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Scottish Mega-Events 2008
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Alfred Dunhill Links Championship (2 - 5 October)
A 72-hole stroke play
pro-am tournament played over three of the world's most spectacular links courses and featuring
some of the best golfers in the world, together with A-list names from the fields of sport and
entertainment.
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Glasgay! (1 - 9 October)
Scotland's annual
celebration of queer culture and the UK's largest multi-arts gay festival is back to celebrate
its 14th year with events spanning comedy, music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art,
literature, club nights, education events and community arts projects.
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Callander Jazz & Blues Festival (3 - 5 October)
A long weekend of jazz and
blues provided by over 30 international, national and local bands at various venues in this
eastern gateway town to the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park.
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Moffat Walking Festival (3 - 5 October)
Enjoy an autumnal break in
the stunning Moffat Hills with a warm welcome from locals and fellow walkers. Now in its fifth
year, the walking festival team knows how to help you make the most of your weekend.
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Dundee Festival of Scottish Music (Fest 'n' Furious) (3 - 6 October)
A traditional music
festival featuring the best of Scotland's musical talent. The festival offers a range of
performances from both traditional and modern instrumentalists, master classes, 'Come and Try'
sessions, ceilidhs and concerts.
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Cowalfest (3 - 12 October)
Cowalfest, Scotland's
largest walking festival, is now also a major arts festival with a 10-day programme of walks,
arts, cultural and social events that celebrate landscape and the natural world's influence on
creativity. This is a unique and vibrant festival that's redolent of place and imbued with local
character and charm. Its mountains and lochs, formed by fire and ice, are graced by forest and
ancient woodland, and never far away are those stunning west coast sea lochs.
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Baxters Loch Ness Marathon (5 October)
Recognised as one of the
UK's leading marathons, the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon follows a spectacular point-to-point
route through stunning Highland scenery, along the south-eastern shores of Loch Ness, and then
crosses the River Ness to finish in Inverness Queens Park Stadium. There will also be 10k and
5K runs.
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Shetland Fiddle & Accordion Festival (9 - 13 October)
Musicians from all over the
world perform Shetland's two most popular instruments at this popular event in venues around the
islands. The highlight of this lively festival of concerts and dances is the Grand Dance, where
up to a dozen bands play virtually non-stop accordion and fiddle music.
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Tunnock's Tour of Mull Rally (10 - 12 October)
Claimed to be 'the best
rally in the world', the thrilling Tunnock's Tour of Mull sees cars compete against the clock
over the island's often single-track public roads, with lots of hairpins, steep hills and big
drops! Come and compete or spectate and party in one of Mull's biggest events of the year.
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Am Ṃd Nàiseanta Ŕoghail, Falkirk (8 - 24 October)
Am Ṃd Nàiseanta Ŕoghail
(The Royal National Mod) is Scotland's premier festival of the Gaelic language, arts and culture
and is held annually in October at a different location in Scotland. The Mod is a
competition-based festival celebrating the Gaelic language and culture through music, dance,
drama, arts and literature.
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Crieff & Strathearn Drovers' Tryst Walking Festival (11 - 18 October)
From climbing the local
Munros, abseiling and mountain biking to treasure hunting or joining in a children's Creepy
Crawly walk, the Drover's Tryst Walking Festival has something for everyone, offering outdoor
enthusiasts of all ages a week of Perthshire's autumnal beauty. The festival's social side also
includes street theatre, live music, ceilidh and pipe bands and hands-on craft demonstrations.
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Aberfoyle Mushroom Festival (16 - 19 October)
The food, music and
cultural festival based on the humble mushroom returns for its eighth year, this time with a
Spanish flavour. Come and enjoy the fungus forays, cookery demonstrations, ceilidhs, concerts,
fishing and golf competitions and a special children?s programme. Wild varieties of mushroom can
be found in the Queen Elisabeth Forest adjacent to Aberfoyle.
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Senior Fèis (13 - 17 October)
Senior Fèis (Fèis Rois nan
Deugairean), a unique and wonderful traditional cultural feast, offering daily tuition in the
many traditional instruments, Gaelic language, Gaelic song, step dancing & reels, Highland
culture and group playing. The Feis provides a first-class tutor team, sessions and ceilidhs set
against the backdrop of stunning Highland scenery and a friendly atmosphere.
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Biggar Little Festival (16 - 26 October)
Contemporary jazz, string
quartets, a family ceilidh, cosy fireside storytelling, exhibitions, a young musician
competition, children & adults' craft workshops, belly-dancing, hip-hop or tap-dancing - all
this and much more are to be found at the Biggar Little Festival. Ten days crammed full of
events offering an incredibly diverse programme to suit all tastes.
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Edinburgh Mountain Film Festivals (17 - 19 October)
This is an annual event
dedicated to the promotion of adventure through films, lectures and exhibitions. The Festival
aims to entertain, enlighten and inspire and also offers film-makers the rare opportunity to
showcase their exciting work.
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The Enchanted Forest (17 October - 2 November)
Scotland's premier sound
and light show returns to Faskally Wood near Pitlochry with 'Creation'. Spectacular sound and
lighting effects will be used to illustrate the earth's history from its early volcanic state,
the Ice Age and the Jurassic era right through to modern times.
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Aberfoyle Mushroom Festival (24 - 26 October)
The Lockerbie Jazz Festival
is a wonderfully eclectic showcase that mixes top international artists, great Scottish bands
and the best local musicians from Dumfries & Galloway. Whether you enjoy relaxing to the cool
and mellow or tapping your feet to the Dixie beat, the Festival has a style to suit every taste.
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Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival (24 October - 2 November)
Enjoy an autumnal break in
the stunning Moffat Hills with a warm welcome from locals and fellow walkers. Now in its fifth
year, the walking festival team knows how to help you make the most of your weekend.
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Dundee Festival of Scottish Music (Fest 'n' Furious) (3 - 6 October)
'A jewel of a festival'
where contemporary song meets folk, roots and tradition. With concerts in wonderful venues -
theatres, castles and even an iron age crannog! - as well as ceilidh, open mic, spontaneous
music sessions, workshops, talks and walks. Come and enjoy great music amid Perthshire's
autumnal beauty!
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Voices in Paisley (24 October - 9 November)
Voices in Paisley will have
two strands this year, The Paisley Choral Festival, a unique event in Scotland, and Fringe
Voices which caters those whose musical tastes lie in other vocal styles. Highlights include The
King's Singers, The Valaam Ensemble and The Taylor Wilson Jazz Trio.
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Sound 2008 (24 October - 16 November)
Sound is an exciting
contemporary music festival, unique to the north east of Scotland, set up by local organisations
with the aim of presenting an eclectic but very broad range of contemporary music, to a large
and varied public.
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Glenfiddich Piping and Fiddle Championships, Blair Atholl (26 October)
The annual showcase of the
very best solo pipers and fiddlers, this weekend event in the grand setting of the Blair Castle
ballroom, is a major date on Scotland's traditional music calendar.
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Celtic Samhain Festival, Kenmore (31 October)
Come dressed in costume and
celebrate this ancient Celtic Halloween festival. Bring a lantern to keep evil at bay and join
the torchlit procession through lochside woods. Watch a wicker ram burn in ceremonial sacrifice,
and enjoy the carved-lantern competition, storytelling and music, apple-ducking, hot soup, and
fire shows.
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Halloween at Traquair House, Innerleithen (31 October - 2 November)
Traquair House hosts
several Halloween events. Join the ghosts of Traquair's past as they come to life on a
historical ghost tours; feast on a Halloween supper, and enjoy a frighteningly fun day for all
the family at the Halloween experience, featuring falconry and owl displays, a wizards and
witches workshop and much more.
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The Wickerman, Oyne in Aberdeenshire
Strange happenings, scary
stories and creepy Celts all day until the Wickerman is burnt to herald the beginning of winter.
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Lanark Christmas Continental Market (15 November)
Specialist traders coming
from all over the UK will be selling a range of unusual gifts, and specialist crafts, food and
drink on both sides of the town's wide High Street. Santa will also be arriving in a
reindeer-pulled sleigh to help switch on the town's Christmas lights. A heritage fairground and
all-day live entertainment, from choirs and bands to panto will get everyone into the Christmas
spirit.
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Edinburgh's Christmas (27 November - 25 December)
One of Europe's finest
Christmas festivals returns with a month-long programme bringing warmth and festive cheer to
Edinburgh as the city transforms itself into a magical winter wonderland. Activity is centred
around the world-renowned Princes Street Gardens. With a glittering choice of festive
celebrations, chic shopping and fine dining set against the shimmering backdrop of this historic
city - at Christmas, Edinburgh sparkles. Plans for this year's festivities are well underway.
Expect the return of Edinburgh's Christmas favourites such as The Light Night, the Traditional
German Christmas Market, Santa's Reindeer Garden, The Edinburgh Wheel, The Great Scottish Santa
Run and Winter Wonderland, plus lots of surprises that make Edinburgh's Christmas the ultimate
festive experience.
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St. Andrew's Day (30 November)
St. Andrew's Day is
celebrated all around Scotland. There are various activities in Scotland's six cities, including
massive free ceilidhs in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh and George Square, Glasgow. Also,
more than 60 of Scotland's top visitor attractions from Skara Brae to Edinburgh Castle will open
for free on St Andrew's Day.
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The Ba', Kirkwall, Orkneys (25 December)
Traditional street rugby,
played by the Uppies and Doonies with a much prized locally made leather Ba' (ball). The Ba' is
thrown up outside St. Magnus Cathedral and the game ranges through the town. It's also played on
Christmas Day.
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Loch Ness Hogmanay Festival, Drumnadrochit (28 December - 2 January)
Thousands of people enjoy a
fun-packed 6-day festival which includes daily guided walks, shinty and football matches, a tea
dances, a duck race, and cookery demonstrations to name but a few. The highlight of the festival
is the open-air ceilidh on Hogmanay, starting with a torchlight procession behind massed pipe
bands.
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Edinburgh's Hogmanay (29 December - 1 January)
Four fabulous days and
nights of amazing events kick off the world's greatest New Year party. With the traditional
torchlit procession, street performers, fireworks, concerts, ceilidh, the big Hogmanay party
itself and a New Year's Day run to blow the cobwebs away - Edinburgh's buzzing. Come along and
experience the magic for yourself.
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Glasgow's Hogmanay Party (31 December)
Join Glasgow's biggest
party of the year with 25,000 other revellers to see in the New Year with a range of concerts
and ceilidhs on several stages around the city centre. George Square is party central - come
along and enjoy the fun.
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The Hoog, Edinburgh (31 December)
The capital's Assembly
Rooms plays host to 'The Hoog' - a proper Scottish party to celebrate Hogmanay! The Hoog
involves ceilidh dancing, DJs, chill-out rooms, licensed bars and food - all under one roof.
The doors open at 7 pm and the entertainment starts at 9 pm until 2 am - bring your dancing
shoes!
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Oban Hogmanay Street Party (31 December)
Oban has 'pushed the boat
out' and organised an event which has all the ingredients of being a great family occasion. A
fantastic entertainment programme has been lined up for the event with the sensational ceilidh
band Skerryvore topping the bill. They will be ably supported by The Democrats and Chunks as
well as traditional piping and Gaelic music. There will also be a fabulous fireworks display
from high above the town.
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Hogmanay Bonfire, Biggar (31 December)
The Hogmanay bonfire in the
Borders town of Biggar dates back to pagan times when fire was worshipped and believed to ward
of evil spirits for the New Year. The tradition has been kept alive for hundreds of years and no
other town in the world celebrates the arrival of the New Year like Biggar.
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Perth's Hogmanay (31 December)
The party's in Perth
Concert Hall and it's Scotland at its best. A traditional hogmanay hoolie with some of
Scotland's finest performers, the event will be hosted by top comedian Bruce Fummey and feature
the internationally acclaimed talents of Blazin' Fiddles, Southpaw and singer-songwriter, Jim
Malcolm.
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Stonehaven Fireball Festival (31 December)
Stonehaven's Fireball
Festival is a spectacular sight as local people process along the old town High Street swinging
fireballs to ward off the darkness of winter and welcome in the new year in what is one of the
few remaining traditional mid-winter fire festivals on the east coast.
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Stirling's Hogmanay (31 December)
Bring in the new year in
style at Stirling Castle Esplanade with music from The Proclaimers and the Royal Burgh of
Stirling Pipe Band, and a fabulous fireworks display.
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Aberdeen Hogmanay Street Party (31 December)
Celebrate the coming of the
New Year at Scotland's largest free Hogmanay event at Aberdeen's Castlegate. Headline act Travis
will be supported by North East rocker Sandi Thom, Celtic rock band Albanach, and German band
The Taste. Gates open at 8.00pm, bands on stage from 9.00pm, event finishes approx 12.30am.
Entry to the event is free on a first come first served basis via gates at the junction of Union
Street and Market Street. A wristband will be issued on entry and you are requested to return it
on exit to allow maximum attendance. Barriers will be erected around the event arena, and
numbers admitted will be monitored to ensure crowd safety at all times.
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