Bridging the Gap is the only documentary talent initiative for cinema in the UK offering training linked to production. This call for proposals is under the theme of WHITE and open to all UK-based filmmakers.
31 August 2006

Two great storytelling nations are to unite for a rare and unique event celebrating the customs, history and tradition of Celtic and Asian storytelling.
31 August 2006

Shetland Arts season of traditional music sessions for young musicians kicks off again in the Lounge Bar, Lerwick next Tuesday 5th September 2006.
30 August 2006

Fortrose Community Theatre is set to welcome John Laurie, Frazer & I, a one man play telling the story of the late, Scottish Dad’s Army actor on 1 September 2006.
28 August 2006

Highland 2007 received a further boost today with Tulloch Ltd signing up to be a Major Partner to the year Scotland celebrates Highland Culture.
28 August 2006

A celebration of the life and activities of the smallest professional theatre space in the world will take place on 5th November 2006.
28 August 2006

Inverness based instrumental group Shutter are self-releasing their first single 'Sedona' with the help of their management company Sixshot on 9 September 2006 at the goHi Festival in Inverness.
28 August 2006

Ideas for a TV show or a film, a brand new fashion look or an overnight chart-topping single should be dragged out of your kitchen and into the Royal Highland Hotel in Inverness when some of the creative industries’ top professionals will be coming to town.
24 August 2006

Country, rock, folk, pop and alternative music are a selection of the sounds you’ll be able to hear at Songs for Grown Ups at Perth Theatre on Saturday 2 September 2006.
23 August 2006

The development of 'viral marketing' is having a profound impact on the creative industries of the Highlands and Islands according to a record label manager visiting the area next week.
23 August 2006

Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, will be the focus of a debate at the Festival of Politics in the Scottish Parliament later this week (Thursday 24 August 2006).
23 August 2006

One of this country’s biggest stars in the world of children’s books will be travelling to the isles for Shetland Arts’ Wordplay 2006 Book Festival.
21 August 2006

One of Scottish literature’s most versatile and acclaimed writers will be appearing at Shetland Arts’ Wordplay 2006 Book Festival.
21 August 2006

Beauly’s Phipps Hall is set to be visited by acclaimed Canadian traditional trio Genticorum on Wednesday 30 August 2006 at 8pm.
21 August 2006

Hamlet: the Actors’ Cut is the final play to open in Pitlochry’s Summer Season on 23 August 2006.
21 August 2006

This Thursday, 24 August 2006 at 8pm, BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Travelling Folk’ is back with a bang as Archie Fisher presents a special live concert celebrating the upcoming Blas Festival.
21 August 2006

The People’s Act of Love by James Meek is the winner of this year’s Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year Award.
19 August 2006

TWO with Elaine C Smith and Andy Gray kicks off in Perth on Friday 8 September 2006 for a two week run before touring theatres across Scotland.
18 August 2006

A pioneering web project that merges traditional culture and cutting-edge technology launches this week (Friday 18 August 2006) on the Isle of Lewis.
18 August 2006

This year’s Blas Festival was launched officially at Inverness’s newest venue, The IronWorks, on Wednesday 16th August 2006.
18 August 2006

Festivals proliferate, but few can match the unique charm and quality of The Black Bottle Islay Jazz Festival. The Hebridean island hosts its ninth event from September 15-17, 2006,.
18 August 2006

The Scottish Arts Council is calling for applications from organisations across Scotland for its artist residency programme Partners, a lottery-funded initiative which provides communities with little or no experience of the arts with the opportunity to engage with professional, practising artists.


17 August 2006

Cromarty Arts Trust is gearing up for two exciting new residency opportunities happening later this month.
16 August 2006

Ardross Hall is set to welcome of one of Scotland’s most acclaimed musicians and composers, Savourna Stevenson, for a concert with a very exotic musical flavour on 25 Augsut 2006.
14 August 2006

August isn’t just a month for the fun and excitement of the Edinburgh Festival. Perth Theatre and concert hall also has a vast array of music on offer for all tastes during the hot Scottish summer.
14 August 2006

Performance poet John Hegley is going to be Live at The Watermill, Aberfeldy for an evening of poetry and humour on Friday 25th August 2006.
14 August 2006

Are you an arts practitioner - professional or amateur - who has a skill to pass on to young people? Or do you know someone who is? Then read on!
14 August 2006

Rebecca Ronald will be the first artist/maker, whose work is featured in an exciting new series of exhibitions to be held in the craft gallery at An Tuireann.
14 August 2006

Following the sell-out success of La bohème in Spring 2006, Scotland’ s national opera company will once again be touring Scotland with this year’s Autumn tour - a brand new production of Johann Strauss’ operetta, Die Fledermaus.
14 August 2006

An Tuireann, the arts centre and gallery on the Isle of Skye, is looking for volunteers to help clear up the Ampitheatre area on Saturday 19th August 2006 in preparation for events starting in September.
14 August 2006

As part of their ongoing performance project encompassing the symphonies and concertos of Beethoven, the Highland Chamber Orchestra has reached one of the composer’s most celebrated pieces, the epic Fifth Symphony.
14 August 2006

Arts groups are being invited to take part in Healthy Highland 2007, a week-long celebration of the Highlands as a healthy and vibrant place to live.
14 August 2006

A large local fundraising concert in aid of the Catscan appeal is to be held in the Clickimin Centre, Lerwick on Friday the 15th September 2006 from 7.30pm.
11 August 2006

Kishmul Castle in Castlebay, Barra is the venue for an exciting first solo exhibition Chun an Iar by emerging North Uist based artist Donald Ferguson.
11 August 2006

Anyone who missed hearing Andrew Greig’s latest book Preferred Lies being read on Radio 4 has the chance to meet the author himself at the Black Isle Words Festival on Saturday 9 September 2006.
11 August 2006

Highland 2007, the year Scotland celebrates Highland culture, has announced £200,000 support for an additional 21 events contributing to the exciting and varied programme for next year.
11 August 2006

Imagining the Centre is a day-long public art event happening on September 9th, with a wide range of performances, installations, video and audio work by Highland artists, writers, historians and musicians. It’s going to be a lively, fun event which is ultimately getting artists involved in the city’s regeneration programme, and forging new alliances between artists, the city and the people of Inverness.




10 August 2006

From 21st August 2006, the 5th Edinburgh International Internet Festival (E.I.I.Festival 2006) is inviting visual artists, galleries and creative organisations from the UK and around the world to participate in a series of online exhibitions and events via the festival's website at www.scotfestival.com

A group of musicians from a Canadian province of Nova Scotia will be coming to the Highlands to take part in this year’s Blas Festival.
09 August 2006

Gaelic band, Cliar, have become what is thought to be the first music act in Scotland to launch a completely bilingual website.
09 August 2006

Fort William emerges from its cultural desert with the opening of the refurbished Lime Tree Gallery on 18 August 2006.

07 August 2006

Scotland’s finest comedy actors Elaine C Smith and Andy Gray will be launching the Perth Theatre 06/07 season with their newest stage production Two in September 2006.
07 August 2006

Dialogues from Within is the new exhibition starting on 2 September 2006 at the Castle Gallery in Inverness.
 
07 August 2006

Five historic boats from the internationally important maritime collection of the new Shetland Museum and Archives have been winched into position in their new home this week - suspended up to 14 metres high inside an impressive new three-storey-height Boat Hall, due to open next year.
07 August 2006

For those of you who were brought up to believe that dragons are mythical creatures, we have a bit of a surprise in store. We know a real one, and she’s coming to Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival on Saturday 12th August 2006 at 5pm.
07 August 2006

On Tuesday 15th August 2006, Inverness Film Fans are promoting a presentation of Fanta Régina Nacro's debut feature film, "The Night of Truth" (La Nuit de la vérité) at Eden Court Cinema's Screen Machine.
07 August 2006

A fundraising ceilidh featuring artists such as Arthur Cormack, Incredible Fling Band and Strath Gaelic Choir will take place at Achmore Village Hall, near Kyle on Friday 11 August 2006 at 8pm. 
07 August 2006

Canadian artist, Christina Sealey, will have an exhibition, ‘Between the Hills and the Sea,’ opening at the Timespan gallery, Helmsdale, on the 5th of August 2006.
07 August 2006

Acoustic sensation Mia Riddle will now join the Tartan Heart Fringe for not one but two live shows in Inverness as a late addition that ties in to her current tour of the UK.
07 August 2006

Take the high road to Foulis Castle on Sunday 6th August 2006 for the annual Fèis Rois Open Day from 2 - 5.30pm.
04 August 2006

Recent graduate artists from Scottish Art Schools have been given a new platform this week on which to promote their work with the launch of artistri online gallery.
04 August 2006

Book lovers of all ages are in for a treat at the Black Isle Words Festival which will run from 7 to 9 September 2006.
03 August 2006

Dundee band The View – currently getting extensive BBC Radio 1 airplay - have been booked to appear at Belladrum Tartan Heart which kicks off on 11th August 2006.
03 August 2006

Buckie Festival has yet again managed to bring a taste of Edinburgh Festival to the North East of Scotland with 'GHOST' - Echoes of a Life.
03 August 2006