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Scottish Mega-Events 2008
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Glasgow Film Festival (14 - 24 February)
Over one hundred films will
be showing over ten days at this successful new festival. Alongside its previews and premieres,
gala nights and guest appearances, the Film Festival showcases a range of innovative and
exciting films as well as the best from some of the world's greatest filmmakers.
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Fort William Mountain Festival (15 - 23 February)
A two-week celebration of
mountains and the culture that surrounds them! During the best winter walking and climbing
conditions of the year, the Festival offers a varied and very full programme of lectures, films,
activities, exhibitions, plays and music to entertain visitors to the UK's outdoor capital.
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Inverness Music Festival (18 February - 6 March)
Inverness's Music Festival
is a competitive event attracting over 1000 entrants to venues throughout the city. Prizes are
awarded in a multitude of styles across Vocal, Instrumental, Speech, Gaelic and Scottish
disciplines.
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The Mighty Deerstalker, Traquair House, Innerleithen (1 March)
The Mighty Deerstalker
celebrates the excitement and heritage of the Scottish Borders with a phenomenal Adventure Run,
alongside a host of entertainments at Traquair House, including falconry, clay pigeon shooting,
local live bands, mud wrestling and the famous Traquair Ale on tap.
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The Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival (6 - 23 March)
Glasgow's International
Comedy Festival expands on its past success with over 150 events covering stand-up, theatre,
film and special shows for children. City-wide venues from local community centres to
city-centre theatres will host dozens of performers from the already established to the next
big thing.
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St Andrews Poetry Festival (12 - 16 March)
Scotland's only regular
festival dedicated to poetry presents world-class poets and writers performing in exciting and
atmospheric venues in the ancient university town of St Andrews. With workshops, children's
events, performances, readings and visual-arts displays to inspire, entertain and delight.
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Niel Gow Festival, Dunkeld (14 - 16 March)
The Annual Niel Gow
Festival was established in 2004 to celebrate the life and music of Perthshire's fiddle legend.
This year's festival features some of Scotland?s top touring fiddlers.
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Edinburgh's Ceilidh Culture (21 March - 13 April)
Ceilidh Culture is Edinburgh's
annual showcase of traditional arts, featuring the best of home-grown talent alongside acts from
across the world, with local performers as well as international stars from song, music, dance,
storytelling and more.
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Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival (21 March - 13 April)
Welcome to the fifth
Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival. The festival continues to grow, with more events arranged
to allow you to see some of the region's special wildlife. So if you have never seen a red
squirrel, red kite or badger - now is your chance. Experienced wildlife watchers and beginners
should both find something of interest in the festival, and look out for a range of events for
the whole family.
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Easter Eggstravaganza in Traquair (Easter Sunday, 23 March)
The biggest egg hunt in the
Borders. Over 6,000 eggs hidden in the Traquair Maze, Gardens and grounds. Special egg hunt for
under 5s and lots more Easter fun.
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The Blend (27 - 29 March)
The Blend - held in Killin,
Brig o' Turk, Balfron, and Stirling - is Scotland's roots and world music festival, boldly
mixing the traditional and the contemporary and bringing together the best in music from
Scotland and from around the world. Influences from our musical past are celebrated alongside a
showcase of future musical developments. There's a wide range of events and activities, from
master classes and informal sessions to outdoor performances, film screenings and drama.
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Glasgow Art Fair (27 - 30 March)
The largest art fair in the
UK outside London returns to George Square in Glasgow with a line-up featuring over 40 top
galleries from around Britain and Europe. Whatever your taste or your budget, with over 1000
national and internationally renowned artists? work for sale , the Art Fair is long established
as the place to buy, sell and view art in Scotland.
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Edinburgh International Harp Festival (28 March - 2 April)
The Edinburgh International
Harp Festival features a dynamic programme, with an international line-up and Celtic nations
featuring particularly strongly. Specially commissioned work features alongside more familiar
favourites in a series of concerts, courses, workshops and an exhibition, all celebrating this
oldest of Scottish instruments. Come along and take part in the fun.
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Hawick Reiver's Festival (21 - 23 March)
A unique and exciting
festival of re-enactments, drama, music, crafts, walks, arts and horse, all recalling the
16th century Scotland-England borderlands, home of infamous and daring outlaws known as the
Border Reivers.
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Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art (11- 27 April)
A great festival of the
best of contemporary visual arts and artists, including exhibitions, seminars, artists', talks
and events.
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Melrose Sevens (12 April)
The biggest and best of the
Scottish Borders Rugby Sevens events returns for its 125th anniversary. Melrose is the
birthplace of Rugby Sevens and is a must-see event for any rugby fan. Melrose Sevens draws
thousands of spectators every year to see rugby played at its traditional home.
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Spring Garden Show in Dundee (21 and 22 April)
The Spring Garden Show is
the premier early spring garden event in Scotland, with lots to interest gardeners of all ages,
including specialist Scottish nurseries and local garden centres. Wonderful displays of spring
colour, including daffodils, cut flowers, floral art plus gardening talks, craft fair and local
produce stalls.
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O'Neil Highland Surf Open, Thurso (24 April - 1 May)
Surf's up! One of the most progressive events in competitive surfing, the O?Neill Highland Open returns to Scotland to challenge the best surfers in the world in the ice cold waters of the far north of mainland Scotland. Thurso East Beach boasts a premier wave, with a magic right hand break offering the riders some serious barrel time.
Scottish National Scale Model Show, Perth (26 - 27 April)
The Dewars Centre in Perth
plays host to the largest scale model show in Scotland. Attracting modellers from all over the
UK and Europe, the show features the competition to find the Junior and Senior model-maker in
Scotland, model displays and demonstrations of model-making for all skill levels.
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Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh (30 April)
Celebrating the arrival of
summer, the Beltane Fire Festival is one of the most spirited and dramatic dates on Edinburgh's
events calendar, with a exuberant mix of fire, costume, drums and pagan ritual on the dramatic
setting of Calton Hill. Join the thousands who come at the traditional start of summer to see
and take part in this colourful celebration of our Celtic year.
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Easter Eggstravaganza in Traquair (Easter Sunday, 23 April)
The biggest egg hunt in the
Borders. Over 6,000 eggs hidden in the Traquair Maze, Gardens and grounds. Special egg hunt for
under 5s and lots more Easter fun.
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Triptych (25 - 29 April)
One of the UK's most
innovative and eclectic music festivals, featuring arch-electronica, old-school reggae, grizzled
blues, deep soul, techno, indie, hip-hop, neo-classical... and more! Taking place at venues
around Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
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