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May 2024 and long-term events:

Event	Location	Description	Date	URL
Scottish Opera	Edinburgh, Glasgow	Free opera events	All the year	Website
Mational Mining Museum	Newtongrange, Midlothian	Discover the Scottish mining heritage	All the year	Website
Mary King's Ghost Fest	Edinburgh	Explore Edinburgh's dark past!	All the year - Please see website!	Website
"Angus Acitvities"	See website!	Walking and exploring events	All the year	Website
"Festival Theatre"	Pitlochry	Several different plays!	May - October - Please see website!	Website
Indoor & Outdoor Activities	Drumlanrig Castle	Family activities	All the year	Website
Garden Adventure	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	Garden events of all kind	All the year	Website
Strathspey Steam Railway	Aviemore	Great railway adventures!	Daily all the year! See event calendar!	Website
Enjoy the Scottish nature!	Dalkeith Country Estate	Explore our great woodlands	Daily all the year!	Website
Scotland's Garden Scheme Open Day	Inverewe Garden, Poolewe	Visit this great garden!	Open daily ALL YEAR!	Website
Love Your Zoo Week	Camperdown Country Park, Dundee	Learn everything about a zoo!	Open daily throught the year!	Website
Arran Arts Heritage Trail	Isle of Arran	Interesting Heritage Trail!	All the year - see websoite for participating artists!!	Website
Art Collections	Duff House, Banff	Wonderful art collections	All the year - see opening times!	Website
The biggest Rugby Party ever!	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow	Scottish Rugby Events	see time table	Website
Balmoral Castle Guided Walks	Balmoral Castle, Deeside	Explore Balmoral's marvellous gardens!	1 April - 11 August 10.00 - 17.00 daily	Website
Spirit of the Speyside Festival	Along the Whisky Trail	Whisky Festival including hundreds of events!	May	Website
Shetland Folk Festival	Fort William	Scotland's most northerly folk festival	2 - 5 May	Website
Mountain World's Cup	Fort William	Mountain Bike World Cup	3 - 5 May	Website
Orkney Nature Festival	Inverness, City Centre	Hundreds of events throughout Orkney	13 - 19 May	Website
Arran Mountain Festival	Isle of Arran	Hill walks, scrambles, mountain running sessions and even night walks	17 - 20 May	Website
Classic Vehicle Show	Inverness, City Centre	See a lot of wonderful oldtimers!	18 May - See website for details!	Website
Scottish Ford Live	Knockhill Racing Circuit	Car Race	19 May	Website
Festival of the Arts	Perth	A lot of stars will come!	22 May - 1 June	Website
Big ceilidh	Kirkwall, St Magnus Centre	Great folklore event	23 - 26 May	Website
Fèis Ile - The Islay Festival	Isle of Islay	Great ceilighs and nature exploring	24 May - 1 June	Website
Scottish Championship Bike Racing	Knockhill Racing Circuit	28 Bike Races	25 & 26 May	Website
Scottish Italian Car Day	Hopetoun House	Event of the Alfa Romeo Owner Club!	26 May 11 am - 3.00 pm	Website
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival	Throughout Dumfries & Galloway	Every day a big event!	23 May - 2 June	Website
Spring Fling	Various locations in SW Scotland	Great local feast!	25 - 27 May	Website

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