Traditional arts, crafts, music, storytelling and community practice will come together in Edinburgh this May as TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) launches its Living Heritage Discovery Day at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Taking place on 10 May 2026, the free public event will celebrate Scotland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – the traditions, skills, customs … Continued

Scotland’s biggest annual nature writing competition is underway for its third successive year. Words of the Wild, organised by the Scottish Wildlife Trust in association with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, invites budding writers to share their stories about Scotland’s wildlife and wild places. This year’s theme is “Changing seasons” as entrants are encouraged to … Continued

An exciting opportunity to join our Duty Management team at a vibrant visitor attraction and arts venue in central Edinburgh. In the role you will provide an excellent standard of customer service as the first point of contact for all visitors to the Scottish Storytelling Centre. You will work with colleagues and partners to provide a … Continued

We’re pleased to share that Round 2 of the Traditional Arts and Culture Fund is now open for applications. Thank you to everyone who applied for Round 1 – we were blown away by the number of applications. It was heart-warming to see such a wide and distinctive range of traditional arts being practised across … Continued

The Scottish International Storytelling Festival (SISF) will take place from Wednesday 21st to Saturday 31st October 2026. This year, we open up rich relationships between storytelling and the natural environment, exploring the traditional and contemporary ties between humans, birds and the animal world through our theme ‘Bird and Beast‘. SISF now invites proposals for consideration … Continued

Today, on World Storytelling Day (Friday 20 March), TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) is delighted to announce the appointment of Daniel Abercrombie as the new Director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. An experienced creative arts producer deeply embedded within the storytelling community in Scotland, Daniel will take up his appointment from April 2026. … Continued

Everyone is talking about “Intangible Cultural Heritage”, but what is it and why is it important? We’ve put together a Wee Guide to Intangible Cultural Heritage to answer some of the frequently asked questions. A Wee Guide to Intangible Cultural Heritage What is Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)? Simply put, you might know it as “tradition”. … Continued

The Traditional Arts and Culture Fund, previously known as Tasgadh, is now open for applications (19 January 2026). Gaelic Language Version The fund, administered by TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland), offers small grants of up to £1,200 to artists, community groups, and grassroots organisations working across Scotland’s traditional music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, indigenous … Continued

TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) is delighted to have been appointed by the UK Government’s Department of Culture Media and Sport as one of the UK’s Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Community Support Hubs. As a Hub, our role is to support communities, practitioners, and tradition bearers to engage with the national Living Heritage Inventory … Continued

Though the morning was frosty, there was a distinct warmth in Perth Theatre on Friday 14 November as artists, community tradition-bearers, academics and cultural leaders came together, both in person and online, for the third annual Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Conference. Organised and funded by the ICH Scotland Partnership – Creative Scotland, TRACS (Traditional Arts … Continued