The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
EVENTS IN YOUR AREA
Aberfeldy Charity Garden Opening: Bolfracks
Bolfracks, PH15 2EX, 01887 820344, until Thu October 31. Daily 10am–6pm, £5 (children free). Special three-acre garden with views overlooking the Tay Valley, and featuring stunning floral displays in a woodland garden setting. There is also a walled garden with shrubs, herbaceous borders and rose ‘rooms’ with old-fashioned roses. www.scotlandsgardens.org/bolfracks
Charity Garden Opening: Achnacloich
Achnacloich & Farleyer Field House, Balhomais, PH15 2JE, 01631 710796, until Sat December 31. Sat 10am–4pm, £4 (children free). Twenty-acre woodland garden with trees and shrubs from China, Japan, North America, Chile and New Zealand, as well as a giant Douglas fir that originates from Douglas’ original introduction of the species to the UK. There are also two ponds and streams which are planted with primulas, iris species, lysichitum, and astilbes. www.scotlandsgardens.org/achnacloich
Arbroath Scotland from the Sky
Arbroath Abbey, DD11 1EG, 01241 878756, until Sun October 6. Daily 9.30am–5.30pm, included in admission (free for members). Exhibition of aerial photography from across Scotland. www.historicenvironment.scot
Woolly Workers
Commercial Inn, 13 Old Shore Head, DD11 1BB, 01241 873371, until Fri October 11. Daily 9am, free. Colourful yarn-bombing display from the knitting and crochet group. www.facebook.com/woollyworkers
Arbroath Market
High Street, DD11, Sat July 27, 10am–3pm, free. Support local, independent businesses at this market. www.facebook.com/ arbroathcommunityconnectors
MacFloyd: Best of the Wall
The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, Arbroath, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800, Sat July 27, 7.30pm, £16. The Pink Floyd tribute band perform tracks off The Wall, in celebration of the album’s 40th anniversary. www.angusalive.scot
Auchterarder Summer Reading Challenge: Meet Illustrator Ross Collins
Auchterarder Library, Chapel Wynd, PH3 1BL, Fri July 26, 11am–12pm, free. Author event with author and illustrator Ross Collins, who will be discussing books, illustrations and general silliness. www.culturepk.org.uk
Blairgowrie Charity Garden Opening: Glenericht House Arboretum
Glenericht House, PH10 7JD, 01250 872092, until Tue December 31. Times vary, £4 (children free). Spectacular collection of Victorian-planted trees and shrubs which are centred around a Grade A-listed suspension bridge. Featuring 92 tree varieties, mostly conifers and including a 171-feet Douglas fir. www.scotlandsgardens. org/glenericht-housearboretum
Braco Charity Garden Opening: Braco Castle
Braco Castle, FK15 9LA, 01786 880437, until Thu October 31. Daily 10am–5pm, £4 (children free). A 19th Century landscaped garden with a collection of interesting trees, shrubs, bulbs and plants, as well as a partly walled garden which is approached on a rhododendron-and-tree-lined path featuring an ornamental pond. www.scotlandsgardens. org/braco-castle
Brechin Diesel Saturdays
Caledonian Steam Railway, The Station, 2 Park Road, DD9 7AF, 01356 622992, Sat July 27, times and prices vary. Travel on some heritage diesel locomotives from the 1960s and 1970s and see what train travel was like in days gone by. There are six trains per day between Bridge of Dun and Brechin, see website for details. www.caledonianrailway. co.uk
Steam Sundays
Caledonian Steam Railway, The Station, 2 Park Road, DD9 7AF, 01356 622992, Sun July 28, times and prices vary. Take a leisurely ride on a beautiful old steam-powered locomotive from Brechin to Bridge of Dun. Once there, the House of Dun is a very convenient 20-minute walk away. There are six trains per day in each direction, see the website for details. www.caledonianrailway. co.uk
Burntisland Burntisland Annual Heritage Exhibition: Island Jewels of the Forth
Burntisland Heritage Centre, 4 Kirkgate, KY3 9DB, 01592 872121, until Sat August 31. Thu-Sat 11am–4pm; Wed 1–4pm, free. Heritage exhibition that shines a spotlight on the now-mainly deserted islands on the outer Firth of Forth, exploring their natural heritage, character and folklore. www.burntisland.net
Burntisland Summer Fair
Burntisland Links, Links Place, KY3 9EA, until Sun August 18. Mon-Sat 12–10pm; Sun 1–9pm, free entry, pay for individual rides. All the fun of the fair with something for everyone, including children’s and adult rides, side stalls and more candy floss than you can shake a stick at. www.facebook.com/ burntisland.fairground
Crail Crail Festival
Various venues: Crail, KY10, 01333 450108, Fri July 26 and Sat July 27, times and prices vary. As well as musical entertainment, the Crail Festival features art, drama, theatre and outdoor activities including a sandcastle competition and rock pool guddle, with plenty to please both adults and children. www.crailfestival.co.uk
Michael Christian Durrant
Crail Community Hall, St Andrews Road, KY10 3UH, 01333 451 206, Fri July 26, 8pm, £14. English classical guitarist and chamber musician. www.michaelchristiandurrant.com
Scavenger Hunt
Crail Town Hall, Marketgate, KY10 3TQ, Sat July 27, 10am, £1. Collect a scavenger hunt form and race around Crail to find the items listed. Those who are the quickest at bringing back the items will receive a prize, though all participants will get a treat at the end of the hunt. www.crailfestival.co.uk
Something Blue
Crail Community Hall, St Andrews Road, KY10 3UH, 01333 451 206, Sat July 27, 8pm, £18. Energetic wedding and function band, featuring powerful vocals and excellent technical ability. www.somethingblueweddingband.co.uk
Crieff Crieff Comedy Festival
Various Venues, PH7, Fri July 26–Sun July 28, times and prices vary. The comedy festival returns for its second year, with a line-up that includes Janey Godley, Ray Bradshaw, Simon Caine, Jojo Sutherland, Fred Macaulay and Vladimir McTavish. www.crieffcomedyfest. com
Dundee As We See It: Twentieth Century Scottish Art
The McManus, Albert Square, Meadowside, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Tue 31 Dec. Mon-Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 12.30– 4.30pm, free. Work by Scottish artists who investigated new means of making art during the 20th century, including John Houston, William Johnstone, Joan Eardley, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, James Morrison and Will Maclean. www.mcmanus.co.uk
Camperdown Zoofest: A Festival of Animals
Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Camperdown Park, Coupar Angus Road, DD2 4TF, 01382 431811, until Sun August 11. Daily 10am–4.30pm, included in admission charge. Something for every day of the holidays including lots of animal fun with stories, safari trails, quiz picnics, animal games and much more. www.camperdownwildlifecentre.com
Curator’s Tour: The Prince of Homburg
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 909900, Thu August 1, 6–7pm, free. Eoin Dara, the DCA’s Head of Exhibitions, leads this guided tour through Patrick Staff’s Prince of Homburg exhibition and discusses the process of working with Staff to develop his work for DCA’s galleries. www.dca.org.uk
Links with the Past
The McManus, Albert Square, Meadowside, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun September 29. Mon– Sat 10am, Sun 12.30pm, free. Display about a Pictish man who was buried with great respect in the Lundin Links over 1,500 years ago, which reveals aspects of his life and death. A partnership project between the McManus and the University of Edinburgh’s Unit for Forensic Anthropology Research. www.mcmanus.co.uk
Mars Odyssey
Dundee Science Centre, Greenmarket, DD1 4QB, 01382 228800, until Sun September 1. Daily 10am-5pm, included in centre admission. Family-friendly and interactive science show about Mars and whether or not people might make it to the planet one day. www.dundeesciencecentre.org.uk
Music On the Mess Deck 4: Alice Marra Singing Workshop
HMS Unicorn, Victoria Dock, South Victoria Dock Road, DD1 3BP, 01382 200900, Thu August 1, 1–2pm, free. Singer and musician
best known for her role in indie-pop band The Hazey Janes delivers this hour-long singing workshop based on her back catalogue. www.frigateunicorn.org
Patrick Staff: The Prince of Homburg
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 909900, until Sun September 1. MonWed, Fri-Sun 10am-6pm; Thu 10am-8pm, free. Exhibition of sculptural works and video installations by British artist Patrick Staff, which reinterprets the play The Prince of Homburg by 19th Century German writer Heinrich von Kleist. www.dca.org.uk
Scottish Art 1800– 1900
Tower Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310, until Sat September 28. Mon–Fri 9.30am; Sat 1pm, free. Exhibition of 19th Century art from the University of Dundee’s extensive collection, featuring influential artists such as Robert Scott Lauder, William Quiller Orchardson, Charlotte Nasmyth and examples of works by the Glasgow Boys. www.dundee.ac.uk
Summer Collection
Eduardo Alessandro Studios, 30 Gray Street, Broughty Ferry, DD5 2BJ, 01382 737011, until Sat August 31. Mon–Sat 9.30am-5pm, free. Summer exhibition featuring paintings, ceramics and sculpture from local and European artists. www.eastudios.com
Videogames: Design/Play/ Disrupt
V&A Museum of Design Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, DD1 4EZ, 01382 305665, until Sun September 8. Daily 10am–5pm, £11 (£9; children £7). Exhibition focusing on the design aspect of an unlikely medium: video games. Exploring the work that has been done in the area since the mid2000s, this exhibition, alongside a series of events, talks, commissions and workshops, reflects on the complexity of video games and the international debates surrounding them. www.vandadundee.org
Wise Ways: Travels of a Dundee Doctor
The McManus, Albert Square, Meadowside, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun August 25. Mon-Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 12.30– 4.30pm, free. Exhibition of objects collected by Dr Thomas Alexander Wise, who worked in India as a physician and surgeon. www.mcmanus.co.uk
D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Summer Friday Openings
D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, Carnelley Building, University of Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310, until Fri August 30. Fri 2–4.30pm, free. Take advantage of summer’s longer days to explore the University of Dundee’s natural history museum. www.dundee.ac.uk
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 909900, Sat July 27 and Sun July 28, 12–5pm, £95 (£75). Weekend course which will help participants get started on this nifty piece of software that you can use to create images, enhance or correct your photos and design graphic artwork. www.dca.org.uk
Family Art Lab: Patrick Staff
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 909900, Sat July 27, 1–3pm, free. Family-friendly art session, which includes an exploration of Patrick Staff’s The Prince of Homburg, time to chat about the works and an art-making session in the Create Space. www.dca.org.uk
Photography Forum
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 909900, Sat July 27, 11am–1pm, free. A discussion group for amateur photographers. Compare notes on practising photography, get advice, show your work and look at others’ portfolios. Booking essential. www.dca.org.uk
Wise Ways Gallery Fun
The McManus, Albert Square, Meadowside, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sat August 17. Sat 2–2.30pm, free. Drop-in activities with the McManus’ gallery team, based in the Wise Ways exhibition. www.mcmanus.co.uk
The Vintage Girls Summer Sunday Session
Clarks on Lindsay Street, 80 North Lindsay Street, DD1 1PS, 01382 224925, Sun July 28, 3–8pm, £5.83. The trio perform summertime hits from the 1950s and 60s and other close harmony classics. www.clarksonlindsaystreet.com
Dunfermline Eco Storytime And Crafts!
Waterstones, Unit LG17, Kingsgate Centre, KY12 7QU, Sat July 27, 11.30am–12.15pm, free. Find out how we can be kinder to our planet at this storytelling session, followed by activities and games. www.waterstones.com
Juliette Forrest: Author Workshop
Waterstones, Unit LG17, Kingsgate Centre, KY12 7QU, Sat July 27, 1pm, free. The author discusses her new book The True Colours of Coral Glen, with the chance to make your own rainbow afterwards. Suitable for ages sevenplus. www.waterstones.com
Forfar Charity Garden Opening: Pitmuies Gardens
Pitmuies Gardens, House of Pitmuies, Guthrie, DD8 2SN, 01241 828245, until Mon September 30. Daily 10am–5pm, £5 (children free). Two renowned semiformal walled gardens adjoin an 18th Century house, with long borders of herbaceous perennials, old-fashioned delphiniums and roses, together with pavings rich with violas and dianthus. There is also an extensive and diverse collection of plants, an interesting kitchen garden, spacious lawns, river and lochside walks. www.scotlandsgardens.org/ pitmuies-gardens
Glenrothes The Keep It Country Show
Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, KY7 5NX, 01592 612121, Wed July 31, 7.30pm, £22.50. Country music showcase featuring the talents of four of Ireland’s country stars. www.onfife.com
Kirkcaldy Charity Garden Opening: Glassmount House
Glassmount House, KY2 5UT, 01592 890214, until Mon September 30. MonSat 2–5pm, £5 (children free). A densely planted walled garden, featuring an A-listed sundial, Mackenzie & Moncur greenhouse and historical doocot. The garden also boasts new areas of naturalistic planting beyond the garden walls, blending the boundary between the surrounding fields and woodland. www.scotlandsgardens. org/glassmount-house
Kirkcaldy Farmers’ Market
Town Square, KY1 1XW, 01592 412341, until Sat December 28. Sat 9am–1pm, free. Held in Kirkcaldy’s traditional marketplace on the last Saturday of the month, a wide range of local farm produce and artisan food and drink is available. Cakes, chocolate and confectionery, crafts, plants and flowers are also on sale. www.fifefarmersmarket.co.uk
Lochgelly Lesley Donald: Water
Lochgelly Centre, Bank Street, KY5 9RD, 01592 583367, until Sat August 24. MonSat 10am–5.30pm, free. Photographs by awardwinning photographer Lesley Donald. www.lesleydonaldphotography.com
Montrose Charity Garden Opening: Dunninald Castle
Dunninald Castle and Gardens, Dunninald Castle, Dunninald, DD10 9TD, 01674 672031, until Sat August 31. Daily 1–5pm, £5 (children free). Explore a hundred-acre woodland, wild and walled garden. The garden is planted with rose borders, traditional mixed borders, vegetables, herbs, soft fruits and fruit trees. www.scotlandsgardens. org/dunninald-castle
Montrose Moth Night
Montrose Basin Visitor Centre, Rossie Braes, DD10 9TJ, 01674 676336, Fri July 26, 7–9pm, £7 (members £5; children £2.50). Learn about moths from Montrose Basin’s resident moth enthusiast, Paul. www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
North Hop x House of Dun: Exploring Angus
House Of Dun & Montrose Basin Nature Reserve, DD10 9LQ, Sat July 27 and Sun July 28, 11am–5pm, £5 (members £4; VIP £15.60; children free). North Hop teams up with the National Trust for Scotland for a day of history and fun. Expect street food, a bar area, music buskers, a craft market, and space to chill out on the grounds. www.nts.org.uk
Wild About the Basin
Montrose Basin Visitor Centre, Rossie Braes, DD10 9TJ, 01674 676336, Wed July 31, 10.30am–12pm, children £5. Hunt for the creatures that make Montrose Basin their home, with a range of children’s activities such as pond dipping, wildlife-themed arts and crafts and more. www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk
Perth Fairy Storytime
Waterstones, St John’s Centre, PH1 5UX, 01738 643478, Thu August 1, 11.30am–12.30pm, free. Fairy-themed storytelling and activities session. www.waterstones.co.uk
Icons – Flora: Mother, Migrant, Survivor
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, until Sat October 26. Tue-Sun 10am–5pm, free. Exhibition of recorded sound, texts and visuals which explore the complex life of the woman who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie ‘over the sea to Skye’. www.culturepk.org.uk
Jacobite Clans
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, until Sat October 26. Daily (not Mon) 10am–5pm, free. Major exhibition exploring the role of the Jacobites in Perthshire to coincide with the 330th anniversary of the Battle of Killiecrankie, featuring paintings, artefacts and more. www.culturepk.org.uk
Jessie Valentine
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, until Sat October 12. Tue-Sun 10am–5pm, free. Exhibition on the life and career of Perth’s ‘Fairway Maid’, whose professional success on the golf course in the 30s and 50s led to her becoming a Scottish sporting champion. www.culturepk.org.uk
Soldiers of Killiecrankie Celebration Day
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, Fri July 26, 11am–3pm, free. Commemorate the anniversary of the battle of Killiecrankie with a military display and a march filled with Jacobite troops. www.culturepk.org.uk
Ocean Colour Scene
Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ, 01738 621031, Wed July 31, 7pm, £35.75. The epitome of the Britpop/rock mod revivalist movement, the Birmingham band have nine albums under their belt and a run of hit singles. www.oceancolourscene. com
Summer Festival at the Castle
The Black Watch Castle and Museum, Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, PH1 5HR, 01738 638152, Sat July 27, 11am–3pm, free. Army life-themed summer festival, with interactive entertainment, live music, hands-on activities, crafts, tours and much more. The festival opens with a performance from the Black Watch’s famous Pipes and Drums, and will also feature an appearance by Corporal Cruachan IV, a Shetland pony. www.theblackwatch. co.uk
St Andrews Blood and Gold
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Fri July 26, 7pm, £12 (£10). In this exploration of colonialism’s legacy, Scottish-Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies weaves a tale about a dying mother bequeathing to her daughter a box containing three clues to a priceless treasure. www.byretheatre.com
VisitScotland 50th Anniversary Celebrations
VisitScotland St Andrews iCentre, 70 Market Street, KY16 9NU, 01334 472021, Fri July 26, 9.15am–6pm, free. Help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Scottish Tourist Board. Meet the makers and enjoy some flavours of Fife. Includes a free prize draw. www.visitscotland.com
St Andrews Highland Games
Station Park, KY16 9SP, 01334 476305, Sun July 28, 10.30am–5pm, £7 (£4). Watch all the cabers and stones fly across the field at one of the top Highland Games in Fife. www.standrewshighlandgames.co.uk