Get ready for the world’s first piping jukebox

The world’s first interactive Piping Jukebox, complete with live piper inside, will visit Glasgow’s Buchanan Street tomorrow (Tuesday). From 11.30am until 1.30pm, it will give the public a taste of what to expect from this year’s Piping Live! Glasgow International Piping Festival. Crowds will be treated to piping hot renditions of Lewis Capaldi’s number 1…

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Get your half-price Military Tattoo tickets today

Half-price tickets for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo’s annual preview evening are for sale from 10am today. This year, the Tattoo presents Kaleidoscope – a theme inspired by the Scottish optical instrument first patented by Sir David Brewster in 1817. The 100-minute extravaganza is filled with dazzling performances rich with colour – through lighting and…

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Aly Bain is Scotland’s master of the fiddle

Aly Bain is one of Scotland’s most popular entertainers. No New Year is complete without Aly – and musical partner Phil Cunningham – bringing in the New Year. The musician tells Scottish Field about the influences on his life. I was born in Shetland, in a house on Market Street in Lerwick, down by the…

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Ten fantastic places to visit in… Aberfeldy

Robert Burns once wrote, ‘Will ye go, Bonie lassie, will ye go, To the birks of Aberfeldy.’ But there’s far more to the area, in Perthshire, than that. Scottish Field presents 10 things to see and do in and around Aberfeldy. BEATRIX POTTER EXHIBITION The author spent long summer holidays in Perthshire and this exhibition…

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Classical guitar duo to perform two gigs in Scotland

An Australian classical guitar duo are to play two gigs in Scotland, as they tour the UK with Canadian star k.d lang. Slava migrated with his parents from Kazakhstan to Australia, and his brother Leonard was born in Melbourne. Both his parents were orchestral string players in the Soviet Union – dad played violin and…

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A decade of music festival marked with whisky

Tiree Music Festival teamed up with Tiree Whisky Company to produce a specially commissioned small batch Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky to commemorate 10 years of the stunning, remote island festival. Put into cask at around the same time the plans for the first ever TMF were starting to take shape, the exclusive 43% whisky…

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City prepares for Inverness Highland Games and gala

This weekend will see the Inverness Highland Games & Gala festivities take place at Bught Park. Building work is now well underway on the giant arena, will be the hub of this weekend’s event Traditionally staged on one of the busiest weekends of the year in the Highland Capital; this year’s programme sees the addition…

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Find culture, heritage and art with this free map

Those living in Argyll know how rich the area is in history and heritage, arts and crafts – but it’s still a secret to the area’s many visitors. Wander Argyll shows visitors just what skills and creativity there are in the area, with artists and craftmakers inspired by Argyll’s scenery, coast, rivers, islands, lochs and…

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Piping Live! on the search for people’s piping stories

Piping Live!, the Glasgow International Piping Festival, are asking fans from across the globe to submit their fondest piping memories. They are giving them chance to become part of the festival’s history and have their story printed on the official Piping Live! 2019 festival T-shirt, available to buy when the event returns from 10–18 August.…

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Play a round of golf in Glasgow’s iconic locations

Some of Glasgow’s most famous architectural icons have been reduced in size to feature in a new crazy golf course. Fore Play Crazy Golf features the city’s famous cone, the Armadillo and the Waverley’s Paddle Wheel. After just nine months of trading, Fore Play Crazy Golf in Glasgow has expanded its offering by creating a…

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