Aabdy aroon Dundee, get yersels alang tae the new Scots leid performance nights, 'Blether', run by Elfie Picket Theatre

First ane is Friday 3rd May 😀
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Fundit fae the Wee Grants for Creativity in the Scots Leid

Celtic music trailblazers Capercaillie celebrate 40 years with ReLoved, new album featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra handsup.link/capercaillie @verticalrecords

We are really excited about Tinto Summer School 2024. New tutors and a returning Josie Duncan! We would love to have your son or daughter attend. It's the 1-6th July in Wiston Lodge, South Lanarkshire. Find out more here handsup.link/Tinto2024

Such sad news to hear of the passing of the legend Fergie MacDonald MBE. What a guy! So many great stories and achievements. Our thoughts are with his family. Read about Fergie here.RIP projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/f…

Saturday 4th May is #WorldPlayAStrathspeyDay and we would love you all to join in! All you have to do is record yourself playing your favourite strathspey and upload it to social media. Easy! There's a concert at @edintradfest too! handsup.link/Strathspey2024

This weekend! Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin Big Band at Edinburgh TradFest (4-6 May). This long running event is so much fun for young people. If you know anyone who would benefit from attending please pass this on. handsup.link/EYGBigBand

Do you ever want to rehearse with your fellow musicians and they're too far away and you would rather save the planet? Check out this software for Macs that works! I did a 90min rehearsal the other day. If you sign up before 22nd April - you get 50% off. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/distil/elk-rem…

More than two million innocent people in Gaza are in need of urgent humanitarian aid.
I’m honoured to have been asked to perform at this concert - all proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians 🕊️🇵🇸
Tickets on sale NOW !!
tickets.glasgowlife.org.uk/33110/33111
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Star-studded night to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Feat Deacon Blue, Capercaillie, Rura and more. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Wednesday 1st May 2024.
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Check out our new Tinto Summer School logo! Designed by 16k Design it features the fabulous Wiston Lodge that Tinto is held at. If you are looking for somewhere fun and musical to send your child the first week of July - check it out here. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/handsupfortrad…

Watch this great short film from BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician - 2024: Calum Mcllroy. Great music, song and chat. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Don’t miss the #WorldPlayAStrathspeyDay 2024 Concert at Edinburgh Tradfest featuring brilliant musicians Eryn Rae, Mat Tighe, Megan MacDonald and Rory Matheson. Find out more here handsup.link/Strathspey2024

For Angus loons like masel, Joe Aitken embodied our local Scots song culture. He will be a huge miss, having given so much to traditional song & local festivals over the years. Truly an icon of the bothy ballad tradition, I was proud to know & sing with. The brawest o the braw.

Not long until Hands Up For Trad EYG Big Band begins at Edinburgh Tradfest. Trad music, arrangement and songwriting workshops for young people aged 13–18. Don't miss out! ⏰

🎟️ eygbigband2024.eventbrite.co.uk
Free and pay-what-you-can places available.

Scots poet Caroline Oliphant, Lady Nairne, a neglected but brilliant writer o Scots sangs. Hear Scots singer Hannah Rarity's The Rowan Tree, Will Ye No Come Back Again and Land o the Leal on Scots Hoose YouTube
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Mair very sad news today to hear of the passing of one of Scotland’s finest singers Joe Aitken. Read about Joe from his 2018 induction to the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/j…

Calum Stewart concert: brownpapertickets.com/event/6250938

Details, incl. workshops in Scottish Step Dancing, trad flute & whistle: flutefling.scot tmsa @tradmusicforum Hands Up For Trad

#flute #whistle #tradmusic #folkmusic #scottishmusic #stepdance #folkdance #edinburgh #festival

Find out about this new piping competition - The Raasay sponsored by Isle of Raasay Distillery. projects.handsupfortrad.scot/handsupfortrad…

Very sorry to hear about the passing of musician Norman Chalmers. As a young concertina player, Norman was a major influence on me teaching techniques that I still use today. Also his all round musicality showed anything was possible. RIP

Most excited for this! 👏