Grand Dance News Today

The final three performances of NCD's “The Nutcracker” at the Arkley take place this Friday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m.; closing with a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday.

BBC Radio Shetland is ready to host its annual Children in Need fundraising appeal on Friday night. Almost 80 items have been donated for the popular auction. Ian Smith of Troswick started making model wooden buses for the appeal back in 1985 when he worked as a lighthouse...

VENUES across Shetland hosted musicians and dancers alike this weekend as the islands were swept up in revelry, while the ‘Grand Dance’ held at the Clickimin acted as the flagship event of the accordion and fiddle festival. After the opening ceremony was held on Thursday...

“MUSIC is as alive as the islands”, declared Larry Sutherland while opening the 34th Shetland Accordion & Fiddle Festival on Thursday. The afternoon saw bands playing traditional music such as polkas and jigs ahead of the evening concerts in held at Islesburgh, Bigton,...

THE DUST had hardly settled after the 2022 Shetland Accordion and Fiddle Festival before the arrangements for this, the 34th festival, were underway. The programme has now been released, giving details of all the events which kick off with the official opening. This takes place...

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, has been pivotal in changing and expanding the term ‘cultural heritage’. In it’s

To honor the victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, Renee Manning has invited them to dance on a float in this year’s...

After the 2020 and 2021 Festivals were cancelled due to Covid, Shetland Accordion & Fiddle committee have organised a cracker for their 33rd festival which kicks off on Thursday 6 October. The official festival opening takes place in the Festival Hub at 1pm on Thursday, and...