First Footers to get friendly with other isles musicians
Top local band First Foot Soldiers welcome the cream of Shetland’s musical talent on stage next Friday for a one-off gig at the Royal British
READ FULL STORYStories tagged with Tag: Arts & Entertainment
DJ gig on Saturday will not happen at Mareel
The DJ Kutski concert scheduled for Saturday will “regrettably” not take place at the new cinema and music venue Mareel, Shetland Arts said today.
READ FULL STORYMiranda Richardson and Bill Forsyth among luminaries at film festival
Acclaimed actress Miranda Richardson and legendary film director Bill Forsyth will be at Shetland Arts’ sixth Screenplay film festival, which will be at Mareel for
READ FULL STORYQuality acts lined up for ninth Shetland Blues Festival
The ninth Shetland Blues Festival will take place this year over the weekend of 14th-16th September and feature seven acts from far and wide.
READ FULL STORYArchitects win awards as standard of profession in Northern Isles is praised
Two Shetland building projects were winners in the 2012 Inverness Architectural Association Awards (Northern Isles) while two others received commendations.
READ FULL STORYPowerful literary line-up for this year’s Wordplay book festival
A well-known BBC TV presenter, a T S Eliot prize-winner, an Australian poet, an opera critic and the author of a book entitled Bring Me
READ FULL STORYCountry fans look forward to visit from Irish star Begley
Irish country singing star Philomena Begley is returning to Shetland at the end of August as part of her 50th anniversary “Back to where it
READ FULL STORYArts boss confident of Mareel being ready for business early next month
Events scheduled for August at Mareel will go ahead as planned, according to director of Shetland Arts Gwilym Gibbons.
READ FULL STORYIsles actor to the fore as filming starts on BBC crime drama
Filming has started of a Shetland murder mystery to be shown on prime-time TV, the biggest drama production ever to be filmed locally.
READ FULL STORYYell artist wins BP Fine Art Award
Amy Gear from Yell, a final-year printmaking student at Robert Gordon University’s Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, has received the prestigious BP Fine Art
READ FULL STORYAmerican singer to be among first performers at Mareel
Highly-rated Americana singer Devon Sproule and her three-piece backing band will be in Shetland for the sole Highlands and Islands show on their Scottish tour
READ FULL STORYDay of dance
People are being invited to take part in a fun day of dance on Saturday 14th July when the “Dance Bus” makes its away around
READ FULL STORYVirtually conducted album to be launched by young musician
A young Shetland musician is to launch a debut album of computer-composed orchestral and piano music at Bonhoga Gallery next week.
READ FULL STORYDa Gadderie to host exhibition of Chris Rigby paintings
Artist Chris Rigby’s new exhibition 30 Days of Light opens in Da Gadderie at Shetland Museum this weekend.
READ FULL STORY
Get Latest News in Your Inbox
Join the The Shetland Times mailing list to get one daily email update at midday on what's happening in Shetland.