The Blas festival, which after the success of its first year has been nominated in the “Event of the Year” category at the forthcoming Scottish Traditional Music Awards, is now extending an invitation to cultural events promoters to take part in next year’s festival.
30 November 2005

The Princess Royal Trust Highland Carers’ Project has put together an exhibition of photographs of carers with Fin Macrae, the highly regarded local photographer who has exhibited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and The Victoria and Albert in London. The exhibition will be opened by Maureen Macmillan MSP at Strathpeffer Community Centre on Carers’ Rights Day, Friday 2nd December, at 12noon.
30 November 2005

HI~Arts is delighted to announce that its highly successful and innovative critical assessment project for writers - Work in Progress - has been extended to include poetry and writing for children.
30 November 2005

Bòrd na Gàidhlig’s Gaelic Initiatives Fund awards grants of up to £10,000.
25 November 2005

A young, female Japanese concert pianist will take centre stage at the next Shetland Arts Trust classical music concert in Lerwick Town Hall on Thursday 8th December.
23 November 2005

Leading conductor, singer, and writer Paul Hillier is bringing his vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices to Perth in the New Year with Stimmung.
22 November 2005

Terry Wogan, Michael Parkinson and Anneka Rice are just some of the celebrities who have signed doodles to be auctioned at the GREAT CELEBRITY DOODLE AUCTION on Friday, December 2 from 7pm in the Gallery at Moray College in Elgin.
22 November 2005

Eden Court has appointed Elgin-based construction company Robertson Construction Northern as the main contractor for their prestigious capital development project.
22 November 2005

Following the 4 sell-out concerts in the Highlands earlier this year Dougie MacLean is thrilled to be performing at the new An Lanntair Arts Centre in Stornoway on Friday 25th November 2005.
22 November 2005

Charioteer Theatre in collaboration with Moray Council is organising a 7 day course on The Art of MIME with Mime Teacher & Choreographer, Marise Flach from 9th - 15th January 2006 at Universal Hall, Findhorn, Forres.
22 November 2005

Music Matters has been arranged by local music organisations to bring together all those interested in improving the conditions for arts, culture and music in Lochaber. Music Matters takes place on Saturday 26 November 2005 at the Nevis Centre in Fort William.
22 November 2005

1 November 2005 Moonstone International’s Artistic Director, Jean-Luc Ormières, today announced that the next Screenwriters’ Lab will take place in the Nairn, Scotland between 13 and 18 November 2005.
18 November 2005

CosmicSky comes to Perth on Sat 26 Nov and offers audiences the chance to sit, relax and immerse in the wonders of the universe. It merges the beauty of nature with the language of science, art, poetry and philosophy.
16 November 2005

Shetland Arts Trust is set to commence its annual programme of youth music workshops and youth gigs, entitled ‘Solid Rock’, which will again run over the winter months throughout Shetland.
16 November 2005

HI~Arts is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen Watts as the first poet to the 'Embedded Poets Project', Stephen will be working on the theme of suicide in the Highlands and Islands.
16 November 2005

The Phipps Hall programme continues with a concert by renowned Irish singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kieran Halpin on 2 December 2005.
16 November 2005

The National Theatre of Scotland and Moray Council’s Arts Development team will be hosting a local launch of the National Theatre of Scotland on Tuesday 29th November at 7.30 pm in the Supper Room of Elgin Town Hall.
16 November 2005

Work by 44 Artists and Makers from Mull & Iona will be on show at An Tobar from 26th November – 31st December 2005.
16 November 2005

Get along to Perth Concert Hall and Theatre this Christmas as the Horsecross Santa sack is well and truly bursting with the best festive shows and party nights around.
16 November 2005

This year come and see a brand new pantomime for the 21st century starring “one of Scotland’s national treasures,” Jimmy Chisholm, at Perth Theatre from 9 December 2005 until 7 January 2006.
16 November 2005

Highland Council in conjunction with the Provincial Government of Nova Scotia, in association with the Memorandum of Understanding are developing strong cultural and linguistic ties between the Highlands, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
14 November 2005

Shetland is once again prominently represented at this year’s Traditional Music Awards to be held at a ceremony in the Queens Hall, Edinburgh on the 3rd December.
14 November 2005

One of Shetland’s, indeed Scotland’s, finest fiddle players is set to undertake a short solo tour of her home turf on 25 & 26 November 2005.
14 November 2005

An e sgrìobhaiche ùr dràma a th' annad a tha airson dealbh-chluiche ghoirid a sgrìobhadh ann an Gàidhlig do chloinn? Mas e, seo am farpais dhut! Obraichidh buidheann de chloinn eadar 9 - 12 no òigridh eadar 12-16 air an dealbh-chluich a bhuannaicheas agus chithear e air an stèids aig an GYTF anns a' Ghearran 2006.
14 November 2005

A fabulous new album recorded entirely by young musicians from the Highlands, with the help of Award winning Capercaillie fiddle player Charlie McKerron is due to be launched later this month.
14 November 2005

The 9-piece longstanding, Edinburgh based outfit La Boum! are about to hit the Highlands on 26 November 2005 with their floor filling brew of world music.
14 November 2005

Visual artists and artisans working in all mediums are invited to submit their work for selection and inclusion in Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness – Summer Exhibitions, July and August 2006.
14 November 2005

Several Macmeanmna artists have been nominated for this year’s Scots Trad Music Awards which will take place on Saturday 3 December 2005 at The Queen's Hall in Edinburgh.
11 November 2005

Blazin' in Beauly has been short-listed in the "Best Event" category at this years Scottish Traditional Music Awards and it's now up to the general public to decide who wins by voting online.
07 November 2005

An Tobar, the Tobermory Arts Centre on Isle of Mull will be showing a body of work from the Glasgow School of Art 2005 Degree Show by Mull-born artist, Imogen Gardner, from 5-22 November 2005.
04 November 2005

Cromarty Arts Trust and Cromarty Arts Society will present an Open Air Screening of 'Petrolia', a film by Emily Richardson.
04 November 2005

The Inverness Traditional Music Project is delighted that it has been nominated as one of 4 nominees as Community Project of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards.
02 November 2005

John Clifford’s fine adaptation of the Dickens’ classic Great Expectations begins at Perth Theatre on Thursday 10 November 2005.
02 November 2005

Skye Jazz – a weekend of great music on the Isle of Skye, from 11-12 November, 2005.
02 November 2005