Putting traditional Dance on the Music Map of Scotland For over 20 years, The Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland (TMSA) has been working to inform people about the opportunities to take part in traditional music – and often dance – by collating details of events, festivals and activity from around Scotland into a … Continued

The Stonehaven Folk Festival is celebrating its 30th year in July 2018 and are trying to get into the Guinness record books. More details available including where to register are available by clicking here. Once registered a newsletter will be started to keep you all up to date. You will need to be able to play … Continued

The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society invites branches and affiliated groups to enter this new virtual competition from anywhere in the world! Get a group of dancers together and perform a unique dance based on the theme (you guessed it!) ‘Around the World’. Your routine must be mostly made up of Scottish Country Dance steps … Continued

Three grants of up to £1000 each are to be awarded to promising young artists by the Alan Surtees Trust, set up in memory of the much-loved Shrewsbury Folk Festival Director. The grants will be given to artists who show exceptional skill, talent and promise in their field and whose work is rooted in, or influenced … Continued

An award that is aimed at more established artists, who are able to demonstrate a high level of quality, imagination and ambition in their work. The programme offers funding, space and support for artists from any art form or genre who want to explore creative new work that is rooted in the English traditional folk … Continued

Steps for Success: English Social Folk Dance  Saturday 10 March, 10am–5pm Cecil Sharp House, London Join us for this practice-sharing national conference for everyone who is involved in, interested in, and cares about English social folk dance. This will be a lively day with case study presentations, practical workshops, advice sessions and panel discussions, asking: ‘What helps English social folk … Continued

This post was originally published here Scotland Live Awards 2018 are now open! After a successful first three years with 9 new clubs being set up we are now taking applications for the 4th year of this project. We are inviting applications from new Promoters who want to follow their love of music and set up a music club. We … Continued

Scotland’s getting ready to go outdoors. Check out those flowers pushing through the snow and frost. And the growing buds. That’s called spring. And starting now is the build-up to May Day, or Beltane in Gaelic. Traditionally, after being cooped up for the winter, we went green-wild at Beltane. Spring seemed to take forever. Then, … Continued

The Purpose of the Fund The purpose of the Teacher Development Fund is to support delivery of effective arts-based teaching and learning opportunities in the primary classroom, and to embed learning through the arts in the curriculum. It aims to do this through supporting teachers and school leaders to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, confidence … Continued

Latvia along with other Baltic countries will be participating in London Book Fair 2018 as a Market Focus country and also celebrating its 100 years of independence. Visiting Arts and the International Writers and Translators House of Latvia in the UK are planning a cultural exchange to promote a greater awareness of endangered languages and the rich contemporary literature and … Continued