News Archive
11/6/2019
Thurso High in Global Rock Challenge 2019
Six Highland schools will be travelling to Dundee to take part in the 2019 Scottish Finals! Dingwall Academy and Alness Academy both qualified for the finals after they won their Inverness heats. The schools scored incredibly highly, each winning an amazing 12 Awards of Excellence at their heat! Alness Academy also won the Performers Choice Award, which sees the other schools vote for their favourite performance.
Piping Inverness - 8 Australian Bands Sign Up For European Pipe Band Championships
IT'S GOING TO BE A ‘G'DAY' FOR INVERNESS AS EIGHT AUSTRALIAN BANDS SIGN UP FOR PIPING INVERNESS. Piping Inverness takes place next month, with over 140 bands competing, including eight Pipe Bands from Australia, one from the USA, and one from Switzerland.
24/5/2019
Thurso High In Rock Challenge 2019 Final
Congratulations to the group from Thurso High for making it to the Rock Challenge 2019 finals. Eight Rock Challenge and J Rock events have now taken place across Scotland, involving thousands of young people, teachers, and members of the local community.
26/4/2019
Sgoilearan Gàidhlig Na Gàidhealtachd A' Faighinn Cothrom ‘iomadh Àite, Iomadh Sgeulachd' A Rannsachadh
Tha sgoilearan bun-sgoile agus àrd-sgoile Gàidhlig bho sgoiltean air feadh na Gàidhealtachd a' faighinn cothrom na sgilean cruthachail aca a chur gu feum - le sgeama sgrìobhadh cruthachail Gàidhlig. Tha Sgioba na Gàidhlig aig Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd a' stiùireadh na h-iomairt air a bheil an t-ainm, ‘Iomadh Àite, Iomadh Sgeulachd’.22/4/2019
Thurso's Got Talent
Join us for an evening of entertainment from Thurso's finest talent! We're hosting Thurso's Got Talent as a fundraiser for our Trust. We're a grass roots, not for profit organisation which works on behalf of the residents and businesses in the town in the hope to develop and improve the place we call home.
Wick Players Announcements For Kids And Panto - Two Separate Events
Open evenings for juniors being held by Wick Players on Monday evenings from 7pm to 9pm. These evenings will begin on(Monday 22nd April 2019).
12/4/2019
Feis Ghallaibh Instrumental Music Workshops
Tuition in a variety of instruments, including clarsach, by local tutors.These workshops are open to all children. Bring an instrument or borrow from feis for the day.
The Write Place 2b Book Launch
Book Launch. Tesco, Wick.
3/4/2019
Caithness Band High Wire As Competition Finalists
Caithness 4-piece band High Wire are finalists in 'the Highlands Biggest Band Contest Ever' this coming Sat. evening.
2/4/2019
Thurso High Second In Rock Challenge 2019
The results are in from the Highlands 2019 Rock Challenge Third Place:Invergordon Academy, Invergordon, Highlands August 6th, 1945 - Collateral damage; when 100,000 lives end from one bomb. What do we call the poisonous radiation that effects generations? Hiroshima is chosen - a dot, on a map, on a table, thousands of miles away.
Caithness Orchestra Spring Concerts
See poster for details. A programme that includes Czech music that you may not have heard before.
Jenny Sturgeon Trio At Lyth Arts Centre
Hailing from the north-east of Scotland, Jenny Sturgeon is a singer-songwriter described as a significant new talent on the folk and acoustic scenes. Her passion for music lies in her interest in traditional folk song, combined with creating fresh, new compositions.
25/3/2019
Come and Sing/play With Caithness Orchestra
Join the Caithness Orchestra, under the baton of Susie Dingle, for a day singing or playing Handel's "Messiah." All welcome! Please complete and return the form to book your place. Pulteney Centre, Wick.
15/3/2019
Music In Thurso - Edinburgh Piano Duo
The Edinburgh Piano Duo - Bach • Grieg • Faure. 22nd March 7:30pm - 10:00pm.
14/3/2019
Rock Challenge and J Rock will see Education in Action in 2019
The Rock Challenge events aim to inspire, engage and motivate young people to make healthy and positive lifestyle choices and from Monday 1st April 2019, Eden Court see around 1000 students accepting the challenge for another year, showcasing the hard work they have put in during the weeks and months leading up to their performance. The Rock Challenge is an excellent opportunity for young people to perform in a professional venue.
11/3/2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival Launches New WALK WITH US Film Competition
Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has today announced details of a new filmmaking project, WALK WITH US, calling all Scotland-based filmmakers to get involved. Supported by Johnnie Walker, recently announced as EIFF's new official whisky partner and known for its ‘Keep Walking' mantra, the project will aim to challenge ambitious filmmakers to think more creatively about a specific theme, visualising an idea and putting it together in an innovative way.
Auld Lang Syne
Mairi Campbell's five star follow up show to acclaimed Pulse. Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne tells stories of her adventures with Scotland's most famous song - singing for US President Bill Clinton, a starring role in Sex and the City and a reinterpretation of the Robert Burns classic that changed her life.
Eduardo Martín & Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas
Multi award winning guitarists Eduardo Martín & Ahmed Dickinson Cárdenas embark on their first Scottish tour introducing their spectacular album The Bridge. Their fingerpicking artistry tastefully conveys an exuberant mix of contemporary sounds and flavours of Havana City, seamlessly navigating between traditional rhythms and genres such as rumba and mambo, new age, classical and jazz.
25/2/2019
Scottish Schools Young Writer Of The Year
There were entries from outstanding pupils all over Scotland. It came down to the final 19.
Assunta Spina
Lyth Arts Centre 7..30pm - 10.00pm Passion Jealousy Revenge. Join us for a rare silent Italian drama with a new live score by six-piece band The Badwills, followed by wild southern Italian folk dancing! Assunta Spina(1915) stars Francesca Bertini, one of Italian cinema's greatest ‘silent diva' actresses smouldering on-screen as she's torn between the men who can’t control her passions.
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