Posts Tagged ‘live’
Climate campaign launches ‘Let’s do Net Zero’
A major campaign to encourage people across Scotland to come together to tackle the climate emergency has been launched ahead of COP26 in Glasgow later this year. The Let’s do Net Zero campaign highlights the benefits a net zero society will bring for our economy, health and environment. It also aims to raise greater awareness…
Read MoreTen of the best pipers to compete at championship
Ten of the world’s greatest solo pipers have been invited to compete in this year’s Glenfiddich Piping Championship. The renowned competition returns to Blair Castle in Highland Perthshire on Saturday October 30. This year’s competitors are defending champion Stuart Liddell, Dollar’s Callum Beaumont, British Columbia piper Jack Lee, five-time champion Roderick Macleod MBE, William McCallum…
Read MoreScottish Opera returns to theatres with new productions
A new Scottish Opera production of Gilberts and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers will open at Glasgow’s Theatre Royal before traveling to cities around the country. This co-production with D’Oyly Carte Opera and State Opera South Australia will tour Edinburgh, Inverness, and London for a total of 24 performances, and will include the Scottish Opera premiere of…
Read MoreBeautiful music in beautiful places at Lammermuir Festival
This year’s Lammermuir Festival returns to live performance with 14 days of 37 concerts at eight venues across East Lothian. The festival runs from September 7–20 and opens with four song recitals presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3 featuring Robert Murray and Alisdair Hogarth, James Atkinson and Sholto Kynoch, Catriona Morison and Malcolm Martineau,…
Read MoreFurniture design school to hold its annual sale
Leading furniture design school, The Chippendale International School of Furniture, has announced it will host its 36th annual graduate exhibition and sale next month. The event will take place at the school from Wednesday September 8 to Saturday September 11 and will showcase an array of fine furniture crafted by students of the professional course…
Read MoreA touch of luxury with Moda Living in Edinburgh
Renting accommodation in a big city can be testing at the best of times. Unreliable landlords, impossible deposit schemes, and flats the size of Harry Potter’s cupboard under the stairs are among some of the greatest – and sadly, most common – frustrations. For those willing to pay for a touch of luxury, however, these…
Read MoreStirling Highland Games launches virtual programme
Traditional heavyweight competitions, a pipe band and cookery demonstrations are among the online events showcased at Stirling Highland Games this month. Organisers have unveiled an exciting programme of virtual activities to entertain families, food-lovers, history buffs and Highland Games competition fans from home and abroad on Saturday August 21. Spectators can watch competitors take part…
Read MoreWe look to the south in the September 2021 Scottish Field
The September 2021 edition of Scottish Field is now available – and we’re celebrating the south of the country. Editor Richard Bath takes us on a tour around the new South West Coastal 300 driving route, and reveals some impressive gems which you may never have heard of or noticed before. We also celebrate one…
Read MoreBook festival to welcome audiences back to Wigtown
Wigtown Book Festival is to welcome audiences and authors back to Scotland’s National Book Town this autumn, following last year’s digital-only event. Taking as its theme, Hello Stranger, the 2021 festival (22 September to 4 October) will be two days longer than in previous years, with more than 140 events for adults and young people,…
Read MoreAlloway to host Robert Burns festival this summer
Live music, performances and events will mark the anniversary of the first Burns Supper. The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and cottage is hosting a five-day festival this summer to mark the 220th anniversary of the first Burns Supper. The Burns Two Twenty Festival in Alloway will feature day and evening activities for Burns enthusiasts of…
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