Events
the Lockerbie Jazz Festival
a potter's studio during Spring Fling
Buzzing with energy, Dumfries & Galloway has a great mix of events and festivals every month of the year. Explore local culture and traditions and enjoy great days out whatever your passion, be it walking, wildlife, jazz or classic cars.
Signalling the end of the winter months, the Scottish Snowdrop Festival gives you the perfect opportunity to take in the carpets of enchanting snowdrops in some of the country’s best gardens and woodlands.
The best chance to spot some of the region’s fantastic wildlife is from 30 March - 15 April, 2012 when the Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival takes place with over 90 events about species including geese, badgers and the graceful red kites.
At the end of May and start of June, the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival sees a number of activities happening in venues across the region - enjoy classical, jazz or folk music, dance, theatre and children’s events.
Also around the end of May is another opportunity to take part in 2012 - the Year of Creative Scotland. The Spring Fling allows you a deep insight into the life and work of the region’s artists as around 80 arts and craft studios open their doors to the public and special events, workshops and tours take place from studio to studio.
The RSAC Scottish Rally arrives in the region at the end of June with competitors from the UK, Ireland and Europe driving high-speed special forest stages.
At the end of July every year, the innovative and family-friendly weekend event, the Wickerman Festival takes place. Partly themed around the famous cult movie, the festival features a variety of music from current and new talent on a farm near Kirkcudbright.
For books and literature events, visit in September and October for the Wigtown Book Festival when 100 activities take place to celebrate the written word.
A mix of mainstream and contemporary jazz and blues concerts take place in October at the Lockerbie Jazz Festival. Enjoy a variety of styles from international, Scottish and Dumfries & Galloway musicians.
Use our events search at the top of this page to find great events in Dumfries & Galloway all year round.
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