www.list.co.uk/aroundtown Events are listed by city, then type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to sport@list.co.uk for sport or aroundtown@list.co.uk for all other events. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
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Glasgow Activities & Events FREE Blochestra Mon 16 Aug, 9pm. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. Bring along any instrument you might have (from tubas to triangles) for a workshop/jam session with Craig Grant (Union of Knives) teaching two songs each week, before planned gigs for this ad hoc multi-member orchestra. Dinner by Candlelight and Murder by Pheasant Wed 18 Aug, 7–10.30pm. £30. Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 0844 493 2202. A three-course meal served in Pollok House’s Kitchen restaurant, followed by a bit of light sleuthing as guests compete to work out whodunnit and how on earth the pheasant came into it. FREE Saltire Thistle FC Sun 15 Aug, 4pm. Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Townhead, 553 1515. Gay-friendly kick- about in a relaxed environment. Email saltirethistlefc@hotmail.co.uk for more info. FREE Museum Tour Until Fri 13 Aug, 11am & 3pm. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. Guided tours around the National Piping Centre’s Museum of Piping. Part of Piping Live!
✽✽ FREE Festival of the Imagination Until Sun 15 Aug,
noon–9pm. Springburn Park, Balgrayhill Road, 552 0234. Five days of free workshops, performances and activities. On offer are over 50 arts workshops, 15 performances in the festival big top, ceilidhs, tea dances, storytelling, concerts, poetry, relaxation exercises and a silent disco. See preview, left. FREE Pollok Heritage Walk Fri 13 Aug, 11am–12.30pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, Find out about the natural and cultural heritage of Pollok Park with themed walk. No booking required. FREE Tea Dances Fri 13 & Sun 15 Aug, 1.30pm. Springburn Park, Balgrayhill Road, 552 0234. Use the power of the mind to imagine yourself back in the Barrowlands Ballroom in its heyday. Refreshments available. Part of the Festival of the Imagination. See preview, left.
✽✽ World Pipe Band Championships Sat 14 Aug, 9am.
£9 (family ticket £23). Glasgow Green, Greendyke Street, 353 8000. An international line-up of pipe bands try for the coveted world championship title featuring over 200 bands from as far afield as New Zealand, Canda and Pakistan. Part of Piping Live! See picture, above. Garden Walk Sat 14 Aug, 2.30–4pm. Included in admission: £5.50 (£4; family ticket £15/£10). Greenbank Garden, Flenders Road, Clarkston, 0844 493 2201. Get advice on trees and shrubs for the domestic garden and see what is doing well in the garden now. FREE World Music Ceilidh Sat 14 Aug, 7pm. Springburn Park, Balgrayhill Road, 552 0234. Get your dancing shoes on for some music and dance from around the world. Part of the Festival of the Imagination. See preview, left. FREE Garden Talk: Apples Grown Cordon Style Sun 15 Aug, 1–3pm. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, Learn from one of Pollok’s trained gardeners about this method of growing apples in a confined space – perfect for urban gardeners. FREE Farrier at Pollok Country Park Tue 17 Aug, 9.30am–noon. Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. Watch as the farrier gives the working horses at Pollok Country Park their new shoes.
World Pipe Band Championships Look at this happy bunch of pipers. Would you believe they’re actually Canadian? Simon Fraser University’s bagpipe squad
won last year’s world championship title: teams from as far afield as New Zealand, Pakistan and, er, Paisley keep their eyes (and their lungs) on the prize. It’s not just all about the competition, though; you can skirl with the Highland Dancing Showcase, dodge carelessly tossed cabers at the Glasgow Highland Games, or stuff your face with smoked salmon, as Taste of Scotland are setting up their luxury food village in the arena. ■ Glasgow Green, Sat 14 Aug, £9 (family ticket £23). See www.theworlds.co.uk for full details.
Exhibitions ✽✽ Wallace and Gromit Present . . . a World of Cracking Ideas
Until Tue 30 Nov, 10am–5pm. Included in admission: £9.95 (£7.95). Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. A tour around Wallace and Gromit’s home, 62 West Wallaby Street, to see their wacky inventions. See Hitlist. FREE Pipe Band Photograph & Memorabilia Exhibition Until Fri 13 Aug, 10am–4pm. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. Piping through the years. Part of Piping Live! FREE Shotts – 100 Years Until Fri 13 Aug, 10am–4pm. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. An exhibition celebrating the famous Shotts & Dykehead Pipe Band. Part of Piping Live!
✽✽ FREE Loss of Innocence Tue 17 Aug, noon–5pm. Renfield St
Stephen’s Church, 260 Bath Street, 620 0052. Work drawn and painted by Palestinian children shortly after the attacks on Gaza over New Year 2008/9. See Hitlist.
Fairs FREE Blochairn Car Boot Sale Sun 15 Aug, 6am. Wholesale Fruit, Veg, Flower and Fish Market, 130 Blochairn Road, 287 2500. One of the UK’s largest weekly car boot sales, attracting over 500 sellers. FREE Allander Record Fair Sat 14 & Sun 15 Aug, 10am–5pm. Mugdock Country Park, Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. Expand your record collection with this wide range of vinyl, DVDs, CDs and cassettes, including some rarities. FREE Sloans Market Sat 14 & Sun 15 Aug, 11am–5pm. Argyll Arcade, Buchanan Street/Argyll Street, 812 0937. Stalls stuffed full of gourmet treats, vintage one-offs and classy crafty things.
Food & Drink ✽✽ Gourmet Glasgow Until Tue 31 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various
restaurants, see www.graonline.co.uk. Themed and fixed price menus, wine tastings and demonstrations all across the city. For details of participating restaurants, and to book, see the Glasgow Restaurateurs’ Association’s website.
FREE Glenfiddich Whisky Tasting Until Fri 13 Aug, 4.30pm. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. An opportunity to learn how to sample whisky. Part of Piping Live! FREE Mansfield Park Farmers’ Market Sat 14 Aug, 10am. Mansfield Park, Partick, 287 2500. Over 40 stalls of local produce, direct from the manufacturers. Talks FREE Pipe Up Thu 12 & Fri 13 Aug, noon. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. The last two in a series of talks on the history of piping. Part of Piping Live! FREE Wylie and Lochhead, 1901 Thu 12 Aug, 2–2.30pm. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. A short talk on the Glaswegian arts and crafts furniture designing pair. Booking advised. FREE Followers of Fashion Fri 13 Aug, 2.30–3.30pm. Scotland Street School Museum, Museum of Education, 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. Illustrated talk from the Curator of European Costume and Textiles on the wonderful selection of printed and patterned textiles in the museum. FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Sat 14 Aug, 1.30pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Jenny Inglis gives a tour taking in the jade and bronze at the Burrell. FREE Themed Tours at the Burrell Tue 17 Aug, 11am. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mitchell Semple gives a tour entitled ‘William Randolph Hearst: The big spender’. FREE Curators’ Favourites Wed 18 Aug, 12.30–1pm. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Noorah Al- Gailani, Curator of Islamic Civilisations, discusses a fragment of a Kerman carpet from Iran.
Workshops FREE Tigerstyle Thu 12 & 19 Aug, 6–8pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 07811 097821. Creative music making programme headed by Scottish bhangra outfit Tigerstyle. FREE The Pipers’ Trails Until Fri 13 Aug, 10am. George Square, Join Army pipers and drummers for these come and
try sessions. Part of Piping Live! Come & Try Session Until Fri 13 Aug, 11am & 2.30pm. £2. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. A chance to try your hand at basic piping. Part of Piping Live! Orain nam Piobairean: Gaelic Taster Session Until Fri 13 Aug, 12.30pm. £2. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Giving you an introduction to the Scots language. Part of Piping Live! Orain nam Piobairean Until Fri 13 Aug, 1pm. £5. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Workshops focusing on Canntaireached with Rona Lightfoot (12 Aug) and Abair Amhran – the Irish song tradition – with the Armagh Pipers Club (13 Aug). D2 Percussion Pipe Band Drumming Clinics Until Fri 13 Aug, 3pm. £4. The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. Interactive clinics and demos on pipe band drumming. Part of Piping Live!
Outside the Cities Activities & Events ✽✽ FREE Artmap Argyll Fri 13–Mon 16 Aug, 10am–5pm. Various venues,
Mull, Iona and Argyll, remel898@btinternet.com. Four-day event in which 34 different studios open their doors and allow you to discover how art really gets made. FREE Midlothian Walking Festival Fri 13–Mon 16 Aug, times vary. Various venues, 01875 821990. Join in with guided walks, cycle trails and horse rides led by experienced local experts. Walks in the morning, afternoon and evening are available, as well as all-day adventures. Booking essential. FREE St Andrews Harbour Gala Day Sun 15 Aug, noon. St Andrews Harbour, St Andrews, 07793 242376. Stalls, human table football, darts, putting, a traditional coconut shy, barbecue, ice- creams, inflatable fun for the kids and a special storyteller too. FREE Canal Fun Day Sun 15 Aug, 1–5pm. Linlithgow Canal Centre, Canal Basin, Manse Road, Linlithgow, 01506 671215. Water events, boat trips, a cardboard boat race, stalls, tea room, side shows and a jazz band.
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