Wildcat Traditional Music Association

Who we are
Wildcat TMA was set up in the late summer of 2001 by four friends. These visionaries had decided that the cost of going 'down the line' to see traditional music was prohibitive. If you added up the cost of travel, accommodation, tickets etc for four people it worked out to be cheaper to ask the artists to come north. From such acorns... Obviously the more like minded individuals you can get together the cheaper you can make it or conversely the 'bigger' acts – whether in number of bodies on stage or reputation wise - you can book.

Where we are
We are based in Thurso, at the moment, with most of our evenings being based in the New Weigh Inn. We are not fixed there and have moved to other venues as the need arises.

What we do
Our reason d'ętre, is to bring the best and brightest of traditional music from Scotland and further afield to an audience in the Far North. Along with this we also promote the wealth of local talent and give them a platform along side the established/professional acts.

The evening's entertainment is funded by the Wildcat TMA membership. Each member pays ten pounds and month into the association account and this pays for all the costs. Also, as the evenings are open to all comers, our monthly funds are augmented by ticket sales and sales at the door on the night.

Wildcat TMA is a non-profit making organisation and none of the Association members are paid for their work, so all the funds go on financing the evening's entertainment

We are not an elitist organisation and encourage anybody who wishes, to join, but having said that if members of the public just want's to come along for the crack on the night, that's fine too.

Why?
It's simple, there's an audience up here and we're geographically far from the hub of the folk music circuit. We want to establish Wildcat (& Caithness) as a centre where our members and audience can get access to traditional music and for traditional artistes to realise that there is an appreciative audience here willing to listen to them.

Postal Address
Wildcat Traditional Music Association
31 Pennyland Drive

Thurso
Caithness
KW14 7NZ

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