THE ABRUPT and very welcome arrival of summer on day one of the 42nd Shetland Folk Festival meant Da Big Kirk was bathed in hazy sunlight for much of Thursday.
Storm Babet may have been raging outside, but there was a dazzling display of local talent that blew the capacity audience away in Mareel on Saturday night, writes Caroline McKenzie. Organised and headlined by renowned local fiddler Gemma Donald, Shetland Swing brought together.
THERE has been a “good uptake” in a new survey which aims to find out what people want to see when it comes to music and entertainment events in Shetland. The survey, from new initiative Briggistanes Events, is online only at the moment, but paper version should be coming.
After the low numbers at the last jazz gig at Lerwick Town Hall, I was not expecting the turnout on Saturday night, writes our reviewer Carol Jamieson.