Days out, Issue 663
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World Pipe Band Championships
12 Aug 2010
Highland games, taste of Scotland, and dancing on the Glasgow Green
Look at this happy bunch of pipers. Would you believe they’re actually Canadian? Simon Fraser University’s bagpipe squad won last year’s world championship title: teams from as far afield as New Zealand, Pakistan and, er, Paisley keep their eyes (and…
BAFTA Young Games Designers Workshops
12 Aug 2010
A unique opportunity for 12–16-year-olds to work with experts on the planning, design and creation of video games. Participants will have the chance to get a head start on their entries for the BAFTA Young Games Designers competition, which is open…
The Festival of the Imagination
6 Aug 2010
A huge, groundbreaking new festival for the people of North Glasgow.
Big tops. Gigs. Silent discos. Theatre shows. Circus workshops. Ballroom dancing, sequinned bicycles and a ‘tented village of dreams’. And no, we’re not talking about Edinburgh. The Festival of the Imagination, the biggest ever arts event to be held in…
The Forest Café celebrates tenth birthday
5 Aug 2010
Volunteer-run café is a true original in Edinburgh
The Forest Café’s tenth birthday, happening mostly on Saturday 14 August, but spreading its shambolic, joyous tentacles throughout the rest of the month, is one of those true causes for celebration. That an entirely volunteer-run, hippy-hearted…
