The Scottish Arts Council Capital Lottery Fund has brought a new cinema and music venue a giant step closer to reality by the award of £2.12 million today.
31 March 2008

The fourth Ullapool Book Festival - Friday 16th until Sunday 18th May 2008 - has announced its line-up.

29 March 2008

Tional is a vibrant, family-orientated Gaelic language gathering on Saturday 5th April at Inverness Gaelic Primary School. Whatever your understanding of Gaelic, from complete beginner to fluent native speaker, there is an activity for you at Tional.
27 March 2008

The Guardian announced today that the Shetland Museum and Archives is among five museums to be short-listed for this year’s prestigious Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award.
27 March 2008

The Shetland Museum and Archives is holding a conference to launch three months of activities and celebrations marking the return of the famous St Ninian’s Isle Treasure.
27 March 2008

The National Theatre of Scotland presents THE BACCHAE by Euripides, in a new version by David Greig, from a literal translation by Ian Ruffell.
27 March 2008

On Friday 18th April 2008, there will be a unique Concert featuring Classical Ensemble: ‘The Glorious Company’ performing at The Macphail Centre, Ullapool.
27 March 2008

Six of Scotland's World Class musicians presenting new, exciting music with a contemporary slant on Scottish Traditional music will be performing at Universal Hall in Findhorn on 6 April 2008.
25 March 2008

Thurso Players will perform Ibsen's classic play A Doll's House at The Mill, Thurso and Eden Court next week.
25 March 2008

The Arts Education in Practice Professional Development Award is a new SQA accredited professional development qualification for arts practitioners in Scotland.
25 March 2008

Adam Levy, known for his guitar work with Norah Jones, sets out in support of his new album "Washing Day" with two Highland dates.

25 March 2008

The 30th Glenfarg Folk Feast will be taking place on Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th April.
25 March 2008

New York based classical guitarist Peter Griggs returns to Inverness on Thursday 3rd April 2008 to perform in the latest promotion of the Inverness Arts Forum Lunchtime Concert Series in the Town House.
25 March 2008

Helmsdale Heritage Society was established in the early 1980s when a small group of local people committed to creating a community heritage centre for the village residents and visitors to Sutherland. Now over twenty years later, it has pulled off another remarkable coup by transforming and adding to its facilities, helped by voluntary support that reduced costs by a huge margin.

20 March 2008

The grand reopening of the new Timespan is set for the first day of Easter and the beginning of the new tourist season. The transformation is absolutely stunning.
20 March 2008

The gallery has commissioned new work from nine of its key artists, and for the first time ever, work by these artists will be shown together at the gallery between 26 March and 26 April, 2008.
20 March 2008

Following the Visual Arts Gathering in Ullapool in 2006, HI-Arts invites you to attend the next Gathering at Eden Court, Inverness on 15th & 16th May 2008.
20 March 2008

Wick Youth Club for ages 14+ has a music/media event happening in the Easter break in partnership with Pure Media (a Dundee based company). Variety of music opportunities available for the young people including woodwind, traditional, brass and singing all with the intention of producing a DVD of the event.

19 March 2008

Mr McFall's Chamber is a flexible ensemble of mostly classical players for whom the lure of other musical styles has proved irresistible. They are well known for their eclectic mix of musical genres, programming classical and contemporary composers alongside rock, tango, klezmer and jazz.

19 March 2008

Walk Highlands is a leading website for walkers visiting and living in the Scottish Highlands. The site features over 370 detailed walking route descriptions with OS maps, photos, over a thousand places to stay etc.
19 March 2008

Involved in drama in Moray? Fancy trying something different?  Want to learn new skills? Keen to work with a professional production team?  Up for the challenge of putting on a play in just 2 days?  Not doing much Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th April?  Then "Andorra" is what you're looking for!  Read on to find out more!

19 March 2008

A very special concert in Phipps Hall, Beauly on 20 March at 7.30pm.
19 March 2008

Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra Launch Their Tour of Austria, Slovenia, Germany, the UK and Luxembourg in April 2008.
19 March 2008

The new Chief Conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic makes his debut with the English Chamber Orchestra on 25 May and has return engagements with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
19 March 2008

Ever wanted to grab and hold people’s attention the way an actor does? Did you ever wish you could project an air of confidence when you least feel like it?  In 2008, the internationally renowned Citizens’ Theatre commenced a brand new skills training programme focusing on confidence and presentation skills.
19 March 2008

The first novel by local writer Mandy Haggith is published today (17 March 2008) by Ullapool-based Two Ravens Press.
18 March 2008

Opera Circus returns to Scotland with a beautiful new chamber opera by the great Scottish composer Nigel Osborne.
18 March 2008

Scotland’s national opera company once again takes to the road this Spring with a brand new production of Rossini’s Cinderella.
18 March 2008

Following discussions between HSE representatives and Alistair Carmichael MP the HSE confirmed today that they would now make the trip to Shetland to review the inclusion of the North Ness Fuel Depot in their high risk site classification. In a further development the HSE has also confirmed that only one alteration is required to one tank on the North Ness site to automatically remove the tank from the list, and in doing so opening up the opportunity for development within the area affected by their guidance. All that is required is an overflow device to be attached to the petrol tank and work is now underway to cost this work and open up negotiations with the operators of the site.
17 March 2008

One of the most beautiful exhibitions ever to be seen in Shetland is about to open at Shetland Arts’ Bonhoga Gallery. Entitled Hides & Habitats, by Fife based artist Kyra Clegg, it is an ongoing installation of sculptures and wall based work whose initial inspiration was the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s book ‘The Poetics of Space’.
17 March 2008

From May 31st – June 8th this year, artists all over the Highlands will throw open their doors and invite you in to have a look behind the scenes of a busy artist’s studio.
17 March 2008

The Pier Arts Centre is one of only three projects in Scotland to win a UK Civic Trust Award.
17 March 2008

Scottish Ballet's Junior and Senior Associate Schemes invite applicants.
17 March 2008

Delighted ROCK NESS organisers today (14 March 2008) confirmed a deal to broadcast the music festival on the Channel 4 television network.
14 March 2008

Choir Wars is a new BBC programme brought to you by the people behind Strictly Come Dancing and Any Dream Will Do. The Saturday night programme is looking for the UK's favourite choir, and is inviting applications from choirs across the UK.

13 March 2008

Wick Youth Club has a music/media event happening in the Easter break in partnership with Dundee-based company, Pure Media.
13 March 2008

Moray arts company Wildbird are ying out to MIPTV, the worlds audio visual and digital content market at Cannes in April, where TV and digital broadcasters from over 160 countries gather to exchange ideas and content for their future production and broadcast activities.
13 March 2008

Eden Court is presenting a varied line-up of shows starring young performers in the coming weeks.
13 March 2008

Caithness Arts are currently preparing the second edition of the Caithness Arts Directory.
13 March 2008

Scone Palace in Perthshire will re-open for the season on Friday 21st March, and will be open daily until the 31st October.
13 March 2008

The Celtic Media Festival is coming to Galway, Ireland on Wednesday 16th April to Friday 18th April 2008 and details of the Programme have now been issued.
12 March 2008

Fèis Ghlaschu are now approaching their 5th Fèis Ghlaschu which is being held this year at St Aloyisus' School, Hill Street, close to the CCA, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Dates for the event are during the Easter School Holidays, 7th-12th April 2008, from 10am till 3.30pm each day.

12 March 2008

This weekend, 15th and 16th March, Busta House in Brae will host a Singer/ Songwriter workshop, culminating in a performance on Sunday night.

12 March 2008

BBC ONE is launching a brand new Saturday night entertainment show showcasing some of Britain's favourite choirs with a deadline of Friday 4th April at 6pm.

12 March 2008

Katie Morag opens at the Citizens Theatre on April 15, 2.30pm presented by Mull Theatre in association with Byre Theatre.
11 March 2008

Cromarty Arts Trust will be enjoying a double-celebration on the weekend of the 15th March, starting with a Freedom Ceilidh at 7pm at The Stables.
11 March 2008

Those many people who have been eagerly awaiting THE KERRACHER MAN by Eric MacLeod will not be disappointed when it appears later this month. News of the launches at Inverkirkaig, Ullapool and Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, is now available on the re-edited web site, as is Sir John Lister-Kaye’s (author of SONG OF THE ROLLING EARTH and much more) ringing endorsement.
11 March 2008

Three of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians have teamed up for the first time to go on tour throughout the Highlands of Scotland later this month (March 2008).
11 March 2008

After 16 years of planning, £750,000 of expenditure and £9 million of fundraising, blanket Health & Safety Executive guidance could stop the island community of Shetland realising its new music, cinema and arts education centre.
10 March 2008

The Travelling Gallery, Scotland's mobile art gallery in a bus, will arrive in Wester Ross this March, with its latest exhibition "Re/trato", showing an international selection of artwork with exhibits from as far away as Colombia and Australia.
06 March 2008

Scottish Ballet present the world premiere of Krzysztof Pastor's dramatic new reinterpretation of Romeo and Juliet.
06 March 2008

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06 March 2008

Glasgow based visual artists Rob Kennedy and Karen Cunningham have been selected to take part in the Scottish Arts Council’s New York and Amsterdam residencies, providing them with the opportunity to meet and work with key figures and organisations in the visual arts and promote their work to an international audience.
06 March 2008

St Fergus Gallery, Wick will be exhibiting works in a wide range of media by North East artist Derek Robertson as the first of its annual exhibition programme this year.  The exhibition will run from 23 February till 29March 2008 (excluding long Easter weekend).

06 March 2008

Let us introduce you to http://www.scotchsnap.com  - a new website giving celebratory profile to a wide range of Scottish musicians inspired to write great music.

06 March 2008

NYJOS Collective, The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland’s jazz chamber ensemble, will be performing a varied program of jazz classics and new arrangements, at Aros, Portree and Sgoil Chiùil na Gà idhealtachd, The National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music, Plockton on the 18th and 19th March.
06 March 2008

Classical pianist Chaiporn Pookhaothong is to perform a recital in the Lerwick Town Hall on Friday the 28th March as part of Shetland Arts’ classical music programme.
05 March 2008

Revolutionary stuff at E4 - we're making a new kind of radio station. One that's up for a bit of fun and mischief, and for doing things differently.

05 March 2008

The Celtic Media Festival programme 2008, from 16-18 April at the at the Radisson SAS Hotel & Spa in Galway, is now online at http://www.celticmediafestival.co.uk/programme.

05 March 2008

Chan eil ach dà sheachdain air fhàgail do sheinneadairean is sgrìobhadairean ann am mìon-chànan òrain a chur a-steach airson Nòs Ùr - a' chiad cho-fharpais òrain a thèid a chumail ann an Inbhir Nis, is mar aonan de ceithir cuairtean-deireannach a bhios tachairt ann an sgìrean eadar-dhealaichte na Roinn Eòrpa. Feumar òrain a bhith air an cur a-steach ro 14mh Màrt.

05 March 2008

There are only two weeks left for minority language singers and song-writers to enter to Nòs Ùr - the first song contest to be held in Inverness as part of four regional finals held across Europe. The deadline for song applications is 14 March.


05 March 2008

BBC Folk Award winners Lau will join The Ross Ainslie–Jarlath Henderson Trio next month to showcase their unique, adventurous brand of traditional music to audiences across Scotland, as part of the 2008 Tune Up tours.

05 March 2008

Through a new and unique partnership with the Scottish Arts Council (SAC), up to three Craft Funded Placements at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) are being offered to creative practitioners, running from 1st July – 30th September 2008. These are being offered on a pilot basis through the SAC’s Crafts Creative Development Awards which support individuals to create new work through awards of up to £10,000.

05 March 2008

Shetland Arts’ Film Wednesday season continues at The Garrison on 12th March, but not with the film originally intended for that evening. As the DVD distribution rights for Ringu appear to have been withdrawn, the programmers have substituted something equally spine-chilling. Them, a film by directors David Moreau and Xavier Palud, is proof that although they do not do it often, the French are as capable as the Japanese of scaring the living daylights out of an audience.

05 March 2008

Do you have a favourite walk you would like to communicate to others? Or do you want to hone your creativity in the outdoors using the rhythms of walking? Award-winning writer Linda Cracknell and The Watermill at Aberfeldy are joining forces in a course of workshops which bring together writing and walking.

05 March 2008

Featuring ex-member of The Arlenes & The Coal Porters Pat McGarvey with Case Hardin main man Pete Gow, Southern Tenant Folk Union are a new London based six piece folk & bluegrass band that in just two years have developed into one of the most exciting bands recording and performing roots based music in the United Kingdom.
05 March 2008

BBC Folk Award winners Lau will join The Ross Ainslie–Jarlath Henderson Trio next month to showcase their unique, adventurous brand of traditional music to audiences across Scotland, as part of the 2008 Tune Up tours.
05 March 2008

Girl Meets Boy by Inverness-based Ali Smith and Wild Places by Robert MacFarlane, which features many of the highlands most remote landscapes, have made it to the shortlists for the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book awards.
05 March 2008

Fèisean nan Gàidheal have teamed up with four primary schools throughout Skye for what promises to be a night of fun, entertaining drama on 11 March 2008.
05 March 2008

Spring has sprung and the Scottish Storytelling Centre’s new training and development programme is now available.
04 March 2008

Writer and comedian Rory Bremner has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Sundial Scottish Arts Council Book Awards today (Tuesday 4 March) as the shortlisted titles for each category are announced.
04 March 2008

The multi award winning Bogbain Adventure and Heritage Farm is expanding its remit as a family visitor centre and developing as a cultural and heritage attraction.
04 March 2008

The winner of the prestigious J D Fergusson Arts Award for 2008 will be announced at a press reception at The Fergusson Gallery, Perth, today (4 March).
04 March 2008