Scotland’s renowned The Bookshop Band is touring some of the finest bookstores and libraries across the USA with its repertoire of songs inspired by literature. Folk duo Ben Please and Beth Porter perform across the UK and Europe – and have frequently appeared on...
A series of festivals and events in Dumfries and Galloway generated more than £6m for the local and Scottish economy in late 2018. The analysis from Dumfries and Galloway Council shows that the 20thannual Wigtown Book Festival had an economic impact of £3.75m, the...
Cornet’s Lass Krystal Anderson, mounted on a white horse, is set to carry the Lockerbie Standard on a Journey for Peace A rider on a white horse will join young people, parents and grandparents and others, carrying the flags of the nations which lost people in the...
The real Tinker Bell – a delightful piece of theatrical history will be on display at the new National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling. Moat Brae house and gardens in Dumfries, which opens to the public in spring 2019, was where the teenage JM...
Artists investigating the story of the Galloway Glens’ dams, reservoirs and power stations are uncovering fascinating glimpses of a colourful cultural past. Ted Leeming and Morag Paterson have been talking to people of all ages across the area about their thoughts,...
The first major arts hub in the Highlands is now open – providing urgently needed studios for everyone from photographers and textile designers to an artist who knits glass. The two-phase Inverness Creative Academy project aims to boost the economy by bringing...
Joanna Lumley visited Moat Brae in Dumfries to see the restoration work on the house where Peter Pan began and attend the launch of the Dreams for the Future Festival. The actor and author is Patron of the Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust (PPMBT) and has helped raise £5.8...
The school drama club founded by JM Barrie will help celebrate his legacy this weekend with an evening of drama and music in front of an audience including Joanna Lumley. Staged, which takes place at Dumfries Academy on 24 November, where the teenage JM Barrie studied...
From sneak previews of the newly restored Moat Brae House to a CrocRock! Carnival, Dumfries is gearing up for a 10-day celebration of its JM Barrie heritage and of young people’s storytelling. The Dreams for the Future Festival, from 24 November to 2 December,...
The dynamic and dazzling Electric Swing Circus is bringing its saucy and irresistible stomping sounds to Dumfries and Galloway. Fronted by a sassy female double act, the Birmingham six-piece band packs one of the most distinctive, energetic and wild sounds around. A...
