The Scottish International Storytelling Festival, now in its 36th year, (22nd October to 1st November 2025) is the world’s largest celebration of storytelling – encompassing a wealth of cultures, traditions and styles. This year’s programme, inspired by the traditional folklore, myths, and legends of Nordic culture, includes storytelling events for adults and families, workshops, exhibitions, … Continued

TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) is looking for a Digital Marketing & Communications Officer (0.6 FTE, fixed term 12 months) to join our team dedicated to championing our shared living heritage of traditional music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages. Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Manager, the Digital Marketing & Communications … Continued

The Scottish Wildlife Trust, in association with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival, returns with the successful Words of the Wild nature writing competition. What’s the theme?  The competition – which this year is themed ‘From source to sea’ – invites participants to create original written works about Scotland’s freshwater and marine habitats. Entries can be … Continued

TRACS (Traditional Arts & Culture Scotland) is looking for a committed, dynamic and experienced Chair to lead its Board of Trustees from Autumn 2025. TRACS is a co-operative network which champions our shared traditions of music, song, storytelling, dance, crafts, customs and local languages. We have recently been awarded Multi-Year Funding from Creative Scotland to … Continued

Everyone is talking about “Intangible Cultural Heritage”, but what is it and why is it important? We’ve put together a Wee Guide to Intangible Cultural Heritage to answer some of the frequently asked questions. A Wee Guide to Intangible Cultural Heritage What is Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH)? Simply put, you might know it as “tradition”. … Continued

SISF 2025 will take place from Wednesday 22nd October to Saturday 1st November. This year we look to our northern cousins under the theme ‘Lights of the North’. SISF now invites two kinds of proposals for consideration: SISF 2025 programme: Storytelling event proposals aligning with this year’s theme and meeting SISF’s core purpose, aims and … Continued

TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) is delighted to be delivering another cycle of TRACS Traditional Arts Mentoring, with the support of Creative Scotland and partners. This programme supports the professional and personal development of traditional arts practitioners in Scotland, reinforcing TRACS’ key work in enhancing the knowledge, practice, access and sustainability of music, song, … Continued

To celebrate the life and learnings of revolutionary 19th and 20th century Scottish social thinker Patrick Geddes, the Scottish International Storytelling Festival in partnership with the Sir Patrick Geddes Trust is holding a day of workshops, screenings, talks and discussions as part of Edinburgh’s 900 programme on Saturday, 22 February. The day looks to the … Continued

An exciting opportunity to join our Visitor Services team at a vibrant visitor attraction and arts venue in central Edinburgh. In the role you will provide an excellent standard of customer service as the first point of contact for all visitors to the Scottish Storytelling Centre. You will work with colleagues and partners to provide … Continued

A weekend of free talks and performances exploring Edinburgh’s rich theatre history, takes place at the end of November (30 Nov & 1 Dec) at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, as part of Edinburgh’s 900 celebrations. Highlights include A Noble Clown – a new solo play, written and performed by Edinburgh born actor Michael Daviot, that … Continued