Days out and Hitlist

The List's top five alternative activities for the royal wedding day

25 Apr 2011

1 Off With Their Heads Susan Morrison hosts an afternoon of music and comedy at The Stand, Glasgow, with proceeds going to liberal publication Scottish Left Review. As if the title wasn’t anti enough. 2 Heart Buchanan The kindly folks at the Byres…

Easter Revelry event at Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle hosts a weekend of family events this Easter

21 Apr 2011

The Easter Revelry event at Edinburgh Castle takes place on Sat 23 - Mon 25 April, and includes historically-themed activities that'll appeal to all the family. Kramis the wizard will perform magic tricks to amuse and amaze you, while Sir Hugo Sofboiled…

Highland Wildlife Park Tour

A trip up North courtesy of the Edinburgh Zoo

17 Aug 2010

Fed up with staring at comedians baring their teeth inside hot rooms? You need some fresh air, my friend. Edinburgh Zoo have very sweetly put on a bus to take parties interested in getting out of Edinburgh (an impulse we can kind of understand, by this…

Things to do in Scotland when it’s dead

12 Aug 2010

So, apparently there’s some sort of small gathering happening in Edinburgh, and that means the rest of the country is effectively closed for business? Er, wrong. Here’s our essential guide to getting yourself a festival experience without going to the…

Edinburgh Mela 2010

An international and ceremonial start to the Festivals

30 Jul 2010

These days the Mela is just as much of a ceremonial start to Edinburgh’s Festivals as the (often far less exciting) Fringe Cavalcade. This year, alongside Bollywood dance shows, multi-artform companies from China, traditional Sufi music from Rizwan…

Around town hitlist

4 Nov 2009

Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years Ago A panel of experts and journalists who witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall talk about its repercussions. Alliance Française de Glasgow,Thu 5 Nov. Charity Couture Professionally-styled catwalk show…

Hitlist: Around Town

The top events in Glasgow and Edinburgh

15 Oct 2009

Bonfire Night Fireworks Displays Remember, remember … that some nasty Catholics didn’t really want James VI to take the English throne? Or just that there will be loud bangs in the Glasgow Green and Edinburgh Meadowbank areas on a certain day, and you…

Hitlist: Around Town

17 Sep 2009

Glasgow Festival of DIY Culture, Be Creative, Ladyfest, GCM Social, Craft Guerrilla DIY Craft Evening, Cafe Improv, Suffragism

Hitlist: Around Town

Festivals, fashion, frolicking

3 Sep 2009

Amazing Zipslide, Blackford Hill Festival, Cachín Cachán Cachunga!, Salvation Army Fashion Show, The Sunday Social with Rumble in the Jumble, Trongate 103, Usurper Workshop

Around Town Hitlist

14 Aug 2009

Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Late Summer Yard Sale and Cafe Aww, Philippa Gregory, The Peat Cutter’s Ball, Liam McIlvanney

Days Out Hitlist

The best books, talks and LGBT

7 Aug 2009

Fringe in the Park, Alien Wars, Bratchy and the Wee Man’s Comedy Pub Quiz, Anja Kirschner and David Panos ‘in conversation’ with Francis McKee, Critical Applause 6: Will Holder.

Hitlist - Kids

19 Feb 2009

Peter Pan - A thrilling new production of the JM Barrie classic, LazyTown Live – The Pirate Adventure Join Sportacus, Baby Loves Disco, That’s Rubbish and Rocking Rascals.

Hitlist - Around Town

19 Feb 2009

● QUADrophenia Fast paced, full impact all woman roller derby, as the Glasgow Roller Girls take on the Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames. Look out for fishnet tights and a special team of extra-malicious ‘jeerleaders’. The Arc, Glasgow Caledonian University…

Hitlist-Around Town

13 Nov 2008

● Glasgow Winterfest and Edinburgh’s Christmas Yes, it’s coming! Earlier and earlier. And there’s no way you can resist it, you old curmudgeon, as both city centres unleash the outdoor ice rinks, fun fairs, vaguely-Teutonic market stalls bedecked with…

List picks: Days out

4 Sep 2008

Licence Pending Reliably good spoken word/ performance/music/live art/cabaret night run by a troupe of young Glasgow-based spoken word artists. This month, Martin O'Connor muses on masculinity, and live art duo Molly & Me make an appearance. Tron…

Around town - List picks

17 Jul 2008

Afr-I-Can Workshops, talks and concerts led by artists of African origin. See picture caption, page 28. Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Sat 19 & Wed 23 Jul. Rat Race Crazed athletic lycra-clad urban adventure happening all across Edinburgh. See…

Hitlist - the best events, talks and sport

1 Nov 2007

Bonfire Night Fireworks Displays Come on, who doesn’t love the cheap thrill of banging sparkly things? Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. Glasgow Green, Glasgow, both Mon 5 Nov from 6.30pm. Glasgow Craft Mafia Massed gathering of emergent Scottish…

Hitlist - The best events, talks and sport

18 Oct 2007

• The One Game As part of their commitment to kicking racism out of football, the Easton Cowboys visit Glasgow for a five-a-side football game, followed by a screening of The One Game, a documentary about Palestine. Pearce Institute, Govan, Glasgow, Sat…

Hitist - the best events, talks and sport

4 Oct 2007

Illuminating Links A day of community activity commemorating the rebirth of Glasgow’s historic canal quarter. As well as kayaking, local bands and boat rides, the day culminates in a parade of spectacular floating lanterns by Scottish artist Graeme…

Hitlist - the best events, talks and sport

20 Sep 2007

Maggie’s Building Life Walks Around 4,000 people are expected to participate in these sponsored ten-mile walks, taking in the buildings that are open to the public as part of Doors Open Day, and raising funds to set up a network of Maggie’s Centres to…

Hitlist - the best events, talks and sport

6 Sep 2007

Merchant City Festival Glasgow’s well-heeled cultural quarter comes into its own again, with a four day festival of fashion, theatre, clubbing, food, music and visual art. Look out for the giant maze popping up in the middle of George Square, the cream…

Hitlist - the best Festival events for kids

16 Aug 2007

Men of Steel Mad puppetry and messy food combine in this chaotic Australian show. Assembly Rooms, 623 3030, until 27 Aug (not 20), 11am, £8–£9 (£7–£8). The Elves and the Shoemaker The most beautifully crafted puppets in town, from Fringe favourites…

Hitlist: Escape

1 Aug 2007

• Truckfest Scotland See trucks crush cars! See trucks roar! Drink beer! Eat meat! Beat chest! Insert your own ‘... and that’s just the girls’ joke here! Royal Highland Centre, Sat 4–Sun 5. • Dr Sketchy’s Burlesque Art Salon Pack your pencil case…

Hitlist - The best events, talk and sport

The best events, talk and sport

1 Aug 2007

Family Fun Day Take part in a ceilidh, highland dancing display and a whole host of fun activities. Miss Baxter’s Back to School Do it proper old school as you dress up and take a history lesson in an authentic Victorian classroom.

Hitlist - The best events, talks and sport

16 Jul 2007

• Cut the Carbon rally Soweto Kinch, local hobbit Billy Boyd, Harry Potter snogger Katie Leung (pictured) and musician Amy MacDonald are part of a star-studded line-up at the Edinburgh leg of this Christian Aid-run rally to raise awareness of…