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2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.


Dates are: 22nd - 30th May 2009


Please take a look at our 2009 programme of events by clicking on the Events Diary as we are updating all the time. 


Press releases and more information can be found on the DG Arts Blog


Some of the artists appearing during the Festival week in 2009:


Drama/Music:

World Premiere -
Of a' the Airts - Robert Burns the Dumfries Years.
Music provided by Rod Paterson
Lionel McLelland and Gill Bowman


Music:

Emma Johnson clarinet, Pascal Roge Piano

Solstice String Quartet
Jamie Campbell - First Violin
Nicholas Shardlow - Second Violin
Meghan Cassidy - Viola
Gregor Riddell - Cello


Homecoming - an evening of Michael MacKinnon  Bass Baritone and Jung SooYun Tenor


Drama:

Scottish Touring Premiere of - Sister Queens
Play on Words Theatre

Mike Maran in Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Moll Flanders by Brute Farce Theatre
25th May in Moffat, 26th May in Langholm PLEASE NOTE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE 27TH MAY PERFORMANCE TO: Birchvale Theatre, Southwick Road, Dalbeattie DG5 4AR


Jazz:

Quattro MacJazz

Swinging Supper with Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Quartet


The Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival is a wholly independent charitable company limited by guarantee, which works in partnership with local organisations and communities in the delivery of the annual Festival programme.

 


Honorary Patron:
Her Grace The Dowager Duchess
of Buccleuch and Queensberry

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Highlights for 2009

Music provided by Rod Paterson, Lionel McLelland and Gill Bowman - World Premiere - Of a' the Airts - Robert Burns, the Dumfries Years (e.1)
22 May 2009
Theatre Royal, Shakespeare Street, Dumfries DG1 2JH

Entering into the lease of Ellisland on 25th May 1788 marked Burns' move from his native Ayrshire to Dumfries and the beginning of his most prolific p ...More


Play on Words Theatre. Written and performed by Miriam Cooper - Scottish Touring Premiere of Sister Queens (e.2)
22 May 2009
Dundrennan Village Hall, Dundrennan.

sister-queens-miriam-cooper-160_3.jpg Was the Death of one the only answer? This is the Scottish touring premiere of Sister Queens, a one woman performance originally produced for the Nat ...More


- Emma Johnson Clarinet and Pascal Roge Piano (e.7)
24 May 2009
St. George's Church, 50 George Street, Dumfries DG1 1EJ

emma-johnson-pascal-roge.jpg The Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival is delighted to present Emma Johnson and Pascal Rogé, two internationally acclaimed soloists as they come toge ...More

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