Wide Days @widedays.bsky.social Scotland's Music Convention | widedays.com
Creative Scotland @creativescots.bsky.social Hi 👋🏻 We’re Creative Scotland, the national agency for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland.
🔎 www.creativescotland.com
📸 Tiree Music Festival, image by Kevin Kerr
Steven Kellow @stevenkellow.com Gàidhlig, Football
@fionnag.bsky.social @fionnag.bsky.social 
Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant.bsky.social Journalist. Political editor of The Scotsman.
Colin Mearns @mearnscolin.bsky.social Glasgow based staff photographer for The Herald, Glasgow Times and The National newspapers
Glasgow Live @glasgowlive.co.uk 
Lucy Jackson @lucyajackson.bsky.social Journalist @scotnational.bsky.social 📰 // ✍️ lucy.jackson@newsquest.co.uk
Richard Walker @richardwalker5.bsky.social Former Editor of Sunday Herald
Founding Editor of The National
personal views etc.
lover of reggae, nose-bleed techno & suze mclaughlin
Alasdair Ferguson @alasdairferguson.bsky.social Multimedia journalist for The National. All views my own. If you have a story feel free get in touch via alasdair.ferguson@thenational.scot
Kelly Apter @kellyapter.bsky.social Arts journalist writing (mainly) for The Scotsman and The List; Editor at Creative Lives. Always excited at curtain-up. Adores community-based creativity. 
Phil Castang MBE @philcastang.bsky.social CEO at Music for Youth. Showcasing the brilliance of young musicians. MFY Proms|National Festival
WWW.MFY.ORG.UK
Guitarist made in Camden. Former sound engineer. Cultural manager.
Live music, vinyl, art, cooking and quantum mechanics. Writing a book 📖
@annewoodmusic.bsky.social @annewoodmusic.bsky.social 
Louise Bichan @louisebichan.bsky.social Consumer of horse hair and sunlight. 🎻📷
louisebichan.co.uk
STEALL @steallmag.bsky.social Iris litreachais Ghàidhlig. A’ brosnachadh sgrìobhadh de gach seòrsa: ficsean, bàrdachd, neo-fhicsean, lèirmheasan.
Sgrìobhadh / beachdan gu: deasaiche.steall@outlook.com
Ceannaich STEALL: https://clar.online/product-category/steall/
Foillsichte le CLÀR.
Mike Strang @mikestrang01.bsky.social Chief Executive @ Paddle Scotland | Trustee @ Mindset | Trustee @ Beyond Srebrenica | Youth Work | Outdoor Learning | Smart Justice
Highland Third Sector Interface @highlandtsi.bsky.social HTSI, working with our five partners, is an organisation that supports the development of volunteering, social enterprise and a strong Third Sector in Highland.
Taylor Strickland @taylor-strickland.bsky.social Poet. Translator. Winner of 2023 Saltire Award for Scottish Poetry Book of the Year. Get a copy of DASTRAM/DELIRIUM now -> https://linktr.ee/taylorstricklandarts
Caitlin McNeill @caitlinmcneill.bsky.social she/her
Isle of Colonsay
Catriona Black @catrionablack.bsky.social Work: Energy Transition Insights for Policy, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Passion: art, trad music, Gaelic
Politics: SNP, GroenLinks
Disclaimer: all views my own
@muireannnic.bsky.social @muireannnic.bsky.social 
Zoë Conway @zoeconway.bsky.social Fiddler, singer, curator of old & composer of new Irish music and song.
Emily McEwan @dremilymcewan.bsky.social Gaelic/Gàidhlig in Nova Scotia. Publisher at BradanPress.bsky.social. Author. Blogger at Gaelic.co. Recovering academic. Haligonian. Settler in Mi'kma'ki. She/her/i/ise/i-fhéin. 🍁
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social Ionad Nàiseanta airson Cànan is Cultar na Gàidhlig
National Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture
iGàidhlig @igaidhlig.bsky.social Am Faclair Beag, teicneolas is coimpiutaireachd Gàidhlig, taic is naidheachdan mu an dèidhinn.
http://www.igaidhlig.net ⁊ https://www.faclair.com
Tha iGàidhlig ag obair a chum leasachadh teicneolas na Gàidhlig agus tha e ’na charthannas (SCIO/SC045374
Scottish Storytelling Centre @scotstorycentre.bsky.social Sharing the stories of Scotland and beyond, past, present and future. Home to TRACS with Scottish Storytelling Forum & Traditional Music Forum.
https://linktr.ee/scottishstorytellingcentre
Island Voices: Guthan nan Eilean @islandvoices.bsky.social Slices of mostly Hebridean life and work presented in Gaelic, English, and other languages. On Wordpress and YouTube, also Facebook. Posts by Gordon Wells.
Seachdain na Gàidhlig (World Gaelic Week) @sngaidhlig.bsky.social A’ comharrachadh na Gàidhlig air feadh an t-saoghail / World Gaelic Week, Celebrating Scottish Gaelic across the globe. 23 Gearran - 1 Màrt / 23.02 - 01.03 2026
Shelagh Chaimbeul @shel-cam.bsky.social Leughadair, sgrìobhadair, #Gàidhlig | Reader & writer & #Gaelic | Scottish Book Trust New Writers' Awardee 2022 📚 'Far na Slighe' foillsichte le/published by Luath Press 📚 'Ailig agus an Dalek Gàidhlig' foillsichte le Acair Ltd
Living Wage Foundation @livingwageuk.bsky.social We’re the leading movement at the heart of fairer, better work.
Championing fair pay, secure hours & enough to live on in retirement.
Join the movement of over 16,000 employers in the UK.
Let's make work that works for everyone
www.livingwage.org.uk
Walking Scotland @walkingscotland.bsky.social We are Walking Scotland. Your national walking and wheeling charity. Formerly known as Paths for All 👣
🌐 www.walkingscotland.org.uk
James Cook @bbcjamescook.bsky.social Scotland Editor, BBC News
Occasional presenter of Newscast
Ex North America Correspondent
CFRC-Folklore @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social Promoting and supporting research into folklore, vernacular traditions and cultural practices and performances, and expressions of communal identities across all disciplines at The University of Sheffield. Based in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Bruce Robertson @brucerobertson7.bsky.social Visiting Professor, University of Strathclyde
Former Director of Education
Joan Esson @joanesson.bsky.social HM Inspector of Education 
Jim Sutherland @jim-sutherland.bsky.social Composer, producer, film maker. Is there no end to this man’s talent! ….(learning to tap dance.)
Caithness boy, lives in Auchtermuchty, Scotland.
Ashley Davies @msashleydavies.bsky.social Arts journalist (comedy specialist), Times Scotland (Alba) and Metro mainly. Scotsman comedy reviews during Edinburgh Fringe. Wanging on about birds all year round.
North Berwick, near Edinburgh. She/her
Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker and broadcaster. Writer at Large with @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Made in Ireland, found in Scotland
MDANT🎖️
AKA ‘the kind of strutting cosmopolitan socialist who’s made for Bluesky’
Lyn Gardner @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social Journalist thinking out loud about theatre. Often at The Stage and Stagedoor. Author of novels for children. Contact@lyngardner.com 
Federation of Scottish Theatre @fedscottheatre.bsky.social Scotland’s membership and development body for professional dance, opera and theatre 💙
Alan Cumming @alancumming.bsky.social Willing to give it a go
Joyce McMillan @joycemcm.bsky.social Theatre critic, social and political columnist, campaigner for democracy and human rights, based in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland.
Ullapool Sea Savers @seasavers.bsky.social USS is a kids’ marine conservation charity run by kids for kids. People protect what they love: we show people what there is to love about the sea + why it is so important to protect our amazing marine environment.
Scottish Youth Parliament @officialsyp.bsky.social MSYPs are the democratically elected voice of Scotland’s young people. We want to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow up.
We're not around at the moment, but you can stay up to date on the work of our MSYPs here: linktr.ee/OfficialSYP.
Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social Books: Is A River Alive? (May ‘25), Underland, The Lost Words, The Old Ways etc | Films: River, Mountain, Upstream | Music: The Moon Also Rises, Lost In The Cedar Wood, etc
Nature, climate, people.
Prof at Cambridge.
https://linktr.ee/robmacfarlane
Libby Brooks @libbybrooks.bsky.social Guardian First Edition writer
contact: libby.brooks@theguardian.com
insta: @libbyjbrooks
extracurricular: books, hills, standing stones, gingerbread, Labradors
Anna Mears @annamearsy.bsky.social Head of Comms for Radio 4, 5 Live and BBC Sounds. Previously BBC Arts. Music industry survivor
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Lauren Mallin @that-museum-girl.bsky.social Communications Officer at National Galleries Scotland • Freelance Writer • Arts & Culture Content Creator • Dog Mum • Instagram @thatmuseumgirl_ •TikTok @thatmuseumgirl
📧 hello.thatmuseumgirl@gmail.com
Views my own🙋🏼♀️ She/Her
Royal College of Music @rcmlondon.bsky.social Launching the careers of exceptional musicians since 1883.
Excellence drives everything we do, from our teaching and facilities to our unique student experience.
Lindsay Dunbar @revoltshesaid.bsky.social Here we are
Caught up in this big rhythm
Lucy Beattie @lucybeattie.bsky.social Farmer, parent, and player of music. PhD Academic interest agriculture and #SciComm.
Gus Sicard @gusdrummer.net Snare Drummer + Web Dev
Kathryn Willens @willenskathryn.bsky.social Creative industries, screen & cultural sector. Partnerships Manager, School of Culture & Creative Arts, University of Glasgow.
An Lanntair @anlanntair.bsky.social An award-winning hub for creativity and the arts in the Outer Hebrides. We're a multi arts venue – at one and the same time a contemporary art gallery, theatre, cinema, dance studio, concert hall, platform for poetry & literature, studio and cafè/bar.
Sidmouth Folk Festival @sidmouthfolkfest.bsky.social A week-long annual folk festival, held in August (30 Jul - 6 Aug 2027), featuring concerts, ceilidhs, workshops, top bands, late-night dancing, sessions & more!
Fiona Doring @fionadoring.bsky.social CEO @ Impact Arts & The Boardwalk
Board member @ Edinburgh College
All things art, social justice, leadership & third sector.
www.impactarts.co.uk www.theboardwalkglasgow.co.uk
@gigsinscotland.bsky.social @gigsinscotland.bsky.social 
Glasgow City Council @glasgowcc.bsky.social 🐦🌳🔔🐟
Please make reports on our website at glasgow.gov.uk
Official Info, Privacy & House Rules at glasgow.gov.uk/houserules
Impact Arts @impactarts.bsky.social Supporting people and communities across Scotland to transform their lives through art & creativity.
Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social Arts & culture journalist, interviewer, spouter of opinions. Brightonian.
✍🏻: Guardian, FT Weekend, i newspaper, Independent.
"Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan
"Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
Rachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social Journalist/lapsed mackem | Features/reviews/investigations. Mostly on culture. Currently reporter @theobserveruk.bsky.social (plus bits in @theguardian.com) | British Journalism Awards winner 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachael-healy
Martin Williams @martin1williams.bsky.social Personal account of Herald Scotland (& on Sunday) journalist who likes a bit of a deep dive into the issues of public concern. And a laugh. Tweets on @Martin1Williams and tips to martin.williams@theherald.co.uk- C Calum Ross @calumross23.bsky.social Education correspondent at The Scotsman.
Vanessa Thorpe @vanessathorpe.bsky.social The Observer’s arts and media correspondent 
kate solomon @katiesol.bsky.social freelance culture journalist
Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
https://linktr.ee/MusicVenueTrust
Radio Wester Ross @radiowesterross.bsky.social The local radio station for Wester Ross - News, Information, Music and programmes that reflect our communities.
https://radiowesterross.scot/ 
Jamie Stone MP @jamie4north.bsky.social Liberal MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross. Current Chair of the House of Commons Petitions Select Committee.
Proud Highlander, failed musician and occasional panto dame. 
Gairloch Times @gairlochtimes.org.uk Publishing non-profit community news about the Gairloch area of the North West Highlands of Scotland since 1978. Get our free Wester Ross Round-up email at: https://gairlochtimes.org.uk
Follow us on Mastodon & the fediverse: @news@gairlochtimes.org.uk
theartsdesk @theartsdesk.bsky.social theartsdesk.com - a daily serving of incisive, well-informed arts coverage. Enjoy criticism at its best.
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Tim Bano @timbano.bsky.social Arts journalist and audio producer. Read me in The Standard, Independent, FT, The Stage and other places. Listen on BBC Radio 4. Contact me at timbano.com
Alice Jones @alicevjones.bsky.social Deputy Head of Culture, The Times & The Sunday Times 
Alex Banks @alex-banks.bsky.social Business journalist at thepressandjournal.bsky.social | Football lover/hater depending on my team's results.
Amy Hall @amyhall1.bsky.social Social Media Manager - Evening Telegraph & Evening Express
Patrick Mainland @patrickmainland.bsky.social social media manager @thecourier.co.uk
Living Wage Scotland @livingwagescotland.bsky.social Living Wage Scotland - based @povertyalliance.org
We award the Living Wage employer mark to Scottish employers paying the real #LivingWage, the only rate calculated according to the cost of living.
https://scottishlivingwage.org/
Tiree Music Festival @tireemusicfestival.bsky.social Magical award-winning island festival on Tiree 🏝️ • 11 - 13 July 2025 🎶 • Tickets on sale now.
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
MUSIC NEWS Scotland @musicnewsscotland.bsky.social Scotland's trio of music publications: MUSIC NEWS Scotland + MNS FESTIVALS! + MNS GIGguide - covering the whole music scene in Scotland for the last 22 years! Email Alastair with news or Carol for great advertising deals at musicnewsscotland@gmail.com 
Sarah Deere-Jones @sarahdeere-jones.bsky.social Musician, Composer & Writer. Rewilder and environmentalist. Plant based. Lives in Cornwall and Scotland. Looking to publish 1st novel & starting 2nd 🤞
Culture & Business Scotland @candbscotland.bsky.social The connector between culture & business sectors; enabling partnerships, building skills and championing the impact & value of cultural experiences
@lorraineaburrow.bsky.social @lorraineaburrow.bsky.social 
Highland One World Global Learning Centre @howdec.bsky.social Providers of professional learning and resources to support Global Citizenship Education across the North of Scotland. www.highlandoneworld.org.uk #GlobalCitizenship #LearningforSustainability
Esbjörn Wettermark @esbwet.bsky.social Ethnomusicologist, musician, educator
Erin Watson (Brown) @fiddlebrownie.bsky.social Fiddle player in Stumpy Oak ceilidh band, Outreach and Development Officer for Comhaltas in Britain, Folk Traditional Workshops for all ages. 
Ailean Beaton @aileanbeaton.bsky.social Journalist | Neach-naidheachd @ BBC.
Glasgow/Skye
@gillebride.bsky.social @gillebride.bsky.social 
Emma Roddick MSP @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social SNP candidate for Inverness and Nairn 💛 | she/her | ♿️🏳️🌈 | Caley Thistle fan, Whovian & feminist | Owned by a cat 🐈 | Some posts by staff
Calum MacLeod @calummacleod.bsky.social Hebridean. Sustainable Development Consultant. MG ALBA Board Member. http://calummacleod.info
Robbie MacLeòid - Writer @robbiemacleoid.bsky.social Writer & Musician | Gàidheal | PhD in love and gender in medieval Gaelic | TTRPGs, video games, too many books
✏️ in Gutter, STEALL, New Writing Scotland, amongst others
Dr Inge Birnie @dringebirnie.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the Strathclyde Institute of Education; Gaelic, the teaching and learning of (minority) languages - exploring language use in the social linguistic soundscape
Council of Europe ACFC Member with respect of the Netherlands
Alan Fleming Baird @flemingbaird.bsky.social Composer. Studied Royal College of Music. PhD in music and linguistics. Arts Festival director. Teaching the MA in Creative Industries at Glasgow University www.flemingbaird.org
Nick Addington @addingtonnick.bsky.social Funding | civil society | environment | Glasgow | Also posting @totheobelisk.bsky.social
linktr.ee/addington
Lung Ha Theatre Company @lunghatheatre.bsky.social Scotland's leading theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism.
https://www.lungha.com/
https://linktr.ee/lunghatheatre
Damian Shields @damianshields.bsky.social Scottish Landscape Photographer and Deputy Picture Editor at the Herald,Times & National. Prints and enquiries at www.damianshields.com
Alan Young @alanyoung3000.bsky.social Editor, The Scotsman
scotsman.com
Jane Bradley @janekbradley.bsky.social Arts correspondent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday newspapers in Edinburgh.
Also write about figure skating.
https://www.scotsman.com/author/jane-bradley
Adam Forrest @adamforrest.bsky.social Scotland Correspondent, The i Paper