Events
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We’re approaching half way through the Kings Summer Acoustic Music series. This Saturday night (12th August) features Jade Walters, from Dumfries, supported by Forgetting Jane, also from Dumfries. Kings manager, Helen Smith commented, “We’ve enjoyed DeeDee Ray, Dave Bass and Zoë Bestel (along with friends they brought to support them), so now we look forward […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council is preparing for the Active Games Final that will take place across three sporting venues in Dumfries on Saturday 22 September 2012. There will be a launch event at the David Keswick Centre on Monday 27 August. The enhanced and enlarged event is one of our Council’s main Games Legacy initiatives. […]
The Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was also the moment for Dumfries and Galloway to recognise the Olympic Torchbearers who carried the flame through our region. The Torchbearers attended a civic reception at DG One Leisure Centre on the evening of 27 July 2012. Dumfries and Galloway was one of only a few places in […]
Wigtownshire Women’s Aid (WWA) was established 25 years ago. WWA provides support to women and children affected by domestic abuse. Their anniversary will be marked on Wednesday 22 August 2012 with an Anniversary Open Day in WWA Stranraer office. WWA is a Member of the Dumfries And Galloway Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women Partnership […]
To be or not to be, that’s the answer! Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre comes to The Crichton, Dumfries! Join them in the open air for ‘Hamlet’ on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd August. Performances take place a 7.30 pm each evening, with a matinee, Thursday at 2.30 pm. To book, call Dumfries 245566. Info: shakespearesglobe.com
If you do anything this week, visit your local park. This week is national Love Parks Week. With a predicted heat wave in Dumfries and Galloway, the Council are encouraging people to get on the grass and visit your local park. Parks in Dumfries and Galloway are not just grass and paths. You can get […]
Angela Lawrence is an artist who has made her home in Galloway, which features in her paintings for this solo exhibition at the Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkcudbright from 25 July to 6 August. Angela likes to portray particular places with which people can feel a connection, although her locations are often transformed by memory. On […]
Kings is proud to host local 14 year old rising star, Zoë Bestel as the third artist in the Kings Acoustic summer series of seven events through July, August and September. Saturday 28th July is Zoë’s night in Kings. She’s bringing her own support act. The event opens at 7.30pm, with music throughout the evening. […]
Ali Donowho met up with the cast of Dumfries’ latest dramatic production, Life, Love and Liberty. The team of amateur and professional actors from around Dumfries and the surrounding area met up with Ali and discussed the production, as well as their views and their characters. The production opens this weekend, and is open in […]
Dumfries is getting set for the return of its most famous citizens Robert Burns and Jean Armour. An ambitious new play called Life, Love and Liberty will once again see Burns treading the streets of Dumfries spreading radical political views, falling in love and being inspired to write poetry and song. The play which has […]
