1 AS traditional boats congregate in the historic harbour, the seaside town of Portsoy celebrates with a festival of music, sailing, rowing and traditional crafts and art.
The Scottish Traditional Boat Festival at Portsoy in Aberdeenshire will shift from a physical event to a digital festival in June 2021 – with the backing of EventScotland as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21. This virtual event will go live over the weekend June 26-27 and will be a taster offering music, dance, boats, crafts, food and drink highlights.
For more details head over to www.facebook.com/STBFPortsoy/
2 JOIN Surgeons’ Hall Museums on their five-star walking tour through Edinburgh’s Old Town and learn of the intrigues, rivalries and dedication to the cause as a guide leads you through the sites where anatomists, surgeons and physicians worked, operated and squabbled in the quest for medical advancement. You will hear little-known accounts of iconic writers, chloroform tea parties, pioneering women, grave robbing and of course Britain’s first serial killers, Burke and Hare.
Tours last approximately 75mins and include free museum access from 10am-5pm on the day of your tour. Head over to www.eventbrite.ie/e/blood-and-guts-the-twists-and-turns-of-edinburghs-medical-history-tickets to book
3 THIS weekend in Edinburgh sees the Scottish street food awards of 2021. The country’s best street food traders will be cooking to win your vote so head down to Pitt Street in Leith for some early summer sunshine, a laidback atmosphere, great music and some street food gone posh. All the traders will be vying for your vote. Pitt Street, Leith June 17-25. Go to www.thepitt.co.uk/bookings for all the info.
4 THE Dockyard Social have switched from popups to permanent and now they are bringing together the best street food traders Scotland has to offer. A true taste of global comfort food with some watermelon daiquiris, a dollop of old school tunes and a pinch of like-minded people. Everyone is welcome from families and foodies, to dates and dogs!
Now opening weekly – Your £5 entry ticket includes a free drink. FOr opening hours go to www.dockyardsocial.com
5 ARE you a bedroom DJ, dance music freak, a sound engineer or a musician simply dabbling? Then this weekend Semcon could be the very event for you. The Scottish Electronic Music Conference in Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange will feature Q&As with industry experts, skills classes, seminars, workshops and the all important after parties. Shimmy yourself down on July 3. Tickets available at www.skiddle.com/whats-on/edinburgh/scottish-electronic-music-conference
6 ESCAPE rooms are brilliant fun for all the family and Edinburgh does them very well with all sorts of themes. This week sees the opportunity to escape the wild west, where the tiny frontier town of East Victoria is celebrating the discovery of gold. But the celebrations turn sour when news arrives that the bloodthirsty Bill French Gang are on their way to claim the gold – and kill everyone in East Victoria!
With no sheriff around and no cavalry riding to the rescue your only hope is a rusty old locomotive that hasn’t worked in years – but with just one hour to get it going and escape, you need to think fast and work even faster. £25 per person with concessions available. Book your tickets at www.escapehunt.com/uk/edinburgh/ or 0131 225 5522 7DUNDEE’S museum of transport has a brand new exhibition of transport toys and models, including the collections of some of Scotland’s Meccano experts. Dundee Museum of Transport, 10 Market Mews, free entry. July 2, 9am. One day only.
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