AROUND TOWN | Highlights
EDINBURGH STUDENT ARTS FESTIVAL
Various venues, Edinburgh, Thu 9 Feb–Fri 3 Mar, edinburghstudentarts festival.com See feature, page 36.
AUDACIOUS WOMEN
FESTIVAL Various venues, Edinburgh, Sat
18–Sun 26 Feb, audaciouswomen.scot See preview, page 49.
RAI CON Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sat 4 Mar, raicon. co.uk Anime convention with a bit of manga thrown in there for good measure. Features a host of talks, panels, workshops, screenings and exhibitors.
SCOTTISH CYCLING, SCOTTISH TATTOO
RUNNING AND CONVENTION
OUTDOOR PURSUITS SHOW
SECC, Glasgow, Fri 10–Sun 12 Mar, scottishcyclingrunning outdoorpursuitsshow. co.uk Test your fitness at interactive attractions including mini velodrome sprint trials and a bespoke mountain bike trail.
Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Sat 25 & Sun 26 Mar, scottishtattoo convention.net Body art lovers of the world unite and take over. Attracting artists from across the globe to get their jaggy paintbrushes all over your body, there’s also music, burlesque, competitions,
H I T L I S T
merch and the chance to just mingle with other lovers of the art.
AROUND TOWN HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW GAME THINK
Bute Hall, Fri 3 Feb, game-think-2. eventbrite.co.uk A conference for anyone involved in video game-related research.
HOPSTARS MICRO BEER FESTIVAL
Hippo Taproom, Sun 5 Feb, hippotaproom.co.uk A micro beer festival with some of the country’s best breweries, including Fallen, Fyne Ales and Gallus.
BRAW BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Drygate Brewery, Sat 18 Feb, thebrawbmc.com A battle for the best facial hair in Scotland’s first Beard and Moustache Championship. Also live music and a charity raffle.
RUN DEAD City Centre, Sat 25 Feb, rundead. co.uk The city is swarming with zombies in this live-action chase where you have to locate the remaining survivors without getting eaten.
LENTFEST Various venues, Wed 1 Mar–Sun 16 Apr An annual festival of faith and arts, incorporating theatre, film screenings, music, poetry and visual arts, across the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
GIN FESTIVAL The Briggait, Fri 3–Sun 5 Mar, ginfestival.co.uk A showcase of the UK’s finest gins, with masterclasses from industry experts and live music.
HINA MATSURI JAPANESE SPRING FESTIVAL
Kibble Palace, Sat 4 Mar, japanese-matsuri-glasgow.org. uk Take part in this celebration of Japanese culture by checking out a
48 THE LIST 1 Feb–31 Mar 2017
Hobby Crafts
spot of taiko drumming, trying your hand at origami and sampling some Asian sweets.
HOBBY CRAFTS SECC, Sun 5 Mar, hobbycraftshows.co.uk Indulge in your favourite craft activity, be it jewellery-making, paperwork, or sewing and cross stitch at this gathering of like-minded folks who just want to make things.
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR
SECC, Sat 11 Mar, banff-uk.com A selection of exhilarating sports and adventure films.
EDINBURGH
HOLISTIC WAYS FESTIVAL Corn Exchange, Sun 5 Feb, holisticwaysfestival.co.uk One-day festival featuring psychics, complementary therapies, alternative health products, crafts and more. Also Trades Hall of Glasgow, Sun 26 Feb.
W3L Wester Hailes Education Centre, Fri 10 Feb, w3lwrestling.com Big characters and even bigger body slams at this family-friendly American-style wrestling show which features stars from the World Wide Wrestling League.
THE GREAT BRITISH DOG WALK Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Sun 19 Mar, greatbritishdogwalk.org Take the doggy for walkies with this national campaign in aid of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
UNDERGROUND EXTREME
CAPITAL SCI-FI CON PARANORMAL GHOST TOUR
Meadowbank Sports Centre, Sat 18 & Sun 19 Feb, capitalscificon.co.uk Sci-fi convention aiming to raise funds for Children’s Hospice Association Scotland. There’s original film and TV memorabilia from Doctor Who and Star Wars, live special effects presentations, retro gaming consoles, trade stalls, a cosplay competition and the chance to meet actors, comic book illustrators and writers.
EDINBURGH’S GEORGIAN SHADOWS
City Centre, Thu 23 Feb–Sun 26 Mar, edinburgh.org Six buildings in Edinburgh’s New Town, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, are brought to life using inventive lighting.
City of Edinburgh Tours, various dates throughout Feb & Mar, cityofedinburghtours.com Venture if you dare into some of Edinburgh’s most haunted locations both above and underground on this adults-only tour. DUNDEE
WOMEN IN SCIENCE FESTIVAL Various venues, Dundee, Sat 4–Fri 10 Mar, facebook.com/ WomenInScienceFestival A celebration of all the women working in science, as well as events that help women to explore the field. It will have to go some to match the 2016 offering which featured authors Lucy Hawking and Kathryn Harkup.