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FIVE budding DJs who have learned the ropes over a series of six workshops will showcase their new skills this weekend. They will perform short sets at the cafe bar in Mareel on Saturday night (18 November) from 9pm, with free entry. The five have been receiving once-a-week...

PROTESTS against the approval of the Rosebank oil and gas development to the north west of Shetland are due to take place this weekend across the UK. The protests are being held from Aberdeen to London, as well as Oslo. The list of action does not currently include any protests...

SHETLAND’s newest festival Boppapalooza kicked off earlier today (Saturday) to start nearly 15 hours of local live music across three venues. Mareel’s doors opened for the sold-out event at midday, with acts like High Level Hot Club and Arthur Nicholson among the first batch...

A NEW multi-venue music event catering for all tastes is set to be held this summer. Boppapalooza - a play on names of organisers The Bop Shop and iconic US festival Lollapalooza - will take place all day across Lerwick on Saturday 3 June. Mirroring the Oxjam festival of the...

A list of Hogmanay events taking place throughout the north from the Inverness Red Hot Highland Fling to fireworks in Oban

THIS time last year Omicron was the word on everyone’s lips as festive events in Shetland were shelved amid growing Covid case numbers. And in 2020 the festive season - usually laden with end-of-year entertainment and live music - was barren as the country dealt with a winter...

MAREEL's annual Hogmanay celebration will be going ahead this year in-person for the first time since 2019. There will be two separate ticket options available – one for a variety concert and one for the 'Hogmanay bells' in the bar. The variety concert will run from 7.30pm to...

ANYONE keeping sheep in Shetland is invited to attend a free online event next week to learn more about scab disease, the dipping of sheep and to ask questions to an expert panel. Dr Stewart Burgess from the Moredun Research Institute will speak about the disease and how to...

After a single imported case of sheep scab required 10,000 sheep to be dipped this summer, the Shetland Animal Health Scheme is proposing…

FLICKING through records, thumbing your way through CDs - for many, there’s a certain magic when it comes to music shopping. For some in Shetland that magic comes with a strong whiff of nostalgia, harking back to the likes of Clive’s Record Shop, which shut up shop in 2011....