The eleventh edition of the World’s first film festival devoted to folk cinema, celebrating the lived experiences of communities worldwide, will run at Edinburgh’s Cameo Picturehouse and Scottish Storytelling Centre 2 – 11 May Fusing new cinema from across the World and rare archive screenings with live music and storytelling, FFG25 opens with a rareContinue reading “Full Programme Announced for Folk Film Gathering 2025”
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Scottish Opera Brings Pop-Up Opera to Communities and Schools Across Scotland
From 31st May, Scottish Opera’s (SO) much-loved Pop-up Opera tours to audiences all over the country with performances of Gilbert & Sullivan’s celebrated comic operas A Little Bit of The Gondoliers and A Little Bit of The Pirates of Penzance and children’s opera, Puffy MacPuffer and the Crabbit Canals. These 30-minute shows take opera out of the theatre into unexpected places andContinue reading “Scottish Opera Brings Pop-Up Opera to Communities and Schools Across Scotland”
Edinburgh to Host European Arts Festivals Summit 2025
From 27th-30th April 2025, more than 200 festival directors, pioneering artists and cultural leaders will assemble at The Hub, the iconic home of the Edinburgh International Festival, the original festival that sparked Edinburgh’s legacy as the festival city 78 years ago. Over four days the premier annual gathering of Europe’s most visionary festival makers, the Arts Festivals SummitContinue reading “Edinburgh to Host European Arts Festivals Summit 2025 “
Testimony Bears Witness to Solo Saxophone Mastery
Saxophonist Phil Bancroft releases Testimony, an improvised suite forsolo saxophone, as the 6th release on his Myriad Streams platform onFriday 25th April. Recorded during lockdown in 2021 in a barn on the smallholding he andhis wife, Jude, had recently moved into, Testimony was musicallycompletely unplanned and spontaneous. “I was exploring the amazing acoustics of theContinue reading “Testimony Bears Witness to Solo Saxophone Mastery”
Violinist Brings Saxophone and Strings to the Queen’s Hall
Violinist Seonaid Aitken returns to the Queen’s Hall on Thursday 10th April to perform her widely admired Chasing Sakura suite. Written for a string ensemble – two violins, viola, cello, and double bass – with saxophonist Harben Kay as featured soloist, Chasing Sakura was composed while Seonaid was recovering from a serious horse-riding accident andContinue reading “Violinist Brings Saxophone and Strings to the Queen’s Hall”
Karine Polwart Announced as Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow for Year’s Writing Residency
Karine Polwart is a well-respected Scottish writer, musician and storyteller whose work, that evokes a richness of place, hidden histories, scientific enquiry and folklore, spanning collaborations, solo performances, poetic essays, picture books, theatre projects and radio documentaries. She has been chosen by Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery to be the recipient of this year’s Dr Gavin Wallace FellowshipContinue reading “Karine Polwart Announced as Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow for Year’s Writing Residency”
Feminist Artist Linder Brings Performance and Exhibition to Scotland This Summer
Seminal feminist artist Linder will present a major new performance work, A kind of glamour about me, in two parts this Summer. The work is the first of its kind to ever come to Scotland and is taking place across two iconic locations – Mount Stuart on Isle of Bute with an exhibition, then openingContinue reading “Feminist Artist Linder Brings Performance and Exhibition to Scotland This Summer “
Scotland Gets New Sculpture Encouraging More Women to Pursue Engineering Roles
Edinburgh Science Festival (ESF), the world’s first festival of science and technology, has partnered with the Royal Academy of Engineering to host artist Kelly Anna’s sculpture ‘What Makes an Engineer?’ In its first display outside of London, the sculpture will be displayed at the City Art Centre as part of DiscoveryLab. Created to mark National Engineering Day 2024,Continue reading “Scotland Gets New Sculpture Encouraging More Women to Pursue Engineering Roles”
Summerhall Arts Raring to Go After New Lease Signing
Following the signing of a new lease, Summerhall Arts envisages becoming Edinburgh’s leading arts organisation. Its aims are to champion and cultivate creativity, encourage cultural exchange, and offer a vibrant, inclusive programme of multidisciplinary arts that deepens Scotland’s cultural fabric. In addition it looks to providing a community-focused platform with opportunities to support and develop emergingContinue reading “Summerhall Arts Raring to Go After New Lease Signing”
SNJO Looks East for Spicy Queen’s Hall Adventure
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra expands its horizons with a concert entitled 21 Spices and featuring the sensational Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu at the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh on Sunday 30th March. The son of vocalist Shobha Gurtu, a legendary figure in Indian classical music known as the Thumri Queen, Trilok Gurtu has won an international reputationContinue reading “SNJO Looks East for Spicy Queen’s Hall Adventure”
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