Westray Connections

Westray Connections 2017 – The Parade

The Pierowall Village Parade is one of my favourite parts of Westray Connections. There’s something incredibly stirring about the pipes at full …

In the final relaxed Sunday session of Westray Connections we were treated to Wayward, Bad Apple and Stereo Lobsters with a guest …

The Graand Owld Byre on Westray is a great venue for music in every respect apart from one. It has super acoustics, …

The second free ‘Taster Session’ of music around the village of Pierowall as part of Westray Connections 2017 is in the Westray …

Westray is a small island but it’s big enough to have a school and a care home, a doctors and a hotel. …

It’s Friday night at the Westray Community School Hall and Phil and Aly (or is it Aly and Phil) are on stage …

It’s time to relax after a hectic Saturday night of dancing and partying into the small hours (and then a couple of …

A wonderful concert in the Community Hall with the Jo Philby Band, Maggie and James Nicholson, Gnoss, The Harcus Family and the …

In previous years I’ve taken instant photos of all the artists at Westray Connections. This time I thought I’d try black and …

Westray Heritage Centre is an amusing place for a concert, with its scale model of the Noup Head cliffs and racks of …

One of the great success stories of 2015 in Westray has been the development of The Graand Owld Byre. Michael and Teenie …

It’s Saturday morning after a late Friday session in the Pierowall Hotel. At 10:30 in Kalisgarth it’s time for Andy Cant and …

Friday night at The Pierowall Hotel and the bar is rammed. We’ve been there for hours already eating the Orkney beef in …