IT IS a “humbling” moment this weekend for Norik jarl Ashley Spence leads Shetland’s most northerly Up Helly Aa. The 34-year-old is following in family footsteps, with his grandad jarl in 1986 and his father then leading the Unst event a decade later. Read more Shetland News …
WHILE around 500 guizers were marching in Bigton to celebrate the climax of the South Mainland Up Helly Aa (SMUHA) on Friday night, the junior fire festival in the Westside village of Waas, led by jarl Katie Drakeford, was a much smaller but equally enjoyable affair. Read more Shetland News …
THE FIRST of Unst’s two fire festivals kicked off this morning (Friday) as guizer jarl Leslie Stickle finally got his turn to lead the Uyeasound Up Helly Aa. At 70 years old, he believes he may be one of the oldest guizer jarls. But age is just a number, and the Unst man is set […] Shetland News …
FOR NESTING and Girlsta guizer jarl Jonny Knight Up Helly Aa is about celebrating all that is good about Shetland and, having had to wait an extra two years for the big community event, it is high time to get the festivities finally under way. It wasn’t the best of Friday mornings for the 48-year-old […] Shetland News …
PROMOTE Shetland is to mark the welcome return of the islands’ winter fire festivals – including next week’s Up Helly Aa in Lerwick – with live broadcasts and a wide range of coverage across its platforms. The fire festival season generates huge interest in Shetland from all over the world and, after Covid prevented any […] Shetland News …