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    Scotland has 28 events. Displaying 1-28.


    7/01/2008 - 8/31/2008Moray Speyfest

    Fochabers, United Kingdom
    In a tented village at the edge of the small town of Fochabers, the Moray Speyfest materialises for a few days each summer. Fiddlers and pipers come from...

    Themes: Kids' Stuff , Entertainment , Music , Spectacle , Business , Culture

     

    8/01/2008 - 8/31/2008Aberdeen International Youth Festival

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    The Aberdeen International Youth Festival showcases burgeoning talent from around the world, and is one of the highlights of the cultural calendar in...

    Themes: Spectacle , Theatre & Film , Kids' Stuff , Entertainment , Culture , Dance , Music

     

    8/01/2008 - 8/31/2008Festival of Politics

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Turning politics into a party sounds like a neat trick, but it has a serious intent. This is all about giving people a glimpse of how government works....

    Themes: Exhibitions , Spectacle , Unusual

     

    8/01/2008 - 8/31/2008Innerleithen Music Festival

    Innerleithen, United Kingdom
    In the broad valley of the River Tweed, ringed about with bold hills, Innerleithen is a small and picturesque town close to the famous historic Traquair...

    Themes: Music , Entertainment , Spectacle , Culture

     

    8/01/2008 - 8/31/2008Piping Live

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Scottish pipe bands from around the world perform daily for three hours in the middle of Glasgow during the annual Piping Live event. The George Square...

    Themes: Spectacle , Culture , Entertainment , Music

     

    9/01/2008 - 9/30/2008Doors Open Days

    Various, United Kingdom
    On Saturdays and Sundays throughout September, some of Scotland's most interesting buildings are open to the public free of charge. 48 countries across...

    Themes: History , Exhibitions

     

    9/01/2008 - 9/30/2008Edinburgh Mela

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Mela is a style of festival that first came to Britain in the late eighties and was introduced to Edinburgh in 1995 by members of the Bangladeshi, Indian,...

    Themes: Food & Drink , Kids' Stuff , Dance , Theatre & Film , Music

     

    9/01/2008 - 10/31/2008Fest 'N' Furious (Dundee Festival of Scottish Music)

    Dundee, United Kingdom
    Fest' n' Furious made its first appearance in 2004, featuring the best of Scotland's traditional and contemporary music. Beside top concert acts, the...

    Themes: Entertainment , Spectacle , Music , Exhibitions

     

    9/01/2008 - 9/30/2008Islay Jazz Festival

    Various, United Kingdom
    What makes the Islay Jazz Festival special is Islay itself; the landscape provides the dramatic backdrop to the occasion, with concerts held in all kinds...

    Themes: Music

     

    9/01/2008 - 9/30/2008Merchant City Festival

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Merchant City is Glasgow's cultural quarter, a grid of rejuvenated streets around Trongate which is now home to restaurants, bars, designer retail outlets,...

    Themes: Theatre & Film , Exhibitions , Home & Fashion , Music , Comedy

     

    9/01/2008 - 9/30/2008Techfest

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    Who says science is not fun? TechFest sets out an extensive programme of events and activities designed to inspire, astonish, excite and above all to...

    Themes: Kids' Stuff , Exhibitions , Other

     

    9/06/2008 - 9/06/2008Royal Highland Gathering (Braemar Gathering)

    Braemar, United Kingdom
    The Braemar Gathering has been going for approximately 200 years in its present form, but its origins go back about 700 more. It is a strongly traditional...

    Themes: Sport , Dance , Culture , History , Spectacle

     

    10/24/2008 - 10/24/2008University of Aberdeen Music Prize

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    The Music Prize competition is Aberdeen's classical answer to Pop Idol, in which a list of some 400 hopeful composers are whittled down to just five....

    Themes: Entertainment , Music

     

    3/01/2009 - 3/31/2009Glasgow Art Fair

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    One of the biggest art fairs in the UK outside London, Glasgow is the place to pick out and perhaps to buy that priceless work of the future, or at least...

    Themes: Art & Literature , Exhibitions

     

    4/01/2009 - 4/30/2009Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow Triptych

    Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, United Kingdom
    In a departure from the conventional musical festival format, Triptych brings 200 artists to three different cities over the course of five days, drawing...

    Themes: Pop(ular) , Dance , Entertainment , Music

     

    4/01/2009 - 4/30/2009Beltane Fire Festival

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Before the Romans divided the seasons into a calendar of 12 months, the Celtic year was marked by four Quarter Days: Beltane, Lughnasadh ('Luna-sa'),...

    Themes: History , Dance , Religion , Spectacle , Culture , Music

     

    4/01/2009 - 4/30/2009Scottish Grand National

    Ayr, United Kingdom
    The highlight of Scotland's jumping season is the Scottish Grand National, held a couple of weeks after the Aintree equivalent south of the border in...

    Themes: Entertainment , Spectacle , Sport

     

    5/01/2009 - 5/31/2009Big in Falkirk

    Falkirk, United Kingdom
    Scotland's National Street Arts Festival, Big in Falkirk, packs a lot into two days: spectacular outdoor theatre, international street arts, live music,...

    Themes: Spectacle , Dance , Entertainment , Music

     

    5/01/2009 - 7/01/2009Children's International Theatre Festival

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    This is the biggest performing arts festival for children and young people in the UK, annually offering around 75 performances for three to 14 year olds...

    Themes: Entertainment , Theatre & Film , Spectacle , Kids' Stuff

     

    5/01/2009 - 5/30/2009Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival

    Dumfries, United Kingdom
    Established in 1979, the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival aims to bring international performers to a region with scattered rural communities that...

    Themes: Art & Literature , Dance , Theatre & Film

     

    5/01/2009 - 5/31/2009Great Caledonian Run

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    After a spell in the north east of Scotland, 'Britain's Most Beautiful Run' returned to its Edinburgh birthplace in 2005. The 10km (6 miles) Great Caledonian...

    Themes: Spectacle , Sport , Entertainment

     

    5/01/2009 - 6/30/2009Leith Festival

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Leith, Edinburgh's port on the banks of the Firth of Forth, puts on a big show with walks, talks, exhibitions, sports, drama and theatre, music and dancing,...

    Themes: Exhibitions , Food & Drink , Dance , Sport , Art & Literature , Theatre & Film , Culture , Entertainment , Kids' Stuff , Music

     

    5/01/2009 - 5/31/2009Mary King's Ghost Fest

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    A ghoulish nine days in Britain's capital of spooks and spirits, Mary King's Ghost Fest aims to make spines tingle in the alleyways and crannies of Old...

    Themes: Entertainment , Theatre & Film , History , Culture

     

    5/01/2009 - 5/31/2009Word Festival

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    Word takes place over three days at the charming and historic King's College Campus of the University of Aberdeen and at venues throughout the city. More...

    Themes: Exhibitions , Entertainment , Art & Literature

     

    6/01/2009 - 7/31/2009Bard in the Botanics

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    As has been proven in outdoor venues around the world, Shakespeare plays work very well in the open air - and Glasgow's famous Botanic Gardens provide...

    Themes: History , Art & Literature , Theatre & Film

     

    6/01/2009 - 6/30/2009West End Festival

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    This old fashioned community festival and street party takes place in a district of old stone houses and broad streets among parks and open spaces. It...

    Themes: Entertainment , Kids' Stuff , Music , Food & Drink , History , Gay & Lesbian

     

    6/21/2009 - 6/21/2009Aberdeen Highland Games

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    The Aberdeen Highland Games include a special event - a British championship 100m sprint - together with a mix of all the traditional games such as Putting...

    Themes: Music , Entertainment , Spectacle , Sport

     

    10/01/2009 - 10/31/2009University of Aberdeen Music Prize

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    The Music Prize competition is Aberdeen's classical answer to Pop Idol, in which a list of some 400 hopeful composers are whittled down to just five....

    Themes: Entertainment , Music

     



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