Junior Up-Helly-A’ nominated for national award
Junior Up-Helly-A’ (UHA) has been shortlisted in the Encouraging Reciprocal Learning category of this year’s Generations Working Together Excellence Awards.
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Nesting and Girlsta procession draws to a fiery close
Snow and ice did not put off guizers and spectators of Nesting and Girlsta’s procession with the Guizer stressing the weather only added to the
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WATCH: Nesting Up-Helly-A’ gets under way
Nesting and Girlsta Up-Helly-A’ kicked off at South Nesting Hall where the Jarl Squad enjoyed their breakfast before posing for a photoshoot with the galley.
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Food market showcases Shetland produce
Up-Helly-A’ enthusiasts are being treated to a selection of Shetland cuisine ahead of the big day.
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Livestreams to return for fire festivals
People will be able to livestream fire festivals – including next Tuesday’s Lerwick Up-Helly-A’ – from all around the world. Promote Shetland is marking the…
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WATCH: Future jarls remind guizers to stay at home
This year’s unlucky Guizer Jarls have asked guizers to stay at home this Up-Helly-A’ season in a new video. Released by NHS Shetland, the short…
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Council employees will still get Up-Helly-A’ holiday
SIC employees will still get their traditional post Up-Helly-A’ public holiday next year – despite the Lerwick festival being cancelled. Council workers received an email…
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Bressay Up-Helly-A’ next festival to be postponed
The Bressay Up-Helly-A’ festival has become the latest fire festival in the winter calendar to be postponed due to coronavirus. In a short statement on…
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WATCH: Bressay fire festival starts with hall visit
A packed Bressay Hall was entertained by Guizer Jarl Ross Manson and his squad this morning (Friday) as the isle’s fire festival began.
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WATCH: Guizers light up Lerwick for Up-Helly-A’
Around 1000 guizers, with flaming torches aloft, lit up the streets of Lerwick on Tuesday night for the Lerwick Up-Helly-A’ procession. A crisp, wintery night…
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WATCH: Nesting & Girlsta Up-Helly-A’ provides fine burning
Stars lit up the sky as the evening procession for Nesting & Girlsta Up-Helly-A’ marched towards the burning site – and what proved to be
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WATCH: Squads perform at Lerwick Up-Helly-A’ 2018
Once the evening procession had been completed and the galley sent up in flames, the squads took to the halls to perform their carefully choreographed
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WATCH: Crowds lap up Scalloway Fire Festival 2018
“Burn, baby, burn!” shouted a child, brimming with excitement, as flames began to roar out of the galley Jörmungandr.
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WATCH: John Duncan leads guizers for final Up-Helly-A’ of 2017
Shetland’s final Up-Helly-A’ of 2017 began in bright sunshine this morning, with Guizer Jarl John Duncan, depicting “Erik the Red”, leading his band of merry
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