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Free Things This Weekend in West End (South Lanarkshire)

Good local plans needn't cost the earth. This page keeps an eye on the stronger free events nearby, so you can skip the faff and get straight to the promising stuff.

10 picks around West End (South Lanarkshire), from 6 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.

25–26 July Near West End (South Lanarkshire)

Not every listing gets a golden ticket

We don't just scoop up anything with a £0 next to it. These picks still need to be nearby, useful, and properly explained, because 'free' is lovely but 'free and baffling' is less of a selling point.

Happening Saturday 25 July to Sunday 26 July.
Picked for West End (South Lanarkshire), not somewhere halfway across the county.
Only Local Gems and Curated venues make the cut, because standards are still a thing.
Listings with proper descriptions get bumped up the list. Three words and a shrug will not do.

Our 10 picks near West End (South Lanarkshire)

Bongo's Bingo1Free! (worth double-checking)

Bongo's Bingo

at SWG3

The infamous bingo show putting a unique twist on a traditional game: a wild night of rave intervals, awkward dance offs, big money and ridiculous prizes. Bongo's Bingo is a wild shared social extravaganza and a night of pure nostalgic escapism. Whilst staying true to the original rules, Bongo's immerses you in a wild night out with the chance to win iconic prizes from giant pink unicorns and Henry Hoovers, to mobility scooters and karaoke machines. It’s immersive, inclusive and incredible. Everyone from 18 to 92 plays and parties together. There are no barriers and no limits. Quite simply, there’s nothing else like it.

27.8 milesSat 25 Jul
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Bongo's Bingo2Free! (worth double-checking)

Bongo's Bingo

at SWG3 Garden

The infamous bingo show putting a unique twist on a traditional game: a wild night of rave intervals, awkward dance offs, big money and ridiculous prizes. Bongo's Bingo is a wild shared social extravaganza and a night of pure nostalgic escapism. Whilst staying true to the original rules, Bongo's immerses you in a wild night out with the chance to win iconic prizes from giant pink unicorns and Henry Hoovers, to mobility scooters and karaoke machines. It’s immersive, inclusive and incredible. Everyone from 18 to 92 plays and parties together. There are no barriers and no limits. Quite simply, there’s nothing else like it.

27.8 milesSat 25 Jul
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James Hutton 300: Landscape, Rocks, Time Exhibition - Now Until3Free! (worth double-checking)

James Hutton 300: Landscape, Rocks, Time Exhibition - Now Until

at Borders Family History Society

Free exhibition, all welcome, open 10am – 4pm daily in the Hayloft Gallery, Paxton House. James Hutton’s influence on the processes leading to the formation of rocks and on the concept of geological time is described in a series of interpretation panels, which tell of his life in Edinburgh during the period of the Scottish […]

33.5 milesSun 26 Jul11:00
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Full House | Saturday Matinée4Free! (worth double-checking)

Full House | Saturday Matinée

at Pianodrome Granton warehouse

Saturday 25 July | 1pm From swing to bebop, gypsy and latin jazz. Full house are are multicultural group of great Edinburgh based Jazz musicians here to charm us on this Saturday Matinée. Pianodrome Bruntsfield free entry, donations welcome

25.8 milesSat 25 Jul
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Caerlaverock Castle Spectacular Jousting (Caerlaverock)5Free! (worth double-checking)

Caerlaverock Castle Spectacular Jousting (Caerlaverock)

at Park Holyrood

Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.

25.9 milesSat 25 Jul
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Caerlaverock Castle Spectacular Jousting (Caerlaverock)6Free! (worth double-checking)

Caerlaverock Castle Spectacular Jousting (Caerlaverock)

at Trinity House

Visit Caerlaverock Castle for a weekend of medieval entertainment at the annual jousting tournament. Support your hero as the daring knights battle it out in a dramatic show of bravery and skill and wander through the colourful encampments to experience medieval life first-hand.

26.8 milesSat 25 Jul
Local gemSee the details→
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