Events in Lanarkshire on 30 August 2020
View all the upcoming events in Lanarkshire on the 30 August 2020 below, or use the calendar to find events taking place on a specific month or date.
Events in Lanarkshire
Beatson Cancer Charity: Online Art Exhibition
Beatson Cancer Charity would like to invite you to view pieces from over 30 artists as their annual Art Exhibition goes online!
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Centre for Lifelong Learning’s Summer Online Classes
With the help of expert tutors, the Centre for Lifelong Learning at University of Strathclyde have developed an exciting range of classes to help keep you busy during July and August!
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Curious: The RSE Online Summer Programme
Get Curious this August with a thought-provoking packed programme of free online events run by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Meet extraordinary people talking about groundbreaking ideas!
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Free Well-being Sessions For 14-26yr Olds
Impact Arts are offering drop-in, virtual, creative and well-being sessions led by experienced artists and youth workers for anyone aged 14-26 living in Scotland's Central Belt!
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Lanark Market Car Boot Sale
An undercover car boot sale is held at Lanark Agricultural Market on Sundays throughout the year from 8am to 2pm!
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Lockdown Virtual Tour and Tasting
Come and join us at Stirling Distillery as our team take you on a virtual tour and tasting from the comfort of your own home!
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National Museum of Rural Life Summer Trail - CANCELLED
Take a walk in the countryside on the brand new family trail at National Museum of Rural Life, and see what you can spot on the way to the farm!
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New Lanark Makers Market
New Lanark's regular Makers Market's showcase the best of hand-made products from designers, crafters and artists across Scotland!
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St Andrew’s Hospice - Not So Midnight Walk
This year St Andrew's Hospice are challenging YOU to rock your brightest item of clothing, dust off those glow sticks and get walking for their 'Not So Midnight Walk'!
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Strathaven Miniature Railway 2020 Season
Strathaven Miniature Railway reopens for the 2020 season on Saturday 1st August and will run every weekend until the end of September!
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Tenement Through Time
Tenement Through Time is a new, innovative and interactive exhibition which explores tenement life in New Lanark between 1881-1971!
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The Tolbooth Lanark Summer Exhibition: Coasts and Rivers
Coasts and Rivers is a celebration of Scotland's spectacular and unrivalled shores, rivers and lochs at The Tolbooth Lanark!
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Events in East Renfrewshire
1 Month Lockdown Life Changer - August Edition
My Health Scotland are running an online 'Lockdown Life Changer' that will help improve all aspects of your fitness and nutrition!
Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Friends Online Sessions
Alzheimer Scotland's Dementia Advisor is now delivering free, interactive and informative online Dementia Friends information sessions throughout East Renfrewshire.
Macmillan East Ren Move More
Move More is a programme of physical activity, advice and support for people at all stages of the cancer journey, contact the Macmillan East Ren team and find out how to get involved.
Events in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Allan Kaprow Season
Scottish and international artists will reinvent artworks from American artist Allan Kaprow’s career across Jupiter Artland this summer.
Black Lives Matter Mural Trail
A public trail of artworks by Scottish artists in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, led by creative producer Wezi Mhura.
Blood and Guts: The Twists and Turns of Edinburgh’s Medical History
Join the Surgeons Hall Museums on their weekend walking tour through Edinburgh’s old town and hear tales of old Edinburgh, disease, dissection and curious methods of treatment.
Café 1505 Al Fresco
Café 1505 has extended its outdoor seating into the courtyard of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Come and join us between 12pm - 8pm each day - no reservation required!
Calvin Z. Laing, Calvin and Jogging, 2020
Calvin Z. Laing revisits the neighbourhood of his childhood in the suburbs of Edinburgh to present a new online performance Calvin & Jogging, filmed by Jen Martin.
Campbell’s Ceilidh - Online
Join Mairi Campbell for a weekly online global gathering of songs, tunes, poems and offerings from friends, fans and family!
Coastal Birds
This group exhibition, on now at the Scottish Ornithologists Club, brings together work by Emily Ingrey-Counter, Helen Kennedy and Liz Myhill!
Cuddly Corgi Treasure Hunt
Looking to entertain the kids? Come and spot our cuddly corgis hiding around Britannia’s tour route.
Curious About Edinburgh
Have fun discovering Edinburgh with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Dazzle 2020
Showcasing the best in contemporary jewellery, Dazzle, the major annual exhibition, returns this year to Dovecot Studios!
Declan
Declan is a brand new take on the Traverse Theatre’s 2019 hit production Mouthpiece about class, culture and appropriation. Part of Traverse Digital Festival 2020!
DIY Art – Activity Packs
DIY Art is Edinburgh Art Festival's free series of activity packs specially designed by artists, inviting you to get creative at home!
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Car Boot Sale Market
Edinburgh Corn Exchange Car Boot Sale Market is open but with strict rules and guidelines. Come and join us for some bargains and for sellers to have a clearout!
Edinburgh Free Fringe Festival Online
Join us for an online for this years Edinburgh Free Fringe Festival - with shows every day from August 7th to 30th!
Edinburgh International Book Festival Online Themes: Africa: A Balance of Stories
Ten writers we commissioned to journey across Africa and create new works from their experience - give voice to untold stories.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Drawing Stories
This year’s Baillie Gifford Children’s Programme celebrates the remarkable role of the illustrator in bringing picture books to life.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Ideas for Our Times
In this series, sponsored by Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, key writers offer their insights into the major issues of our times.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Made in Scotland
It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh International Book Festival without celebrating the brilliant work of authors, writers and trailblazers who hail from our small country.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: The Power of Poetry
In this special centenary year of the birth of Scotland’s first ever Makar – the remarkable Edwin Morgan – we celebrate the unbridled power of poetry.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Visions of a Better Future
We welcome authors and speakers with vision and ambition – helping us to see the light through the darkness and imagining better worlds for all of us.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Themes: Young, Fierce and Proud
From tackling racism and gender stereotypes, to celebrating diversity in all its forms, these events offer exciting and challenging perspectives for all of us to heed.
EIFF and Unique Events present: Drive In Movies
Edinburgh International Film Festival and Unique Events have teamed up with Edinburgh Airport to produce a new monthly event for cinema fans throughout the rest of 2020!
Ellie Harrison
Artist and activist, Ellie Harrison (2012 and 2014 festival programmes), divulges details of her carbon footprint for transport.
Exhibition ‘Andante for Hands and Water’
This exhibition at Birch Tree Gallery features watercolours by Susan Macintosh from the Scottish Highlands and ceramics by Emily Hughes from Wales!
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience at Edinburgh Fringe 2020 - CANCELLED
Don't miss the legendary show, Faulty Towers The Dining Experience, when it returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this August!
Fringe of Colour
Fringe of Colour are hosting their first ever online arts festival with over 40 films made by Black and Brown people/People of Colour throughout August 2020.
Gilded Balloon Virtual Fringe Programme
The Gilded Balloon brings you a wee bit of Virtual Fringe magic in August with a great programme of shows!
Glorious Gardens
Step off the paths and have some socially-distanced family fun this August at The Palace of Holyrood House!
Hanna Tuulikki, SING SIGN: a close duet, 2015
SING SIGN: a close duet reflects on the multiple ways in which we communicate. In revisiting this work, Tuulikki will present a special live performance on-line, with her collaborator Daniel Padden.
Harnessing the Power of Water - CANCELLED
In Scotland's Year of Coasts and Waters, join us for a new exhibition at John Sinclair House where we showcase fantastic material from the HES archives.
House of Jack Online Dance Classes
House of Jack is offering free, live and interactive online dance classes for adults and kids.
Interactive Family Trails with Holly and Rudy
Palace Wardens, Holly and Rudy, are recruiting some Junior Wardens – are you up for the challenge?
Intro to Japanese: Survival and Beyond
Intro to Japanese is a fun introduction for anyone looking to travel to Japan, explore Japanese culture, learn the language or just try something new!
Invisible Cities Walking Tours - Edinburgh
Invisible Cities offer family friendly guided walking tours of Edinburgh that showcase some of the city's historical landmarks and explore the social projects that make the city what it is!
Legends of the Abbey
In these socially distanced talks, discover some of the fascinating stories behind the famous and not-so-famous figures memorialised in the ruins of Holyrood Abbey.
Mid-Century Modern Art and Design From Conran to Quant
Explore the furniture, fashion, textiles, lighting, ceramics, and printed material that defined Mid-Century Modern in this exhibition on now at Dovecot Studios!
Neighbourhood
Neighbourhood is an open-air rooftop marketplace for authentic street food & drink held Wednesday to Sunday on Waverley Mall rooftop!
Ocean Terminal Car Boot Sale
Come along to Ocean Terminal Car Boot Sale, open every Sunday at Level F Red Car Park... all welcome!
Ocean Terminal Market
Ocean Terminal Market is a fantastic and fun weekend market has a great range of arts, crafts, food and drinks!
Peter Liversidge, Flags for Edinburgh, 2020
Peter Liversidge revisits his 2013 festival commission Flags for Edinburgh which invited buildings across the city to fly a white flag that reads HELLO.
Rae-Yen Song - Song Dynasty
Rae-Yen Song expands on a project for the 2018 festival, drawing on autobiography and fantasy to speak broadly and politically about foreignness and what it means to belong, or not.
Rosalind Nashashibi
Rosalind Nashashibi shares an online presentation of her two-part film commissioned for the 2019 edition of the festival.
Ruth Ewan, Magic Words 2020
Ruth Ewan revisits her Sympathetic Magick (2018) project, where she invited magicians to consider how they might use their magic to change the world!
Ruth Ewan, Worker’s Song Storydeck, 2018
Ruth Ewan revisits her Sympathetic Magick (2018) project with an online presentation of her short film, Worker’s Song Storydeck.
Shannon Te Ao, With the sun aglow, I have my pensive moods, 2017
Shannon Te Ao revisits With the sun aglow, I have my pensive moods, a poetic meditation on themes of love, grief, sickness and healing!
Shedinburgh Fringe Festival
Shedinburgh Fringe Festival is a brand new online festival celebrating and preserving the best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival...in sheds!
Standfast
Not Cricket Productions is reviving the five star Fringe hit 'Standfast' for three nights only from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th August 2020!
Stockbridge Market
A foodie heaven, creative crafts, original artwork, superb street food. Eat, meet, greet or treat - there is something for everyone!
Tam Joseph, The Hand Made Map Of The World, 2014
The Hand Made Map Of The World is based on an original painting made in 2012 and newly newly sited for this current presentation on the Meadows.
Tamara MacArthur, It’s All Over But the Dreaming, 2020
Following on from her 2019 Art Late performance at Dovecot Studios, Tamara MacArthur creates a new online performance.
The Luna Cinema
Enjoy open air cinema at the Botanics as the Luna Cinema presents three nights of classic films under the stars in August!
The Mart Farm Shop Sunday Market
On the first Saturday of each month The Mart Farm Shop is taken over by crafters of all shapes and sizes.
The Real Mary King’s Close Tours
Edinburgh's deepest secret, the Real Mary King’s Close is buried deep beneath the Royal Mile... a warren of hidden streets that has remained frozen in time since the 17th Century!
The Story of the Gardens
The Palace gardens are a place of both beauty and history. Find out how the gardens have evolved across the centuries in these talks during August.
Traverse Young Writers’ Scratch Performances
Traverse is delighted to present brand new, specially created, pieces from nine Young Writers online, with performers filming in their own homes under lockdown conditions.
Utilita Live From The Drive-In: Edinburgh - CANCELLED
Live Nation has announced the Utilita Live From The Drive-In concert series, set to bring some the biggest names of UK music to the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh this Summer!
Weekly Online Computing Club for Kids
Check out ComputerXplorers SEScotland's online kids computing clubs, the perfect way to learn the latest technologies and develop invaluable tech skills.
YogaBellies Edinburgh North - Online
YogaBellies Edinburgh North is holding LIVE classes, starting from Wednesday 5th August and bookings are now open!
Events in Fife
Evening Zoo
See Fife Zoo as you’ve never seen it before on Friday and Saturday evenings throughout August!
Inverkeithing Car Boot Sale
Inverkeithing Car Boot Sale is held every Sunday Morning at Belleknowes Park And Ride Car Park. Come along and find yourself a bargain!
Mish Mash Car Boot Sale
Mish Mash Car Boot Sale in Kirkcaldy, indoor and outdoor every Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday... all welcome!
Pregnancy Pilates - Online
Pregnancy Pilates helps to reduce those aches and pains, keep you active and benefit from some social time with other expectant women.
Regent of the Reformation - CANCELLED
Meet men at arms and join the Renaissance court at Aberdour Castle as you hear them discuss politics of the day and show arms and armour of the period.
Seniors Pilates - Online
Join Sam Mace Wellness for an online weekly Pilates class for the over 60's and strengthen your back and core, rebalance your body and improve posture through re-alignment!
Well Being Well Doing
Using the labyrinth, earthship, yurt and lochside gardens to mindfully connect with nature, be with others in a like minded community and get creative in a simple and easy way!
Events in Glasgow
Ayr Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale
Whether you're wishing to purchase a few hidden treasures, interested in selling or just wishing for an enjoyable day out, there is something for everyone at Ayr's Sunday Market and Car Boot Sale!
Big Feed Street Food Social
Enjoy the best of Scotland's street food at the Big Feed Street Food Social, Glasgow's indoor, fully licensed street food market!
Brunch Bingo
Enjoy two games of bingo and a classic brunch cocktail of your choice on Sunday afternoons at The Gate Glasgow!
City Sightseeing Glasgow
With 21 stops where you can hop on and off to visit some of the city's leading attractions, City Sightseeing Glasgow is the perfect way to explore Glasgow!
Clara Ursitti: Roots/Routes
Glasgow-based artist Clara Ursitti presents 'Roots/Routes' an exhibition of new work following research residencies with communities in North Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Coming into View: Photographing Glasgow
The 'Coming into View: Photographing Glasgow' exhibition at Kelvingrove Art Gallery celebrates the work of amateur photographer Eric Watt through the mid-late 20th Century.
Cranside Kitchen
Cranside Kitchen is a new free-to-enter outdoor venue, open seven days a week with a food market and beer garden located at Rotunda North!
Curious About Glasgow
Have fun discovering Glasgow with a self-guided, heritage walk with a treasure hunt theme from Curious About!
Domestic Bliss
Domestic Bliss is a new exhibition that brings together works from Glasgow Museums' collection to reflect on GoMA's building history as a former house, Royal Exchange and civic space!
Festival Village: Merchant City
The Pop-Up Pro's are bringing their popular food market and beer garden, Festival Village, to Glasgow's Candleriggs Square!
Flowetic Glasgow - Feel Like A Dancer At Home!
Flowetic Glasgow classes are now online! Dance, tone, stretch & relax... and feel like a dancer at home!
Galvanize Festival
Tom Walker, The Libertines, Two Door Cinema Club, Supergrass, Example, PIXIES and All Time Low will headline the inaugural Galvanize Festival in Glasgow this August!
Glasgow City Centre Walking Tour
This is a 2.5-3 hour tour that will take you around all the main sites of the city, giving you an excellent opportunity to find out about Glasgow's rich history and culture!
Glasgow International 2020 Director’s Programme
Canadian artist Nep Sidhu brings his first solo exhibition in Europe to GoMA Glasgow as part of the Glasgow International 2020 Director's Programme!
Glasgow Walk to Beat Blood Cancer
Walk in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a life saved on the Glasgow Branch Walk to Beat Blood Cancer on Sunday 30th August!
Good Move Glasgow Health Walks
Good Move Glasgow run Health Walks right across the city which are suitable for all ages and abilities!
Hire-a-guide at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond - CANCELLED
Take a personal tour around RSPB Loch Lomond with a guide looking for wildlife and discovering the unique history and management of the reserve!
Historic Tours of Glasgow University
Join a Historic Tour of the University of Glasgow the fourth oldest university in the English-speaking world!
HumanKind
In this online exhibition hosted by Cyril Gerber Fine Art, explore humankind as seen through the eyes of generations of artists, observing the similarities and differences between us all.
Invisible Cities Walking Tours - Glasgow
Invisible Cities offer friendly walking tours of Glasgow that showcase some of the city's historical landmarks and explore the social projects that make the city what it is!
Loch Lomond Faerie Trail
Loch Lomond Faerie Trail is open for the Summer with a new trail mystery, new trail decorations and a wonderful new trail activity booklet!
Love Letter to Glasgow
Local artist Lee Robertson has been working on 'Love Letter to Glasgow' an exhibition which was due to be held in Sogo Arts on the Saltmarket, he's now taken his exhibition online!
Merchant Square Craft & Design Fair
The Merchant Square Craft Fair & Design Fair is held every weekend, why not spend a relaxing afternoon browsing the stalls!
NYCOS Mini Music Makers Online
Join NYCOS for their Mini Music Makers Online classes, providing an opportunity for you and your child to make and enjoy music together!
Park Lane Market
Park Lane Market is a pop-up market held on the first and last Sunday of each month in Shawlands, featuring a range of boutique stalls!
Phil Kay - POSTPONED
Come and hear all the best stories from very creative comedian, Phil Kay... the legendary Scottish Storyteller and master of mirth!
Polmadie Car Boot Sale
Held on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, Polmadie Car Boot Sale is Scotland's only fully undercover car boot sale!
Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras
Join Drawing and Painting Studio on Sunday 30th August for their Shakyo - Tracing the Sutras online workshop!
Street Art Walking Tour
Walking Tours in Glasgow is now offering a two hour Street Art tour! This mural and modern culture tour will show the beautiful street art pieces scattered around the city of Glasgow!
SWG3 Ronnie’s Bar & Bike Shop
SWG3's Galvanizers Yard is set to be transformed into a massive outdoor food and drink venue every Thursday to Sunday!
Tai Chi on the Lawn
Come relax your body and mind in a friendly atmosphere and tranquil space at the Hidden Gardens' Tai Chi on the Lawn sessions!
TASTE!
TASTE! is an exhibition of artworks from Glasgow Museums’ collection displayed alongside material from our archive!
The Barras Market
With it's iconic archways The Barras Market it is a Glasgow institution, open to the public every weekend, come along and grab yourself a bargain or two!
The Crafters Roadshow - St. Enoch Centre
Shop from the best in Scottish Crafts and support your local makers when The Crafters Roadshow returns to St. Enoch Centre!
The Dockyard Social
The Dockyard Social brings together the best street food traders Scotland has to offer all under one roof... everyone is welcome from families and foodies, to dates and dogs!
The Market at Loch Lomond Shores
Browse homemade treats, arts & crafts, artisan food & drink and local produce at Loch Lomond Shores' regular Market Days on the first and third Sunday of each month!
Events in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
Lockdown Drive-In
intu Braehead and The Catherine McEwan Foundation have teamed up to bring drive-in movies to Renfrew this Summer!
Paisley Art Institute 132nd Annual Exhibition
The Paisley Art Institute's 132nd Annual Art Exhibition, which will be held online this year, will contain artworks by the best contemporary talent from all over Scotland and beyond!
The Parking Lot Social: Glasgow
The Parking Lot Social, Scotland's biggest ever drive-in tour, is coming to Glasgow Skyport Park & Ride this summer between the 26th August and 6th September!
Events in Stirling and Falkirk
Alan Dimmick: Photographs at Stirling University, 2017
This exhibition showcases a selection of the photographs taken during Alan Dimmick’s residency at Stirling University.
Falkirk Stadium Car Boot Sale
Come and visit Falkirk Stadium Car Boot Sale, the biggest and best car boot sale in the region, every Sunday... all welcome!
Remembering Empire
Are you interested in recent history? Researchers in French studies at the University of Stirling have launched a new free online course called ‘Remembering Empire' and it's open to everyone.
Stirling Market and Car Boot
From food to sweets and treasures to junk, Stirling Market is open every Sunday regardless of the weather!
Tales from the Battlefield - CANCELLED
Be transported back to one of the most dramatic periods in Scottish History as you listen to costumed actors performing Tales from the Battlefield.
The Crafters Roadshow - The Thistles Stirling
Shop from the best in Scottish Crafts and support your local makers at The Crafters Roadshow at The Thistles, Stirling.
The John Muir Family Award
Under The Trees is offering the chance for families to undertake the John Muir Award with them. It's a fantastic outdoor learning award, and is easy to achieve - even under our current situation!
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