What's On and Things To Do Around Falkirk

Race for Life brings millions of women together to support our life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters. So which event is for you? A 5k is great for all ages. Run, jog or walk the only thing that matters is that you’re part of it.

Race for Life brings millions of women together to support our life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters. So which event is for you? A 5k is great for all ages. Run, jog or walk the only thing that matters is that you’re part of it.

Live American Wrestling action from the World Wide Wrestling League. Great fun for all the family - as seen on TV - matches to be filmed for popular YouTube show W3L Wrestling Showdown

Big Kid Circus returns with an all new show, in the year we celebrate 250 years since the creation of the modern circus. To mark this event we introduce great new ground and aerial artists from England, Ukraine, Cuba and an hilarious new Clown Papeluxo from Chile.

After the huge success of ‘Dance is Life’ in 2017, Giovanni is once again set to get your hearts beating a little faster, showcasing a story of love and passion, with even more heat, even more energy, and even more drama than ever before!

A modern and independant spiritualist church which is affiliated to the United Spiritualists and meets every tuesday at 7.30pm in The Broxburn Bowling Club, Longbyres , Station Road, Broxburn .

Join Chapterhouse Theatre Company this summer as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood make their first forays into the exciting world of Regency society.

Split Britches present an up-to-the minute topical interactive show which takes unexploded ordnances as a metaphor for the unexplored potential in us all - particularly elders – and tries to uncover it.

The Subway Helping Hearts™ Family 5K series is bouncing back for 2018 bigger and better than ever with nine runs across the UK between April and September. Children under 12 years old run for FREE and it’s only £8 per person for the rest of the family when you register online.

After the huge success of ‘Dance is Life’ in 2017, Giovanni is once again set to get your hearts beating a little faster, showcasing a story of love and passion, with even more heat, even more energy, and even more drama than ever before!

A fantastic day out for anyone interested in textiles of all kinds - embroideries, batiks, silk and cotton ikat weavings, African waxprint, Chinese indigo, Japanese kimonos, Peruvian weavings and so much more.

Live American Wrestling action from the World Wide Wrestling League. Great fun for all the family - as seen on TV - matches to be filmed for popular YouTube show W3L Wrestling Showdown

Hundreds of Land Rovers and Club Displays, Jam Packed main arena action, fun and games and evening entertainment will ensure there’s something for all the family. New products and services will be on display from the biggest names in 4x4 as exhibitors from all over the UK bring their products to your doorstep.

Big Kid Circus returns with an all new show, in the year we celebrate 250 years since the creation of the modern circus. To mark this event we introduce great new ground and aerial artists from England, Ukraine, Cuba and an hilarious new Clown Papeluxo from Chile.

HAYDN Symphony No 49 in F minor ‘La Passione’ KROMMER Concerto in E-flat for two clarinets Op. 35 WAGNER Siegfried Idyll MENDELSSOHN Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’ Stephanie Gonley violin / director Maximiliano Martín clarinet William Stafford clarinet The Scottish Chamber Orchestra return to Dunblane placing...

The Hodgetwins + No Filter. Artists performing: The Hodgetwins.: Tickets avaiable.

The City of Glasgow Chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera, together with soloist Colin Murray, perform two spectacular choral works.

This 1 day workshop will introduce participants to basic book making techniques which can be used for calligraphy and other hobbies. Each participant will be given the opportunity to produce a variety of small books and by the end of the workshop will have the skills and knowledge to make more.

Information Lecture: Help and Healing on the Spiritual Path through the teaching of Bruno Groening A lecture about spiritual healing and help through the teaching of Bruno Groening.

Enterteasement is Glasgow’s monthly Comedy Magic Burlesque show. They proudly boast a 4.7 star average customer rating and have a reputation for sell out shows. If you’re looking for something new, fun and exciting, get your tickets now while you still can Warning - tickets selling very fast!

Friday 15 June "It’s a Hoe Doon Ceilidh" in the Moray Park marquee. 7.30-11pm. tickets £5 from Doune Library. Riverside Ceilidh Band. over 18 only Saturday 16 Gala Day. Fancy Dress parade through the Main Street at 1pm on to Moray Park, Moray Street.

Ceilidh in the Moray park marquee with Riverside Ceilidh Band. Over 18’s only.

Needing no introduction to many, Alastair McDonald is one of Scotland’s favourite showbiz personalities.

As part of the West End Festival, Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir, conducted by Kirsteen Grant, present ’Tribute to Runrig’ at 7.30pm in Glasgow University Union (licenced) University Avenue, Glasgow, on the 13th June 2018.

Friday, 1st June 7.30 pm Savitri Grier, violin; Richard Uttley, piano Schubert, Poulenc and Cesar Frank Saturday, 2nd June 11,30 am East Dunbartonshire Young Musician 2018 Finalists and McOpera Chamber music by Mozart, Schumann, Britten, Purcell, Shostakovich Sunday, 3rd June 3.

Fitandhappy are delighted to be running a new fun boot camp for women in Ravelston Park. These outdoor fitness sessions are suitable for women of all ages and levels of fitness. You will be supported and encouraged at all times. Please get in touch if you would like to find out more.

Scotland’s favourite celebration of gaming is returning in June 2018 for the third year. Play Expo Glasgow features a whole host of video gaming-related treats including: Indie & modern games for PC, console & mobile Gaming tournaments & cosplay contests Retro consoles & computers Classic arcade...

Silverburn is hosting a circus-themed evening of exclusive offers and entertainment this May with its Shopping Affair event. The evening will provide the ultimate way to escape your daily routine and have an affair with your wardrobe, amongst a party circus vibe!

Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No. 1 tribute show brings alive the magic of the sixties with their tribute to over twenty five bands of that era.

Speed Dating in Edinburgh How Speed Dating in Edinburgh works When you arrive at the speed dating venue for Speed Dating in Edinburgh, you will be greeted by our friendly professional hosts.

A vibrant, evocative full-length drama about the controversial sinking of the SS Arandora Star on July 2nd, 1940, in which some 700 ’enemy aliens’, many of them Scottish-Italians, lost their lives while being transported to Canada by the British Government.

with Cav. Mary Contini After her highly successful Dear Francesca, Mary Contini writes to her other daughter, Olivia, to tell the story of her great-grandparents, the Italian shepherds who emigrated to Edinburgh and then helped to transform Britain’s food culture.

From social and energetic dances from Brittany or joyful group dances from the Basque country, to warm, exuberant Southern Italian dances or smooth couple dances from France, this series will take you on a folkdance tour of Europe!

Comedy and satire come to the fore as we celebrate the sonnets of Roma’s Giuseppe Belli in their original Romanesco; and as owersett into Scots by Auld Reekie’s Robert Garioch. With Raymond Ross & Giacomo Giuggioli.

Renowned translator and commentator, Professor Joespeh Farrell (University of Strathclyde) explores the rich contribution made by Italian-Scots to Scotland’s twentieth century cultural renaissance, in literature, music and the visual arts.

Strongminded tales of those who didn’t take no for an answer, who believed and loved so much to risk everything for their ideal. Edinburgh’s monthly storytelling night returns to its spiritual home at The Waverley Bar. With guest storyteller, Italian Scot, Diana Bertoldi.

Author of Language of My Choosing, poet and life writer, Anne Pia, explores gender, identity and language in the context of Scots-Italian families and the wider community.

Creative events and social gatherings, not least in traditional arts, need skilful compering. The host crafts the atmosphere and flow that will make the evening sing with pizazz or flag. What are the skills involved? Can we improve them, and how can we prepare ourselves to be receptive and encouraging hosts?

Content from Though This Be Madness will be shared in a daytime performance in the Storytelling Court, specifically for parents with babes in arms. How can we nurture our collective sanity?

A new series where performers interpret the material of great songwriters. Not a tribute act, but a loving celebration of wonderful songs. Beginning with one of the greatest of all, Bob Dylan, who has inspired musicians and poets for over half a century.

Pupils from Bun sgoil Taobh na Pàirce and James Gillespie’s High School perform William Hershaw’s play about about the tragic sinking off the coast of Stornoway on New Year’s Day, 1919.

To be alive is to be in perpetual change: growing, healing, learning, aging. For this exhibition, award-winning writer and doctor Gavin Francis will consider in words and iconic images some of the changes that occur across the arc of human life: from the dynamism of biochemistry that sustains life to the...

The award-winning musical improv comedy troupe are joined by new and established improvisers and sketch comedians as they present two hours of off-the-cuff scenes and original sketch comedy.

A workshop for storytellers, musicians and singers who want to interweave music and the spoken word in performance. Experienced harper and storyteller, Heather Yule takes you into this fertile territory with examples, discussion and the opportunity to reflect on your own approach, as well as try some new ideas.

A relaxed, social session of stories, songs, memories and laughter in the Storytelling Court with some of our loveliest storytellers. Come to join in, or just to listen, with friends old and new. Tea, coffee and biscuits included. Hosted by the ElderWise group.

James Gillespie’s High School S1s perform an adaptation of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. This play, performed in Gaelic, encourages audience participation of all their favourite Gaelic nursery songs from Cròileagan and Sgoil Àraich. Parents and carers are encouraged to sing along too! Guaranteed fun event for all ages!

Inspired by ancient Slavic celebrations and based on traditional songs from Eastern Europe, Rites of Summer is about passage and human relationship with nature. At midsummer, when their ancestors lit bonfires at water banks, Davno brews a cocktail of laughter and sorrow, fun and fear - an essence of summer.

Stories for fingers and stories for toes! Tales that tickle and land on your nose! Come along and enjoy some old favourites and some new. Lots of joining-in, props and toys to squish and rattle. With Ailie Finlay.

A night uncovering our favourite folk and faery scoundrels. They are vilified, feared, and hunted, but do wolves and witches deserve such a wretched reputation? Join Dougie Mackay in an enchanted evening of lesser known tales, tuned to the moon and murmuring with musings from the forest shadows.

Jean Edmiston leads a workshop about choosing stories and identity to work creatively with in times of change. Which stories do you tell, and where do you find them? Are the stories you choose suitable or appropriate for these ever changing times and for the audience you’re telling to?