Counterflows is delighted to announce a new residency for 2025 with our friends at Cove Park this March. Cove Park is an international residency based on Scotland’s west coast for artists and creative practitioners working in all art forms and every career stage. The residency will host Saigon and Hanoi based musicians Vũ Hà Anh […]

We are delighted to announce ACE V!S!ON and XZO as the recipients of the Music Space bursaries 2023–24. ACE VIS!ON (he/they) is a Scottish-Malawian poet, rapper and musician. Equally as comfortable communicating freestyle/spoken word on open-mic stages as they are lacing eloquent rhyme with experimental rhythms, often inspired by themes of grief, Ioss and the […]

We are very pleased to announce that we have received funding for the next iteration of Music Space, including two bursaries beginning in July and a series of creative sessions later in the year. The bursary programme will be shaped by the recipients and will include financial support and use of equipment across nine months, plus: > […]

We are delighted to announce that this year we will be hosting three delegates from Hanoi, Vietnam and Beirut, Lebanon at Counterflows Festival through the generous support of the British Council. The three delegates we are excited to welcome are artists and curators Kim Ngoc (Vietnam), Nguyen Quoc Hoang Anh (Vietnam) and Renata (Lebanon).

Music Space Bursary Programme 2022–23 is now finished! It’s been a privilege to work with and support the incredible Mawaddah and Eyve. Beginning in March last year and over the past 12 months they have both achieved huge amounts both creatively and professionally. Be sure to catch Eyve’s show at Counterflows this year, and keep your […]

Our first iteration of the Music Space creative sessions is now over! From graphic score making, found sounds and VJ-ing, to vocals, performance and radio, we produced a series of six practice-led sessions for young people which aimed to explore and experiment with music, sound, performance and creativity. Huge thanks to the facilitators, our programme […]

We are delighted to launch our new website for Music Space – a year-long bursary programme which began in March this year. It has been set up for young people (18–24) who are based in Glasgow, and who are interested in exploring sound and music. Follow this link to explore the site and find out more about […]

Counterflows is excited to share this fascinating project from Chile in both Glasgow and Skye. We invite you to join us for food, film and music at Civic House and with our friends in Skye in partnership with ATLAS Arts at An Talla Mòr, Portree. Canto a lo divino is a unique musical expression of […]