What's on in Petterden

The pub quizzes, craft fairs, and village fêtes the big sites miss — here's what's on around Petterden.

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Community

Harvest Wild Swim

Portobello Beach, Edinburgh

Sat 25 JulSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Community

Big Brain Tour - Glasgow

Riverside Museum, Glasgow 29th July

Wed 29 JulSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Workshops & Classes

Dry Stone Walling Workshop with friends of the Lake District

The full scoop on Dry Stone Walling Workshop with friends of the Lake District lives over on SCOTMiD's site. We're just the friendly messenger.

Thu 6 AugSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Community

Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tour

Glasgow Necropolis Walking Tour at SCOTMiD. Consider this your nudge. The organiser's site is your next stop for the details.

Sun 23 AugSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Community

Behind the Scenes at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre

Something's afoot at SCOTMiD and it goes by the name of Behind the Scenes at Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. Their site has the particulars.

Wed 9 SeptSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Festivals & Events

Brechin Folk Festival Presents: An Evening with Horse

Brechin Folk Festival Presents: An Evening with Horse? At SCOTMiD? Say no more. Well, actually — their site says quite a bit more. Worth a click.

Fri 18 SeptSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Community

Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory Tour

Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory Tour at SCOTMiD. Consider this your nudge. The organiser's site is your next stop for the details.

Sat 26 SeptSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Live Music

The Cooperation Band Christmas Concert

The Cooperation Band Christmas Concert is happening at SCOTMiD. We've got the when and where — their site has the why and the how much.

Fri 11 DecSCOTMiD(3.9mi)

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Community

CTP 2026 » Cadet evening

Royal Tay Yacht Club is putting on CTP 2026 » Cadet evening and, honestly, we reckon it's worth a look. Their site has the full story.

Wed 22 JulRoyal Tay Yacht Club(5.6mi)

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Community

Picnic In The Park

Forfar Loch Park - Family Fun - Kids Games - Free Food

Wed 22 JulEast and Old Parish Church(7.1mi)

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Children & Family

Around £2.50

Wed Toddlers

Wed Toddlers: 9:30am-11:30am (£2.50 / 50p siblings) Cosy Café: 10am-11:30am FREE Larder : 10am-12pm SBK Latin Dance Class: 11am-12pm (£5) Lunch Club : 12.15pm-1pm (£4.50) Linedance for Beginners : 12:30pm-1:30pm (£5) Craft Group: 1pm-3pm (currently full) Youth Games Group(5+): 3:30pm-5pm FREE

Wed 22 Jul10:30Boomerang Community Centre(5.4mi)

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Likely freeCommunity

Light Show

The presence of light is something we generally take for granted. The familiar flipping of a light switch or the constancy of the sun is part of our daily lives. Yet the natural phenomenon of light is essential to everything we see, know and experience. It has been harnessed, generated and studied by scientists and artists alike. This multi-disciplinary exhibition brings together objects from across the University’s museum collections, including art and design, science, medicine and natural history, inviting visitors to consider how light inspires art, impacts nature and informs discovery. Information published by Leisure and Culture Dundee.

Wed 22 Jul10:30Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Traces of Care

This exhibition explores connections between historical and contemporary works across different generations. Themes of care, labour, memory, domesticity and visibility will be present, showing how these connections still resonate today. Many of the artists represented in the collections were once students or members of staff, and their work and experiences form an important part of Dundee's creative history. Through these shared themes, the exhibition will show how artists leave identifiable traces of themselves in their work and how artworks can act as records of lived experience, connecting generations through shared concerns and perspectives. Visitors are invited to reflect on how certain themes of care, labour and lived experience continue to be carried through generations of practice. Curated by DJCAD MFA Curatorial Practice student Shannon Farley, the exhibition brings together material from the University’s Museum Collections with additional works on loan. Mon-Fri 9.30am-7pm (last entry 5pm)

Wed 22 Jul10:30Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Community

Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show

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Wed 22 Jul11:00Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Likely freeCommunity

Design and Disability

Spanning from the 1940s to today the exhibition will feature around 170 objects across three themes – Visibility, Tools and Living – within design, art, architecture, fashion and photography. It will show how Disabled people have designed for every aspect of life through their own experience and expertise, tracing the political and social history of design and disability.

Wed 22 Jul11:00Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Likely freeHistory & Heritage

History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time

This display explores disability in the medieval past through history, archaeology and science. Discover the stories of four people who lived with disabilities in Scotland and England between 500 and 1600 years ago, presented through immersive display stations. Created in collaboration with University of St Andrews researchers, History in Our Bones invites visitors to rethink how disability, community and contribution have always gone hand in hand. Information published by Leisure and Culture Dundee.

Wed 22 Jul11:00Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Arts & Culture

Exhibition: Endurance in 3D

Get the chance to be up close to a remarkably detailed 3D model of the Endurance shipwreck at Discovery Point, thanks to a collaboration between the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and Dundee Heritage Trust. One of the most accurate representations of a deep-ocean heritage site to ever be produced, the 3D model offers an unprecedented opportunity to explore the wreck of the Endurance up close for the very first time; revealing details down to the grain of the timbers and the scattered artefacts on the seabed. Lost beneath Antarctic ice for more than a century, the wreck of Endurance was discovered in 2022 during the Endurance22 expedition, led by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust. Located more than 3,000 metres below the surface of the Weddell Sea, the site remains one of the most remote and protected heritage locations on Earth. Because the wreck is safeguarded under the Antarctic Treaty System and a strict Conservation Plan, it must remain undisturbed. Instead, the Endurance22 team used pioneering non-invasive archaeological techniques to record the wreck in extraordinary detail, capturing over 25,000 high-resolution images alongside laser and sonar data to create a scientifically precise digital twin of the site. This 3D printed model of the wreck translates that data into physical form.

Wed 22 Jul11:00Menzieshill Community Hub(6.6mi)

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Angus, Scotland

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