Arcadia Scotland

Summer has arrived! July events near you!

Emily Goetsch Student Services Officer

Date

July 1, 2018

We are officially into summer and things are heating up, literally and in terms of summer activities. With lots of light, warmer temperatures and the beginnings of festival season, you're guaranteed to come across fun, interesting and uniquely Scottish events. We've made a few suggestions below, but we hope you get and there and find your own adventures as well!

Happy exploring!

Aberdeen

aberdeen vegan festival

8 july, pittodrie stadium, 10:30am-4:30pm

Enjoy vegan delights!

aberdeen's blitz: Remembering 21 april 1943

12 july, aberdeen city council environmental depot, 7:30pm

Explore this tragic episode in the city's history.

aberdeen international youth festival

beginning 27 july, various venues and times

The 46th anniversary of this celebration of youth involvement in the arts.

Edinburgh

Rip it up: The story of scottish pop

Throughout july, national museum of scotland

Explore Scotland's musical culture.

Edinburgh living history at the museum of edinburgh

Saturdays throughout july, museum of Edinburgh, 2pm

Award-winning volunteers act out stories and episodes in Scottish history.

their work is not forgotten

throughout july, museum of scotland

An exhibition on Scottish suffragettes.

Glasgow

1918 Cine-variety show

14 july, panopticon music hall, 1:30 and 3:30pm

Experience the early 20th-century cine-variety show.

brick wonders

beginning 14 July, glasgow cathedral

Grand structures of the world, re-created in Lego.

Stirling bridge international arts festival

8 july, city halls, 3-6pm

An afternoon of music from around the world.

St Andrews

ne6 art exhibition

through 8 july, J&G Innes

An exhibition of works by artists from north-eastern Scotland.

A night at the musicals

6 july, byre theatre, 7:30pm

Come along for Broadway's biggest hits.

The senior open championship at the old course

26-29 july, Old Course

See some of golf's legends play the Old Course.

Stirling

A hero remembered

1 july, national wallace monument, 11am-4pm

William Wallace (or at least a re-enactor) and the monument's caretaker meet to discuss the legend of Wallace and how he's remembered.