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), the Garrison Theatre and the Mareel cinema, music and education venue. Music is an important aspect of their work and the "Fiddle Frenzy" traditional music summer school and cultural event is now in its fifth year, the 2008 event building on earlier successes. Shetland Arts intend to produce a comprehensive database of Shetland music. Shetland Arts' annual programme of events also includes the Peerie Willie Guitar Festival, the ScreenPlay Film Festival (curated by

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) and the WordPlay Literature Festival. Shetland Arts'

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Charity Number is SC037082"Shetland Arts: Scottish Charity Register"

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References

External links

Shetland Arts website

Shetland Music website

Shetland Fiddle Frenzy website
Arts organizations established in 2006 Charities based in Scotland Organisations based in Shetland Culture of Shetland Shetland music 2006 establishments in Scotland Arts charities {{UK-charity-stub