AROUND TOWN | Highlights
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL Various venues, Edinburgh, Sat 1–Sun 16 Apr, sciencefestival. co.uk Time to Get Connected for this year’s sci fest. See feature, page 20. EDINBURGH COMIC CON EICC, Sat 15 & Sun 16
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Apr, heroconventions. com Comics, cosplay and a host of talent. See preview, page 63.
SCOTLAND IN SIX Various venues, Edinburgh, Tue 18 Apr, digit2017.com Visit one of Scotland’s six iconic World Heritage Sites in this full day of activities that celebrates World Heritage Day. SOUTHSIDE FRINGE Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 12–Sun 28
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May, southsidefringe. com A 17-day festival incorporating music, theatre, spoken word, comedy, art and activities for all the family. HIDDEN DOOR FESTIVAL Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 26 May–Sun 4 Jun, hiddendoorblog.org
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Interdisciplinary arts festival, this year relocated to Leith Theatre. See feature, page 30.
AROUND TOWN HIGHLIGHTS
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GLASGOW
LENTFEST Various venues, until Sun 16 Apr, lentfest.co.uk An annual festival of faith and arts, incorporating theatre, film screenings, music, poetry and visual arts, across the Archdiocese of Glasgow. HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS Braehead Arena, Thu 6 Apr, harlemglobetrotters.com The Harlem Globetrotters, known for their international basketball skills, perform some of their best tricks, slams and crowd-pleasing showboating. Check out the talents of Special K Daley, Big Easy Lofton, Flight Time Lang and the rest. Also touring, see list.co.uk for details.
GLASGOW SCI-FI, COSPLAY & COMIC CON Barrowland, Sat 8 & Sun 9 Apr, glasgow-barrowland.com A celebration of cosplay, movies, TV, comics, anime, toys and games. WRESTLEMANIA REVENGE The SSE Hydro, Thu 4 May, wwe.com The ultimate in ‘sports entertainment’ as the real deal WWE superstars of US wrestling bring the pain to the UK. Also touring, see list.co.uk for details.
CAMPSIE MAYFEST Milton of Campsie, Fri 12–Sun 14 May, facebook.com/MoCartclub Community art and music festival including art exhibitions, walks, a craft fair and live music.
SCOTTISH BOAT RACE Riverside Museum, Sat 20 May, facebook.com/ ScottishBoatRaceFest The annual rowing competition (second oldest of its type in the country) between those 64 THE LIST 1 Apr–31 May 2017
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old rivals, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh.
EAT AND DRINK FESTIVAL SEC, Fri 26–Mon 29 May, eatanddrinkfestival.com Interactive food show with live cooking classes, drinks masterclasses, wine and whisky tutorials plus some of the country’s most popular street food vendors. EDINBURGH
MONKEY BUSINESS National Museum of Scotland, until Sun 23 Apr, nms.ac.uk/ national-museum-of-scotland An interactive exhibition featuring more than 60 taxidermied primates including orangutans, gorillas and chimpanzees. Learn how they adapted to their surroundings and communicated with each other. EDINBURGH OUTLANDER EXPERIENCE Mercat Tours, every Sat & Sun, mercattours.com Take a trip to locations from Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels as visited by her beloved characters Claire and Jamie. Hear dramatic stories of the Jacobites, the Stuarts, witchcraft, clans and how the fictional story intermingles with history.
EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN SPIRITUALITY AND PEACE Various venues, Sat 1–Sun 9 Apr, mesp.org.uk This international festival draws together people from a wide range of spiritual backgrounds, cultures and traditions to celebrate peace and mutual understanding via spiritual, educational, artistic and cultural events.
CONPULSION UNDERWORLD Teviot, Fri 7–Sun 9 Apr, conpulsion. org Conpulsion is Edinburgh’s largest weekend tabletop gaming convention, covering board games, roleplaying games, card games, wargames and live action roleplay. TRADFEST Various venues, Wed 26 Apr–Sun 7 May, tracscotland.org/festivals/ tradfest ’Rooted in the Past, Resonating in the Present’ is the tagline for the fifth year of Edinburgh’s folk arts feast, TradFest. See preview, page 83.
BELTANE FIRE FESTIVAL Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Sun 30 Apr, beltane.org A modern interpretation of the ancient fertility festival of Beltane in the spectacular setting of Calton Hill. Beltane Fire Society performs the story of the death of winter and the birth of
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summer via drumming, debauched acrobatics, giant-puppetry and fire. PROFESSOR BRIAN COX Edinburgh Playhouse, Sun 7 May, atgtickets.com Prof Brian Cox takes his audience on a stirring journey through space and time. Also The SSE Hydro, Fri 19 May, thessehydro.com
EUROPEAN RUGBY CHALLENGE FINAL Murrayfield Stadium, Fri 12 May, epcrugby.com/edinburgh-2017 BT Murrayfield hosts the Challenge Cup Final which features the cream of European professional club rugby as well as stars of the world game. EDINBRICK Summerhall, Sat 20 May, summerhall.co.uk Lego displays, activities and more, suitable for all ages.
EDINBURGH MARATHON FESTIVAL Various venues, Sat 27 & Sun 28 May, edinburghmarathon.com Scotland’s largest running festival with over 30,000 runners expected to take part. There are seven races to choose from over two days including the marathon, half marathon, team relay, 10k, 5k and junior races.