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12/6/2013
Little birds and big birthdays mark BLAS 2013 
Blas 2013, the premier event celebrating all that is good about Gaelic language and culture, will spoil Highland music lovers for choice, festival organisers confidently claimed today, as they launched their ninth stellar line-up of musicians, singers and performers. The packed programme of events, to take place between 6 and 14 September, will feature top performers and several new commissions.
10/6/2013
Highland’s premier musicians compete
Eight of the Highland’s most talented young musicians will gather at Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness on Sunday 16th June as they complete for the title of ‘Highland Young Musician of the Year 2013’. The Young Musician competition is now in its seventh year and is open to all those who are currently members of Highland Young Musicians (formerly Highland Regional Music Groups) with the first 3 competitors receiving monetary awards and the overall winner receiving the Richardson Trophy for Musical Excellence – generously gifted by Mr.10/6/2013
Brass Band Repertoire Day Inverness
The Scottish Brass Band Association are delighted to report on a new initiative to promote brass bands in Inverness. Master-minded by Mark Bell, a ‘Brass Band Repertoire Day’ will take place on Saturday 22nd June between 10.00am – 3.00pm at Culloden Academy, Inverness.9/6/2013
Rush.dance from the Highlands Win big At The Scottish Championships
Rush.dance from the Highlands Win big At The Scottish Championships & take the chance to compete at the UDO World Street dance Championships in August. The kids of Rush.dance have just competed at the UDO Scottish Championships in Glasgow with fantastic results.
6/6/2013
Caithness Art Exhibition 78th Year - Get Entries Ready
Society of Caithness Artists. The 78th annual exhibition opens on July 23rd 2013 and runs untill Saturday 3rd August.5/6/2013
Six New Caithness Plays - Moved Readings
SIX NEW CAITHNESS PLAYS BY SIX NEW CAITHNESS PLAYWRIGHTS PREMIERED IN WICK North Highland College creative writing class present six new short plays in moved readings by community actors on 6th and 13th June at 7.00 pm in the Smith Room, Pulteney Centre, Wick. Both events are free but a donation will be asked for to cover tea, coffee etc Come and be part of the future of playwrighting in Caithness!.5/6/2013
Blas Festival 2013 - School and Community Programme
6th - 14th September 2013 Now in its sixth consecutive year, the Blas School and Community Programme has been developed by High Life Highland's Creative Learning Leader to offer an exciting range of events and activities to inspire and involve children and young people in the annual Blas Festival. The Blas Festival has established itself as the Highlands' premier Gaelic and traditional music festival and was inspired after a Highland Council visit to Cape Breton's Celtic Colours festival.5/6/2013
Artists’ Bursaries programme – Creative Scotland
The purpose of the new Artists’ Bursaries programme is to provide artists and other creative professionals time and resources to develop their practice. Open to individuals at any stage in their career, these fixed bursaries will be for artists able to demonstrate a high level of quality, imagination and ambition in their work.5/6/2013
Sound Matters – Exploring Sound through Forms
An innovative exhibition from the Crafts Council, exploring craft and sound commences its Highland tour this weekend at the Iona Gallery, Kingussie. Sound Matters considers the connections between craft practice and sound art.BEATRICE WORKS by Sue Jane Taylor 
A new exhibition documents the construction and installation of the world’s first five megawatt offshore turbines near the Caithness coast. Internationally acclaimed Sutherland artist Sue Jane Taylor, famed for her work with the offshore oil industry and Piper Alpha Memorial Sculpture, has turned her focus to renewable energy in her latest exhibition entitled Beatrice Works, which opens in Thurso on Saturday June 8th before travelling to Aberdeen, Kirkcaldy and Kirkwall.
North Highland Connections more Young Artistes
Following the brilliant performance by world-class clarinettist, Michael Collins, in Thurso on 1st June, North Highland Connections is following it with another concert in its Young Artistes series, featuring up and coming young professionals. The concert, on 15th June, will be in the Drawing Room at Dunrobin Castle.
Check Out What's On At Caithness Horizons
Beatrice Works Exhibition Sunday 9th June until Thursday 22nd August 2013 Temporary Exhibition Gallery An exhibition by Sutherland based artist Sue Jane Taylor. During the exhibition we are hosting a family day with artist Sue Jane Taylor on Saturday 13th July.
3/6/2013
Salsa Street Party In Thurso
Salsa Street Party in Thurso..
2/6/2013
Film Franchise Could Boost Highland Economy
Oscar-winning film-producer Barrie Osborne last week outlined his plans for developing a movie franchise based on the novel ‘The Heartstone Odyssey’. If funding can be found, the third movie will be filmed in the Highlands and could bring hundreds of jobs and a significant legacy to the area through the creation of state-of-the-art post-production facilities.
30/5/2013
Highland Culture Fund Now Open For Grant Applications
The Highland Culture Fund aims to promote the Highlands as a great place to live and visit by showcasing the unique and special nature of Highland culture past, present and future. In recognition of the significant contribution that the cultural sector makes to the continued economic and social prosperity of the area, The Highland Council has established a one-off grant fund of £100,000 to provide financial assistance to projects that support the on-going promotion of the Highlands and enhance the area’s programme of events, festivals and cultural activity.Fiona Hunter and Mike Vass
Nothing is more exciting for musicians than finding someone else who you enjoy playing with and that is what's happened to those two. They are well matched and Fiona's beautiful voice and cello is perfectly underscored by Mike's guitar and fiddle.
Gramophones Theatre Company in 'End to End' 
This is the second show which some of the Highland promoters admired in last year's Fringe and invited to tour our venues. It's a delightful and imaginative entertainment performed by three wacky young ladies who hitched from Land's End to John O' Groats and then turned their experience into a play.
Sutherland Duo and Caithness Orchestra
This concert will be performed by around 20 musicians who will be spending the weekend at Lyth during one of our Music Exchanges. It is very exciting to have Christina Laurie and Harriet Mackenzie (The Sutherland Duo) back with us and we are delighted to welcome members of The Caithness Orchestra.
Skraelings Theatre Company in "The Sea Between Us"
Lyth Arts Centre 2n June 2013 Time: 15:00:00 Location: Lyth Arts Centre Length: 60 mins Age suitability : 14+ Talented young Thurso stage director Iain Macdonald brings us an interesting two-hander which explores a familiar dilemma - the father who wants to maintain an established rural life-style and the son who wants to leave and embrace the urban future. However this is a new play by Sólveig Jónsdóttir, set in her native Iceland.
25/5/2013
“Hills and High Water” – James Newton Adams Exhibition
“Hills and High Water” – James Newton Adams Exhibition at Inchmore Gallery. Inchmore Gallery is delighted to bring you this new body of work, and first solo show in the Highlands for three years, by James Newton Adams.
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