent’, ‘imaginative and atmospheric’ and ‘visually inspiring’. This is one not to be missed and demand to take this exhibition on tour beyond north west Sutherland is fast emerging.

24 January 2008

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) is calling on local residents to get creative with their environment through an arts workshop taking place in Cromarty next month (February 2008).
24 January 2008

The RSAMD Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams project is proud to announce a new partnership with well-established traditional music publisher Taigh na Teud, based on the Isle of Skye (www.scotlandsmusic.com).
23 January 2008

The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama’s Scottish Traditional Music Graded Exams project was launched in the summer of 2007 when its website went live (http://gradedexams.rsamd.ac.uk ) and its first session for fiddle and accordion took place on 22 October.
23 January 2008

Resolis Community Arts has persuaded Marie McCormick to leave her home turf in Glasgow and bring her Blues Band north for their FIRST EVER Highland gig on 26 January 2008.
23 January 2008

The Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards – Scotland’s richest book awards, and the fourth largest in the UK – will be hosted for the first time at the Borders Book Festival in Melrose on 20 June 2008.
23 January 2008

This training day is funded by An Lanntair to support Visual Artists, Musicians, Actors, etc aiming to make money from their art-form practice and arts education work.
22 January 2008

HIE Innse Gall is funding the Maker's Guide to Selling Craft workshop, which is hosted by An Lanntair, so that craft producers can explore the logistics of selling your craft.
22 January 2008

Award winning poet, novelist and songwriter Kevin McNeil is set to make a return visit to Shetland in February 2008 in order to take up a brief creative writing residency.
18 January 2008

Plans are gathering pace for Kingussie’s new Food on Film Festival on the first weekend of February, with confirmation of major funding from the National Lottery through Scottish Screen and also from The Cairngorms National Park Authority and Leader Plus Initiative.

17 January 2008

Awards from £5K to £50K are available for the Themed Events Programme for the Year of Homecoming 2009.

17 January 2008

Bruce Fummey, the country’s finest Afro Celtic comedian, will bring Burns back; with the laughter and convivial approach that the great poet himself would have enjoyed, at The Warehouse on 19 January 2008.
17 January 2008

Promote YT (Scotland) is the national agency dedicated to the development of Youth Theatre in Scotland.
17 January 2008

Macmeanmna recording artist Stuart Liddell of Inveraray recently received a double accolade in the New Year awards made by the prestigious periodical “Pipes/Drums”.
17 January 2008

This year's festival will take place from 6-16 March 2008 at various venues in Elgin.
17 January 2008

A competition has been launched this week which celebrates songs from Celtic and Scots language communities. Singers and song-writers are invited to send entries to Nòs Ùr - the first song contest to be held in Inverness as part of four regional finals held across Europe.

17 January 2008

The Moray Council’s Arts Development Team is currently updating its database of artists living and working in the area.

17 January 2008

During the dark nights and driech days we could all do with a story and a ceilidh. This month Essie Stewart and the team who made the ‘Summer in the Straths’ journey around north west Sutherland last year are on the road again.

17 January 2008

Northwords Now is happy to welcome Jon Miller to share the editor’s role with Rhoda Michael.
16 January 2008

During the dark nights and driech days we could all do with a story and a ceilidh. This month Essie Stewart and the team who made the ‘Summer in the Straths’ journey around north west Sutherland last year are on the road again.
16 January 2008

Wildbird will be running an intensive creative weekend workshop from 25-27 January 2008 that aims to rehearse and produce a stunning new piece of contemporary theatre in just one weekend.
16 January 2008

Organisers of the Fort William Mountain Festival have announced the introduction of Scotland's first annual award for excellence in mountain culture – The Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture.
16 January 2008

Stills, Edinburgh Printmakers and Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop invite artists to apply for the above opportunities to develop their practice in working with individuals from selected communities.

15 January 2008

The Moray Council’s Arts Development Team is currently updating its database of artists living and working in the area.
15 January 2008

Highland 2007 has instilled a new confidence in the region's creative industries providing crucial investment in its communities and facilities, according to HIE chair William Roe.
15 January 2008

Cromarty Arts Trust is proud to announce the screening of a new documentary film about the experiences of the Polish community living around Inverness and Easter Ross.
15 January 2008

One of Scotland’s most respected artists, June Carey, will be exhibiting new works inspired by her visit to India at the Castle Gallery in Inverness during the month of March.
15 January 2008

A competition has been launched this week which celebrates songs from Celtic and Scots language communities. Singers and song-writers are invited to send entries to Nòs Ùr - the first song contest to be held in Inverness as part of four regional finals held across Europe.
14 January 2008

Following a three day recording session in the Quoyloo Church, Sandwick, in the autumn of last year, the Mayfield Singers are now ready to launch their recording of songs set to poems by Robert Burns, and what better way to celebrate this unique achievement than by holding a traditional Burns Supper on Burns Night.
14 January 2008

On Tuesday 15th January 2008, the public are invited to attend the official opening of artist in residence Karen Rann’s art installation – ‘Presence’. The opening takes place at Ness Bank Church on Tuesday followed by a piped procession to the installation at St Andrews Cathedral.
14 January 2008

The guidelines and application form for Themed Events Programme for the Year of Homecoming 2009 are now available and awards range from £5k to £50k. The deadline is 26 February 2008.

Scottish Opera’s tour “Essential Scottish Opera” is set to travel to fifteen venues the length and breadth of Scotland in 2008.
08 January 2008