An immersive Folk and Dub party, Craig Hill, Pop-Up Opera and A Play, A Pie and A Pint – Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival opens its doors on its 44th Festival this May Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival presents a smorgasbord of cultural events in May, featuring an immersive music, food and drink event in… Read more »
Scotland’s largest rural performing arts Festival is back in venues across Dumfries & Galloway from 20th – 28th May 2023. For 44 years, the D&G Arts Festival has brought world-class theatre, music, dance, comedy and spoken word to the heart of communities across the region. The Festival is a celebration of local and national artists… Read more »
The Board of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival are pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Hart as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Simon Hart has over 25 years of experience as a CEO and artistic director in the performing arts sector and comes to Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival from his role as Director and… Read more »
Wonder Fools came to Dumfries and Galloway this October with their show 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War. As part of the project, Wonder Fools have created an archive of information about Scottish Volunteers for the Spanish Civil War. When this show was programmed, Wonder Fools did not have any information about the volunteers… Read more »
Did you catch the November edition of Dumfries and Galloway Life? This month’s issue featured an article on Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival’s internship programme and our new additions to our board. Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival has committed to three six-month long internship positions over a three-year basis. The three internship positions are funded… Read more »
As we have come to the end of our August to November Arts Live programme we would like to take some time to reflect on the fantastic events that we have had throughout Dumfries and Galloway this Autumn. Bush by Alice Mary Cooper Kick starting our autumn programme was Alice Mary Cooper with her fantastic… Read more »
Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival have announced Strategic & Creative Director, Melanie Purdie, is stepping down from her role. We are sad to see Melanie leave but support and understand her decision. Melanie has made the difficult decision to focus on her family and the exciting opportunities that have come her way, closer to her… Read more »
Support for Ambition: If you are an artist, venue or promoter based in Dumfries & Galloway, your event could be included in our 10 Day Arts Festival or year-round Arts Live programme. We provide support for performance events that must take place in D&G during our Arts Live Spring/Summer season (January – July 2023), or… Read more »
Are you a young musician who would love to be part of an incredible new professional touring theatre show at the Theatre Royal Dumfries this September? We are delighted to be bringing Magnetic North Theatre’s incredible new gig theatre show to the Theatre Royal Dumfries this September as part of our year-round Arts Live programme… Read more »
We are announcing our 2022 Autumn/Winter year-round Arts Live programme with incredible full scale theatre productions and outdoor performances in communities across our region. Arts Live is our year-round performance programme featuring theatre, music, dance, comedy and spoken word at the heart of communities across Dumfries & Galloway. First up in our new and exciting… Read more »
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