Festival

After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Review by Northings

TARSKAVAIG FEIS – AOS DANA 2009 (Tarskavaig Communities Hall, Isle of Skye, 6-8 August 2009)

11 Aug 2009 in Festival, Highland, Reviews, Writing

TERRY WILLIAMS salutes the completion of a successful venture in Tarskavaig.

Review by Northings

CO-OPERATIVE CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 2009 (Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 30 July-2 August 2009)

7 Aug 2009 in Festival, Music, Reviews

SUE WILSON hears a strong Scottish presence add to the good vibes in a classic Cambridge year.

Editorial by Kenny Mathieson

The Festivals Roll On

1 Aug 2009 in Editorial, Festival

AS DAVE SMITH’s cartoon reminds us, if it’s August it must be the Edinburgh festival extravaganza again. Kicking off right at the end of July with the Jazz Festival and taking in the full razzmatazz of the International Festival, the Fringe and the Tattoo, it will be a month of colourful mayhem amid the uncollected rubbish in the capital.