Tickets still available for Hippfest silent film festival

Tickets are still available for the acclaimed Hippfest silent film festival, which is taking place later this month. The tenth festival, running from 18-22 March, celebrates the new Roaring Twenties – in 2020! Falkirk Community Trust announced details of the festival, held at Scotland’s oldest purpose-built cinema in Bo’ness. Affectionately known as HippFest this annual…

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Project Smok’s debut album is brought to life

Bayview is the debut album from upcoming neo-trad trio Project Smok. Recently released, the record showcases the non-conformist and progressive Scottish traditional music the young band have become known for in recent years. Combining trad music with links to contemporary new-age pop, Bayview was brought to life in Edwyn Collins’ famous Clashnarrow Studio in Helmsdale…

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Celebrating the work of Gerda in textile panels

The ‘ground-breaking’ work of award-winning Scottish writer, actor, director and singer-songwriter Gerda Stevenson has inspired a new exhibition of 40 stunning textile panels. In response to poems from Stevenson’s fabulous collection: Quines: Poems in Tribute to Women of Scotland, Edge Textile Artists Scotland members were asked to select a poem and to interpret it in…

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Big names for this year’s Doune The Rabbit Hole festival

US hip-hop instigators Public Enemy (Radio) while award-winning, Mercury Music Prize nominated, award-winning performance poet, rapper, novelist and playwright Kate Tempest are coming to the Doune the Rabbit Hole festival. This is the only chance for festival fans to see both headliners in Scotland this summer. The headline acts join iconic Glasgow indie band Belle…

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The Macallan’s travel retail series is a hit in Taiwan

Edrington Asia Travel Retail partnered with Ever Rich Duty Free in a month-long Asia-exclusive launch for The Macallan Concept Number 2 – the latest edition in The Macallan’s travel retail exclusive Concept series. The Macallan Concept Number 2 is the second release in the Concept Series – a collection that fuses the passion behind The…

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Conservatoire in global top ten for performing arts

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is one of the world’s top ten destinations to study the performing and production arts, according to a leading international ranking published today. Scotland’s national conservatoire has taken the number nine spot in the QS World University Rankings 2020 for performing arts, alongside prestigious institutions including The Juilliard School in…

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The Big Big Gin Festival is back for another round

The award-winning Big Big Gin Festival returns to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange for another round and once again it’s promising something refreshingly different. Having recently won the title of ‘Scottish Gin Event of the Year’ at the Scottish Gin Awards 2019, the organisers are keen to raise the bar yet again, so are set to…

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The search is on to find artists in residence

Glasgow Life is searching for 23 imaginative artists with the vision and skill to help local communities reap the life-enhancing benefits of creative activity. Choreographers, writers, dramatists, filmmakers, musicians, photographers and others are being invited to apply to become artists in residence, as the second phase of Glasgow’s ambitious Creative Communities programme gets underway. The…

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Call for music inspired by Scotland’s nature

A new national contest has been launched, calling on musicians of all genres – whether rock, rap, folk, classical or anything in between – to show their love of nature by writing music inspired by the coasts and waters of Scotland’s beautiful nature reserves. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Fèis Rois have partnered up on…

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LOVE Gorgie Farm opens its doors

LOVE Gorgie Farm, formerly Gorgie City Farm, opened its doors on Saturday with a huge celebration and range of family-friendly activities. Edinburgh’s Depute Lord Provost, Cllr Joan Griffiths, joined with a number of local celebrities including radio presenter Grant Stott, Hearts CEO Ann Budge and Hibs footballer Ryan Porteous, as well as Edinburgh and Scotland…

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