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Kirkcudbright Festival of Light 2019
Come to Kirkcudbright in October for Kirkcudbright Festival of Light.
Kirkcudbright Festival of Light is 10 days of performances. art installations and illuminated experiences
Find out all about this amazing event in Kirkcudbright, South West Scotland by visiting their website on the link button below.
Kirkcudbright is also on the newly launched road route – South West Coastal 300. Why not combine your festival experience with exploring some of this delightful new route?
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The next Wigtown Book Festival will take place online, organisers announced today (15 May).
Maintaining its pre-announced dates (25 Sept – 4 Oct), the 2020 festival will have two main themes: Resilience and Connection.
Creative director Adrian Turpin said:
“A key aim this year will be to raise the profile of Scotland’s National Book Town in Wigtown, its businesses and the cultural attractions of Dumfries & Galloway. The Wigtown Book Festival has a powerful role to play as we all look forward to eventual recovery, when the region will be able to welcome visitors again.
“Nobody wanted this situation but a digital festival gives us opportunities to reach new audiences locally, nationally and internationally.”
Inspired by Wigtown’s rebirth as a Book Town, the
Resilience theme will explore the explosion of creativity that has emerged in response to the current crisis. It will also feature a digital showcase for the town’s many bookshops, plus The Kist, a virtual marketplace for artisan crafts and food producers.
Connection will celebrate Wigtown and its region’s international links in a number of events. This will include link-ups with other Book Towns around the world.
As well as live online speaker events, the 2020 festival will feature its usual mix of art exhibitions, film events, music and performance. A crowdfunding campaign will be launched later this summer to help support the festival.
Since March, Wigtown Book Festival has been offering a wide-ranging menu of digital content in response to lockdown, supported by Baillie Gifford. This includes a programme of live-streamed midweek events (#WigtownWednesdays) with writers such as Sally Magnusson, Hallie Rubenhold and Natalie Haynes, new writing commissions and a dedicated festival podcast. All are available on the festival website (wigtownbookfestival.com),
Talking about her involvement in the festival, Sally Magnusson said: “I’m delighted that the Magnusson Lecture will be online and that the festival will bring some of the previous lectures to a wider audience through the creative use of digital. Wigtown has already been engaging wonderfully with audiences during the crisis, and I’ve enjoyed participating myself. I can’t wait for the autumn festival.”
Adrian Turpin added: “We have already put a lot of effort into creating original digital content, because we felt it was vital to engage our existing audiences and attract new ones throughout the crisis. This experience will stand us in good stead as we deliver a fully digital festival this year, with the hope that in 2021 we can all gather together again in one place.”
In addition to the above, WBF20 will feature the following activity with the full programme to be revealed in August:
As well as live online speaker events, the 2020 festival will feature its usual mix of art exhibitions, film events, music and performance. A crowdfunding campaign will be launched later this summer to help support the festival.
Whether you visit the festival every year or this is your first time, we wish you the warmest of Galloway welcomes.
https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/programme/
https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/news-festival-statement
Wigtown Book Festival 2020 is the 22nd annual festival.
Over 200 events for all ages including literature, music, film, theatre, arts and crafts. (more…)
Studios of artists, designers, photographers potters and all manner of creative crafts are on display for this magical long weekend at the end of May.
Renowned as the most successful contemporary visual art & craft open studio event in Scotland and one of the best in the UK, Spring Fling brings around 30,000 visitors from across the world to artists’ studios in Dumfries & Galloway, South West Scotland each year in Spring.
2021 sees the 19th anniversary of Spring Fling in Dumfries & Galloway!!
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Organised by Wigtown Festival Company, ‘The Kist’ events take place 3 times a year, Spring, Summer and Autumn.
The Autumn Kist takes place during the Book Festival from Friday 27th September until Sunday 6th October with loads of fabulous businesses on show
THE 2021 FESTIVAL WILL RUN FROM 21st-30th MAY.
OUR YEAR-ROUND EVENTS CALENDAR ARTS LIVE DELIVERS QUALITY PERFORMING ARTS ACROSS THE REGION OFFERING QUALITY THEATRE, COMEDY, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, MUSIC AND MORE!
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