Activities, free events

Make a wee silver trinket box and decorate it with embossed silver and coloured stones.

Regular family drop-in session featuring fun activities including storytelling, tours, arts and crafts based on the Burrell's fascinating collections. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Unique opportunity to explore the studios, see the work and meet some of the artists, held on the first Friday of each month.

For over 20 years this huge outdoor festival has been celebrating the traditions of Glasgow's many and varied immigrant communities with a mix of international music, dance, activities and stalls. This year includes performances from bhangra artists Sona Walia and Ali Romeo, the KAWA Brass Band and the KAWA Circus, and…

A chance for the whole family to enjoy entertainment and activities to get closer to nature.

Take the wee ones along for songs, stories and fun with a different theme inspired by the museum each week. Suitable for under fives.

Creative writers of all stripes – poets, short story scribes, script writers, flash fiction junkies – are invited to discuss all things writing, from procuring an agent to overcoming writer's block.

Fishing taster sessions for ages 5–25.

Now in its third shimmying and sparking year!!! Come and enjoy the hospitality of leith, the vibrancy of Cairo and the sparkling bellydance performances of dancers from Leith and beyond. Admission free, but please make a donation on the night by buying a ticket for our raffle to raise money for "Just Because", a…

A day of informative and fun conservation activities with the Countryside Rangers celebrating the biodiversity of the local nature reserve.

Informal meet-up for gay or bisexual men over 40.

Monthly evenings of food and beer, eclectic music and the age-old game of'Wiff Waff (aka ping pong).

Visit our Japanese experience corners with kimono, original Japanese calligraphy and Japanese sweets. Traditional Japanese taiko drumming will be performed by locals.

Ranger-guided walks to help you discover the local wildlife.

On the eve of Fathers' Day, there's a celebration of all things good about dad in the Storytelling Bothy, including stories, songs, card making, face painting and a pantomime. There are also stalls with information and support for dads and a special time for dads to share storytelling ideas with their children.

EatBute celebrates fresh, seasonal and locally produced food from the island of Bute as well as neighbouring Argyll, Arran and Ayrshire. It takes place alongside the stylish visitors' centre for Mount Stuart – a Victorian-Gothic house set in 300 acres of beautiful woodland and coastal gardens – and hosts a food and craft…

Weekly running club following the very best kind of route: one with a bar at each end. After meeting at Joseph Pearce's the group jogs down to Sofi's for some refreshing lingonberry juice, before heading back up to JP's, which is a route of 3.5 miles.

Do the National Galleries a favour by solving some age-old mysteries from Scottish history, the answers to which are contained within some of the fascinating portraits in the gallery. Ages 4–12.