Calling all young fiddle players agred 12-18 - you've got until Sunday 31st August to send us your audition videos for this years Scots Fiddle Festival Youth Engagement Project. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to take part in workshops led by the fabulous Lauren MacColl and the chance to perform on stage as part of our Saturday evening concert! Find out all you need to know at /yep
30 years of the Scots Fiddle Festival! 🎻
Let’s have a look back at 2002 🌟
Let us know in the comments any favourite memories you have and tag anyone you recognise from these clips!
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We are taking a look through the archives to celebrate 30 years of the Scots Fiddle Festival this year! 🎻
Here are a few clips from 2001 🎶
Recognise any of these brilliant musicians? Tag them in the comments and share your memories!
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To celebrate the 30th year of the Scots Fiddle Festival, we’re taking a look through the archives 🎻
This week we're going back to the early 2000's. Take a look at these pages from the festival programmes between 2001 & 2006 - were you there? Let us know in the comments!
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To celebrate 30 years of the Scots Fiddle Festival, we’re taking a look through the archives 🎻
Here we have a few clips from the 5th year of our festival, 2000 🎉
Do you recognise any of these fab musicians? Tag them in the comments (& share your favourite memories)! 🎶👇
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This November will be our 30th year of the Scots Fiddle Festival!! 🎻🥳
To celebrate we will be digging into the archives - first up, here are some snippets of the programmes from the very first festival in 1996 to 2000.
Do you have any memories of the festival from these years? Let us know in the comments👇
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A little late to the trend but here’s what our festival looked like in 2016! 🎻✨
We’d love to hear your favourite memories from the 2016 festival - feel free to leave them in the comments!
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We are sharing some of our favourite moments from our lovely festival in November 🎻✨
Here are a few photos from the many fantastic workshops over our festival weekend!
1 - Exploring the English Jig with Sam Sweeney @samsweeneymusic
2 - Swedish tunes with Kristina Leesik @kristinaleesikmusic
3 - Rhythm in melody with Innes Watson @inneswatson
4 - Strathspey and reels with Séamus Ó Baoighill @seamus_obaoighill
5 - Cello tone with Alice Allen @alice_in_cello_land
6 - Orkney tunes with Douglas Montgomery @saltfish40
7 - Embellishing tunes with Fergal Scahill @fergalscahillmusic
8 - 3/4 hornpipes with Grace Smith @gracesmithmusic
9 - Trad Tunes for Bairn’s with Celine Donoghue
🗓️ Next festival dates: 20th-22nd November 2026
📸Photos: @shieldsrobed
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We are sharing some of our favourite moments from our lovely festival in November 🎻✨
Finishing up our fabulous Saturday concert was the amazing Saltfishforty! The duo combined the rich traditional music of Orkney with original compositions, finishing off their set by inviting our Youth Engagement Project back to the stage to play a few tunes with them!
🗓️ Next festival dates: 20th-22nd November 2026
📸Photos: @shieldsrobed
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We are sharing some of our favourite moments from our lovely festival in November 🎻✨
The second performance in our Saturday night concert featured the brilliant Strathspey & Surreal. Comprising of six professionals mentoring six promising students, the group took us through some very clever arrangements of well known tunes (arranged by Simon Thoumire).
🗓️ Next festival dates: 20th-22nd November 2026
📸Photos: @shieldsrobed
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We are sharing some of our favourite moments from our lovely festival in November 🎻✨
Starting of our Saturday night concert with a bang we had the very hard working Youth Engagement Project. Our 2025 group was led by the wonderful Lauren MacColl, who had spent a couple of weekends prior to the festival working with YEP, arranging a few sets to perform at the Saturday night concert.
🗓️ Next festival dates: 20th-22nd November 2026
📸Photos: @shieldsrobed
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#scotsfiddlefestival2026 #tradmusic #fiddle
