Arcadia Scotland

Spring is just around the corner! Here are a few recommendations to help you welcome the longer days and Spring flowers! 

Aberdeen

Food & Farmhouse Experience

Every Sunday, 2pm, £16 (book in advance)

Get up close and personal with Highland Cows!

Ceilidh

Music Hall,10 March, 8pm, £12.50/9.50

Test out your dancing in preparation for the Arcadia Ceilidh (13 March).

Aberdeen Jazz Festival

21-31 March, Various Times & Costs

Experience an array of jazz from around the world!

Edinburgh

Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found

1 March, 7:30, £12

Enjoy the event described as a “memory of the forgotten influence of India on the Celtic soul.”

Robert Blomfield: Edinburgh Street Photography

City Art Centre, Until 17 March, Free

See what Edinburgh looked like in the 50s, 60, and 70s with this street photography exhibition. 

Women of Independence

14/18/25/17 March, 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2pm & 3pm, Edinburgh Castle Included in normal admission (Free with Membership!)

Hear about the women fighting for Scottish Independence alongside Robert the Bruce.

Edinburgh Yarn Fest

22 and 23 March, £15 at the door, 11-5, Corn Exchange

Experience the range of local and British wool, from hand-dyed yarn to wool producers and makers.  

St Andrews

Woody Guthrie and ‘Old Man Trump’

School II, Salvator’s Quad, 6 March, 7pm

Word and song performance of recently discovered Woody Guthrie’s works about the racism of Fred Trump, Donald Trump’s father.

StAnza Festival

6-10 March, Various Times and Costs

Sample a range of spoken word and poetry events, with artists and authors from all over the world.  

Stirling

DISTIL: Hands Up for Trad

Tolbooth, 29 March, £10

Enjoy traditional Scottish music from some of the leading composers and musicians.

In the Footsteps of John Muir

Stirling Castle, Daily, 9.30am to 5pm until March 31st, included with admission (free for Historic Scotland members)

Experience the life and legacy of John Muir through a series of photographs reflecting the places most connected to his life.

Building a National Icon: The National Wallace Monument, Past, Present and Future

National Wallace Monument, Thursday, 21st March, 6:30, £5

Learn about what it takes to make and maintain such an iconic site.