EVENTS
By Month * Year-Round * Competitions * Photography Courses
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Do
you know about an event or competition or photography course or place
of photographic interest?
Please send your ideas and events information to deb@midcaldercameraclub.org.uk.
Include the following information:
- date
- name of the event
- location
- short description
- website address
| Date | Event | Location | Link | ||||||
| January | |||||||||
| Jan | Knockhill Racing - Speed Sunday | Knockhill, Perth & Kinross | Knockhill Racing | ||||||
| February | |||||||||
| Feb 1 - March 16, 2008 | Scottish Snowdrop Festival | Dawyck Botanic Garden and 60 other gardens in Scotland. | Visit Scotland and Dawyck Botanic Garden | ||||||
| March | |||||||||
| March 2008 onwards | Harley
Davidson Ride Outs by Clyde Valley HOG |
Throughout Scotland | C V HOG | ||||||
| March 23, 2008 | Hawick Reiver's Festival | Hawick, Scottish Borders | Border Events | ||||||
| March 18, 2008 | Photovision Roadshow | Murrayfield Rugby Stadium, Edinburgh | Forward
Events Photovision Registration |
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| March 21 - April 13, 2008 | Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival | Dumfries & Galloway | Wildlife Festival | ||||||
| April | |||||||||
| April 3, 2008 | Army
Cadets Musical Spectacle Eighty young pipers and drummers will perform a full Beating of Retreat. Free admission. |
Edinburgh Castle Esplanade. | Contact Fred. | ||||||
| April 12 | Spring Railway Trip & Walks | Kineil House Grounds/Antonine Wall | Linlithgow Ranger Event | ||||||
| April 19 & 20, 2008 | Dundee Spring Garden Show | Dundee Ice Arena | Dundee Spring Garden Show | ||||||
| April 26 & 27, 2008 | Diesel Gala - Bo'Ness & Kinneil Railway | Bo'ness, Falkirk - Wormit station building (south end of Tay Bridge). Special timetable and fare. | Bo'Ness & Kinneil Railway | ||||||
| April 30, 2008 | Beltane Fire Festival | Edinburgh [Download Map] | Beltane Fire Society | ||||||
| May | |||||||||
| May 3, 2008 | Burgh Beautiful Fun Dog Show | Linlithgow Palace, 1.30 pm | Linlithgow Ranger Event | ||||||
| May 3 & 4, 2008 | Central Scotland Horse Trials | Scone
Palace, Perthshire 08.00 hrs – 18.00 hrs |
CSHT | ||||||
| May 4, 2008 | Classic Car Show | National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride | National Museum of Rural Life | ||||||
| May 4, 2008 | BUPA Great Edinburgh Run | The Meadows, Edinburgh | Great Run | ||||||
| May 11, 2008 | Song for a Spring Morning | Linlithgow Palace, 6.00 am | Linlithgow Ranger Event | ||||||
| May 10 & 11, 2008 | Scottish Traction Engine Society | Steam in the Park event at the Balado Activity Centre.Contact smokie767@aol.com and 01241 434 600. Click here for Photos. | Scottish Traction Engine Society | ||||||
| May 10 & 11, 2008 | Steam in the Park 2007 | See above. | See above | ||||||
| May 10 - June 8, 2008 | Bluebell Festival | David Marshall Lodge Visitor Centre Achray Forest Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Stirling. | Bluebell Festival | ||||||
| May 10 & 11, 2008 | Motorfair & the Scottish Motor Show | Knockhill, Perth & Kinross | Knockhill Racing | ||||||
| May 11, 2008 | Ayrshire Classics Car Club | Dean Castle Classic Vehicle Show, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire | Dean Castle | ||||||
| May 11, 2008 | Lothian & Borders Classic & Vintage Motorcycle Club – Peebles Show | Drill Hall, Peebles | SVVF | ||||||
| May 17 & 18, 2008 | Border Vintage Agricultural Association's auction & car boot sale (Saturday) and rally (Sunday only). | Springwood Park, Kelso from 12 noon. | BVAA | ||||||
| May 18, 2008 | Scottish Vintage Bus Museum - Bus Running Day | Lathalmond by Dunfermline, Fife | SVBM | ||||||
| May 23 - 25, 2008 | Jim Clark Rally | Jim Clark Rally, Edinburgh | Contact Ian G. for more details. | ||||||
| May 24, 2008 | *Official
Photographers*
Avant Gardens Festival |
New Hopetoun Gardens at 12 noon | New Hopetoun Gardens | ||||||
May 24 - 25, 2008 |
Traquair
House Medival Fayr Demonstrations and displays of ancient skills and crafts and battle re-enactments, early music, archery, and falconry. |
Innerleithen, Peeblesshire | Traquair House | ||||||
| May 25, 2008 | Edinburgh Marathon | Edinburgh | Edinburgh Marathon | ||||||
| May 29, 2008 onwards | Osprey Watch Centres | Places to view nesting ospreys. | Forestry Commission | ||||||
| June | |||||||||
| *Recent
Entry* June to September, 2008 (See website for dates) |
Photography Exhibitions - Vanity Fair Portraits (1913 to 2008) and Foto (Modernity in Central Europe 1918 to 1945). | Vanity Fair Portraits at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Foto at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. | National Galleries | ||||||
| June 1, 2008 | Mid Calder Camera Club Gala Day Exhibition | Institute Hall starting at 11 am. | Contact Steve C.for further information. | ||||||
| May 30 - June 1, 2008 | *Official
Photographers*
Gardening
Scotland |
Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh | Gardening Scotland | ||||||
| June 8, 2008 | Butterfly Day & Big Bug Hunt | Linlithgow Palace, 1.00 pm | Linlithgow Ranger Event | ||||||
| June
12, 2008 (Lanark Day) June 8 - 14, 2008 (Lanark Week) |
Lanark
Lanimers Day - A
12th century "examination of the boundary stones" that has turned into a week long festival. |
Lanark | Lanark Lanimers | ||||||
| June | Cycling Races | Meadowbank Sports Centre | Contact Fred. | ||||||
| June 14 & 15, 2008 | TREEFEST & Wood Market | Inverleith Park, Arboretum Place, Edinburgh | Edinburgh Treefest | ||||||
| June 15, 2008 | Festival of Historic Transport | Dunfermline Fire Station | FHVC | ||||||
| June 19 - 22, 2008 | Royal Highland Show | Edinburgh | Royal Highland Show | ||||||
| June or July | British Superbike Championships | Tayside & Central | Events Scotland | ||||||
| June 21 - 22, 2008 | Scottish Traditional Boat Festival | Portsoy on the Banffshire Coast | Scottish Boat Festival | ||||||
| June 27, 2008 | Round Britain Boat Race | South Queensferry | Queensferry Gazette | ||||||
| July | |||||||||
| July 4 - 6, 2008 | The Game Conservancy Scottish Fair | Scone Palace, Perthshire | The
Scottish Fair and Scone Palace |
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| July 12 - 13, 2008 | Scottish Transport Extravaganza | Glamis Castle, Forfar | Glamis Castle | ||||||
| *Recent
Entry* July 13, 2008 |
Falconry Presentation | Linlithgow
Palace |
Historic Scotland | ||||||
| July 19 - 20, 2008 | Highlander World Championships | Scone Palace, Perthshire | Alba
Games and Scone Palace |
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| July 19 - 20, 2008 | Glasgow's River Festival | Clyde River, Glasgow | Glasgow River Festival | ||||||
| July 19 - 20, 2008 | The Rat Race Urban Adventure | Edinburgh | The Rat Race U.A. | ||||||
| July 19 - 20, 2008 | Inverness Highland Games | Inverness | City of Inverness | ||||||
| July 19, 2008 | Pictish Warriors - Performances of the Battle of Dunnichen will be staged throughout the day. | Scone Palace, Perthshire | Scone Palace | ||||||
| *Recent
Entry* July 20, 2008 |
Ayrshire Vintage Tractor & Machinery Club 26th Annual Rally | Eglinton Country Park Ayrshire | Margaret
Howie at 01292 287297 |
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| July 27, 2008 | Summer Fair | Hopetoun House | Hopetoun House | ||||||
| August | |||||||||
| Aug 2 - 3, 2008 | Festival of Orchids | Scone Palace, Perthshire | Scone Palace | ||||||
| *Road
Trip* Aug 8 - 10, 2008 |
Ayr
Flower Show |
Rozelle Estate, Monument Road, Ayr | Ayr Flower Show | ||||||
| Aug 8 - 10, 2008 | Lowther Horse Driving Trials & Country Fair | Lowther
Penrith, Cumbria. Contact Stuart for further in formation |
Lowther Estates | ||||||
| Aug 3 - 25, 2008 | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | Edinburgh | The Fringe | ||||||
| Aug 16 & 17, 2008 | The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend / Fife Historic Vehicle Club Festival of Transport Weekend | Dunfermline Fire Station / The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum | SVBM | ||||||
| Aug 17, 2008 | Jousting | Linlithgow Palace | Historic Scotland | ||||||
| *Recent
Entry* Aug 17, 2008 |
Canal Fun day & Cardboard Boat Race | Linlithgow Canal Basin at 1 pm | LUCS | ||||||
| Aug 28 - 30, 2008 | The Cowal Highland Gathering | Dunoon | Cowal Gathering | ||||||
| Aug 25 - 26, 2008 | Kirkintilloch Canal Festival | Kirkintilloch Town Centre | Kirkintilloch Canal Festival | ||||||
| Aug 22 - 24, 2008 | Strathaven Balloon Festival | Strathaven Park, Strathaven, Lanarkshire | Balloon Festival | ||||||
| September | |||||||||
| Sept 5 - 7, 2008 | Dundee Fl | ||||||||