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Full Line-up Announced for New Music Festival in Edinburgh

Dates: Thursday 28 November to Monday 2 December 2024 The Soundhouse Winter Festival is a brand new music festival which will take place from Thursday 28 November to Monday 2 December in Edinburgh, thanks to support from The National Lottery through Creative Scotland. The festival showcases musicians either from, or based in Scotland, and runs overContinue reading “Full Line-up Announced for New Music Festival in Edinburgh”

Edinburgh’s Stills Gallery Presents Photography Exhibition Stills Salon This Autumn

Stills Gallery, a centre for photography based in the heart of Edinburgh,  presents Stills Salon, an exhibition presenting the work made in the analogue and digital production facilities, showcasing work by local and international photographers, students, alumni of Stills School and by members of Stills staff and volunteers. Featuring the work of over 80 contributing artists, each piece in theContinue reading “Edinburgh’s Stills Gallery Presents Photography Exhibition Stills Salon This Autumn”

Summerhall Arts Make Urgent Appeal to Help Preserve Iconic Venue’s Future

Summerhall Arts, an independently registered charity launched in October 2023 to support and develop the artistic community of Edinburgh, are in the closing stages of signing a lease in order to take over the consistent arts provision within Summerhall during and beyond its current transition. Summerhall Arts underpins the six different artistic disciplines that makeContinue reading “Summerhall Arts Make Urgent Appeal to Help Preserve Iconic Venue’s Future”

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Returns to Five Scottish Venues for its 11th Edition

The Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (ESFF), now in its 11th edition, offers a packed programme of events, featuring a total of 15 films that offer a snapshot of the best new Spanish-language cinema for 2024. The new features are Scottish premieres, with most having their only screening in the UK during the festival. The opening film, Artificial Justice by Simón Casal, isContinue reading “Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival Returns to Five Scottish Venues for its 11th Edition”

Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History

Cardiff-based artist Holly Davey is known for work that gives voice to the ‘silent’ part of archives, finding the creative potential in gaps and omissions. In 2022, Fruitmarket invited Davey to undertake a number of ‘controlled rummages’ in the archive with a view to making a new work as part of Fruitmarket’s 50th birthday celebrations.  InContinue reading “Fruitmarket Celebrates the Women Exhibited by the Gallery in its 50 Year History”

Scotland’s National Centre for Dance Announces Jeanie Scott as New Chief Executive

Dance Base, Scotland’s National Centre for Dance, announces that its new Chief Executive will be Jeanie Scott who will join the organisation in early November, taking over from current Chief Executive Jim Hollington on 15th November. The Board has also confirmed that Artistic Director Tony Mills has been invited to renew his initial term asContinue reading “Scotland’s National Centre for Dance Announces Jeanie Scott as New Chief Executive”

New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland

Tape Letters Scotland is set to launch a series of new audio-visual exhibitions in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, showcasing the use of audio cassette as a mode of long-distance communication by the Pakistani diaspora in Scotland between 1960–1980. Drawing directly from both first-hand interviews carried out by the project team and the informal, intimate conversationsContinue reading “New audio-visual exhibitions, Tape Letters Scotland, Set to Tour Central Scotland”

Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth 

Edinburgh’s Stills Centre for Photography has announced that from 19th October 2024 the first and only analogue photobooth for public use will be opening at the gallery. Loved back in their heyday by everyone, including big names such as John Lennon and Yoko Ono to John and Jackie Kennedy, and flourishing again in the 21stContinue reading “Stills Centre for Photography Opens Scotland’s Only Current Analogue Photobooth “

SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024

PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED 18 – 31 October 2024 Today (Wed 11 Sep) with support from the Scottish Government’s Festivals EXPO Fund and Creative Scotland, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival launched its 35th festival programme.  The Scottish International Storytelling Festival (18 to 31 October 2024) is organised by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) and is the world’sContinue reading “SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL 2024”