South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ called off again
The 2022 South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ (Smuha) festival has been called off. It is the third year in a row that the event has had to…
READ FULL STORYThe 2022 South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ (Smuha) festival has been called off. It is the third year in a row that the event has had to…
READ FULL STORYToday (Friday) marked the second year of disappointment for the jarl-elect in the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’.
READ FULL STORYThe South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ (Smuha) festival has been pushed back to 2022. The festival was originally postponed only days before it was set to be…
READ FULL STORYThe South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ (Smuha) committee has taken the decision to cancel this year’s event.
READ FULL STORYNHS Shetland have said that the two remaining Shetland fire festivals should be postponed because of coronavirus fears.
READ FULL STORYThe public will not be allowed to attend the visit of the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ (Smuha) Jarl Squad to the Sandwick Junior High School on
READ FULL STORYThe penultimate weekend of this year’s Up-Helly-A’ festivals got under way on Friday morning in Gulberwick.
READ FULL STORYBairns from Sound Primary School provided a warm welcome for the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ Jarl’s Squad this morning, as the penultimate country fire festival got
READ FULL STORYIt turned out a dreich start to the day but spirits were high with the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ squad as they headed north to Lerwick.
READ FULL STORYSMUHA came early in the Ness as excited bairns were treated to their own procession and galley burning on Friday afternoon.
READ FULL STORYHelmets and axes gleaming in the early morning sunshine, Lesley Simpson and her resplendent vikings brought plenty of cheer to primary school bairns in Lerwick.
READ FULL STORYHistory is in the making today with the first ever female Guizer Jarl proudly taking her place in the galley at Shetland’s newest fire festival,
READ FULL STORYHistory will be made today as the first female Guizer Jarl Lesley Simpson grabs her axe and shield for this year’s SMUHA celebrations.
READ FULL STORYLike many Up-Helly-A’ celebrations this year, the South Mainland Up-Helly-A’ got off to quite a wet and blustery start.
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