8+ hour, 52+ min ago  (1016+ words) The Borders Book Festival gets off to a spectacular start on Thursday 11 June, with its opening night setting the scene for a four-day extravaganza of intense debate, literary insights, side-splitting comedy and family fun for everybody. This year's Thursday evening…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (462+ words) Creative Scotland has awarded "3. 7 million to 27 festivals in this second tranche of funding, bringing the total number of supported festivals to 55 with a combined investment of "5. 7 million. Alongside flagship Edinburgh and Glasgow festivals, awards stretch from St Magnus Festival in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (188+ words) Creative Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of Martin Mc Goldrick as Chief Operating Officer, following an open recruitment exercise earlier this year. Martin will lead on all aspects of Operations and Governance for Creative Scotland, including Screen Scotland....

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (724+ words) Projects aiming to reduce gender inequality will benefit from the latest round of Creative Scotland's Open Fund. 109 projects have received support in this latest round of National Lottery funding, including inclusive literature workshops and enlightening theatre work for young people....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (393+ words) DK Harrell, image by Laura Carbone. From Fri 17 " Sun 26 July, the festival will feature: For full programme and tickets please visit the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival website. The Bad Plus, image by Evelyn Freja. EJBF prides itself on promoting live…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (278+ words) 35 arts groups will benefit from support from Scotland's national membership body for the voluntary sector. The programme, supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland, will provide free HR support and development to arts, and creative industries employers across Scotland…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (983+ words) Glasgow Jazz Festival will celebrate its remarkable 40th edition this summer with a specially curated programme of 40 performances celebrating the city's love affair with jazz music. Taking place from 10 " 14 June 2026, Glasgow's longest running music festival will mark its milestone year with…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (958+ words) Lauren Auder, image by Alice Schillaci. Spectacular multi arts programme to transform iconic Edinburgh paper factory. Edinburgh's grass roots arts festival, Hidden Door, returns to a huge abandoned industrial site for another ambitious and unique multi-artform experience. Responding to the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (465+ words) Sarah Farrell, Image by Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft From collaborative quilting to queer cabaret, autobiographical dance-theatre to sensory children's work - 11 disabled artists are set to make ambitious new work after receiving commissions from Unlimited, the world's largest funder of disabled-led arts....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (217+ words) Lewis Coenen-Rowe, a composer and pianist specialising in opera, vocal and chamber music, advocates environmental sustainability in the arts and premiered his opera, STUMPED, to two sell-out audiences in 2023 Tim Cooperisa composer and performer of electroacoustic music, reflecting a love…...