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ABERDEEN COMEDY FESTIVAL
Until November 5 Aberdeen GET ready for a good laugh with 250 comedians, performing across more than 65 shows, in a wide range of venues in the city centre including some of Aberdeen’s best loved bars, clubs and hotels. aberdeencomedyfestival.com
ANGUS AUTUMN FAIR
October 24-25, Strathmore Hall, Forfar AN artisan craft and food fair with more than 30 stalls with local and British artists, craftspeople and food producers selling crafts, jewellery, ceramics, knitwear, books, clothing and fine foods. All organised in aid of Save the Children. visitangus.com/angusautumnfair
HALLOWEEN PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
October 29-31, Cairnie Fruit Farm, near Cupar A SCARILY fun night for all the family as you pick your own pumpkins – traditional orange or even blue. Try pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and enjoy a ‘spooktacular’ torch light maze. cairniefruitfarm.co.uk/events
THE BAY CITY ROLLERS
October 29, Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline LES McKEOWN takes audiences back to the heady days when the Rollers dominated the charts and tartan bellbottoms were the height of fashion. Featuring all the best-known songs including Bye Bye Baby, Shang-A-Lang and Summer Love Sensation. lesmckeown.com
FACLAN: THE HEBRIDEAN BOOK FESTIVAL
November 2-5, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis ONE of the UK’s most remotely situated book festivals, the Hebridean Book Festival will see some of Britain’s leading writers, thinkers, career professionals and commentators getting together at Stornoway’s centre for the arts, An Lanntair. faclan.org