Supported by: Bill Kidd*, Annabelle Ewing*, Emma Roddick*, Colin Beattie*, Miles Briggs*, Kevin Stewart*, Stuart McMillan*, Kenneth Gibson* *S6M-17690 Liam McArthur: Celebrating Orkney Folk Festival 2025—That the Parliament recognises the 42nd Orkney Folk Festival, which ran from 22 to 25 May 2025; understands that the event sold a record-breaking 8,600 tickets over the course of the weekend; recognises that artists from Canada, USA, Australia, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sápmi, and across the UK joined local Orcadian musicians as part of a 60 act line-up that performed over the four days; notes in particular, the concert to mark the 30th anniversary of the much-loved youth project, Hadhirgaan, which involves pupils from Kirkwall Grammar School led by tutor, Douglas Montgomery, which to date has produced over 200 young musicians, some of whom are now amongst Orkney’s finest...