Traditional Russian folk song is set to hit a high note with a visit to Strathspey on Wednesday November 14 by the Valaam Ensemble who will taking the stage for a special concert at Carrbridge village hall.
30 October 2007

Some of Scotland’s finest young musicians are about to come together to present an exciting concert which will display the vibrant and healthy state of the country’s music scene.

30 October 2007

Hands up for Trad will be hosting the 5th Scots Trad Music Awards weekend in Fort William from Thursday 29th November to Saturday 1st December 2007.


30 October 2007

Local singing group, voiceworks is offering something for all music lovers at their forthcoming concerts on 9th and 10th November.
30 October 2007

Celebrated American pianist Ivan Ilic will return to Scotland to play nine dates in November.
25 October 2007

Strathspè Away dance and music festival welcomes a number of new tutors and performers this year for the fifth annual festival. The festival, hosted by the exquisite step-dance group Dannsa, runs from the 9th to the 11th of November in Kingussie .

25 October 2007

Angus Grant and Luke Plumb (Shooglenifty) and Australia's Peter Daffy have been joined by keyboardist extraordinaire Jamie Jauncey from Birnam for their new album "And You May Find Yourself…" They are launching the album with a Scottish tour which kicks off at Glen Urquhart Public Hall, in Drumnadrochit, on the shores of Loch Ness on Friday November 2nd.
25 October 2007

Some of the leading names in folk and world music will perform in Glasgow this January at the 15th Celtic Connections festival.
25 October 2007

From firework flashes to the Big Bang when the universe began, from Cairngorm granite to the orange berries of sea buckthorn, from the Book of Job to a touchdown on Titan - and from Applecross to Achiltibuie: the first Highland Science Festival is on the way!
25 October 2007

The Unusual Suspects will be performing the Scottish premiere performance of the new piece "Lorient Suite" by Corrina Hewat and David Milligan at The Queens Hall, Edinburgh on Tuesday 30th October 2007.

25 October 2007

Roman Rudnytsky performs on the Bosendorfer piano in Inverness Town House on Wednesday 7 November 2007
from 1pm to 1.50pm.
24 October 2007

Historic Inverness place names are to be remembered in the new Eden Court it was announced today.
24 October 2007

Inverness-based Dogstar Theatre Company is to undertake a tour of four cities in Western Ukraine in early November with their 2004 hit, SEVEN AGES by Hamish MacDonald.
24 October 2007

Two of Scotland’s top acts will showcase their talent to music industry representatives from around the globe in Seville later this week, at the 13th annual World Music Expo (WOMEX).
24 October 2007

The Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen are delighted to announce the appointment of Anne Bonnar as Transition Director.

24 October 2007

Shooglenifty will be touring Scotland this November as part of the Scottish Arts Council Tune Up Tour with the North American Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis.
24 October 2007

Following the success of last year’s programme which featured world music sensations, Tinariwen and homegrown talent such as King Creosote and Julie Fowlis, a new season of Scottish Arts Council Tune Up tours has been unveiled.
24 October 2007

GLASGOW-based alt.blues artist Dave Arcari teams up with Bristol’s Chris Scott to present a double-bill of alt.blues mayhem at The Bein Inn, Glenfarg on Friday 9 November.
23 October 2007

The Enchanted Forest, one of Scotland’s biggest Autumn events, launched in style on Friday evening (19 October 2007) with a sound and light extravaganza that lit up the skies over Faskally Wood near Pitlochry.
23 October 2007

A lifetime of devotion to the performance and promotion of Gaelic music and song is to be marked on Saturday 27th October at a special Ceilidh for Kenna Campbell in Glasgow. 
23 October 2007

An evening of cutting edge performances by a wide range of contemporary, traditional, jazz, and classical musicians will celebrate the legacy of Martyn Bennett on Saturday 27 October at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh.
18 October 2007

An opportunity exists for someone with a keen interest in current Scottish literature – and who may also be a writer – to take part, at editorial level, in the production and development of a lively Scottish literary magazine.

16 October 2007

The results of the HISSAC Open Short Story Competition 2007 have been announced.
16 October 2007

Starter for 6 is a business support programme led by NESTA in Scotland which provides business training, support and the opportunity to be considered for grant awards of up to £10,000 to pre-start/early-stage businesses working in the science, technology and/or creative industries.

16 October 2007

The Watermill Gallery in Aberfeldy will be featuring a collection of five ceramics by Pablo Picasso alongside works by Miro, Moore and Hepworth in its Christmas Modern Masters Print Exhibition, which opens on 3rd November.
16 October 2007

A conference report documenting the first Gaelic Arts Conference for ten years is now available online.
16 October 2007

Eden Court’s much anticipated new Concert Season will begin with a splendid BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performance which will be recorded for future broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
16 October 2007

Eden Court is delighted to welcome Scottish traditional legends Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain for a sold out concert in the new Eden Court.

16 October 2007

The new Eden Court is underlining its commitment to bringing the finest comedy to the Highlands with appearances by Lenny Henry and Ardal O’Hanlon in the venue’s opening week.
16 October 2007

Ullapool based Composer James Douglas will give an inviting evening of music on Saturday 3rd November 2007 at The Macphail Theatre in Ullapool.
16 October 2007

Please see below for extracts from New Media Scotland's latest Newsletter.......


15 October 2007

New Media Scotland's Executive Director, Cezanne Charles, is leaving the organisation to move back to the US. Her last day will be the 14 December. On behalf of the Board of Director's and all of the staff we wish her the best and will miss her hard work and dedication to the organisation.

15 October 2007

A touring exhibition commemorating the centenary of the birth of Sir Basil Spence will open at the Omni Centre, Edinburgh on 13 October. The exhibition which celebrates the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest architects will run until 27 October and Edinburgh is the third city in its year-long, nationwide tour.

15 October 2007

Inverness Architectural Association cordially invites anyone who has an interest in design, architecture and town planning to attend this year's Highland Update Conference to be held on 9 & 10 November 2007 in Strathpeffer.
11 October 2007

An exciting heritage project that was established a year ago to investigate and document abandoned rural settlements throughout Scotland is about to celebrate its first anniversary with the launch of its new website.
11 October 2007

The cream of The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland’s young musicians, will be leading jazz workshops at Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness from Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 October 2007.
11 October 2007

Pictish Drummers, Roman Soldiers, Highland Clans, pipe bands and handbell ringers are just some of the acts participating in opening night of the Pitlochry Autumn Festival on Friday 19th October.
11 October 2007

Dàimh, who recently released their album "Crossing Point" (CDTRAX 316) on the Greentrax label, will be appearing at two fringe events in the 2007 MOD.
10 October 2007

Following the recent archaeological excavations in Dornoch's Town Square, Historylinks Museum celebrates Highland Archaeology Fortnight with this week's launch of an exciting exhibition of the dynamic record of development, disaster and drainage that has been revealed in the ground beneath this historic Highland hub.
10 October 2007

A preview of Kissing Bandits, ahead of performances in Inverness at Dràma Na h-Alba, Scotland’s International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, will take place on 17 October at Elgin's Red Shoes Theatre.
10 October 2007

The Highland Council is delighted to be promoting a piece of highly accessible and imaginative theatre companies for children aged 6 to 9 and their families by one of Scotland’s best loved theatre companies in the newly revamped Spectrum Centre.
10 October 2007

Motorists travelling up and down the A9 over the next ten days might be forgiven for thinking aliens have landed, as the skies over the road are lit up each night with lasers, strobe lights and lanterns as part of a Perthshire Big Tree Country initiative to highlight The Enchanted Forest event which begins on Friday 19th October at Faskally Wood, Pitlochry.
10 October 2007

On 10 October, Scottish Arts Council will mark World Mental Health Day with ‘Art at the Heart of Wellbeing’, a one day conference and celebratory showcase event at Perth Concert Hall. This is part of a series of arts events throughout Scotland during Mental Health Week.
10 October 2007

Scotland’s largest gathering of artists, arts organisations and delegates from the widest cultural sector will converge on Edinburgh next February.
10 October 2007

Pròiseact nan Ealan (PNE) are delighted that they will yet again be contributing to this years' Royal National Mod in Fort William through continuing sponsorship of the Sean-Nós singing competition. This year PnE will also play a key part of the Iomall a'Mhòid Lochabair 2007, Lochaber National Mod Fringe, as they have arranged for a special set of 28 An Leabhar Mòr prints to be exhibited at the West Highland Museum from the 12th – 19th October.

09 October 2007

For hundreds of years, cultures around the world have spoken of and searched for those special places that allow mere mortals to enter the land of lore and legend. From 2 - 18 November, a door to that world will be opened in Glenmore Forest Park near Aviemore, in the Cairngorms National Park, giving visitors the opportunity to experience the magical sensation of being ‘ Between Two Worlds’.
09 October 2007

The final exhibition of the season begins today (Monday 8th October) at Porteous Brae Gallery, Dundas Street, Stromness. “Travels with Dapple: Around the Orkney Braes with Sancho Panza’s Donkey” presents an excursion with an ear to the ground for rumblings on the subject of wind turbine development.
09 October 2007

Born and raised in Zambia, Ivy Mvula-Berry came to Scotland in 1990 to begin her studies in Art and Design at Edinburgh College of Art. Graduating with a BA (Hons), Ivy subsequently trained at Herriot-Watt University as an Art Therapist. Ivy has lived in the Highlands since 1997 and is now resident in Inverness. “Beginning with Blue” is her first solo exhibition.
08 October 2007

Saturday 13^th & Sunday 14^th October 2007

Following on from last years success at the Fort William Mountain Festival the John Muir Trust are again running a writing competition for aspiring writers to send in a short piece of writing for the 2008 festival.
02 October 2007

The following is from the Scottish Arts Council's fourth ArtFull e-bulletin. This year there’s a great increase in the number and range of events and activities taking place during Mental Health Week and the SAC's focus in this issue is on some of the innovative and exciting things that are happening in the next few weeks.…


01 October 2007

Fort William is indeed the centre of the universe for culture this month! Not only the Mod but also the Highlands Open Studios Members’ Exhibition. The Lime Tree An Ealdhain Gallery in Fort William is hosting one of the finest visual arts exhibitions of Scotland’s year of Highland culture. The exhibition will run from 8 October till 14 November, 10am-10pm, with an opening and preview for members and invited guests on Sunday 7 October, 12-5pm.

01 October 2007

A new online service publishing job vacancies, invitations to tender, volunteer opportunities and careers information, as well as providing an interactive platform for arts professionals to have their say on the realities of working in the sector, has been launched this week by ArtsProfessional magazine. Job seekers looking for work in the arts and cultural sector now have a unique and valuable resource to help them find their dream job.

01 October 2007