There's too much to pack in this week, but here's highlights of some amazing events taking place across the region over the next week. Head to the website to see more!
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Legend: ✂️ Crafts & Making · 🎉 Festivals · 🎈 Family & Children · 🏰 History & Heritage · 🎵 Music · 🍽 Food & Drink · 🎓 Workshops & Classes · ☕ Community & Civic · 🔍 Exhibition · 🌾 Agriculture & Land · 🌳 Nature & Outdoors · 🎤 Talks & Lectures · 🎭 Theatre & Performance · 📚 Literature & Books
This week
Signwriting Workshop
Sat 29 Aug · 13:00 · Auchencairn Village Hall · Auchencairn
✂️ Crafts & Making
Auchencairn Climate Transition SCIO are providing a fun, traditional signwriting and banner making workshop in Auchencairn village hall. You will have the chance to try your hand signwriting skills an...
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Gretna Green Shortbread Festival
Sat 29 Aug · 10:00 · Gretna Green Blacksmiths Shop · Gretna Green
🎉 Festivals · 🎈 Family & Children
The Gretna Green Shortbread Festival returns from 29–30 August for two days of family fun, Scottish culture, food, drink and shortbread celebrations. Taking place across the Famous Blacksmiths Shop si...
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Kirkcudbright Classic Car Rally
Sun 30 Aug · 09:00 · Kirkcudbright Harbour and Marina · Kirkcudbright
🏰 History & Heritage
One of the most popular events in the Kirkcudbright calendar, the Classic Car Rally is a spectacle to behold. The town centre is filled with hundreds of classic cars of various ages and styles. Whethe...
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Karaoke + Richie Hamilton
Sun 30 Aug · 17:00 · Swally n' Scran · Kirkcudbright
🎵 Music · 🍽 Food & Drink
Get ready for a fantastic night of music, food and fun on Sunday 30th August! We’ll kick things off with live music from the brilliant Richie Hamilton, setting the perfect atmosphere before handing th...
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Wax and Wick – Container Candle Making Workshop
Sun 30 Aug · 13:00 · Shambellie House · New Abbey
✂️ Crafts & Making · 🎓 Workshops & Classes
Discover the art of creating beautiful hand-poured container candles that rival the quality of premium brands. In this hands-on workshop you’ll learn the secrets of selecting the right wax, wick, fra...
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The Climate Ready D&G Roadshow
Tue 1 Sep · 11:00 · Studio Moffat · Moffat
☕ Community & Civic · 🔍 Exhibition · 🌾 Agriculture & Land · 🌳 Nature & Outdoors
The Climate Ready D&G Roadshow is visiting Moffat as part of a tour of ten communities across Dumfries and Galloway. Drop into Studio Moffat between 11am and 3pm from Tuesday 1 to Tuesday 8 Septem...
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Rabbie, Tam and The Ghosts of the Globe Inn
Wed 2 Sep · 18:30 · The Globe Inn · Dumfries
🏰 History & Heritage
Tucked down an atmospheric close just off Dumfries High Street lies The Globe Inn, the favourite haunt of Robert Burns, where an unforgettable family adventure awaits. Award-winning storyteller Kathle...
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
Thu 3 Sep · 19:30 · Easterbrook Hall · Dumfries
🎵 Music
2025 marked the 40th anniversary of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, who, from their humble beginnings in small rooms above old pubs, took the world by storm with their off-beat humour and four...
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The lives behind the lights with Erin Farley
Thu 3 Sep · 17:00 · Sea Cadets Stewartry · Kirkcudbright
🏰 History & Heritage · 🎤 Talks & Lectures · 🎉 Festivals
For generations, the iconic lighthouses which guide ships around Scotland’s dangerous coast were lit each sunset, watched through the night and extinguished each dawn by lighthouse keepers. In Lightho...
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Bat Talk & Walk
Thu 3 Sep · 19:00 · Boreland Village Hall · Boreland
🌳 Nature & Outdoors
A free bat talk and guided walk by Malcolm Haddow from SWSEIC in Boreland. We'll meet at the Boreland Town Hall at 7pm. Parking is available on site. The bat walk will commence when dusk sets in. Whic...
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Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin
Fri 4 Sep · 19:30 · The Swallow Theatre · Ravenstone
🎭 Theatre & Performance
A joyful and poignant theatrical gem that celebrates the genius of Chaplin through mime, physical comedy and daredevil tomfoolery. After selling out in Edinburgh in 2025, the award-winning fringe sens...
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Len Pennie: Words Worth Fighting For
Thu 3 Sep · 18:30 · Kirkcudbright · Kirkcudbright
Join us for a session of fierce storytelling and linguistic power with Len Pennie – an acclaimed voice of modern Scotland. Writing predominantly in the Scots language, Pennie is a defiant advocate for the speaking and writing in her native...
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