Top Picks
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 Cornhill on Tweed, from 7 local venues. The map pin is doing actual work here.
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.
1Free! (worth double-checking)In this masterclass with young singers, Roddy and Iain share their insights on interpretation and presentation.
2Free! (worth double-checking)Rooted in Scottish traditional music, harpist Rachel Groves draws on classical, jazz and global folk styles. Suitable for all the family.
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3Free! (worth double-checking)Ensemble Jackalope brings an invigorating brilliance to the Piano Quartet repertoire. Supported by The Marchus Trust.
4Free! (worth double-checking)Borders-born Hugh Mackay performs two of J.S. Bach's cello suites in this delightful one-hour Sunday morning concert.
5Free! (worth double-checking)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 […]
at Dryburgh Abbey, Selkirk, Scotland
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.
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.
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.
9Free! (worth double-checking)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
10Free! (worth double-checking)Get ready to sparkle at Ladies Day at Newcastle! Enjoy a fantastic afternoon of flat racing and fashion on the all-weather track this Saturday.
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