Region: Dumfries

Tom McGuire and the Brassholes plus support

Closeburn Rocks X Up Yer Airts Presents: Tom McGuire and the Brassholes Tom McGuire & the Brassholes are a funk soul powerhouse from Glasgow. Combining rich arrangements with meticulous songcraft and untouchable in live performance, the band is carving a niche of their own. The band formed busking on the streets of Glasgow and made… Read more »

Conference 25

Join us for an unforgettable experience on 15th May 2025. DG Unlimited and the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival have joined forces and are thrilled to present Conference 25 together. We are bringing you a day filled with engaging, entertaining and interactive events celebrating the best of performing and visual arts and crafts in the… Read more »

A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Goodbye Dreamland Bowlarama

The famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint is BACK! A lonely young woman, forced to leave her dream job at the Bowlarama, moves to Dundee in search of community. From the team behind Pushin’ Thirty, Goodbye Dreamland Bowlarama is a fish-out-of water comedy with original songs exploring grief and generational trauma. All tickets… Read more »

The Kelton Hill Fair

Wonder Fools in association with Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival presents… “This place. Here, now. It requires you to suspend your disbelief…” Teenager Flora is on the run. Defiant but desperately alone, until she stumbles upon a mysterious fair run by the legendary Billy Marshall. Everyone says he’s “like 200 years old”. But that’s impossible. Isn’t it?… Read more »

DOROTHÉE PULLINGER DESIGNER OF THE FIRST CAR FOR WOMEN

DOROTHÉE PULLINGER DESIGNER OF THE FIRST CAR FOR WOMEN   A Drama with Live Music   Dorothée dreamed of becoming an automobile engineer.  In 1914, she applied to join the Institution of Automobile Engineers, but was told “the word person means a man”.   At aged 22, she became Lady Superintendent of Vickers Munitions factory… Read more »

Chrys Salt and Richard Ingham present Weavers of Grass

In a multi-media performance award winning poet Chrys Salt and acclaimed saxophone player Richard Ingham explore the fascinating stories of Angus MacPhee and Ötzi the Iceman – two weavers of grass separated by 5000 years. Angus MacPhee, a crofter from South Uist  went off to war in 1939, fell ill with a form of schizophrenia… Read more »

A Play, A Pie and A Pint ROOST By Laurie Motherwell

  All tickets include a pie plus a drink (alcoholic or soft). “Just a fantastic concept ” The Guardian A heartful play about pigeons, home and the power of hobbies, inspired by Glasgow’s doo-men.  When social worker Hana has to deliberate upon Bingo’s case for the custody of his daughter, his unusual hobby as a… Read more »

VALTOS Supported By Dlù & Tiderays with UP YER AIRTS

Three great bands appearing only at the newly reopened Loreburn Hall! VALTOS: Valtos are Skye natives Daniel Docherty and Martyn MacDonald, and they have taken the Trad and Electronic music worlds by storm. Since their debut shows in December 2021, they have captivated audiences at festivals and sold-out venues nationwide. Their music has been described… Read more »

45th Festival Celebration

Join us at our celebratory Concert to mark 45 years of the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival with a variety of performances from some of the incredible local artists who have played a pivotal role both in our festival and in creating a thriving and vibrant performing arts industry across the region over the past… Read more »