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.
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.
RISING star of the Scottish jazz scene Norman Willmore is due to head home to Shetland later this month for a one-off concert. The young saxophonist will be accompanied by Norman Goudie on guitar, John Johnson on bass and Renzo Spiteri on drums when he appears at the Islesburgh.