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The Craft Hub is located in Sanday, one of the North Isles in Orkney.

Remote community drama in Orkney through the annual one act play festival held in February each year.

Shapinsay Heritage Arts and Crafts looks after the historical, cultural, natural heritage, arts and crafts and other features of life in the island of Shapinsay…

Traditional music club for players of all abilities.

Soulisquoy Printmakers provides open access printmaking facilities for artistic students, young people and the wider community through workshops, open sessions, master classes…

St Andrews Drama Club is a small club who enjoy Amateur Dramatics. We take part in the annual Drama festival most years and also help to put on a pantomime on alternate years.

St John’s Kirk – Walls Heritage is a community-owned former mission kirk where we provide a heritage and family history resource for North Walls and Brims, Hoy…

St Magnus International Festival takes place around midsummer each year and is a multi-arts festival with music at its core.

St Ola SWI meets in Kirkwall once a month (3rd Thursday, 7pm, Royal British Legion, Junction Rd Kirkwall, and is open to all women.

Stromness Library is housed within the new Warehouse Buildings and offers the same services as the main library in Kirkwall.

Stromness Drama Club is an amateur dramatics society that involves the Stromness community and far beyond.

Stromness Museum is one of Scotland's oldest independent museums, showcasing Orkney's social, natural, and maritime history through artifacts from its past as a maritime crossroads.

Stromness Royal British Legion Pipe Band offers free tuition for the Highland Bagpipes and Marching Drums.

Stromness Shopping Week is Orkney’s oldest festival. In the third week of July every year, the town celebrates with a variety of events and activities organised by volunteers.

A group of talented island folk of all ages, who have a shared passion for traditional Orkney tunes and who play a variety of instruments from fiddle to clarsach.

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Writing Orkney was set up as a successor to the George Mackay Brown Fellowship in 2025.

The Hoy Hoolie group is able to take a different view and can try and create events that maximise the involvement of the community spirit by us working together to create something that we are proud…

The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre is a venue in Orkney, Scotland, dedicated to preserving and sharing the islands' oral heritage, including legends, sagas, and folk customs…

Situated opposite St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney Museum tells the story of Orkney, from the Stone Age, to the Picts and Vikings, right through to the present day.

The Orkney Theatre is available as a theatre space for a variety of events. See our website for information on technical specifications and services available.

The Smiddy Museum is a restored blacksmith's shop, most famously in St. Margaret's Hope, Orkney, that showcases historical tools and equipment used for blacksmithing and farm work.

Visitor, travel & accommodation information.

Develop and promote tourism on Westray and Papa Westray.

We encourage, develop and support crafts and crafting in Westray and Papa Westray. The craft goods are also made available for sale.

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