What's On and Things To Do Around Lauder

The Fairy Godmother is looking for some help with her spells. She’ll bring magic, hope and sparkle and her Willow Fairy Den as well! Enjoy 45/50 minutes of magical fun making potions, wishes and spells. Children leave with their potions/creations and a special certificate. Suitable for ages 3+

Join the Bowhill Ranger for a guided walk around the estate. Each session will focus on a different topic ranging from biodiversity in the woodlands to wildlife watching.

Come along and try archery with Barons Folly Archers. Whether you are an expert or more of a Robin Hood wannabe, the club will ensure you have a great experience. And if you want to take up a new hobby, tuition is available. Prices from £3, suitable for ages 6+.

The Traquair Medieval Fayre is Scotland’s only authentic Medieval Fayre and is an unbeatable mix of medieval entertainment from jousting to jesters in the grounds of Scotland’s Oldest Inhabited House.

Much Ado About Nothing A unique promenade production in the grounds of Traquair celebrating their 23rd annual production. Performances are at 7.30pm each evening on Wednesday, 30th May to Saturday, 2nd June and again on Wednesday 6th to Saturday 9th June.

SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo & Finale PUCCINI Crisantemi CIMAROSA Concerto for 2 flutes MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 Duncan Ward conductor Alison Mitchell flute Brontë Hudnott flute Young British conductor Duncan Ward is one of the most exciting new figures on podiums worldwide.

Following the success of our first ever public evening opening, Restoration Café is hosting a second Steak Night. We have a delicious menu lined up for you once again using the finest British Buccleuch Beef to bring you the best possible steak experience.

Following the success of our Steak Nights, we’re opening Restoration Café for an exclusive evening with our delicious à la carte menu and one-off specials. With so much great Scottish produce around, our chefs have created a menu using the best local, seasonal ingredients and there’s a fantastic wine list to match.

We’re celebrating all things gin throughout May here in the Foodhall at Restoration Yard. With so many great Scottish gins out there we’ve stocked our Foodhall shelves with some of the country’s best artisan producers. You’ll find special tastings each weekend and gin cocktail recipe cards to take away with you.

Join the Ranger for some family-friendly foraging. Learn about some of the park’s plants and their uses in cookery, medicine and more. Booking essential. £3 per person. Pay on the day. Children must be accompanied.

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. A perfect show for all the family to enjoy!

Learn how to rescue Whales, Dolphins & Seals. British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) is a UK based marine animal rescue organisation. We have around 3,500 active volunteer Marine Mammal Medics around the UK and we are the only such specialist organisation covering England, Wales and Scotland.

7 acres of romantic planting with old fashioned roses, violas, hardy perennials, lilies, herbs, scented shrubs, and intimate garden areas flanked by woodland and river walks. Glasshouses with vines, jasmine.

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.

Hollywood comes to Holyrood on Saturday 9th June 2018 for The MoonWalk Scotland! The famous night time fundraising challenge is back with added sparkle and glamour for its 13th year. Sign up now!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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...

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.

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 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?

Can you kill an idea? Breaking the silence built around the patriarch of her family, Sònia Gardés starts a journey inside the anarchist movement of the Spanish Civil War.

Join friends from the Scots Music Group for an afternoon session of traditional songs, music, poems and stories. Held in the relaxed setting of the Storytelling Court. All welcome to listen or bring a tune for a turn!

The team at BABA – the celebrated restaurant and bar plating up a menu of bold Levantine cuisine and cocktails - is bringing an entirely new concept of dining to Edinburgh.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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 .

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!

10 acres of magnificent walled and formal gardens set above river; rose parterre, topiary, scented garden, Victorian conservatory, wild flower meadow. Extensive fruit and vegetable garden, large glasshouse with vines. 30 acres of woodland with walks. Giant lilies, meconopsis around pond garden.

Large formal gardens with walled garden and large glass house, lawns and conservatory. Woodland walk with pond garden. 11th Century Pele Tower and 14th Centuary church. Dogs on leads. Car parking available.