Walking Heads

Firing up Scotland: Roots and Culture Roadshows

Gemma — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:24:09 +0000

Whatever the weather, prepare for some summer heat round Scotland. JA Live and Fire in Babylon are teaming up again, but this time they will be hitting the road with a series of ruff and tuff West Indian infused events!

Promoter JA Live who is known for bringing the biggest and best reggae stars [...]

Russian Ninjas headline show in Nice N Sleazy

Benny — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:53:19 +0000

A proper Glasgow debut was a self-set milestone of the Russian Ninjas...

5 good reasons for walking to work (and 2 more for walking with us!)

Fay — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:02:57 +0000

There’s a lot of talking about walking this week. Monday’s Active Travel conference in Edinburgh coincided with the start of National Walk to Work Week, the very active travel campaign organised by Living Streets.

We couldn’t make the conference at Dynamic Earth, full of interesting speakers on every angle of walking [...]

The View blaze a trail through Glasgow to T in the Park

Walking Heads — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:03:57 +0000

At the start of the 10 week countdown to Scotland’s biggest rock festival, music blogger Nina Glencross tracks the bands who are out there, getting the T in the Park show on the road.

Indie rockers The View played two exclusive sets in Glasgow on the run up to their appearance [...]

Hats off to Fergus and Meg

Fay — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:14:15 +0000

It’s an amazing show: dance, music, art, dresses – and quite a few hats! And through it all, the long, long love story of Fergus and Meg.

Introducing Fergus and Meg, one of three overlapping exhibitions at the Fergusson Gallery in Perth, marks the meeting of the artist and the dancer in Paris [...]

The CatStrand – Cultural hub of the Glenkens

Gemma — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:17:57 +0000

“The venue brings events and activities that are rare to this area. I was really shocked not to have heard of it before”. Gemma Brown shares some newly discovered home truths.

Having recently started a Marketing and Events internship, I am seeing that there are more cultural and creative activities down in my homeland [...]

Please don’t bring The House down

Fay — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:39:56 +0000

“People come to Edinburgh because it’s ‘nice’, not because it’s exciting. But I think the city is tantalisingly close to solving this problem.” That was Rupert Thomson programme director of Summerhall talking to The List about Edinburgh’s chronic shortage of live music venues last year.

Some things have changed for the better since [...]

Glasgow Music Tour leads the way

Fay — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:11:06 +0000

We did it. Glasgow Music Tour is the first UK tour to go live on a new international platform for audio tours. So we’re up there with Paris, San Francisco, New York …Barras meet the Bohemian Slums of Montmartre!

A quick explanation. GuidiGO, with offices in Paris and New York, hosts interactive guided tours [...]

Lets all go Doune the Rabbit Hole

Walking Heads — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:49:21 +0000

Summer seems a long way off but as snow falls Gemma Brown thinks warming thoughts of a creative event which has a very simple aim: “Making Scotland Happier”. Let’s all go Doune the Rabbit Hole.

Back for its fourth year, Doune the Rabbit Hole festival will run [...]

Murder mystery and high tea on the great Cinema City Treasure Hunt

Fay — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:18:20 +0000

We had some last minute panic. What if it snowed? What if no-one turned up? How would we stop people filling in all the answers in a bar without setting foot on the streets? And where would we find a poison bottle?

No need to panic. By 2pm on Saturday [...]