Scotland

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that nightclubs in Scotland will be allowed to reopen on Monday 24th January. 

Ms Sturgeon confirmed in a statement yesterday (18th January) that the easing of Covid-19 restrictions will go ahead next week after a "significant fall" in new cases of the virus.  

Attendance limits on indoor events, which forced nightclubs to close, were put in place on the 27th December in response to rising Omicron cases across the country.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the country’s clubs will remain closed until at least 24th January, in an attempt to help curb the spread of the Omicron variant.

Yesterday’s announcement confirmed that restrictions on large outdoor events would be lifted from Monday, while restrictions on indoor venues will remain in place for at least another week after that date.

A new festival is set to take place in a Scottish palace this summer.

Otherlands Music & Arts, the latest venture from the founders of Edinburgh's FLY festival, is a three-day boutique camping festival at Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland - a heritage site and the home of Scotland’s Kings & Queens.

Taking place from the 19th - 21st August 2022, the countryside festival will combine music, art, boutique glamping and bespoke talks from industry leaders, with six stages soundtracked by some of the biggest names in electronic music.

A new book celebrates legendary Glasgow club The Arches.

Announced last November, Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches is an oral history by two of the club's former employees, novelist Kirstin Innes and comedian David Bratchpiece. 

Glasgow-based label and collective Numbers have teamed up with national charity Youth Music to launch a work experinence programme for 18-25-year-olds.

The vaccine passport scheme for Scottish clubs will no longer be delayed, a Judge has ruled.

A new documentary chronicling Scotland's rave culture is available to watch on the BBC iPlayer.

Originally broadcast on the BBC on 24th August, 'Scotland The Rave' features best-selling author Graeme Armstrong offering a candid journey, from experiencing the day-to-day reality of gang life as a young teenager growing up in Airdrie, to discovering his passion for rave and the lifestyle that comes with it. 

Nightclubs in Scotland are to reopen on Monday 9th August — the second UK country to remove almost all remaining pandemic restrictions — following an announcement by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.