Laughs galore and quirky observations as Bruce Fummey explains how Scotland Made the World. This show will deliver more jokes than you’d get from the YouTube videos, and some might even make you blush, but you’ll still leave having learned about Scotland’s role in the world while you laughed. Shows in Perth, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra, ... Read more
A breakthrough exhibition which for the first time brings together the Scots, Irish, English and Welsh artists, along with their cutting-edge Continental peers, who collectively forged a new language of colour at the turn of the 20th century, at Dovecot Studios. Info: www.dovecotstudios.com
The Galloway Hoard is the richest find of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever made in Britain or Ireland. Adelaide is the first stop on a world tour of the exhibition,Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard, and it will be the very first time this precious collection of objects has ever travelled outside ... Read more
Filled with bagpipes, Highland athletics, Celtic music, dancing, a vibrant tartan parade, and thrilling Pipes and Drums performances. Info: www.mountdorascot.com
A weekend of Scottish Country Dance-an event-filled weekend of dance lessons, social dances and a ceilidh, with live music for all dancing provided by The Humuhumunukunukuapua'a and Strathspey Society Band. Info: www.rscdshawaii.org
Scottish country dance event presented by the RSCDS Edmonton Caledonian Branch at Chateau Lacombe Hotel. Info: www.rscdsedmonton.com
Winter School attracts around 150 dancers from the UK, continental Europe, North America and Australasia. Attendees enjoy a 4-star stay in the Atholl Palace Hotel, with a range of classes, social dances, tours and of course, the famous ball at Blair Castle. Info: www.rscds.org/events/winter-school-2025
Come along to the Royal Lawn (opposite the playground, Ashburton Domain) to hear pipe bands play an assortment of Scottish music; marches, strathspeys, reels, and medley selections. The local pipe band will be playing, along with bands that may visit from North Canterbury through to South Canterbury. Info: Peter MacLean: petermaclean@xtra.co.nz.