‘LATEST NEWS’
A Festival Round-Up
Our crime night made a fantastic finale to the festival! Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre were in fine form and what a night of laughter, champagne and fish and chips! Perfect company and food. Saturday’s events had record attendances throughout, with John MacLeod, Robert Douglas and Sally Magnusson loving their time here and thanking us for such [...]
Making friends at our Milngavie Medley
The rain – miraculously – held off for our Milngavie Medley. Most of the time, anyway. And it certainly didn’t dampen our fun!
Poets from Two Continents
Leela Soma, resplendent in her sari, and Tawona Sithole entertained a captive audience for an hour of storytelling, poetry and music from Asia and Africa. “More events like this one please” was one of the many great comments we got on our questionnaires.
SPONSORS
We’d like to say a big thank you to all our sponsors. We’ll be adding a dedicated sponsor page with logos once the rush of the festival is over, but in the meantime thank you – we really appreciate your support.
Flutes en Route: another great music event!
Our Flutes-en-Route concert went splendidly! The performances were superb and the lovely character of the performers came over beautifully. Wine, refreshments and plenty of chat made for a warm and friendly evening. And it looks like the event attracted new members for Milngavie Music Club’s International Series. So a great success all round!
Stop press: pupils from Bearsden Academy to open our Milngavie Medley!
Bearsden Academy is celebrating its 100th birthday this year (congratulations!). n spite of their busy timetable of centenary events, a group of talented pupils will be coming along to open our Milngavie Medley at 10am tomorrow, Saturday 10 September, in the precinct. Appearing will be Olivia Naio and Katie Hart (voice and guitar), Ewan on trumpet [...]
Miracles from Mayhem – May Nicholson
May Nicholson talked about her journey from drug addict and alcoholic to Director of the Preshal Trust, in a very well attended event organised by Milngavie Churches last night (Wednesday 7th September). An inspiring talk peppered with amusing anecdotes, like the story of her visit to the Houses of Parliament: May saw a man with [...]
Full swing ahead for Festival 2011!
This year’s Festival got off to a great start with tonight’s performance by Monday Swing. The band were in fine fettle, and audience numbers double those of last year! So hurry up and buy your tickets for the rest of the week’s great events – you don’t want to miss out!
Events at Mudgock Country Park
We’re delighted this year to be staging two events in collaboration with Mugdock Country Park. Here’s a message from the team up at Mugdock (which is well worth a visit!) Milngavie Book and Arts Festival at Mugdock 2011 We are delighted to be part of this festival and are hosting two evenings for your enjoyment. [...]
Meet the author, with David Manderson
David Manderson David Manderson will be signing copies of his new book ‘Lost Bodies’ at Milngavie Bookshop on Friday 9 September. ‘In an ordinary suburb of Glasgow, a seemingly ordinary man tends his garden and tries to impress his neighbours as a heat wave clamps over the city. But all is not as it seems, [...]
