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What’s On in Stirling July 2014

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21st century technology. The A-listed build-ing, brainchild of film-maker Louis Dickson and designed by local architect Matthew Steele, was opened on 11 March 1912, is a rare example of pre-art deco cinema architecture, and Scotland’s oldest purpose-built picture house. Having undergone extensive restoration as part of the Bo’ness Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI), The Hippodrome has seen the 1926 decorative scheme reinstated, new seating installed and original seating restored, and digital and 35mm projectors fitted to offer the best cinema experi-ence. Open 6 days a week Screening the best major new releases Independent films and classics. Tel: 01324 506850 www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Daily until 12th October.Stirling Smith Art Gallery Dumbarton Rd, Stirling, FK8 2RQBANNOCKBURN 700 - REMEMBER BANNOCKBURN!700 years after the Battle, we take a closer look at how Bannockburn has been celebrated, and remembered down the centuries. A hundred years ago, this picture of Bruce and de Bohun by John Duncan failed to win the 600th anniversary art competition.The picture which did was not liked, as this protest poster shows. Tel: 01786 471917www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk

Monday 31st March until: Satur-day 21st JuneMacrobert Art Centre. University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA. Lets Dance 2014 Macrobert’s annual celebration of dance is back with a fantastic season of Scottish premieres, fantastic free shows, international dance and dance-along workshops for everyone. Highlights include:Northern Ballet’s newest production created

especially for children Three Little PigsGroundbreaking contemporary dance from Erik Kahil: No Man Is an Island/ My True NorthSpectacular cine-dance performance featuring the films of Stirling’s own Norman McLaren A Chairy TaleThe chance to get your rock ‘n’ roll on with Danny, Sandy and the whole Rydell High gang in Dance-along-a-movie: GreaseAs well as many more events going on all around Stirling throughout our Big Dance Day, Saturday 5th April! See our Live Events Bro-chure for more informtion! Box Office Tel: 01786 466666 www.macrobert.org

Daily Saturday 7th June 2014 until: Sunday 28th Sept 2014 9:30am - 6.00pmThe Three Estates Costume Exhi-bition.Stirling Castle, Castle Esplanade Stirling FK8 1EJAdmire the detail and mastery in the costumes created for last year’s unique performances of A Satire of the Three Estates. Gain an insight into the fashions of the time and learn about Sir David Lyndsay’s epic play of Scottish politics, power and reform. Tel: 01786 450000 www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk

Daily Tuesday 24th June 2014 to Sunday 17th Aug 2014Delightful Dunedin Exhibition.Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Mu-seum, Dumbarton Rd Stirling FK8 2RQ Celebrating 50 years of twinning, Dunedin in Florida shows why it is Stirling’s sister city. Tel: 01786 471917www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk

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Stirling vue CinemaStirling vue, Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZVue Stirling is an eight screen, all luxury stadium seated cinema with wall to ceiling to floor huge screens, enhanced by the most progressive projection and Dolby Digital Surround Sound technology for the ultimate picture and sound quality. The cinema has 1,061 seats over eight screens and is the biggest cinema in Stirling. Tel: 08712 240 240http://www.myvue.com/

Macrobert Arts Centre - CinemaStirling University Campus For full listings of what’s on at the cinema go to: Box Office 01786 466666http://www.macrobert.org/cinema.htm

The Hippodrome - Bo’ness10 Hope St Bo’ness EH51 0AASome 97 years after the first customers took their seats in the grand picture palace, The Hippodrome re-opens its doors to the public, recreating the golden age of cinema-going using

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Daily Tuesday 24th June 2014 to Tuesday 22nd July 2014The Scottish Diaspora Tapestry Macrobert Arts Centre University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Telling Tales to Scotland! Discover the incredible global legacy of Scots and their culture in this breath-taking artistic tribute to the Scottish Dias-pora. Stitched in 25 countries around the world, telling hundreds of individual tales of personal journeys, sacrifice, pride and achievement, this is one Homecoming exhibition which is not to be missed. www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org Tel: 01786 465646 www.mcadirect.com

WEEKLy EvEnTS

MOnDAyS

Every Monday night 8pmStirling County R.F.C., Bridge-haugh Park, Stirling FK9 5AP Stirling Folk Club Tickets available on the door www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk

TUESDAyS

Every Tuesday night.Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, StirlingIf you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment the n look no further. On top of our weekly programme of entertain-ment we host a number of events thoughout the year. These range from Stand-up Comedy Nights to day-long Music Festivals in the huge beer garden.Tel: 01786 451130www.kiltedkangaroo.com/events.html

Every Tuesday nightno. 2 Baker Street - 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJQuiz Night. Tradition pub full of character and real ale. Live music/disco at weekends. A friendly warm welcome awaits. For those that love...tradition, character and real ale.Tel: 01786 448 722

WEDnESDAyS

Every Wednesday nightKilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, StirlingPub Quiz. Australian Bar & Grill House, If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment then look no fur-ther. Tel: 01786 451130 www.kiltedkangaroo.com

Every Wednesday night no. 2 Baker Street - 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJTraditional Scottish Open Session. Tradi-tion pub full of character and real ale. Tel: 01786 448722

Every Wednesday nightKilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, Stir-lingPub Quiz. Australian Bar & Grill House, If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment then look no further. Tel: 01786 451130 www.kiltedkangaroo.com

Every Wednesday night no. 2 Baker Street - 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJTraditional Scottish Open Session. Tradition pub full of character and real ale. Tel: 01786 448722

THURSDAyS

Every Thursday night from 9.00pmKilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, StirlingKaraoke! Australian Bar & Grill House, If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment then look no further. Tel: 01786 451130 www.kiltedkangaroo.com

FRiDAyS

Every Friday nightDrouthy neebors, 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJLive local music Tel: 01786 450858http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk Every Saturday and Sunday Drouthy neebors7 Baker Street FK8 1BJWhat’s On - Please keep checking back for forth-coming events. Tel: 01786 450858http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk/whats-on

SATURDAyS

Every Saturday nightDrouthy neebors, 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJLive local music Tel: 01786 450858http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk

First Saturday of the month 10am - 4pmAlbert Halls Albert Place, Stirling FK8 2QLScotfairs Antique Fair A great shopping experience, antiques for the connoisseur, hidden treasures for the experts, specialist items for the experienced collector, and 1000s of interesting, beautiful and affordable items for the general public. Come along and enjoy the informal atmosphere of the market!Adults £1.50, accompanied children free. Tel: 01764 654555 or 654340 www.scotfairs.co.uk

Second Saturday of the Month starts 11amPort Street, Stirling City Centre FK8 2LJStirling Farmers MarketHighland beef, pork and bacon, venison and wild game, wild boar, fresh and smoked fish, great bread in variety - continental and traditional recipes including sourdoughs, scones and cakes, gluten-free baking, jams, chutneys and pre-serves, Scottish cheeses and butter, free-range hen/duck eggs, organic vegetables, cold-pressed oilseed-rape products and dressings, fudge and tablet, low sodium sea-salt, savoury pies, country fruit wines, hand-made, jewellery, soaps and body care products, knitted baby clothes, garden plants.

SUnDAyS

Every Sunday Drouthy neebors7 Baker Street FK8 1BJWhat’s On - Please keep checking back for forth-coming events. Tel: 01786 450858http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk/whats-

DAiLy EvEnTS DiARy

Wednesday 2nd July 8pmSummer Ceilidhs @ The TolboothThe Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DEThe Tolbooth summer ceilidhs are back. Always popular, these nights are a great celebration of the very best traditional music and a fantastic op-portunity to have a wee dance too! The ceilidhs are always friendly and informal and led by some of the very best traditional musicians on the cir-cuit. £8 in advance/£10 on the door + £1 online Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth/whatson.htm

Friday 4th July 7pmThe Comedy of Errors Macrobert Arts Centre University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LAGlasgow’s Bard In The Botanics perform Shake-speare’s enchanting romantic comedy on the beautiful grounds of the University of Stirling. Tel: 01786 466666 www.macrobert.org/live.htm

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Friday 4th to Sun 6th July 6pmThe SpokesmenMacrobert Arts Centre University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LABikes and helmets provided - please note this event requires participants to be competent bike riders. The nature of the performance will require participants to cycle (on mostly flat terrain) outside, in stints of 10-15 mins over the course of an hour. We will require age and height details off all audience members at the point of booking. Tickets £8. Tel: 01786 466666 www.macrobert.org/live.htm

Tuesday 7th July 7.30pm north Sea Gas @ Stirling Folk ClubStirling Folk Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling FK9 5APOne of Scotland’s most popular bands, with Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle, Bouzouki, Bodhrans, Whistles, Banjo, great vocals with tremendous three part harmonies. 34 years, 17 albums, literally 1000s of venues, more miles that anyone wants to think about, and a lot of fun and music. Founded in 1979, North Sea Gas have been performing their own brand of Scottish music all over the world ever since. Their most recent album, Tak A Dram Before You Go, re-ceived great reviews, and we hope the next one, to be released in July 2013. www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk

Wednesday 8th July 7.30pmSinging Bowl Meditations and Healings with Peter Halley.Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Mu-seum, Dumbarton Rd Stirling FK8 2RQ Singing bowls create a deeply nutur-ing special environment. The healing resonance and magic inherent in the song of the bowls allows deep releasing at cellular levels. Everyone has a distinctly individual evolving experience and usually find that thet connect with the bowls effortlessly and quickly. The style andthe depth of healing received is controlled by you. Effects include feeling revitalised, rejuvenated and generally a greater lightness of being. Further information and tickets available from Tel: 01786 471917 www.peterhalley.co.uk

Friday 11th July 8pmJamie Smith’s MABOnThe Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DEThe mighty Jamie Smith’s MABON , the Inter-national, award winning, Welsh based band are Britain’s finest original Inter-Celtic music performers, travelling beyond borders to explore the forms and styles of the Celtic traditions and work them anew. Combining traditional instru-ments and a modern rhythm section, the band perform outstanding original compositions - both instrumental and vocal – written and composed by acclaimed accordionist Jamie. The energetic sound of jigs and reels; or a graceful mazurka, an ecstatic muiñera; a haunting Welsh-language love-song or a driving, sing-along, fantasy epic. Most recently, the band are delighted to have

been voted the ‘BEST GROUP 2014’ in the pub-licly voted Spiralearth awards. £13/£11 Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth/whats_on_at_the_tolbooth.htm

Saturday 19th July 8pmnyJOS The Magic of Brecker The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DEWidely considered as one of the most influential tenor saxophonists of all time, multi Grammy award winner Michael Brecker has inspired jazz musicians in a way like few others. NYJOS, directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, and featuring soloist Gordon McNeil on saxophone, will recreate the magic of Brecker, from moving ballads to upbeat fusion. The ground breaking repertoire will offer performers and audiences alike an insight into one of the true greats of the jazz world. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland is the flagship jazz orchestra of NYOS. As one of Scotland’s foremost youth jazz ensembles, it represents the wealth of innovation and skill possessed by Scotland’s talented young jazz musicians. £10/£5/Under 16 FREE Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth/whats_on_at_the_tolbooth.htm

Saturday 19th July 7.30pmRock for Strathcarron Bad name + Whits’nakeThe Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QLTwo of Scotland’s top tribute acts come together, for one night only, to raise funds for Strathcarron Hospice! Bad Name (Bon Jovi) and Whits’nake (Whitesnake) will take you back to the 80’s and 90’s when rock ruled the charts and deliver a great night of classic Rock Anthems for a terrific cause! Tickets £13.50 All profits to Strathcarron Hospice. Tel: 01786 473544 http://alberthalls.stirling.gov.uk/alberthalls.htm

Monday 21st July 8pmArchie Fisher @ Stirling Folk ClubStirling Folk Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling FK9 5APArchie Fisher MBE (born October 23, 1939) is a Scottish folk singer and song writer. He has released several solo albums since his first, self-titled album in 1968. Fisher composed the song, “The Final Trawl,” which he recorded on the al-bum, Windward Away. Several other groups and singers, including The Clancy Brothers, have also recorded it. Starting in the mid-1970s, he pro-duced four folk albums with Makem and Clancy. He also performed with them and other groups as a backup singer and guitarist. He hosted his own radio show on BBC Radio Scotland for almost three decades. www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk

Wednesday 23rd July 8pmSummer Ceilidhs @ The TolboothThe Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DEThe Tolbooth summer ceilidhs are back. Always popular, these nights are a great celebration of the very best traditional music and a fantastic op-portunity to have a wee dance too! The ceilidhs are always friendly and informal and led by some of the very best traditional musicians on the circuit. £8 in advance/£10 on the door Tel: 01786 274000

Friday 25th to Sunday 27th July 2014. 7.45pmContinental Circus Berlin. Kings Park Stirling FK8 2QRContinental Circus Berlin brings its brand new spectacular show to Scotland and will also be performing in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Sterling, Dundee and St Andrews. Tel: 020 8540 8122

Monday 28th July BarluathStirling Folk Club, Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling FK9 5APA young Scottish folk band based in Glasgow and made up of six talented musicians: Ainsley, Alistair, Eilidh, Colin, Edward and Luc. Barluath are a traditional/folk music band who embrace a wide range of musical styles including Gaelic and Scots song, bagpipes, whistles, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, clarinet and piano. With these instruments the band members explore both the Traditional and Contemporary music of Scotland. www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk

Wednesday 30th July 8pmThe Scottish Chamber OrchestraStirling Castle, Castle Esplanade Stirling FK8 1EJThe Scottish Chamber Orchestra returns to Stir-ling Castle for their annual summer concert with the truly talented, young, French conductor Al-exandre Bloch. Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, has been described as “a prodigious technician and supremely expressive player”. A recent first class honours graduate from Scotland’s Conservatoire, Sean is a trailblazer for classical guitar: he is the first guitarist to be admitted to the prestigious BBC New Generation Artists Scheme, and the only solo guitarist to have received a Borletti-Bui-toni Fellowship.The programme is sure to sparkle with energy, enthusiasm and summer warmth. Tel: 01786 450000 www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk and www.sco.org.uk.. Tickets available from The Albert Halls Box Office, Albert Place, Dumbarton Road, Stirling FK8 2QL. Tel: 01786 473 544