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Edinburgh Tradfest 2026 poster. A woman dressed in traditional clothes.

Events

Edinburgh Tradfest to Celebrate the traditional music of Scotland in May 2026

World Music Central News Room April 23, 2026 No Comments Astro Bloc Celtic music Edinburgh Tradfest Rura Scottish music world music

Edinburgh Tradfest will return from Friday, May 1, to Monday, May 11, 2026, with events scheduled at venues across the city. The festival will present…

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MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025. Audience shot.

Awards

Trad Triumphs In Aberdeen At MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards 2025

World Music Central News Room December 7, 2025 No Comments Active Events Andrew Rankine BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland - Take the Floor Birnam CD Blazin' Fiddles Bòrd na Gàidhlig Boyd Robertson Celtic Connections Celtic music Creative Scotland Dàna David Francis Donald Shaw Ellie Beaton Elspeth Cowie Fèisean nan Gàidheal Findlay Napier Gerda Stevenson Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band Iain Macdonald Innes Watson Isle of Barra Distillers Kim Carnie Magnus Graham MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards Musicians' Union National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs National Piping Centre North East Accordion and Fiddle Club Park Bar PRS for Music Rory Matheson Rura Scottish Government’s Youth Music Initiative Scottish music SHURE Sian Siobhan Miller Skerryvore Stornoway The Ceilidh Collective The Highland Society of London The National Lottery The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland The Royal National Mòd Threads of Sound Traditional Music and Song Association University of the Highlands and Islands VisitScotland Wee Studio Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd.world music

The 23rd annual MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards took place at Aberdeen’s Music Hall on December 6. The event honored leading figures in Scottish…

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two young women playing bagpipes, Piping Live!

Events

Piping Live! to Celebrate a Return to in-person events with jam-packed festival

World Music Central News Room June 11, 2022 No Comments bagpipe Brighde Chaimbeul Celtic music Piping Live!Rura Scottish music world music

Piping Live! will return this summer with a calendar of in-person and virtual events from Saturday, August 6th to Sunday, August 14th, 2022. The world’s…

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Concert reviews

WOMADELAIDE 2020 Joy with an Inspired Range Of Music, Arts and Dance

Chris Lambie April 13, 2020 No Comments Catrin Finch Ifriqiyya Electrique Jorge Ben Jor Minyo Crusaders Rhiannon Giddens Rura Salif Keita Seckou Keita The Blind Boys of Alabama Trio Da Kali WOMADelaide world music

WOMADELAIDE 2020, Adelaide, South Australia – March 6-9 Back on the sunny long weekend in March, jokes about the early onset of ‘The Virus’ seemed…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Rura

Angel Romero February 5, 2020 No Comments Rura Scotland Scottish music

Rura is a multi award-winning act contemporary Scottish folk music band. Their compellingly fiery, rugged yet refined and progressive instrumentals on fiddle, Highland pipes, flute,…

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