An exciting opportunity has opened up at the Scottish Storytelling Centre: we are looking for two new members for our front-of-house team! Visitor Services Assistant x2 Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh You will play a pivotal role within the Scottish Storytelling Centre team through the provision of outstanding customer service for visitors to the Centre. In … Continued

From Frozie-Toesie to Goosie Gander, a bevy of birds take centre stage at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on 30 December, in a new folk drama for Scotland where the participants are the stars! Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland (TRACS) are on a mission to rejuvenate midwinter traditions in Scotland with seasonal folk dramas, to enrich … Continued

An intimate audience with Shakespeare’s patron, King James. Brainy, dream-haunted, theatre crazy, peace loving…he’s the real-life inspiration for Hamlet & Macbeth, but whose ghost might get him first? After a successful Fringe run, Robin Thomson returns to John Knox House at the Scottish Storytelling Centre next week to perform Donald Smith’s raw, virtuoso drama Cradle … Continued

Nominees have been released for this year’s Scots Trad Music Awards, with a fantastic selection of Scottish traditional musicians, organisers, venues and events all in the running. Among the nominees are many past TradFest Edinburgh performers! The shortlist for Album of the Year, one of the most hotly contested awards, features a whole host of … Continued

Professor Gary West, Personal Chair in Scottish Ethnology at the University of Edinburgh will deliver his Inaugural Lecture, ‘Performing Testimony: towards a creative ethnology for the 21st century’ on Wednesday 30th November at 5pm. As the School of Scottish Studies Archives at the University of Edinburgh reaches its 65th year, retirement is not in the … Continued

Carol Stobie, Audience Development Officer at Scotland’s Urban Past, tells more about the upcoming creative workshop in Inverness on Saturday 19th November, open to all. What’s your idea of heritage? For many of us, the word ‘heritage’ can be off-putting, signifying something others decided was important and worth recording – not our own, ‘ordinary’ lives … Continued

Come and join An Còmhradh Mòr – ‘The Big Conversation’ – with leading experts from Gaelic organisations debating the future of Gaelic learning for adults. Speakers include Shona MacLennan, Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Rosemary Ward from Comhairle nan Leabhraichean, Dr. Stuart Dunmore from the Univeristy of Edinburgh and journalist David Eyre. In the afternoon you may wish … Continued

The Scottish Recovery Network is looking to hire two group facilitators for the Write to Recovery project. Write to Recovery explores the power of people owning their story in a positive way. Through on the ground group work, and a specially designed online story-sharing tool, Write to Recovery provides the opportunity for people to share experiences, … Continued

As Halloween looms closer and the nights grow shorter, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival will this year again host a range of fantastic events for kids, adults and families – with plenty of opportunity to join in with traditional activities and fun! The spook-themed frivolities kick off at the Circus Café with Guid Crack at … Continued

All staff and associated artists at TRACS were extremely saddened to hear news of the passing of Angus R Grant of Shooglenifty. Angus was described as ‘making fiddle playing cool again’ and having a ‘rock and roll swagger’. Although hailing from the Highlands, son of the renowned fiddle player Aonghas Grant from Lochaber, Edinburgh became … Continued