Join Culture for Climate Scotland for a local assembly centred on community, connection and resilience. With a range of collaborators, facilitators and speakers to build strong community networks for creative climate action! More details and tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/cultu...

Please make a note in your diary for a reading by poet Kenneth Steven entitled Wildscapes at Stromness Kirk on Thursday 16 April at 7:30pm. Tickets 🎟️ & ℹ️ : ticketsource.com/orkney-arts-society

This is the final call for the talk by Ben Pentreath, entitled A Scottish Vision in Stromness Town Hall this coming Tuesday 31 March at 7:30pm.

Join us for our final concert of the season at Stromness Town Hall on Fri 3 April 2026 at 8.00pm. We’re delighted to welcome New Zealand baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Errollyn Wallen. Tickets and details at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society

Join us for an evening with designer and architect Ben Pentreath at Stromness Town Hall on Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 7.30pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/b...

Join us for our final concert of the season at Stromness Town Hall on Fri 3 April 2026 at 8.00pm. We’re delighted to welcome New Zealand baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and pianist Errollyn Wallen. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/d...

There’s still tickets available for tonight’s concert…

This is the final call for the international classical guitar duo: Sasha Savaloni and Tim Beattie who will be performing this coming Saturday in Stromness Town Hall at 7:30pm. 🎟️ & ℹ️: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

The Orkney Arts Society is looking for a volunteer to help maintain our website and social media channels! Please contact Voluntary Action Orkney (VAO) to find out more or register interest: www.vaorkney.org.uk/volunteering...

The Orkney Arts Society is organising a Festival for Young Musicians in partnership with OIC Instrumental Music Service and Scottish Young Musicians on Fri 27 & Sat 28 Mar at King Street Halls, Kirkwall: orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/f... Sign up at: forms.office.com/e/s8dn9ipFtB

Join us for our first event of the year, the international classical guitar duo of Sasha Savaloni and Tim Beattie on Saturday 28 February 2026 at 7:30pm in Stromness Town Hall: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

This is not an OAS event, but you might like to know that the Stromness Poetry Club will be holding an Open Mic afternoon at the Vintage Paper Co., Stromness Coffee & Print Works, The Old Bank, Stromness on Saturday 14th February between 3pm and 5pm. This is a free event.

This is not an OAS event, but you might like to know that there will be an exhibition The 12 Days of Christmas Illustrations by Karen Tweed in the windows of the Northlight Gallery, Stromness between Thur 29 Jan and Tue 17 Feb.

Happy New Year! This is not an OAS event, but you might like to know that Ralph Robinson will be showing ‘Island Vigil’ in the windows of the Northlight Gallery, Stromness until 27th of January 2026.

This is the final call for an evening of poetry at Stromness Parish Kirk this coming Tuesday 9 December at 7:30pm with Heather H. Yeung.

We are hosting an evening of poetry at Stromness Parish Kirk on Tuesday 9 December at 7:30pm with Orkney poet Heather H. Yeung. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/h...

2026 Orkney Folk Festival Line Up Announced theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/27/2...

Not an OAS event, but of interest is the Northlight Gallery and Orkney News annual Fair Saturday exhibition from Sat 29 Nov. Fair Saturday exists as a counterpoint to Black Friday and is a celebration of art and culture with a non-commercial emphasis.

Make a note in your diary for a reading by Orkney-born poet Heather Yeung at Stromness Parish Kirk on Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 7:30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

🎄 Not an OAS event but of interest: the annual festive concert in St Magnus Cathedral by the Winter Choir and Orkney Camerata. 🎟️: Kirkness & Gorie, Sheila Fleet and the Pier Arts Centre or tel. 01856 87 2952. 💷: Adults £15, children £5. All proceeds to Malawi Music Fund.

Here are some photos from our Foy Without Borders: “Memories … Memories …” last Saturday evening. The event raised OVER £600 for Alzheimer's Research UK. Huge thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, performed and donated to help us raise funds for this great cause! 📷: Wendy Barker

This is not an OAS but might be of interest. Orkney author Gaby Barnby’s book launch is taking place on Thursday 4th December 2025 from 6-7 pm at @orkneylibrary.bsky.social in Kirkwall.

Come along to our Foy Without Borders: “Memories … Memories …” tomorrow evening. Sat 15 Nov at 7pm in the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall. An evening of entertainment to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK. 🔗 Donations are welcome, either on the door, or via ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society

🎭 💜 Final call for this year's Foy Without Borders: “Memories … Memories …” at the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall this Sat 15 Nov at 7pm, to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK. 🔗 Donations are welcome, either on the door, or via ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society.

Not an OAS but of interest: meeting this Sunday 16 November about Errollyn Wallen’s proposed community opera ‘A Christmas Miracle’, which is planned for 2026.

This is not an OAS event, but you may be interested in this forthcoming exhibition by 5 post-graduates artists from the UHI MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology at Orkney College. ‘Wider Than Living’ at the Northlight Gallery, Graham Place, Stromness. 14-25 Nov at 11am-4pm.

There are still tickets available for tonight's concert, Sirocco Winds quintet playing at King Street Halls, Kirkwall at 7.30pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

This is the final call for our concert by the dynamic quintet Sirocco Winds at King Street Halls, Kirkwall this coming Thursday 6 November at 7:30pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/s...

Some photos of last night’s concert: Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir on cello and Antoine Préat on piano at Stromness Town Hall. 📷 by Mike Partridge.

Please make a note in your diary for this year’s Foy Without Borders at the Peedie Kirk Hall, Kirkwall on Saturday 15 November at 7pm, a fund-raising event in support of Alzheimer’s Research UK. 🔗: orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/o...

Come to our concert by the dynamic quintet Sirocco Winds at King Street Halls, Kirkwall on Thursday 6 November at 7:30pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/s...

There are still tickets available to see our ‘international visitors’ tomorrow evening. Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir on cello and Antoine Préat on piano at Stromness Town Hall from 7.30pm on Tuesday 28th October 2025. 🎟️ & ℹ️: ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society

This is the last call for Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir, cello and Antoine Préat, piano at Stromness Town Hall this coming Tuesday 28th October at 7:30pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/c...

Not an OAS but of interest is a new exhibition by Johan Mowat & Yeldray entitled Aethereal Alchemy: life, death, renewal at the Northlight Gallery, Stromness between 27 October and 11 November 2025, Mondays to Saturdays 12p - 6pm.

Join us at our next concert: Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir, cello and Antoine Préat, piano at Stromness Town Hall on Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 7:30pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/10/19/c...

Not OAS events but of interest: Stream of Sounds choir Wed 29 Oct 7pm, Peedie Kirk, Kirkwall. 🎟️ on door. Also Sat 25 Oct 7pm, St Ann's Kirk, Papay & 🗣️ w’shop for all Sun 26 Oct Papay Kelp Store, 4-6.30pm 💷 by donation. ℹ️ R. Merriman of Papay Singers: [email protected] youtu.be/hCtOkwrWIFM

Join us this evening for a talk by crime author Lin Anderson: ‘Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist, and the Orkney Mysteries’ at Stromness Kirk. 🌊 🩸 🪦 🔗 www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/str...

This is the final call for our literary event: author Lin Anderson speaking about Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist and the Orkney Mysteries in Stromness Kirk this Tue 14 Oct 7:30pm. 🗞️ A ‘treat for Scottish crime fiction fans…’ ℹ️ & 🎟️: ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society

There are still tickets available for an evening with crime fiction author Lin Anderson next Tue 14 Oct 2025. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/l...

Not an OAS event but of interest: Music for Malawi concert @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social Fri 24 Oct 1pm. Soprano Ruby Hughes & Errolyn Wallen 🎹 performing songs by Errolyn Wallen & Charles Ives + folksong settings by Benjamin Britten. 🎼🎵 🎶 🎟️: £15 at Kirkness & Gorie / ☎️ 01856 872952, & on door.

Make a note in your diary for our latest literary event: crime fiction author Lin Anderson will be speaking on the subject of Dr Rhona MacLeod, forensic scientist and the Orkney Mysteries in Stromness Parish Kirk on Tuesday 14 October at 7:30pm. ℹ️ & 🎟️: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

The Orkney Arts Society's Annual General Meeting will be held tomorrow, on Tuesday 30 September at 7:30pm at the Eventide Club, Stromness. All are welcome to attend.

Not an OAS event but our followers might like to know that the Northlight Gallery, Stromness is hosting a new exhibition: 17 Latest and Final paintings by Vernon Bradley from Tuesday 2 October to 21st October, 10am to 5pm Monday - Saturday.

This evening’s piano concert from Jack Tait Westwell at Stromness Town Hall has featured in this week’s The Orcadian 🗞️ there’s still tickets available, to book in advance or purchase on the door at 7.30pm. ℹ️ & 🎟️: www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-society

There’s still tickets available for the first Orkney Arts Society concert of the season, Jack Tait Westwell this Fri 26 September at 7.30pm in Stromness Town Hall. 🎹 www.ticketsource.co.uk/orkney-arts-...

This is the final call for our first music event of the new season, a piano recital by Jack Tait Westwell this coming Friday 26 September in Stromness Town Hall at 7:30pm. 🎹

There’s still some tickets available for this evening’s talk @pierartscentre.bsky.social: Kirsteen Stewart on Creative Collaboration: Growing Fashion Through Partnerships at 7.30pm on Tue 16 Sept 2025. ℹ️ & 🎟️ : orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/k...

This is not an Orkney Arts Society event, but followers may be interested to know that the Northlight Gallery, Stromness is hosting an exhibition of figurative expressionist paintings by Guliana Crisculo from 18-30th September 2025, Monday to Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm.

This is the final call for Kirsteen Stewart: Creative Collaboration: Growing Fashion Through Partnerships at the @pierartscentre.bsky.social in Stromness this coming Tuesday 16 September at 7:30 pm. orkneyartssociety.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/k...

The Orkney Arts Society's Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 30 September at 7:30pm at the Eventide Club, Stromness. All are welcome to attend.