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Glasgow’s annual folk, roots and world music festival, Celtic Connections is the largest annual winter music festival of its kind and the UK's premier celebration of Celtic music where more than 2,000 musicians, from 50 countries, perform across 26 stages, not quite... |
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The Orkney Folk Festival is centred around Stromness, the festival’s hometown in Orkney’s West Mainland. It is widely recognised as one of the most prolific and special folk festivals in Scotland, the UK and further afield. As such it is a firm fixture in both the... |
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"This Festival requires a Government Health Warning - Nobody sleeps" issued by decree by Dick Gaughan, 1981
The UK's most northerly folk festival is regarded as a prestigious event for performers, locals and visitors alike therby acknowledging the quality of this... |
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The Hebridean Celtic Festival, or HebCelt for short, is a very special multi award winning event which simply hosts great musical artists who encompass Celtic cultures with nuances of contemporary traditional, rock, indie-folk and world influences.
Set against the... |
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The Battle of Largs in 1263 has significance for Scotland. What can best be described as a skirmish between the forces of the Norse King Haakon and a Scottish army of Alexander III, both sides retreated and foul weather then played its part. Haakon retired to Kirkwall... |
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is an inspiring celebration of the best performance and entertainment from every continent of our planet and as such is the single biggest celebration of arts and culture on the globe.
Every year thousands of performers take to hundreds... |
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Come to the "Worlds" as they are affectionately known and listen to the world's top bands compete for top honours, showing how their hard practice will delight you and the judges with music covering Marches, Strathspeys, and Reels.
For nearly 70 years, Glasgow has... |
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No matter what your age or background, be inspired and challenged at the Edinburgh International Science Festival where you can explore and understand the world around you. Thousands of visitors are encouraged to ask the difficult questions and get hands-on with... |
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The Crail Food Festival is one of Fife's highlights in the summer festival calendar, a not to be missed event. The weekend of festival events is a calling for big appetites and appreciative palates to be satisfied by local producers and suppliers from across Fife.
The... |
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Step back in time to the mid sixteenth century when the Borderlands were an area of constant feuding – when loyalties were to kinship rather than king and country and when “Reiving” was a means of survival.
Through music, drama and re-enactments experience what... |
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The Callander Jazz and Blues Festival is the largest rural Jazz & Blues festival in Scotland and is firmly established on the UK festival map. First held back in 2006, the festival has grown every year, with last year’s event featuring over 45 gigs at 18 venues,... |
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Pittenweem Arts Festival takes place over nine days and hosts over 100 exhibitions in galleries, homes, studios and public venues to celebrate the visual arts in its many forms.
Pittenweem, a small fishing village with a big reputation and growing still, attracts... |
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Open Studios Fife presents you with excellent opportunities to meet and speak to professional artists and designers about their work, what inspires them, their materials and how they feel when you purchase that masterpiece you have always wanted.
You can choose your... |
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The heart of the East Neuk Festival is classical chamber music. Also presented is world jazz, folk and electronica. In addition to the celebration of music, the festival team has commissioned for your enjoyment, films, exhibitions, art installations and literature... |
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The Millport Country and Western Weekend kicked off in 1995, changed its name to encompass a broader spectrum of country music and has been going from strength to strength. With country bands from the UK featuring the Festival is regarded as one of the biggest Country... |
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For three weeks in August peoples of all nations come together to celebrate the performing arts in the grandest style at the annual Edinburgh International Festival where virtuosity and originality excel. Each year the Festival combs the globe, to present to you, the... |
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Enjoyed by people of all ages, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has, from its inception, gone from strength to strength and now plays host to over 700 events in the city and Scotland. If you enjoy top notch debates and discussions with high profile writers and... |
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Since being founded in 1978 the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival has become one of the top ten Jazz Festivals in Europe presenting a feast of music with more than 170 concerts over ten days. European countries feature strongly in the line up with artists from... |
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Do you want to see the most exciting and innovative new film talent? And in a setting steeped in history? Then the world-renowned Edinburgh International Film Festival should not be missed. Having started in the same year as the Edinburgh International Festival in... |
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Speyside is home to more than 50 distilleries, more than half of the distilleries in Scotland, making it the largest whisky producing region of Scotland. It’s also a large and beautiful region.
The festival's events take place in venues such as distilleries old and... |
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Enjoy an experience of a lifetime amidst the spirit and spectacle of the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo, with its pomp and ceremony, and military precision which showcases the talents of musicians and performers from every corner of the globe.
The ethos of a... |
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