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10th to 26th June West End Festival Glasgow This festival consists of a mix of exhibitions, music, theatre, film and Midsummer Carnival. For full event details contact www.westendfestival.co.uk |
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12th June Edinburgh Marathon A popular event for the sports enthusiast whether professional or amateur. The route follows some of the most historic parts of Edinburgh. It may not be too late to enter, contact www.edinburgh-marathon.co.uk for further details |
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17th to 22nd June St Magnus Festival, Kirkwall, Orkney This festival is a celebration of Orkney's arts. You will also find isles excursions available for that trip round the islands and ongoing community events taking place. Detaills of events and venues can be found at www.stmagnusfestival.com |
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23rd to 26th June Royal Highland Show, Ingleston, Edinburgh This event takes place annually and incorporates food demonstrations, farming interests and country pursuits. For further information please visit www.royalhighlandshow.org |
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24th to 26th June Scottish Traditional Boat Festival This event takes place in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire and hails itself as one of the largest gatherings of traditional boats in Scotland. There are lots of activities to keep the family amused including a Food Fayre, Music Festival, maritime demonstrations and a 10k marathon in aid of The Anthony Nolan Trust. For the full programme of events and appropriate venues plus ticket prices please visit www.scottishtraditionalboatfestival.co.uk |
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2nd July to 28th August 2005 Monet and the Impressionists: Kelvingrove at Kirkcudbright. Many of the best known Impressionist paintings, will be shown in Kirkcudbright Town Hall in a unique exhibition that takes advantage of Kelvingrove’s current closure for refurbishment. The exhibition will show some of the finest works from Glasgow City Council’s collection. The exhibition will be held in Kirkcudbright Town Hall. For full information please visit the Glasgow Museums website. | |
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6th to 8th July 2005 G8 Summit. World Leaders will meet at Gleneagles near Auchterarder, Perthshire for the 2005 G8 Summit. As security will be extremely tight during this time it would be advisable to avoid the area. | |
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4th to 8th July 2005 Hebridean Challenge. This event takes place on the Outer Hebrides and is spread over 5 days . The competing teams cover terrain from Vatersay in the south to Lewis in the north. This means the teams are required to take part in hill running, road running, mountain biking, sea kayaking and swimming. Further details can be found on www.hebrideanchallenge.com | |
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23rd July 2005 Inverness Highland Games, Bught Park Arena. This event attracts people from all over the world and includes Highland Dancing, stalls, aerobatic displays, traditional and piping music plus lots more fun for a family outing. Full details of entry ticket prices and programme of events can be found on www.invernesshighlandgames.co.uk | |
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28th to 31st July 2005 Speyfest, Fochabers, Moray. This proves to be one of Scotland's foremost festivals of traditional music, art and crafts. For full listing of events and ticket prices please visit their website at www.speyfest.org | |
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14th August to 4th September Edinburgh International Festival. For a full list of venues and events on offer please visit www.eif.co.uk | |
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19th August 2005 onwards GaelForce, Dumfries and Galloway A new Brochure covering this year's event will be available from July | |
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25th to 28th August The Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country Fair. Held in Blair Atholl, Perthshire this event is one of the largest equetrian events held in Scotland. It also boasts crafts, food and shops of all kinds. Further details can be obtained by sending an e-mail to info@blairhorsetrials.co.uk | |
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27th to 28th August Strathaven Balloon Festival. People from all over the world congregate in Strathaven to enjoy the wonders of Ballooning, it is a family event with various items of enertainment for all the family. | |
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of Kintyre Music Festival. August 2005
Dates to be confirmed. Further details will be published when received. | |
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24th to 26th August 2005, Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh. The Festival of Politics will allow people to come face to face with well-known names from the worlds of politics, media and the arts in a range of stimulating events that will explore how politics touches all our lives. Festival of Politics programme will be launched during June, please send an email to: festival.info@scottish.parliament.uk | |
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