Scotland Today

31st December 2009
Hogmanay
All over Scotland

No one celebrates Hogmanay quite like the Scots! From traditional fire festivals and torchlight processions to street parties with live music and fireworks, celebrations are planned across Scotland.
www.scotland.org/hogmanay

9th January 2010
Bupa Great Edinburgh International Winter Run, Edinburgh

Get your trainers on. A day the whole family will enjoy! www.greatrun.org

14th-31st January 2010
Celtic Connections, Various venues, Glasgow

Scotland’s premier winter music festival returns with two weeks of wonderful music from Scotland and around the world. www.celticconnections.com

18th-28th February 2010
Glasgow Film Festival, Various venues, Glasgow

The festival celebrates the passion the people of Glasgow have for the movies and the passion the film industry has for the city. It will give attendees a chance to get up close and personal with great cinema, directors, filmmakers and more. . . . www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk

11th-28th March 2010
Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Various venues, Glasgow

2010 is set to be the biggest ever year for the comedy festival, with top comedy acts performing at 52 venues across the city. www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com

17th-21st March 2010
STANZA 2010, Various venues, St Andrews, Fife

St Andrews poetry festival is an opportunity to hear world-class poets reading in exciting and atmospheric venues, to experience a range of performances where music, film, dance and poetry work in harmony, to view exhibitions linking poetry with visual art and to discover the part poetry has played in the lives of a diverse range of writers, musicians and media personalities. www.stanzapoetry.org

20th-30th May 2010
Perth Festival of the Arts, Various venues, Perth

This year’s annual arts festival will be a special one as it will be part of Perth's year- long celebration, Perth 800, which marks the founding of the town in 1210. www.perthfestival.co.uk

5th June 2010
Taste of Grampian, Thainstone Centre, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

The one day food and drink festival returns to allow visitors to discover and sample the wide range of high quality food and drink products from Grampian in the north east of Scotland. www.tasteofgrampian.co.uk