Homecoming Scotland 2009 - Events
JANUARY 2009
Jan 24 - 25: Burns 250th Anniversary Weekend, across Scotland
Jan 24 - Feb 1: Celtic Connections Homecoming Celebrations, Glasgow
Jan 25: Burns Light, Dumfries
Jan: World Burns Night, Edinburgh
FEBRUARY 2009
Feb - Apr: Scottish Tides-Polish Spring, Perth
MARCH 2009
Mar 6 - 14: Aye Write! The Bank of Scotland Book Festival, Glasgow
Mar 6 - May 23: Scots Music Abroad, Edinburgh
Mar 12 - 29: Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Glasgow
Mar 18 - 22: StAnza: Scotland's Poetry Festival, St Andrews
Mar 29: Mauchline Plough Match, Mauchline
APRIL 2009
Apr - Jun: Homecoming - The John Muir Odyssey, throughout East Lothian
Apr - Jun: Etape Caledonia, throughout Perth & Kinross
Apr 6 - 18: Edinburgh International Science Festival, Edinburgh
Apr 24 - 27: REME Association Reunion Scotland 2009, Ayr
MAY 2009
May 1 - 4: Scottish Mining Mayfest, across Midlothian
May 1 - 31: Whisky Month, across Scotland
May 1 - 10: Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, across Speyside
May 9 - 10: Culloden - From Battle to Exile, Inverness
May 12 - June 1: Festival of the Bicycle & World Mountain Bike Conference, Dumfries
May 13 - 17: Word 09 - University of Aberdeen Writers Festival, Aberdeen
May 16 - 17: Taste the Dram(a), Inveraray
May 16 - 24: Burns an' a' That! 2009, across Ayrshire
May 17 - 23: Cape Wrath Challenge, Durness, Sutherland
May 20 - 23: Loch Lomond Quilt Show, Loch Lomond and Dumbarton
May 23 - 24: 2009 Heineken Cup Final, Edinburgh
May 23 - 24: Party at the Palace 1503, Linlithgow,
May 30 - 31: Emirates Airline Edinburgh Sevens, Edinburgh
May: Mauchline Holy Fair, Mauchline (date TBC)
JUNE 2009
Jun - Aug: Return to the Ridings, Across Scottish Borders
Jun 14 - 16: Forbes CEO Conference, Gleneagles, Perthshire
Jun 16 - 20: The Crossing, Caledonian Canal, Highlands
Jun 20 - 21: The Outsider, Aviemore
Jun 25 - 28: Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh
Jun 17 - 28: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
Jun 19 - 21: Family History Conference, Stirling
Jun - Nov: Meet your Ancestors in Clackmannanshire, Across Clackmannanshire
June: World Fly Fishing Championships, across Stirlingshire & Perthshire
JULY 2009
Jul 2 - 5: The Scottish Traditional Boat Festival, Portsoy and Banff
Jul 11 - 25: Classic Malts Cruise, Oban, Skye and Islay
Jul 16 - 19: The Open Championship, Turnberry
Jul 17 - Aug 16: Art on the Map 2009, Western Isles
Jul 17 - 23: The Hidden Jewel, Dunollie, Oban
Jul 18 - Aug 3: North East Clan Fortnight, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Jul 18 - 19: Inverness Highland Games, Inverness
Jul 21 - 24: International Genealogy Festival & Conference, University of Strathclyde
Jul 24 - 25: The Wickerman Festival, Dumfries & Galloway
Jul 24 - 26: Mauchline Homecoming Marquee, Mauchline
Jul 25 - 26: The Gathering 2009, Edinburgh
Jul 31 - Aug 3: Guildtown Bluegrass Music Festival 2009, Perthshire
Jul - Aug: International Youth Curling Camp, Dumfries
AUGUST 2009
Aug: Johnnie Walker Championship Gleneagles, Perthshire
Aug 3 - 9: Creative Connections, Shetland
Aug 7 - 8: Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Beauly
Aug 7 - 8: Tattoo Hebrides 2009 (Tatu Innse Gall), Stornoway
Aug 7 - 9: Ayr Flower Show, South Ayrshire
Aug 14 - Sep 6: Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh
Aug 7 - 30: Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Edinburgh
Aug 10 - 16: Piping Live! Music of the Clans, Glasgow
Aug 15 - 31: Scotland: Culture and Identity, Edinburgh
Aug 15: The World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow
Aug 28 - 30: Connect, Inveraray
Aug 29 - All Sep: St Kilda Day: Latha Hiort, Across Scotland
Aug 29: Cowal Gathering, Argyll and Bute
Late Aug: Kirkintilloch Canal Festival, Kirkintilloch
SEPTEMBER 2009
Sep: Doors open Days, across Scotland
Sep: Tam O' Shanter 2009, across Scotland
Sep 4 - 6: Brass in the Park Festival, Midlothian
Sep 4 - 6: International Youth Tattoo, Perth
Sep 4 - 12: Blas Festival - Celebrating the Highlands, across the Highlands
Sep 5: For A' That, Orkney
Sep 5 - 12: In the Footsteps of the Reivers Festival, Scottish Borders
Sep 26 - Oct 5: Angus & Dundee Roots Festival, Angus & Dundee
Sep 10 - 12: Conference on Emigration from the Outer Hebrides, across Isle of Harris
Sep 18 - 20: Isle of Barra Whisky Galore Festival, Isle of Barra
Sep 24 - 27: Clan Scott Society Gathering 2009, Scottish Borders
Sep 25 - Oct 4: The Stenaline Wigtown Book Festival, Wigtown
OCTOBER 2009
Oct: Moray Birthplace of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Moray
Oct 4: Baxters Loch Ness Marathon & Festival of Running, Loch Ness
Oct 9 - 17: The Royal National Mod, Oban
Oct 15 - 31: Glasgow: The Beautiful Journey, Glasgow
Oct 15 - 31: Highland Homecoming - Ur Beatha Dhan Duthaich!, across the Highlands
Oct 30 - Nov 8: Perthshire Amber - The Dougie MacLean Festival 2009, Perthshire
Oct 30 - Nov 6: Whisky Week, across Scotland
NOVEMBER 2009
Nov: Sound: North East Scotland's Festival of New Music, North East of Scotland
Nov 23 - 30: St Andrews Festival 2009 - Scotland's Celebration, St Andrews
Nov 28: Scots Trad Music Awards, Dumfries
Nov 28: Illuminated Art Car Parade, Edinburgh
Nov 28: Homecoming Scotland's Finale Weekend, across Scotland
Throughout the Year
Jan - Nov: National Burns Collection Touring Exhibition Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dumfries
Jan - Nov: Famous Scots, Edinburgh
Jan - Nov: This Is Who We Are, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dumfries
Jan - Nov: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
Jan - Nov: Scotland: A Changing Nation, Edinburgh
Jan - Nov: North Carrick Burns Celebrations, Maybole, South Ayrshire
Feb - May: Creative Burns, Kilmarnock
Mar - Nov: Traditional Music Sessions, across Scotland
May - Sep: Scottish Games Association, across Scotland
May - Sep: Inspired, Glasgow
May - Sep: Ayrshire Innovators, Kilmarnock
May - Nov: Mackintosh 100, Glasgow
Jun 1 - Aug 31: A Whole In One Golf Exhibition, Ayr
Jun 26 - Oct 10: A New Life Abroad - The Scottish Diaspora, Edinburgh
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