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What's On!
2009 Holidays & Events 
in and around Dumfries

  
  

What's On in Dumfries

January 2009  
Jan 23  Worlds Largest Kilted Pub Crawl!
 
Jan 23 - 25  
Jan 25 Burns LightFour lantern processions will wind through the heart of Dumfries, with all processions meeting for a spectacular fire show and a huge sculpture of Tam O'Shanter, which will be fired on the night. Contemporary and ceilidh sounds featuring The Dangleberries, the Mary Barclay Band and Celtic Rock headliners Skerryvore.
Jan 25 Southern Scottish Counties Burns Association- Gala Burns Dinner in the Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries.
Toast to the 'Immortal Memory' by Alex Fergusson MSP,  'Toast to the Lassies' by Professor Ted Cowan of Glasgow University. A superlative entertainment programme has been arranged.

February  
Feb 13  Drambusters Whisky Tasting just across the street from Ferintosh. Glencadam/Tomintoul Tasting.

Feb 20   Drambusters Whisky Tasting just across the street from Ferintosh. Glenfarclas Family Cask Tasting.
March  
Mar 7 Dumfries CAMRA Real Ale Foot Festival. 24 Real Ales, 8 Pubs, Your 2 Feet, Prizes, & More!
Mar 11 Barbara Dickson - Live in Concert at DG One, Dumfries
Mar 14 Moscow Ballet at DG One, Dumfries
Mar 21 Legends of the Oche at DG One, Dumfries
Mar 20 Drambusters Whisky Tasting just across the street from Ferintosh. Diageo Distillers Edition Tasting.
Mar 27 - 29
Mar 27 Kilted Pub Crawl
April  
Apr 18 Ballet Central at DG One, Dumfries
Apr 25 An Evening with Derek Acorah at DG One, Dumfries
Apr 26 Dominic Kirwan - Live in Concert at DG One, Dumfries
May  
May 2 - 9 
Red, Red Rose at The Theatre Royal, Dumfries
May 10 Made in Britain - The Great British Rock N Roll Show at DG One, Dumfries
May 12 - 24 World Mountain Bike Conference On Sustainability & The Original Bicycle Festival
May 30 Nicky Spence and Friends, at DG One, Dumfries
June   
June 13 Outside Performance of Tam O’ Shanter, Cardoness Castle, Gatehouse of Fleet (contact Mike Duguid 01557 860 040)
June 18 Ferintosh Kilted Pub Crawl in Dumfries
June 19 Drambusters Whisky Tasting - Ardbeg.
June 20 Guid Nychburris Festival in Dumfries
 June 24 Wee Scots Night With Burns, Ellisland Farm, Dumfries
June 27  Genealogy/Family History/Local History Fair, Dumfries Academy, Dumfries
June 27 & 28 Poet Laureate Series “The Patriot”- Liz Niven & Jo Miller, Globe Inn, Dumfries
July  
July 4 Tea With Clarinda (a play written by Anna Hillis about the two women in the life of Robert Burns, his wife, Jean Armour, and his romantic correspondent Nancy McLehose.) Theatre Royal, Dumfries
July 4 Ferintosh Kilted Pub Crawl in Dumfries
July 10 Drambusters Rum Tasting
July 11 The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular, at DG One, Dumfries
July 15 Wee Scots Night With Burns, Ellisland Farm, Dumfries
July 21 - 25 Burns Summer School: Doon Hame With Robert Burns, University of Glasgow- Crichton Campus, Dumfries
July 24, 25 Wickerman Festival in Dundrennan
August  
Aug 8 Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain, at DG One, Dumfries (part of the Border Gathering)
August 9 Border Gathering - Clan, Games, Pipes, Dancing Ale & More!!!
August 9 Red Hot Chilli Pipers- LIVE! at the Border Gathering, Park Farm Dumfries
August 21 Drambusters Whisky Tasting- Gordon & Macphail
September  
Sept 12 King Arthur and The Borders, Browne House, Crichton University Campus, Dumfries
Sept 13 Mary Duff - Live in Concert at DG One, Dumfries
Sept 13 The Alexander Brothers in concert, Theatre Royal, Dumfries
Sept 19 SCOCHA in concert, Theatre Royal, Dumfries
October  
Oct 1 WATERLOO UK (ABBA Show), at DG One, Dumfries
Oct 10 & 11 Poet Laureate Series “The Legacy”- Robert Crawford, Globe Inn, Dumfries
Oct 10 The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra– HOMECOMING AN’ A’ THAT!, at DG One, Dumfries
Oct 18 Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, at DG One, Dumfries
Oct 21 Wee Scots Night With Burns, Ellisland Farm, Dumfries
Oct 25 Moscow Ballet - Nutcracker, at DG One, Dumfries
Oct 28 & 29 Scottish Traditional Music Awards, at DG One, Dumfries
November  
Nov 5 The Proclaimers (plus Support) - Live in Concert at DG One, Dumfries