Culture
Gaelic events celebrated at Glasgow festival
A cultural festival is taking place in Glasgow next month, to tie in with the arrival of international athletes at the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. Festival 2018 will run from August 2-12, and will feature a dynamic cultural programme, which includes a number of great events from Gaelic Arts. Naming the Tree (Ag ainmeachadh na…
Read MoreLots to sea and do at the Scottish Maritime Museum
A host of activities have been lined up for this summer at the Scottish Maritime Museum. Based on Irvine Harbourside in North Ayrshire, a variety of extra special events and activities are coming up this month. Clydebank-born, former shipbuilder turned award-winning artist Tom McKendrick will push the more romantic ideals of life onboard Scottish built…
Read MoreSmiles all round at Loch Lomond Highland Games
Thousands of visitors bathed in the sunshine to watch this year’s annual Loch Lomond Highland Games. More than 8000 people attended the event, in Moss O’Balloch Park, where they were treated to a host of traditional highland game competitions including cycling, running, hammer throwing and heavy weights and the traditional tossing of the caber and…
Read MoreMonth-long cocktail festival launches in Leith
A new festival is launching this summer, transforming the Leith area of Edinburgh into a cocktail community. Taking place from 2 August to 2 September, Leith Chill Fest will see the area’s 18 best bars offer an array of cocktails for £5 each. From Sofi’s ‘Tropical Leith’ to Malmaison’s ‘Leith’s A Peach’, there’s a colourful…
Read MoreElectronic reinterpretation of Vivaldi debuts at Edinburgh Festival
Anno, a multi-sensory reinterpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, will come to the Edinburgh Festival for the first time this August. Composed by Anna Meredith, it incorporates Vivaldi’s famous set of seasonal concerti alongside Anna’s own sections for electronics. Co-commissioned by Scottish Ensemble and Spitalfields Music, Anno takes the audience into a dark, transformed world where…
Read MoreRecord-breaking musical comes to Edinburgh this month
Tim Firth’s new British musical featuring Take That hits will play in Edinburgh from 10-14 July. The Band tells the story of five 16 year-old friends in 1992 who are big fans of ‘the band’. Twenty-five years later, the 40-something women are reunited and once more try to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.…
Read MoreEdinburgh’s Floral Clock marks 100 years since Armistice
Marking 100 years since the signing of the Armistice, the finishing touches have been added to Edinburgh’s Floral Clock. The West Princes Street Gardens landmark was created in partnership with Poppyscotland as part of their year-long fundraising campaign, The 1918 Poppy Pledge. Edinburgh’s Lord Provost Frank Ross was joined by Poppyscotland’s chief executive Mark Bibbey…
Read MoreThe Engine Shed celebrates first year of success
Scotland’s conservation centre The Engine Shed has celebrated a year of successful operations. Celebrating Scotland’s built heritage, The Engine Shed welcomed 15,000 visitors in its first year and has won a number of awards. The conservation hub engaged more than 2,700 school pupils, offered 288 free space hire bookings to stakeholders and developed international partnerships…
Read MoreScottish Opera pop-ups to entertain Glasgow this summer
Scottish Opera will host two 30-minute long pop-up shows for all ages this summer. A little Bit of HMS Pinafore and Be a Sport, Spike! will be staged at various venues in Glasgow from 2 August. Scottish Opera’s director of outreach and education, Jane Davidson said: ‘In 2018, Scottish Opera continues to bring its unique brand of miniature opera to audiences across Scotland. ‘There’s…
Read MoreDundee exhibition highlights Scotland’s industrial past
A new exhibition showcasing Scotland’s industrial heritage will go on display in Dundee. Industry + Aesthetics highlights the visual impact, drama and power of Scotland as an industrial nation and will launch on Saturday 30 June at Verdant Works Museum. Miriam McDonald, industrial survey and recording projects manager at HES and curator of the exhibition,…
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