Events in Dumfries & Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway offers a wealth of events throughout the year. From music festivals to agricultural shows there's something for everyone. Events cater for both locals and visitors alike and can give an excellent snapshot of what the region has to offer. Dumfries and Galloway is renowned for its local produce, why not visit one of the many farmers markets to sample some homemade delights.
Scottish Snowdrop Festival 2012
04 Feb - 18 Mar 2012
Cally Wood
The Scottish Snowdrop Festival is back for another season. Many of Scotland's spectacular gardens open their gates to offer visitors a rare glimpse of the country's winter beauty. For six weeks, more than 50 gardens across the country are offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy beautiful gardens, magnificent castles, stately homes and local exhibitions or simply step into nature and wander through the woodland.
Scottish Snowdrop Festival 2012
04 Feb - 18 Mar 2012 Daily
Galloway Forest Park
The Scottish Snowdrop Festival is back for another season. Many of Scotland's spectacular gardens open their gates to offer visitors a rare glimpse of the country's winter beauty. For six weeks, more than 50 gardens across the country are offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy beautiful gardens, magnificent castles, stately homes and local exhibitions or simply step into nature and wander through the woodland.
Crook of Baldoon
01 Sep 2011 - 29 Feb 2012 Daily 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Crook of Baldoon
A walk with Cairnsmore of Fleet and the Galloway Hills as a backdrop to wild saltmarsh and mudflats which ooze with birdlife. Watch thousands of golden plovers, lapwings, knots and dunlins wheel in the sky in a mesmerising display. Between December and March the Crook plays host to thousands of winter visitors such as pink-footed and barnacle geese and a large number of shelducks, whooper and mute swans that feed and roost on the merse. In the hawthorn and crab apple trees, hundreds of redwings and fieldfares can be spotted. Other birds that can be seen are oystercatchers, curlews, ringed plovers, pintails and wigeons.
Scottish Snowdrop Festival 2012
01 Feb - 18 Mar 2012 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Castle Kennedy Gardens
The Scottish Snowdrop Festival is back for another season. Many of Scotland's spectacular gardens open their gates to offer visitors a rare glimpse of the country's winter beauty. For six weeks, more than 50 gardens across the country are offering visitors the opportunity to enjoy beautiful gardens, magnificent castles, stately homes and local exhibitions or simply step into nature and wander through the woodland.
James Faed
07 Jan - 25 Feb 2012 Mon - Fri 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Sat 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM; 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Stranraer Museum
An exhibition commemorating the centenary of the death of the engraver, James Faed. This exhibition brings together a selection of Faed's work. From 1848-1898, James Faed engraved over 140 plates for leading Victorian artists. He also produced portraits of many of the key figures in Scottish society.
Dumfries Camera Club Annual Exhibition
14 Jan - 25 Feb 2012 Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Gracefield Arts Centre
A showcase exhibition for the amateur and professional membership of one of the busiest and best camera clubs in the country. Alongside framed prints, the Camera Club will also present a slide show (back by popular demand) of members’ images to allow even more brilliantly diverse and intriguing photographs to be seen and enjoyed.
Johnny White: Beastly Machines
28 Jan - 07 Apr 2012 Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Gracefield Arts Centre
The work in this exhibition is influenced by media stories, current affairs and plays on words, portrayed by animals and mythical creatures. Highlights of the show include a six metre long whale which springs into life when its button is pressed, a mosquito riding a penny farthing whilst drinking from a bottle of blood, and two canoodling gnus afloat in a bright blue canoe.
Jim McMichael: Under The World’s Oceans
14 Feb - 17 Mar 2012 Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Gracefield Arts Centre
One imagines that the under water world is a dark place but this exhibition demonstrates a myriad of colours to be found even at depths of thirty metres.
Burns and Graham: A Poet and His Patron
21 Jan - 31 Mar 2012 Tue - Sat 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM; 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; 01 - 15 Apr 2012 Sun 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Mon - Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Robert Burns House
A Poet and His Patron describes the friendship between Robert Graham, 12th Laird of Fintry in Forfarshire, and Robert Burns. The poet first met Robert Graham, an Excise Commissioner, in 1787 and the latter soon became a patron and friend, supporting the poet’s application to become an Excise Officer. In 1793, a two volume edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' by Robert Burns was published in Edinburgh. Burns presented several copies to his friends, including the Grahams. Theirs has been cherished by the family ever since. The current owner, the 18th Laird of Fintry has kindly loaned the books to Robert Burns House for this exhibition. The first volume has a telling dedication to Mrs Graham, written by the Poet – 'It is probable, Madam, that this page may be read when the hand that now writes it is mouldering in the dust. As well as the books, we have been able to borrow a group of delicate miniature portraits of the Graham family. They include a portrait of Robert Graham, along with portraits of several of his children. A couple of keepsakes from the Duchess of Atholl to members of the Graham family complete the display'.
