 D-LUX Festival of Light brings warmth, light and curiosity into Dumfries town centre at the darkest time of the year, where artist explore new ways of illuminating the darkness.
Dates: 24th-27th January More information here.
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 The participants selected for this year's Spring Fling have been unveiled. As ever it promises to be a superb event, with superb visual art and craft to enjoy in studios across the region.
Dates: 26th-28th May More information here  One of Scotland’s quirkiest holiday lets gained mainstream coverage across the USA last weekend, as Wigtown Festival Company’s Open Book was featured on the CBS Saturday Morning Show.
More information about The Open Book here.  The 2018 Kirkcudbright Art and Crafts Trail takes place from 3rd-6th August.
More information here.  Part three of a groundbreaking series of theatre and poetry events will soon be going on stage at Dumfries Theatre Royal.
Date: 26th January More information here.  Angela Alexander-Lloyd has been awarded the first Upland Artful Migration residency - she is exploring the lives of whooper swans and other species in Dumfries and Galloway in order to create an exhibition at the WWT centre at Caerlaverock. One of her main interests is environmental change. As part of this she is calling on the public to contact her with their memories and experiences of changes in the region's environment, in bird, animal and plant life.
More information here.  On February 1st 2018, Adam Wakeman and Damian Wilson will embark on their latest acoustic tour ahead of their brand new album release. They'll be at the Theatre Royal Dumfries on 5th March.
More information here.  An army of Doonhamers are working behind the scenes as they get ready to stage one of Scotland’s leading Winter Festivals at the Big Burns Supper from the 18th - 28th January.
With more than 200 different shows and events happening in more than 30 different venues, hundreds of artists, volunteers and local businesses are getting ready to play their part in creating one of the biggest community led festivals on the planet. More information here. Image by Galina Walls  Young producers from Dumfries & Galloway will be among Scotland’s emerging talent set to shine in a year-long celebration designed to put the next generation at the forefront of a programme stretching from Kirkcudbright to Lerwick.
Jack Finlay (22), Rachael MacDougall (22) and Allison McLellan (24) are all part of Electric Theatre Workshop’s, Producers of the Future programme which runs across Dumfries & Galloway, established to help increase the region’s producing capacity over the next five years. More information here. Image by Galina Walls |
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