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Fiddle Frenzy, Shetland's week long musical summer school which features showcase concerts by many of Shetland's finest musicians, starts today.

BBC ALBA will be broadcasting an hour-long programme from the 30th Shetland Folk Festival, featuring Fiddlers Bid, on Saturday 31 July at 21:00

The late Shetland musician Peerie Willie Johnson has been entered into the Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies (ODNB).

The Seventh Shetland Blues Festival will take place between Friday 3rd September and Sunday 5th September with gigs in Lerwick, Scalloway, Brae and Sandwick, features six nominees for the British Blues awards. Visiting artistes this year are Connie Lush and Blues Shouter, Guy Tortora Band, Hokie Joint, Baby Isaac, Kris Dollimore, Dale Storr and Bad Taste Blues Band.

The second Vunk Fest, Shetland's alternative music and art festival fires off this weekend with a packed line-up of local and visiting bands and artists.

The two week Shetland Hamefarin' 2010 draws to a close tommorrow night with a concert at the Clickimin Centre featuring Fiddlers' Bid, Hom Bru, The Sheila Henderson Band, Bryan Gear and Violet Tulloch.

The Shetland Hamefarin fornight kicks of this afternoon (14th June) with a concert by some of Shetland's finest young musicians and vocalists.

Organisers of the annual Ethno World Music Camp in Sweden have kindly offered free places to four young musicians from Shetland.