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What's On! |
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What's On! |
| January | |
| 1 | New Years Day- UK Bank Holiday |
| 2 | Bank Holiday - Scotland |
| 3 | Bank Holiday- Scotland |
| 15 - Oct 15 | The salmon season on the River Tay and tributaries |
| 19 | Ferintosh Burns Supper #1 |
| 25 | Burns Night |
| 26 | Ferintosh Burns Supper #2 |
| February | |
| 2 | World Wetlands Day, Caerlaverock |
| 2 - 15 | Six Nations Rugby |
| 5 | Working with the Land: Artists and Landscape, Gracefield Arts Centre |
| 9 | Folk concert, Lockerbie, Middlebie Community Centre |
| 10 | Anniversary of Robert The Bruce Slaying The Red Comyn |
| 14 | Valentine’s Day |
| 16 | Strictly Caberet at Easterbrook Hall |
| 16 - March 22 | From Behind Closed Doors: Private Collections Revealed, Gracefield Arts Centre |
| 16 - March 22 | Dumfries Camera Club Annual Exhibition, Gracefield Arts Centre |
| 22 | Drambusters Whisky Tasting |
| 23 | Morning Flights, Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 25 | The salmon season begins on the River Nith |
| 29 - March 22 | Walking Festival |
| 29 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| March | |
| 17 | St Patrick’s Day |
| 21 | Ostara - Celtic Holiday- UK Bank Holiday |
| 24 | England & Wales Bank Holiday |
| 29 | What's that duck?, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 27 | 700th anniversary of Robert The Bruce's accession to the throne of Scotland |
| 28 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 28 | Drambusters Whisky Tasting |
| 30 | British Summertime Begins |
| 30 - April 13 | Badger watch (stars and stripes), Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| April | |
| 1 | Loch fishing begins |
| 6 | Tartan Day - Anniversary of signing of the Declaration Of Abroath |
| 6 | In Focus- Test the latest binoculars and telescopes. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 9 | Flora, Fauna and Fossils, Moffat, Grey Mare's Tail |
| 17 | Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Serenade for Strings, Eind and Violin Concerto, Easterbrook Hall, Crighton Campus |
| 25 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 25 | Drambusters Whisky Tasting |
| May | |
| 3 | Natterjack Toad Night, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 7 | Early May UK Bank Holiday |
| 5 | No Trousers Day (Get Yer Kilt Oot!) |
| 9 | Drambusters Whisky Tasting |
| 12 - 14 | Newton Stewart Walking Festival - Newton Stewart |
| 22 - 25 | Knockengorroch World Ceilidh Festival |
| 23 - 31 | Dumfries And Galloway Arts Festival |
| 24 - 26 | Spring Fling, Art & Craft Open Studio Weekend |
| 26 | UK Spring Bank Holiday |
| 30 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 30 | Karen Dunbar, comedian, DG one, Dumfries |
| 31 | ABBA MANIA, DG one, Dumfries |
| June | |
| 1 | Battle of the Bands Grand Final, DG one, Dumfries |
| 1 | In Focus- Test the latest binoculars and telescopes. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 1 | Merse Walk, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 7 | Ferintosh
Kilted Pub Crawl |
| 21 | Guid
Nychburris, Dumfries Riding The Marches |
| 12 - 15 | Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival |
| 14 | Fred MacAulay - comedian, Theatre Royal, Dumfries |
| 21 | Litha - Celtic Holiday |
| 25 | Tullamore Concert- Celtic & Contempoary folk music, Theatre Royal, Dumfries |
| 27 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 28 | RSAC Scottish Rally |
| July | |
| 1 - Oct 20 | Red deer stag stalking season |
| 6 | Merse Walk, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 25 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 25 - 26 |  Wickerman Festival |
| 27 | Legends of Soul and Motown Show, Theatre Royal, Dumfries |
| August | |
| 1 - Oct 26 | Gaelforce |
| 2 - 3 | Make it Medieval at Caerlaverock Castle |
| 3 | Merse Walk, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 3 | In Focus - Test the latest binoculars and telescopes. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 4 | Scotland Summer Bank Holiday |
| August 7-10 |  Border Gathering |
| 8 | Border Gathering , Fiddlers Concert, Minerva Hall, Dumfries |
| 8 | Border Gathering, Historical Symposium, Crichton Campus |
| 9 | Border Gathering , Aly Bain & Phill Cunningham, DG1 |
| 9 | Border Gathering , Full Day Coach Tour |
| 10 | Border Gathering , Border Games, Park Farm, Dumfries |
| 10 | Border Gathering , Robert Burns and the Enlightenment, Theatre Royal |
| 12 | The Glorious Twelfth; start of grouse-shooting season |
| 16 |  Dumfries Pride, Park Farm, Dumfries |
| 25 | England & Wales Summer Bank Holiday |
| 29 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| September | |
| 1 - 7 | Badger watch (stars and stripes), Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 19 - 21 | Hairth o'Knockrach Celtic/World/Roots Music Festival - Galloway Forest |
| 21 | Mabon - Celtic Holiday |
| 14 - 16 | Hairth o'Knockrach Celtic/World/Roots Music Festival - Galloway Forest |
| 26 - Oct 25 | Wigtown - Scottish Book Town Festival, Wigtown and Bladnoch |
| 26 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| October | |
| 5 | In Focus - Test the latest binoculars and telescopes. Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 3 - 4 | Blue Bonnet Weekend |
| 11 - April 1 | Wild Swan Feeds and Wildlife Safaris, Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre |
| 19 | Morning flight, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 26 | British Summertime Ends. |
| 31 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 31 | Samhain - Celtic Holiday, Halloween |
| November | |
| 5 | Guy Fawkes Day |
| 16 | Morning flight, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 21 - 24 | Bird watching break, Caerlaverock Wetland Centre |
| 28 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 30 | St Andrew's Day |
| December | |
| 1 | Scotland Bank Holiday |
| 14 | Morning Flights, See Geese arrive at Caerlaverock |
| 21 | Yule - Celtic Holiday, Winter Solstice |
| 24 | Sowans Nicht |
| 25 | Xmas Day – UK Bank Holiday |
| 26 | Boxing Day – UK Bank Holiday |
| 26 | Mixed Bag, Birkhill, Dumfries |
| 31 | Hogmanay |
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What's On in Dumfries |
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