About TRACS

Scotland’s Collective Voice for Traditional Arts & Culture

At TRACS we empower communities across Scotland, to discover, develop and practise their unique traditional arts and heritage in the context of our daily lives.

Community.

Knowledge.

Practice. 

Access.

Advocacy.

Sustainability. 

 

Finn Moore playing the small pipesDonald Smith, storyteller captivating an audience with a storytraditional craft harvest knot makingMay Day display of traditional arts and culture, with musicians dressed up walking down the street

 

TRACS is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages.

Together we celebrate the local distinctiveness of Scotland’s places: our intangible cultural heritage.

TRACS brings together the Traditional Music Forum, the Scottish Storytelling Forum and the Traditional Dance Forum of Scotland and is supported by The City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland. As of June 2024, TRACS is an accredited NGO expert advisor to UNECSO on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).