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HOLLYWOOD Live, with Francis Kelly, a night of swing and rat-pack In aid of the Scottish liver transplant unit, Edinburgh

Paisley’s only symphony orchestra presents an evening of well-known classics: Leonard Bernstein: Overture ‘Candide’ Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 Kester Clark: Three Orchestral Dances on the Highland Midge Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95 (‘From the New World’) Conductor:

Silverburn, Glasgow’s leading shopping and leisure destination, will host a brand-new fashion and beauty event, The Art of Style. Combining free beauty makeovers, live pop-up catwalks and fashion sculptures, shoppers will be invited to enjoy the latest trends with an art exhibition twist.

The park is Glasgow’s largest park and the only Country Park within Glasgow. Its extensive woodlands and gardens provide a quiet sanctuary for both visitors and wildlife. The park is rich in rural history formerly being part of the Old Pollok Estate and ancestral home to the Maxwell Family.

A Dose of Blushes tells the tales of the Women’s Samaritan Hospital in Glasgow. Based on true stories the play follows the lives of 3 women Winnie, Maggie and Aggie as they flip through the Womans Own. Hysterical about hysterectomy,poignant about "periods" in their lives from girls to wives.

A care home in East Kilbride is inviting local people to join in its celebrations for Care Home Open Day. On Saturday 21st April, from 2pm-4.30pm, the team at Cathkin House care home on Glasgow Road will be opening the doors to the care home for a free family-friendly event.

Fast & Furious Live!: Tickets avaiable.

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

Glasgow Speed Dating How speed dating in Glasgow works A great event to go to is Speed Dating in Glasgow. How it works is our friendly professional hosts will greet you and they will settle you in by briefly explaining the format of the Speed Dating evening.

The franchise industry is booming in Scotland, with the British Franchise Association (bfa) predicting that the sector will be worth £1bn by 2020.

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith Presents Kenny Wheeler’s ’Sweet Sister Suite’ featuring guest soloists Laura Jurd (trumpet) and Irini Arabatzi (voice) and The Music of Mary Lou Williams featuring Brian Kellock (piano) Sweet Sister Suite was specially

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. A perfect show for all the family to enjoy!

CLARE HAMMOND, piano Haydn Fantasia in C major, Hob XVII: 4 Schubert 4 Impromptus, D899 Szymanowski Métopes: L’Isle des Sirènes & Calypso Malcolm Hayes Purgatorio Chopin Études, Op 25 Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award in 2015, Clare Hammond has been acclaimed as a rising star by BBC

As they mark their 50th anniversary with another tour, the Tannahill Weavers remain one of Scotland’s premier tradional bands. This dynamic quartet plays Scottish music at its best. The band’s potent mixture of tradional ballads and fiery instrumentals leaves their audiences spellbound.

Bon Giovi are the world’s premier look alike and sound alike tribute to the New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi.

Starcatchers and Hazel Darwin Clements presents The Attic - Grandma and Lucy are up in the attic where all the memories are stored. Hidden in dusty containers at the top of the house, they have been waiting a long time to come out and play. Come up the stairs, blow away the cobwebs and peek into the boxes.

This highly acclaimed concert-style production continues to captivate audiences across the UK with its spectacular re-creation of The Carpenters’ timeless repertoire of music.

Wheather you’re a Soul Man, a Natural Woman or just a plain old Sex Machine... Entertainers is delighted to bring the smash hit spectacular Soul Legends to Lanark memorial Hall!

This is your chance to get back to basics, firstly try your hand at lighting a fire, with no match in sight. Once your fire is roaring make your own charcoal to then create your own natural art work.

A chance for families to combine a healthy stroll whilst learning about the wonderful surroundings of Drumlanrig Castle and the wider Estate. Pick up an I Spy activity sheet from the Gift Shop and match all the pictures to the real thing in the historic Drumlanrig stableyard.

Join the Ranger’s during our drop in session at the playground to make some awesome grass head monsters that you can take home and watch their grass hair grow! 50p Per Monster.

Budding Rangers are invited to accept our fantastic den building challenge. Under the expert supervision of our talented Rangers, can you build a sturdy den using only materials that the glorious woodlands surrounding Drumlanrig Castle provide you with?

Back for the third consecutive year, Gig in the Goil is set to be bigger and better than ever before. The brainchild of award winning holiday park operator Argyll Holidays, the boutique festival will showcase the very best of Scottish musical talent over three days (11 to 13 May) for what will be a fantastic weekend...

A care home in Falkirk is inviting local people to join in its celebrations for Care Home Open Day. On Saturday 21st April, from 10am-3pm, the team at Caledonian Court on Victoria Road will be opening the doors to the care home for a free family-friendly event.

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. A perfect show for all the family to enjoy!

Join us for our weekly open mic or open mike (derived from the expression "open microphone") night. This is a live show in Craft Hotel Bar where audience members who are amateur performers or professionals and want to try out new material or plug an upcoming show are given the opportunity to perform live in the bar.

Our Monthly spoken word event. Are you an author, poet or playwright looking to practice public speaking, discuss your work or the pieces that inspired you. This is the event for you.

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 theatre company decides to stage a new production of Hamlet - fronted by a TV soap star and backed by a cast of second rate hams. Tragically at the last night party, Ruby a renowned reveler is found dead. We join the story 1 year later.

Run, jog or walk. Raise £200 or £10. THIS IS BEATING CANCER. Sign up for Race for Life RIGHT NOW. Race for Life brings millions of women together to support Cancer Research UK’s life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters.

Every Wednesday at 1.30pm until the end of October 2018 Discover what makes the ancient landscape of Kilmartin Glen so unique by joining our knowledgeable volunteer guides on a guided glen walk. Walks are free, just sign up at the Museum shop on the day.

Badapple Theatre Company is celebrating 20 years on the road and to mark the milestone, it is re-presenting the first show the Company ever toured with. ’Amy Johnson’ will tour nationally starting in Yorkshire, travelling down through the Midlands, Surrey, Gloucestershire and finally Somerset.

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 .

Run, jog or walk. Raise £200 or £10. THIS IS BEATING CANCER. Sign up for Race for Life RIGHT NOW. Race for Life brings millions of women together to support Cancer Research UK’s life-saving research. Just by signing up you’ll make a difference and whether you raise £10 or £200, every penny matters.

Take part in Scotland’s largest antiques event. Quality vintage clothing and accessories, jewellery, ceramics, collectables, Art Deco items, pens, walking sticks and much more awaits. ATM machine on the showground, on site catering in the hall and free car parking.

An exhibition of limited edition prints by established landscape artist Minette Bell Macdonald. The exhibition depicts beautiful scenes of the Solway and its changing light and moods.

Ellis O’Connor is a Contemporary Landscape Artist living on the Outer Hebridean island of North Uist in Scotland.

Angela Alexander Lloyd is our Artist in Residence. ’Artful Migration’ is a pilot residency programme developed with Upland, Moving Souls Dance and WWT. Angela’s exhibition, ’Faileas’ is the culmination of her research on climate change and whooper swans wintering at WWT Caerlaverock.

Try before you buy the latest binoculars and telescopes from the huge range available today. In Focus experts are on hand all day to give advice. WWT Caerlaverock benefits from every sale.

Take the opportunity to go on an early morning walk with an experienced warden, who will help identify a number of different warblers by their songs and calls. Learn the differences between willow warblers, chiffchaffs, black caps, garden warblers and sedge warblers.

Sit in our cosy yurt and listen to a nature related story told by one of our engaging storytellers. Then take a short walk around the reserve to look for some wildlife!

Discover the wildlife that emerges after dark, on our walking safari around the reserve. We may encounter wildlife such as badgers, moths, hares, owls or otters!

Lower Than Atlantis. Artists performing: Lower Than Atlantis.: Tickets avaiable.

Returning to Edinburgh in May to continue their 2018 Scottish season at St Giles’ Cathedral, the London Concertante will be performing two hallmark works of the Baroque era: J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 & 5.

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO) directed by Tommy Smith Presents Kenny Wheeler’s ’Sweet Sister Suite’ featuring guest soloists Laura Jurd (trumpet) and Irini Arabatzi (voice) and The Music of Mary Lou Williams featuring Brian Kellock (piano) Sweet Sister Suite was specially

A varied double bill: First up - A contemporary one-act version of Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, presenting the tragic Greek story of the man who killed his father, married his mother and suffered the consequences of his self-inflicted punishment.

In the 1950s, American ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax conducted field recordings of Scots and Gaelic song. Now Interrobang, composer Paul Walker, and award-winning guests Stuart A.

Festivals seem to flourish, CDs still pour from the pressing plants, musicians are fizzing with ideas and skill. All seems to be well in the trad scene today, but what is the reality for musicians, promoters and venues? Are there enough gigs? Has the folk club had its day? What do audiences want?

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.

Following on from the daytime Trad Talk event, Pete Coe leads an evening of narrative folk songs, rooted in English traditions. He sings and plays classic ballads, historical broadsides, rural yarns, travellers’ tales, songs of love and loss and industrial protest.