Events
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The summer programme is in full swing at Hillview and the FUN Pool in Upper Nithsdale. Monday: Gymnastics: pre- school, P1 to P2, 4pm to 4.45pm Gymnastics: P3 to P7, 5pm to 5.45pm Tuesdays / Thursdays: Activator Camps for children 5 to 12years This gives children the opportunity to try various sports in a fun […]
This summer libraries in Dumfries and Galloway are getting in to the Olympic spirit by running a Reading Relay. Between 16th July and 20th August readers are being encouraged to pass the book baton and recommend summer reads. Each library in the region will have a display of specially selected books chosen by staff and […]
Building on the success of last years event Alive presenters Iain Renicks and Tony Charlesworth will embark on a marathon broadcast on the 15th of September broadcasting for 24 hours solid. Iain and Tony’s effort is to raise funds for the station and they plan all sorts of interesting programming for their super show . […]
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Kings Acoustic Summer Festival kicks off with Deedee Ray, from Lockerbie, on Saturday 7th July. It’s a free event, with a busker’s bucket for people to donate to the artist, if they like what they hear. The festival series runs through July, August and September and features seven up-and-coming local artists. Kings manager, Helen Smith […]
John Paul Jones Museum, birthplace of the American hero known as ‘the father of the American Navy’, is staging an afternoon of free family activities from 2pm to 5pm on Sunday 1 July. The John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum, Arbigland, Kirkbean, is the Solway Coast home of the 18th century Scot who was best known […]
Final preparations are being made to welcome 3000 pipers and an estimated 4500 spectators to the 2012 British Pipe Band Championships in Annan. The event takes place on Saturday 30 June at Annan Academy. The Championships continue to have broad appeal and the skills and musicianship of piping remains as relevant today, to all generations, […]
Dumfries School’s have a great reputation when it comes to the Dramatic Arts, and the High School is no exception. Their latest production, Calamity Jane opens on Tuesday 26th June, next Tuesday, with curtain up at 7.30PM and is described as the latest hit Comedy Western Musical and is the story of Calamity Jane and […]
Currently on their Year of Creative Scotland Trad Trail tour, this exceptional group of Fèis Rois musicians shows Scottish traditional music at its very best. They will spend summer 2012 touring everywhere from the Callanish Stones to the Kelvingrove Museum and Stirling Castle to Skara Brae. With their beautifully crafted songs and driving tune sets, […]
People in Wigtown Area are preparing to celebrate and recognise HM Armed Forces, past, present and future, as part of Britain’s Armed Forces Day on Saturday 30 June 2012 The flag raising ceremony will be held this year at the Castle Square, Stranraer, on Monday 25 June at 4pm. The flag will be raised by […]
