Apr 30, 2020
Thirty artisan food and drink producers, artists and craft makers from Dumfries & Galloway, and beyond, will take part in this weekend’s annual Spring Kist. Normally held in Wigtown’s magnificent County Buildings, Covid-19 restrictions have meant that it is...
Apr 29, 2020
Urgent action is being called for to protect thousands of Scottish artists whose incomes have collapsed and who face growing debts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Scottish Artists Union (SAU) says many fall between the cracks of current provision – not entitled to...
Apr 16, 2020
The Wigtown Book Festival has launched #WigtownWednesdays as part of a series of online initiatives to allow the public to enjoy excellent writing and meet fascinating authors despite the lockdown. Lots of different events are being lined up, including a monthly...
Apr 1, 2020
With weeks of lockdown stretching ahead it’s the ideal time for young people to exercise their imaginations by entering Dumfries and Galloway’s own children’s writing competition. Organised by the Wigtown Festival Company in partnership with DG Unlimited and the Peter...
Mar 11, 2020
Big DoG is off the leash and bounding back to Dumfries to unveil the programme for his next children’s book festival. For the past few months he’s been busy in his kennel writing invitations for his favourite authors, storytellers and others, to join him for the...
Mar 10, 2020
Space journalist Leo Enright will transform himself into the first seanchai of Mars to tell tales of humanity’s history on the Red Planet. His event at Wigtown’s fourth annual Big Bang dark skies festival will see him adopt the guise of a traditional Irish storyteller...
Mar 9, 2020
Applications are being invited from artists and makers to take part in Perthshire Open Studios (POS) 2020. The organisers say it’s important to sign up early as a maximum of 140 studios are able to take part. This year’s event will take place across beautiful...
Mar 9, 2020
Space journalist Leo Enright will transform himself into the first seanchai of Mars to tell tales of humanity’s history on the Red Planet. His event at Wigtown’s fourth annual Big Bang dark skies festival will see him adopt the guise of a traditional Irish storyteller...
Mar 9, 2020
Mural paintings of the Four Seasons will be unveiled in the Cupola Hall of one of Scotland’s most beautiful stately homes during an event to celebrate and promote women artists. Artist and art historian Julia Alexandra Mee has spent over two years planning and...
Mar 2, 2020
The annual £1,500 international Wigtown Poetry Prize – which celebrates Scotland’s three indigenous languages – is now open for entries. As Scotland’s international poetry prize it promotes and nurtures work in English, Scots and Scottish Gaelic, attracting entries...
