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Tilda Swinton

Tildafest!

17 Jul 2008

Hollywood actress Tilda Swinton is to set up a small film festival in her hometown of Nairn in north-east Scotland. Bereft of the usual razzmatazz, Swinton and co-organiser Mark Cousins are keen to strip back the look [and cost] of festivals, such as…

Scottish Flute Trio

Sound offering - sound 2008 Festival

17 Jul 2008

It might be all quiet in the Central Belt, but the cultural flurry up North continues this fortnight with the launch of sound 2008, which sets its musical stall in Aberdeen this October. Now in its fourth year, the multi-genre festival will feature two…

Sven Vath

Live at Loch Lomond

31 Jul 2008

Another festival for the Scottish calendar, now in its second year, Live at Loch Lomond offers up a solid dance line-up. Subculture and Death Disco host a tent on Saturday and Sunday respectively, while names such as UNKLE, Groove Armada, Morcheeba and…

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe

19 Jul 2007

This year’s Fringe programme includes a record 304 free shows. Kirstin Innes looks at why a lack of funds needn’t hinder your Festival experience

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Berlin Film Festival

28 Feb 2008

Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light kicked off the BFF, and, while it wasn’t terrible, it lacked the emotional pull of the director’s 1978 live concert film The Last Waltz. At least the Panorama section boasted more music…

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Edinburgh International Festival 2009
Date Location
Edinburgh's annual cultural extravaganza returns for another exciting year of dance, opera and theatre.
14 Aug 2009–6 Sep 2009 (Times vary) Various Venues, Edinburgh
The Royal National Mod
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Scotland's premier festival of Gaelic music, song, dance, drama, literature and sport, as well as informal Mod Feis events.
10 Oct–18 Oct (Times vary) Various Venues, Falkirk
Fantasylands
Date Location
Fantasylands hold their winter music festival, a huge rave of dance beats, house, trance and hardcore across five arenas with Public Domain, Shades of Rhythm, Ultrasonic, Tall Paul and many more acts.
24 Nov 6.00–6.00am Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
Annual Celtic Samhain Festival
Date Location
Dress up and celebrate this ancient Celtic Hallowe'en festival. Bring a lantern to keep evil at bay and join the torch lit procession through loch-side woods. There's a wicker ram that will be lighted and a carved lantern competition, storytelling and music, apple-ducking, hot soup, and fire shows. Booking essential.
31 Oct 6.00–8.00 Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay
Edinburgh's Christmas
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Twinkly lights, big wheels, overgrown elves, Narnian-cool drinks in the Ice Gallery and bar, heart-warmingly happy wee faces and the twang of elastic from the Bungydome in Princes Street Gardens. For further information on events happening all over Edinburgh, see www.edinburghschristmas.com.
27 Nov–25 Dec (Times vary) Various Venues, Edinburgh
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