Online events in Glasgow
View all the upcoming Online events taking place throughout Glasgow below or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Glasgow
Bookbug Fun Online With Glasgow Libraries
Join Glasgow Libraries online Bookbug session every Wednesday at 10am for fun songs, stories and rhymes your little ones will love!
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Weekly Online Computing Club for Kids
Check out ComputerXplorers SEScotland's online kids computing clubs, the perfect way to learn the latest technologies and develop invaluable tech skills.
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Monday Night Improv
The Stand Glasgow's award winning, fast, frantic totally improvised comedy show makes its jump online every Monday night where comedians make up comedy live and based totally on your suggestions!
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Introduction to IP: How to Identify and Protect your IP Assets
Whether it's an invention, design, brand name, literary work or a song, this session will give you the knowledge to identify the Intellectual Property assets contained within your business!
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Online Children’s Potions Class
Welcome back to wizard school to all our young witches and wizards! Join The Root of Magic for their online Potions Class from your own home!
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Merchant Voices - Online Choir Rehearsal
Merchant Voices is a community choir based in the City Halls in Glasgow's Merchant City, they are currently hosting weekly online rehearsals and would love you to join them!
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Seasonal Self-Discovery Writing Workshops
Explore how to live more intentionally and incorporate nature and the seasons into your daily life on a Seasonal Self-Discovery Writing Workshop with Debbie Innes.
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The Birthing Well Pregnancy Yoga & Hypnobirthing Classes
The Birthing Well are running relaxed and informal pregnancy yoga and hypnobirthing classes online to help you to experience a positive pregnancy and prepare for the birth of your baby!
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Les Historiettes de la Bibliothèque
Join the Alliance Française Glasgow's librarian Anaïs for some historiettes/short stories in French with your little ones!
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Platform Singers Choir - Online
Platform Glasgow's community choir, Platform Singers, is now taking place online every Friday afternoon via Zoom!
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RSNO Digital Season
The RSNO present their brand new Digital Season! Enjoy nine glorious concerts which will be filmed live for you in the RSNO's studio with COVID-19 secure measures in place!
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Clack and Yak: Online Knitting Group
Get those knitting needles out and enjoy a chat and a cuppa whilst knitting, sewing or crocheting something for yourself or family and friends with Platform Glasgow's Clack and Yak!
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Creation Station: Online Drama Workshops
Platform Glasgow's Creation Station is a weekly online drama workshop for 8-11 year olds who are interested in performance, fun and creativity!
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Lab Station: Online Drama Workshops
Platform Glasgow's Lab Station Performance Group online workshops for 12 - 16 year olds are led by professional artists and the sessions focus on drama and performance!
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Art Factory: Online Art Group
Platform Glasgow's Art Factory is an online visual arts and crafts session for adults who wish to learn to draw, paint or make things!
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Nu Gen - Online Art Group
Platform Glasgow's weekly arts group challenges teenagers to make artwork that represents their interests, exploring identity and what it’s like to be a teenager today!
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Online Music Classes
Fancy learning to play an instrument? Platform Glasgow are running weekly online Fiddle, Guitar and Drums classes for juniors and adults!
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Platform Young Company Online - Performance Workshops
Platform Young Company is a performance collective, formed out of a shared interest in contemporary performance and experimental ways of working, join them for their online sessions on Saturdays!
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Saturday Art Club at Home
Platform Glasgow's Saturday Art Club at Home is a playful and creative online art session that gives young artists the chance to draw, paint, make and get creative!
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Flowetic Dance Fitness - Feel Like A Dancer At Home!
Flowetic Glasgow classes are now online on Tuesdays and Saturdays! Dance, tone, stretch & relax... and feel like a dancer at home!
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Free Your Body, Free Your Mind - Energising Dance and Intuitive Movement Series
Join Freeself for their Free Your Body, Free Your Mind - Energising Dance and Intuitive Movement Series beginning held on Wednesdays during May!
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I’ll Be Your Mirror
As part of SMHAF 2021, filmmaker and artist Johanna Faust goes on a journey to understand her identity as a mother and an artist against a family history of bipolar disorder.
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Kundalini Yoga for Creativity and Curiosity
Join certified Kundalini Yoga, meditation and gong teacher, Carolyn McTaggart on Mondays for Creativity and Curiosity, online Kundalini Yoga sessions!
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Big Ideas To Carry In Your Pocket
Ahead of the 'Big Ideas To Carry In Your Pocket' series launch in summer 2021, a trio of Inklings authors will be coming to Aye Write to preview their work!
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Chris Leslie and John McDougall - A Balkan Journey
Join Chris Leslie and John McDougall for an illustrated talk discussing A Balkan Journey, a photographic tour through the towns and cities of post-conflict former Yugoslavia, as part of Aye Write!
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Digital event: BSL interpreted tour of Lauriston Castle
Join us for a BSL signed tour of Lauriston Castle and step back in time as you experience life in Edwardian Edinburgh!
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Helen McClory & Ruth Thomas - Prize-winning Scottish Authors
Prize-winning Scottish authors, Helen McClory and Ruth Thomas will discuss their latest books with Sara Davies as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Journeys Outside and In
Join authors Chris Dolan and Kieran Cunningham as they discuss their latest books with Vanessa Collingridge as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Live the Life - Write the Books
Novelists Peter Hain, James Brabazon and Sarah Sultoon have all used aspects of their day jobs when creating their thrillers, join them as they discuss their writing with Louise Fairbairn!
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Lived Experience
Personal experiences with mental health problems inspired each of these shorts, ranging from animation and experimental film to documentary and drama, part of SMHAF 2021.
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Louise Welsh Introduces… Crime Debuts
Louise Welsh, author of The Cutting Room amd The Plague Times Trilogy introduces some of the finest new writers in crime fiction as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Magical, Dazzling Fiction
Join autors Jenni Fagan and Irenosen Okojie as they discuss their latest work with Rodge Glass as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Mel Giedroyc
Join comedian, writer, actor and presenter Mel Giedroyc as she discusses her debut novel, The Best Things, with Gabriella Bennett as part of Aye Write 2021!
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One of the Family - Nicky Campbell
Join Nicky Campbell as he discusses his brave and moving memoir, One of the Family, with Siobhan Synnot as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Print From Home
Learn to screen print from the comfort of your own home in this four week online course, on Saturday mornings, with Print Clan!
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A Manifesto for Caring
Kirsteen Paterson is joined by Madeline Bunting and Gavin Francis as they discuss the crisis in care facing Britain as part of Aye Write 2021.
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A Reassuring Look at Mental Health
Join authors Dean Burnett and Robin Dunbar for a reassuring look at mental health as part of Aye Write 2021.
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A Time and Place to Breathe
Theresa Talbot is joined by Dr Bill Mitchell and Linda Gask as they discuss the importance of prioritising your mental health.
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Beyond Yes and No: What Next For Scotland?
Join Aye WRite's panel of politicians, cultural commentators, and writers as they wrestle with all of the big questions as part of Beyond Yes and No: What Next For Scotland?
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Chocolate Tasting - Made... in the UK Edition
Join Cassandra from Fine Flavour Tastings for an hour of chocolate tasting fun on Sunday 16th May where she'll take you through a selection of bars from right here in the UK!
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Feminism Without Borders
Zoe Venditozzi is joined by authors Mona Elthaway and Koa Beck for a discussion exploring 'Feminism Without Borders' as part of Aye Write 2021.
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Jim Carruth Introduces… Fred D’Aguiar & Kayo Chingonyi
Glasgow Makar Jim Carruth once again welcomes two poets who have not appeared at Aye Write before... Fred D’Aguiar & Kayo Chingonyi!
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Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish chaired by Janice Forsyth
Janice Forsyth will be joined by stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish as they discuss their adventure of a lifetime exploring the majesty of Scotland as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Books That Made Me... Andrew Marr
Join political journalist Andrew Marr as he shares his favourite books with Ruth Wishart as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Future Of Your Data
Sean McNamara is joined by Tracey Follows and Sam Gilbert as they dicuss 'The Future Of Your Data' as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Life and Legacy of James Baldwin
Join Robert Jones, Jnr and James Campbell as they discuss the life and legacy of James Baldwin with Zoe Venditozzi as part of Aye Write 2021.
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Certified Mail
Certified Mail, the debut film by Egyptian director Hisham Saqr, is about finding inner strength while living with mental illness, catch the UK Premier as part of SMHAF 2021.
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Dead Souls’ Vacation
Dead Souls' Vacation is an absurd, intimate slice of post-Soviet life, this documentary chronicles the relationship between a once popular Georgian musician and his elderly mother.
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Love Bound + Imogen
SMHAF are screening Love Bound and Imogen, two raw and compelling documentaries highlighting the challenges parents and families face in supporting young people with severe mental illness.
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Pint of Science
Quench your thirst for knowledge when the annual Pint of Science festival returns online between the 17th - 20th May 2021!
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‘Normal?’ Conversations
Join two conversations with artists about subjects related to mental health and 'Normality?', hosted hosted by SMHAF's Andrew Eaton-Lewis.
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Child’s Eye Muse Presents: International Museum Day
Join Child's Eye Muse on the 18th and 19th of May for International Museum Day, celebrating your favorite exhibits and museum visits!
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Communicating Confidently Online
This workshop from GCVS is all about preparation and equipping you with the tools you need to deliver and contribute to successful online meetings and events!
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Covid Conversations: Imagining New Futures in Scotland
Don't miss this exciting and interactive event hosted by the University of Strathclyde on our post-Covid future, focusing on lessons learned from the pandemic and how we can move forward.
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Curious About: Innovation
Curious About: Innovation is a three-day online science festival from Glasgow Science Centre that explores how technology & innovation are being used to solve global challenges!
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De-stress Drawing Group
Join the Drawing and Painting Studio online on Wednesday 19th May and enjoy some relaxing drawing and doodling!
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FilmMedicine
FilmMedicine, part of SMHAF, is a selection of short films which bring a fresh eye to our understanding of illnesses of the body and mind, and a visual energy to recovery or acceptance.
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Impact Summit
Held online on the 19th & 20th May, Impact Summit is an annual event that brings together some of the brightest minds of our time to discuss tackling global challenges!
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Live and Online with the Age-Friendly Academy
Live and Online with the Age-Friendly Academy is a free online event giving attendees a flavour of what the University of Strathclyde has to offer for older adults across Scotland and beyond!
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Solar Observing On a Budget
Join the Astronomical Society of Glasgow for their latest free online lecture, Solar Observing On a Budget, on Thursday 20th May!
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A Pair of Wildly Compelling Novels
Experience the wild beauty of Scotland as authors Elizabeth Reeder and Elizabeth Haynes discuss their latest novels as part of Aye Write!
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Colonastics
Part of Take Me Somewhere 2021, Colonastics invites you to clear your surroundings for a sweaty workout that decolonises your body, mind and spirit.
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Eco Tips for Your Home and Family
Nancy Birtwhistle and Jen Gale share their top eco tips for your home and your family in this special event as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Excavate: The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall
Bob Stanley and Tessa Norton discuss EXCAVATE! a vivid, definitive record - an illumination of the dark corners of the Fall's wonderful and frightening world as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Four Centuries of Murder
ES Thomson will be joined by authors Craig Russell, Robbie Morrison and SG MacLean as they discuss their latest thrillers as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Gripping, Wartime Thrillers
Authors Simon Scarrow, Jack Grimwood and Kjell Ola Dahl discuss their gripping, wartime thrillers with Jacky Collins as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Immersive, Poetic Fiction
Lee Randall is joined by authors Salena Godden and Courttia Newland as they discuss their latest work as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Kòrónà Stomp
Kòrónà Stomp, part of Take Me Somewhere, is a digital performance piece that uses photography, video, sound, texts, and GIFs to situate the viewer in a 'Covidscape'.
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Maggie O’Farrell and Kate Mosse
Zoe Venditozzi will be joined by authors Maggie O'Farrell and Kate Mosse as they discuss their latest novels as part of Aye Write 2021!
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My Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend
Nicola Meighan is joined by singer/songwriter Tracey Thorn as she discusses her book, My Rock 'n' Roll Friend, which explores 37 years of friendship between Thorn and drummer Lindy Morrison!
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Pain And I
Sarah Hopfinger presents Pain And I, a bold and intimate audio piece, exploring the complexities of chronic pain experience through autobiographical text, sound and music as part of Take Me Somewhere.
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Tales from Gaeldom’s Past: Gaelic Historical Crime Fiction
Maureen MacLeod is joined by Calum L. MacLeod and Iain F. MacLeod to discuss their new crime novels as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father’s Search for Justice
Legendary journalist Kate Adie will be joined by Dr Jim Swire and co-author Peter Biddulph as they discuss the campaign to uncover the truth behind the Lockerbie bombing.
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The Making of Pinocchio! (Digital Edition)
Take Me Somewhere present The Making of Pinocchio!, an up-close behind the scenes look at the quest to make Pinocchio the perfectly imperfect trans masc narrative of our times.
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Thrillers with a Drop of Horror
Douglas Skelton will be joined by authors Catriona Ward, Will Dean and Sarah Pearse as they discuss their latest thrillers as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Welcome Home Shuggie Bain
Winner of the coveted Man Booker Prize in 2020 for Shuggie Bain, author Douglas Stuart will join comedian and writer Janey Godley for an evening of conversation as part of Aye Write 2021!
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A Pair of Explosive Thrillers
Join SAS hero Chris Ryan and SAS: Who Dares Wins star Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham as they discuss their new thrillers as part of Aye Write 2021!
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A Renewable Energy Revolution
Susan Dalgetty is joined by Todd Westbrook and Stephen Peake as they discuss their books and the renewable energy revolution as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Deer Dancer
For Take Me Somewhere 2021, Hanna Tuulikki will re-work Deer Dancer, her solo performance for moving-image from 2019, into a live ensemble performance!
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DOCMA: Filmmaking Workshop
Come along to SMHAF 2021's DOCMA Filmmaking Workshop on Zoom where rules will be explained and roles allocated!
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Extraordinary Stories Based on Real Events
Lee Randall will be joined by authors Clare Chambers and Emma Stonex as they discuss their new books as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Fem Frequencies
Fem Frequencies is an all-female DJ event, being held on 22nd May, that is raising money for Glasgow-based sexual assault charity, SAY Women.
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Fish Out-of-Water Memoirs
Vanessa Collingridge is joined by authors Tabitha Lasley and Musa Okwonga as they discuss their memoirs as part of Aye Write 2021!
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How To Stop Fascism
What kind of world do we want to live in? And what are we going to do about it? Join author Paul Mason as he discusses these questions with Ruth Wishart as part of Aye Write 2021.
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Jump Cut - Episode #3
Multi media artist Austin Young brings together world-famous drag performance artists to form a triple deity!
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Of Birds and Men
Ali Braidwood is joined by writers Charlie Gilmour and Jonathan Meiburg as they discuss their latest books as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Rodge Glass Introduces… Fiction Debuts
The novelist and biographer Rodge Glass introduces Helen Fisher, Bryan Washington, Megan Nolan, Mateo Askaripour, Fiona Scarlett and Caleb Azumah Nelson, six vivid new voices in fiction!
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The American Way: Stories of Invasion
The American Way: Stories of Invasion is a new anthology which re-examines the history of America's interventions on foreign soil.
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Chocolate Tasting - Adventurous Inclusions: The Shallow End
Join Cassandra from Fine Flavour Tastings for an hour of chocolate tasting fun on Sunday 23rd May where she'll take you through a selection of mildly-adventurous additions to chocolate!
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Come Again
Janet Forsyth is joined by Robert Webb, author of 'How Not To Be a Boy' and star of Peep Show, as he discusses his debut novel 'Come Again' as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Finding The Mother Tree
Join world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard as she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startling truths about trees as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Finding Your Way Through Grief
Zoe Venditozzi is joined by The Reverend Richard Coles and Sasha Bates as they discuss their books which are personal accounts of how they have found their way through grief.
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Frank Gardner chaired by Ruth Wishart
Ruth Wishart is joined by BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardener as he discusses his latest thriller, Outbreak, as part of Aye Write 2021!
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Late Bloomers
Theresa Talbot is joined by writers Mike Gayle and Matt Cain as they discuss their latest books as part of Aye Write 2021!
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New Scottish Thrillers
Join Alan Gillespie, Alison Irvine and Sharon Bairden as they discuss their new thrillers with Aye Write programmer Bob McDevitt!
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Nwando Ebizie
Adrian Howells Award for Intimate Performance recipient Nwando Ebizie will develop her ideas throughout 2021, and will present this sharing at Take Me Somewhere!
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Provocative, Elemental Fiction
Mark West is joined by Diane Cook and Ewan Morrison as they discuss their latest books as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Healing Power of Nature
Join Kathleen Hart and Alexis Fleming as they discuss the healing power of nature with Frankie Burr as part of Aye Write 2021!
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The Wild Isles
Join Patrick Barkham as he discusses his book, In The Wild Isles, alongside three of his contributors, Kapka Kassabova, Esther Woolfson & Amanda Thomson!
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Writing Awards
Join us for a live online event to celebrate the winners and shortlisted entries from the SMHAF Writing Competition.
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Japanese Shodo Calligraphy - Zen Brush
Learn about Shodo calligraphy using traditional materials such Japanese sumi ink and fude brushes on washi paper on this online course from Drawing and Painting Studio!
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A Giant Dog Bed / Reclining Duet
Part of Take Me Somewhere, The Giant Dog Bed is an invitation into a practice that follows the greyhound’s ability to translate rest into power.
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Calvin & A Series of Events
Calvin Z Laing presents four new filmed works written during lockdown and performed to camera from spaces at Tramway as part of Take Me Somewhere 2021!
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#CreativeConnect Online Networking with Glasgow CAN
Join Glasgow CAN for their FREE networking event on Wednesday 26th May on Zoom, where they'll be joined by guest speaker Sarah Grant, Art Therapist and Creative Lead for SMHAF Renfrewshire!
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A Certain Value
Launched as a research project on sharing and mutualized practices, A Certain Value immerses itself in the radical, artistic and human experiences of four European collectives.
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At The Ends of the Day
Part of Take Me Somewhere 2021, At the Ends of the Day is both communal and reflective; a late night antidote to Zoom fatigue!
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Choose College Virtual Showcase
The Choose College Virtual Showcase on Wednesday 26th May will see colleges from across Scotland come together to showcase all that college has to offer!
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A Pair of Resting...
A sort of performance lecture, or maybe a loose, sticky web of 'Humanimal' experiences, observations and smells.
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A Space in Between: Repairing Breast Cancer Narratives
A Space in Between is a performative installation and panel discussion representing the lived experience of breast cancer treatment.
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Bedroom Frequencies
Bedroom Frequencies, part of Take Me Somewhere, is a biographic virtual reality experience about a young girl growing up in a strict and violent household.
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I Looked Up At The Sky And I, Imagined All Of The Stars Were My Sisters
New York based artist Keijaun Thomas presents her performance 'I Looked Up At The Sky And I, Imagined All Of The Stars Were My Sisters' as part of Take Me Somewhere 2021!
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A Heifer Would Be Needed For The Sacrifice
Picatrix-AI recalls the veiled spectacle of xenotransplantation, as it ellipses the longstanding, racialising and imperialist histories of medical experimentation and enslaved gestational labour.
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A Thousand Ways - Part One: A Phone Call
On a simple phone call, you and another audience member – nameless strangers to one another – will follow a carefully crafted set of directives.
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Digital Lecture: Working with Ian Hamilton Finlay
Robin Gillanders gives this talk on his experience working on collaborative projects with Ian Hamiton Finlay between 1994 until his death in 2006.
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Somewhere In The Unachieved
Sarah Wendt and Pascal Dufaux present Somewhere In The Unachieved (Quelque part dans l’inachevé) as part of Take Me Somewhere 2021.
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Wrapped Up In This
Mele Broomes is an award-winning choreographer and performer, don't miss her online performance of 'Wrapped Up In This' as part of Take Me Somewhere 2021.
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Chocolate Tasting - Adventurous Inclusions: The Deep End
Join Cassandra from Fine Flavour Tastings for an hour of chocolate tasting fun on Sunday 30th May where she'll take you through a selection of adventurous additions to chocolate!
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How to Reduce Plastic Packaging in Your eCommerce business
Thinking of reducing your plastic packaging? Join Small99 as they chat to Shaunak at Omvits, who have recently reduced and replaced as much of the plastic in their business possible.
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The Macbeths
This thrilling version of the iconic Scottish play will be adapted for audiences to experience at home, courtesy of the Citizens Theatre!
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Japanese and Chinese Seal Engraving: Tenkoku
Carve your very own Japanese hanko stamp to make your inei impression, learn about the different stages in the Tenkoku process and the tools used with the Drawing and Painting Studio!
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Kanji Club - Learn Japanese and Chinese Characters
Learn to read and write kanji characters in Drawing and Painting Studio's fun and inspiring online language group and discover their meanings!
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The Coming Back Out Ball
The Coming Back Out Ball, hosted by Karen Dunbar and Jamie Rea, is a glorious online celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, and intersex elders!
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Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras
Join Drawing and Painting Studio on Sunday 27th June for their Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras online workshop!
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Summer Schools at RCS
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's exciting programme of online summer schools, featuring a range of courses designed to keep you learning and creating at home, will run throughout July and August!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
In conjunction with Eastwood Park Theatre, experience Blackeyed Theatre's anticipated revival of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde with added BSL interpretation!
Jane Eyre
In conjunction with Eastwood Park Theatre, experience Blackeyed Theatre's acclaimed, fully-staged adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's timeless novel, Jane Eyre, with added BSL interpretation!
In Conversation with... Jonathan Watson
Don't miss an evening of conversation with Jonathan Watson hosted by Graham Spiers streamed live from Eastwood Park Theatre on Saturday 22nd May!
Exiles
Join author Victoria McNulty for an evocative live performance, intertwined with specially filmed segments, of her spoken word film Exiles!
Gender, Sexuality and Autism
Join the East Renfrewshire branch of the National Autistic Society as they present 'Gender, Sexuality and Autism', a talk by Dr Chloe Farahar and Annette Foster.
Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Traverse Young Writers’ Scratch Performances
Traverse is delighted to present brand new, specially created, pieces from nine Young Writers online, with performers filming in their own homes under lockdown conditions.
Edinburgh Valmiki Balagokulam Shaka
Namaste All....! Join us online for the Edinburgh Valmiki Balagokulam Shaka each Saturday!
Digital Champions: Coolest Projects
Heart of Midlothian FC's Innovation Centre presents Digital Champions: Coolest Projects for girls and boys in S1-S6 every Friday during term time.
Air and Space Exhibition
Air and Space is an online exhibition of recent paintings from artist Jill Ashforth featuring the beautiful collection Air and Space and her lyrical video poem Joy with the music of Max Richter.
Scottish Music Classes
The Scots Music Group is running its spring/summer term online! Check out the full list of weekly classes starting in April and available through Zoom!
Doctors, Patients and The Physical Examination
Surgeons Hall Museums are delighted to offer this specialist short with Curator Jim Edmonson.
Potted Pathology: The Complete Collection
The Surgeons Hall Museums popular Potted Pathology collection in now available to enjoy at your leisure as a complete series!
Producer: Proper Job, Honest!
This two hour, taster workshop from the CGO Institute is aimed at aspiring creative producers of the future. It will guide participants through the different pathways into a career in producing.
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Where Rivers Meet
Filmed in the heart of 12th Century Edinburgh, St. Giles Cathedral provides the unique canvas for a new collaboration between the SNJO and Russian painter Maria Rud.
Family Craft: It’s a Bird’s Life
Learn about some of our feathered friends and explore a variety of projects celebrating the resident Lauriston Castle birds!
Edinburgh U3a hears how Scotland is healthy, wealthy and wise by 2070
Imagine a thriving and prosperous Scotland in just 50 years’ time. The ways to achieve this are what co-authors Hillary Sillitto and Ian Godden will reveal on Wednesday 19 May.
Lecture: Roaring Sound: The Instruments of the Jazz Era
This talk will give a brief introduction of jazz as a style of music and explore the different instruments played in a typical jazz band of the 1920s.
Family Craft: Fantasy Castles
Explore the secret and hidden rooms of Lauriston Castle then create your own 3D Castle using special papers and paints!
Islander
Eilidh stares out to sea and dreams of a new life beyond her lonely island. Myth and reality collide when the tide washes a mysterious stranger onto her beach, changing her life forever.
Removed
Removed is a moving and shocking insight into the experiences of Adam, a young man sharing his story of living within the state care system.
The Super Special Disability Roadshow
What’s it like to be disabled in 2021? This hilarious, energising, multi-media show looks at how we talk about disability today.
These Bite! What Our Teeth Are and What We Have Done To Them
Join Surgeons Hall Museums Human Remains Conservator Cat Irving for this course of two workshops exploring human teeth.
Digital Lecture: The Brave New World of Edwardian Book Illustration and Design
Join Jonathan Wild, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, for this talk on the design and illustration of books during the Edwardian period.
Health Click
Health Click is an online charity fitness event that will include a variety of fun classes and educational mindfulness talks to help kick start your health journey after lockdown!
Saining and Scottish Folklore Online Workshop
Discover traditional Scottish folk magic practices and plant lore dating back to our early ancestors – plus some modern botany and geology at this online workshop run by The Edinburgh Remakery!
A Piece of You
A Piece of You is a live intimate and interactive performance for children and their families; a private concert for just one household.
Digital Event: Curator’s Tour - Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s
Dr Helen Scott, Curator of Fine Art, provides a tour of the exhibition Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s.
Family Portrait
With humour and candour, this work shares an honest depiction of what family really is - responsibility, joy, balance, intimacy and, most of all, love.
The University of Wonder & Imagination
The University of Wonder & Imagination is now enrolling students of all ages and magical abilities.
Living Room Performances: Live Online Music & Dance Showcase
Living Room Performances #3 returns on 29th May. With it's one of a kind live performance showcase it brings something unique and special to your living rooms!
Lock Up
LOCK UP is a top-secret adventure, where our team of experienced operatives will make contact and test you and your family in a series of challenges...
Potato Needs a Bath
Meet Maris Piper and her fruit and vegetable friends in this colourful combination of live and pre-recorded performance!
White: The Film
Welcome to the world of White until one day colour arrives and everything changes. This is a magical, highly visual show for 4 - 6 year olds.
Marine Fest 2021
Explore the wonders of Scotland’s marine environment at the first ever Marine Fest hosted by the Scottish Seabird Centre!
Digital Lecture: The Four Seasons in Full Sail: A Year in the Garden at Little Sparta
The garden at Little Sparta is Ian Hamilton Finlay’s greatest work of art. In this talk George Gilliland, Head Gardener at Little Sparta, gives a brief description of its themes, content & planting.
4-Week Online Wardrobe Surgery
Join The Edinburgh Remakery's 4-week Wardrobe Surgery course and learn practical ways to modify and upcycle the clothes you have, so you don’t have to buy new!
Digital Lecture: Patrick Geddes’ Evergreen and Charles Mackie
Murdo Macdonald gives this talk on Patrick Geddes’ Evergreen and Charles Mackie on Thursday 3rd June.
Family Craft: Celebrate World Oceans Day
Come along to a family class and make a variety of projects celebrating the magic of the sea!
Information Lecture:: A natural Path to health for body and soul through the teaching of Bruno Groening
This online lecture, on 5th June, is about a natural Path to health for body and soul through the teaching of Bruno Groening.
Mixed Up
Mixed Up the film is an energetic, colourful, and creative expression of hip-hop dance and street art, filmed outside in Edinburgh.
Digital Event: Costumed Performance: Supporting the War Effort
It's the year 1916 with Mr and Mrs Reid planning a major event to raise money to support the conduct of the war. Eavesdrop on their discussions in which they use the most “modern technology".
Be it Ever So Toxic- There’s No Place Like Home
Join Surgeons Hall Museums Research Fellow Professor Donaldson as he explores the history of the use of deadly toxins in domestic life!
Digital Event: Descriptive Tour for Visually Impaired Visitors to Lauriston Castle
Join artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb for a tour specifically designed for visually impaired visitors around fascinating Lauriston Castle.
Digital Event: Family Craft: Pirate Treasure Hunt
Ahoy me hearties! Make and decorate your own pirate treasure chest at this digital event on 20th June!
Digital Lecture: Leith 2020 - Leith Theatre Past Present and Future
The joint speakers will outline the chequered history of Leith Theatre, where it is now and where it might go in the future.
Digital Lecture: From Lauriston Castle to Leith: In Pictures
Take a walk with Scran by meandering from Laursiton Castle to Trinity House in Leith - finding our way by using aerial photography, old maps and archive images.
Digital Lecture: Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light
This lecture will set Charles H. Mackie’s art in the context of his life. His Scottish artistic roots underpinned his engagement with French art and continental ideas.
Digital Event: Adult Creative Workshop - Messages and Ships
In this Adult Creative Workshop, explore the silhouettes of ships in Ian Hamilton Finlay’s work and create unique collages using layering and simple printmaking.
Digital Exhibition Tour: Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light
This tour will focus on key aspects of Charles H. Mackie’s development as an artist, highlighting his range and versatility in oil, watercolour and print.
Digital Event: Adult Creative Workshop: Poetic Maritime Prints
Explore angular mark-making, experiment using block printing colours, mixing inks and layering to create a lino-print inspired by the maritime theme within Ian Hamitlon Finlay's work!
Digital Event: Adult Craft Workshop - Romantic Victorian Florals
Explore the use of rich colour, light and shadow in Charles Hodge Mackie's paintings and incorporate these into a seasonal block printed Victorian-inspired botanical embroidery.
Digital Lecture: With the Royal Scots in Gallipoli
This lecture explores the journey of The Dardenelles - Edinburgh's Royal Scots Territorials - who were the first waves of the seaborne offensive that aimed to end WW1.
Digital Lecture: Playing with the Past
What can Archaeology tell us about the world’s most popular sport? Archaeology Scotland will discuss some of its and others recent work on the archaeology and history of Football.
Digital Event: Adult Craft - Linocut Printing
Explore ways of creating striking images by cutting into linoleum, and inking with colour to produce bold and dramatic prints.
Digital Event: Family Craft – Stained Glass Windows
Come along to this family drop in session with artist Claudia Miller and create your own faux stained-glass picture to hang in the window at home!
Digital Event: Family Craft – Tea Party Garland Decoration
Make your own tea party garland at home, the perfect decoration for a sunny day garden picnic!
Digital Event: BSL Interpreted Tour of Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light
Join us for a tour of our Charles H. Mackie exhibition which will have a BSL interpreter.
Digital Lecture: Murder, Power and … Pineapples?
Come along for a talk from archaeologist Doug Rocks-Macqueen about recent excavations of pineries in the Lothians and Falkirk!
Digital Lecture: Playing Cricket with the Nabis: Charles H. Mackie’s French Connections
This lecture given by Belinda Thomson, Honorary Professor in art history at the University of Edinburgh, examines the influences of French Art in the work of Charles H. Mackie.
Digital event: Descriptive tour for Visually Impaired Visitors of Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light
Join artist Tessa Asquith-Lamb for a tour specifically designed for visually impaired visitors focusing on the Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light exhibition!
Events in Fife
Bookbug Online Group Session
These weekly online Bookbug sessions are fun for little ones aged 0-4 and their grownups, using Zoom.
Virtual Death Cafe
Held across the UK, Death Cafés are welcoming, safe and friendly meetings for people, often strangers, to openly discuss something that affects us all.
OnFife Comedy Café Online!
Needing a bit of humour? We have the perfect solution! How about attending an OnFife comedy night - with a little twist, as it will be online!
Crail Food Festival
Crail Food Festival is back on the menu from 4th-6th June 2021 with a programme of virtual and live events, a new shop and friends scheme.
Anstruther Harbour Festival
The Anstruther Harbour Festival returns in 2021 with a host of great events - don't miss it!
Events in Lanarkshire
Pain Association Scotland - Self Management for People Living with Chronic Pain
Pain Association Scotland run professionally-led monthly groups across Lanarkshire for people living with all forms of chronic pain.
Sunday & Wednesday Worship Services
St Andrew's Parish Church and Livingstone Memorial Parish Church in Blantyre invite you to join them on Sundays and Wednesdays for their live stream worship services.
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Open Book & Paisley Library Shared Reading Group
Join Open Book and Paisley Library for an hour of shared reading on Wednesday mornings!
All for One ACCORD Online Art Exhibition
All for One ACCORD is an online art exhibition being held between the 12th April and 31st May with all work being donated by some wonderful and generous artists!
Renfrewshire Business Network - May Meeting
Increase your business contacts and grow your network at the next Renfrewshire Business Network meeting which is being held online on Friday 28th May.
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Online Full Moon Circle
Join Natasha for her monthly full moon class and learn about the different cycles & energies of the moon to set intentions, release what no longer serves you and manifest the life you want.
Events in Other Areas
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