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For 2019, the Kirkcudbright Art & Crafts Trail is from Friday 2nd August until Monday 5th August.
Details will be added soon.
The 2019 Trail will be the 16th year this popular event has been held. (more…)
is held each May in Dumfries House, Cumnock. The Festival is named after James Boswell, a writer from Ayrshire who is regarded as being the inventor of modern biography.
Bestselling authors put the art of confessional memoir and biography-writing on show in the glorious setting of Dumfries House, southwest Scotland.
Authors featured by Boswell Book Festival in the past have included Sally Magnusson, Kate Adie, Bill Paterson, John Byrne and many more.
Please check the programme for Boswell Book Festival for full details
Robert Burns was a great admirer of James Boswell. Boswell was perhaps best known for being the biographer of Samuel Johnson and also wrote an account of a Tour to the Hebrides he made with Samuel Johnson.
Dumfries House, in which the festival is based is a beautiful stately home and was designed by the Adams Brothers. It is home to an amazing collection of Thomas Chippendale furniture and is set in 2,000 acres in Ayrshire. The house and furniture was secured for the nation as a result of an initiative brokered by HRH Prince Charles and using £20 million of his own charitable foundation funds.
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
Whether you visit the festival every year or this is your first time, we wish you the warmest of Galloway welcomes.
Take a look at Lucy Cartwright’s beautiful cover illustration, and you will find words in the fields, pages in the trees and questions sprouting from the ground. It perfectly embodies this year’s Wigtown Book Festival.
Words flourish in few places as they do in Scotland’s National Book Town. So much of the culture and history of this beautiful part of south-west Scotland is written in its landscape, a central theme of 2019. And we hope that the seeds that we plant in our children’s and young people’s programmes will grow over the years to come.
As ever, our sincere thanks to everyone who has made this year’s festival possible – generous sponsors, dedicated funders and, especially, our volunteers. You have done so much to nourish us all year. We hope you enjoy the harvest.
https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/programme/
Wigtown Book Festival 2019 is the 21st annual festival. Over 200 events for all ages including literature, music, film, theatre, arts and crafts. The 10 day Wigtown Book Festival is based in and around Scotlands Book Town and grows in popularity and size every year. Another great reason to holiday in South West Scotland. (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.
2020 sees the 18th anniversary of Spring Fling in Dumfries & Galloway!!
https://www.facebook.com/springflingopenstudios/
Have a look at the Spring Fling 2015 Video
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?
Probably the largest Burns Supper Event in Scotland or beyond – 12 days, many venues and a Burns Night Carnival with a cast of over 5,000!
One of the mail attractions for 2019 was none other than K T Tunstall!
Not one to miss – entertainment includes cabaret, comedy, music and poetry.
For all the details, visit BigBurnsSupper.com now!
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
Vintage Fair @ Parish Hall
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
Kirkcudbright Spring Plant Fair @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Car Boot Sale @ Harbour Square Car Park
2019 Kirkcudbright Academy Half Marathon @ Kirkcudbright Academy
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
Kirkcudbright Car Boot Sale @ Harbour Square Car Park
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
2019 Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival @ Various
Art and Crafts Trail Taster @ Harbour Cottage Gallery
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
Vintage Fair @ Parish Hall
2019 Buckland Burn Up & Children’s Fun Run @ Hope Dunbar Park
Vintage Fair @ Parish Hall
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
2019 Galloway Children’s Festival @ Soaperie Gardens
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
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Kirkcudbright and District Pipe Band Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Car Boot Sale @ Harbour Square Car Park
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
2019 Kirkcudbright Riding of the Marches @ Dee Walk, Various, Harbour Square
2019 Kirkcudbright Country Fair @ The Carse
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
2019 Kirkcudbright Historic Walks @ Leaves Tourist Information Centre
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Maggie’s Tour of Old Kirkcudbright @ Leaves High Street, Selkirk Arms Hotel
2019 Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail @ Various Locations
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Maggie’s Tour of Old Kirkcudbright @ Leaves High Street, Selkirk Arms Hotel
Kirkcudbright Car Boot Sale @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Maggie’s Tour of Old Kirkcudbright @ Leaves High Street, Selkirk Arms Hotel
2019 Rotary Club Fun Day Beer Tent & Barbecue @ Moat Brae
2019 Kirkcudbright Grand Parade @ Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright Scottish Night @ Harbour Square Car Park
Maggie’s Tour of Old Kirkcudbright @ Leaves High Street, Selkirk Arms Hotel
2019 Kirkcudbright Tattoo & Firework Display @ St Cuthbert Street
Vintage Fair @ Parish Hall
2019 Kirkcudbright Classic Car Rally @ Harbour Square Car Park
2019 Rotary Club Duck Race @ Kirkcudbright Harbour
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
Kirkcudbright Car Boot Sale @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Autumn Plant Fair @ Harbour Square Car Park
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
Kirkcudbright Kite Festival @ Solway Pitches
2019 Kirkcudbright Festival of Light @ Various locations
Coffee morning – Galloway Riding for the Disabled Group @ Kirkcudbright Bowling Club
Vintage Fair @ Parish Hall
2019 Kirkcudbright Food Festival @ Various Locations
Halloween Ghost Hunt @ High Street
Kirkcudbright Farmers and Producers Market @ Town Centre
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