Events

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Upcoming Events

Sealife Safari Weekend
7th April 2023
Explore new places and discover the fantastic variety of creatures which thrive at our coasts and in the sea. Get up close with nature!​  From rock pooling, to bug hunt, to plankton and seals. Our Safari leaders will help you find, identify and explo...
05 The Cumbrae

Live @ the Academy - Nashville Edition
15th April 2023
Join us 'Live At The Academy' for a night of country and western hits! Our in-house live band will have you dancing all night to your favourite hits. Come and line dance with us! With an eclectic set list, there is something for everyone. Food and drinks ...
01 The Shire

A Fairy's Tale
1st April 2023
It is the Year of the Acorn and a terrible misfortune has befallen the Fairy Kingdom of Kelburn, the dastardly Ice Knight has been freezing the wings of the fairies so that they shatter when they try to fly. Without their wings, the fairies cannot perform ...
02 The Shiel

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
20th April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
01 The Shire

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
21st April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
02 The Shiel

Georgia O'Keeffe: Memories of Drawings
31st March 2023
Georgia O'Keeffe: Memories of Drawings is a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition which presents a remarkable collection of work from the pioneering American artist Georgia O'Keeffe. The exhibition showcases 21 photogravures of drawings produced by the artis...
01 The Shire

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
22nd April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
01 The Shire

The Wacky Wizard of Oz
23rd April 2023
BARRFIELDS THEATRE LARGS An original pantomime version of the story by L. Frank Baum This production features participants from KA Leisure's Inspire Drama programme in Garnock and the ShowWorks Young Company in Largs. Journey over the rainbow and join D...
02 The Shiel

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
27th April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
01 The Shire

Raintown Live At Craigmore Bowling Club Rothesay Isle Of Bute
29th April 2023
16 awards in just 5 years, two critically acclaimed albums and a new one on the way, Glasgow-based, Raintown deliver an attention grabbing mix of Scottish rock and Contemporary Country that is unashamedly forward-thinking. Their intensely charismatic live ...
04 The Bute

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
29th April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
01 The Shire

Hotel California
29th April 2023
Hotel California, a six piece ensemble of musicians will perform their spectacular new critically acclaimed show that gives you a concert experience of 100 minutes of pure Eagles nostalgia. You’ll return to a dark desert highway, cool wind in your hair...
02 The Shiel

The Alistair McCulloch Trio
29th April 2023
The 'Alistair McCulloch Trio' annual Scottish tour has become a firm fixture on the folk music calendar. Featuring champion fiddler McCulloch, alongside former Capercaillie whistle wizard Marc Duff, and past Scottish folk musician of the year, Aaron Jones ...
01 The Shire

Dinosaur Egg Hunt - self-led activity for families
1st April 2023
A pack of wandering dinosaurs recently visited our Lochwinnoch nature reserve, but fear not, our brave wardens have rounded them all up and moved them on. We think some may have laid eggs when here though and we need your help to find them!! We have marke...
02 The Shiel

Streetrave Festival on Ayr Beach
30th April 2023
On Sunday 10th of September 1989, in a small seaside town on the West Coast of Scotland, a cultural phenomenon was born.
01 The Shire

Make Your Own Crown
5th May 2023
Join us over the coronation weekend and get ready to be crowned kings and queens of the castle (or abbey or fort!). Have fun making your own crown across a selection of our sites and then enjoy exploring Scotland's history in your new royal headwear. Acti...
01 The Shire

Meat Loud
12th May 2023
UKs Premier Tribute to Meat Loaf MeatLoud cover songs from a range of MeatLoaf’s albums from Bat out of Hell in (1977) to Bat out of Hell III (2005). With a rich blend of backing vocals, driving piano, out of this world guitar playing, a rocking rhythm ...
02 The Shiel

Charity Garden Opening - Highwood
14th May 2023
A beautiful woodland walk around 50 acres of native bluebells, primroses and wild garlic in a delightful setting bordering the Green Water river with tumbling waterfalls. Great outdoor space for children to run and explore and splash in the burn (under sup...
02 The Shiel

Stewarton & Dunlop Show
27th May 2023
Annual agricultural show with Mr B Loon balloon modeller, Fun Dog Show, interactive arts & crafts, face painting, fun fair, children's races, Owl Magic, vintage tractors, craft marquee, trade stands and more
01 The Shire

Matilda Jr
24th May 2023
Prominence Academy of Performing Arts presents Matilda Jr. Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires...
02 The Shiel

Charity Garden Opening - Craig Hepburn Memorial Garden
16th June 2023
The Craig Hepburn Memorial Garden and Outdoor Learning Centre is located in Linwood High School. Our original garden with an outdoor classroom has been expanded to include community raised beds, an orchard, greenhouse and presentation area. We work with al...
02 The Shiel

Following the Lights
31st March 2023
'Following the Lights’ celebrates the remarkable history of British lighthouses, their keepers and the engineers who made them possible. Delve into the history of Britain’s iconic lighthouse design through centuries of innovation from the first lighth...
01 The Shire

Charity Garden Opening - Barrmill Community Garden
18th June 2023
This large woodland garden is carved from a 19th-century whinstone quarry and situated within an 1890s parkland, once known for the quoiting green provided for the village thread mill and ironstone pit workers of that time. Enhancement of the gardens began...
02 The Shiel

Charity Garden Opening - Dougarie
22nd May 2023
Most interesting terraced garden in a castellated folly built in 1905 to celebrate the marriage of the 12th Duke of Hamilton’s only child to the Duke of Montrose. Good selection of tender and rare shrubs and herbaceous border. Small woodland area with tr...
03 The Arran

Charity Garden Opening - Wraes
1st May 2023
Varied seven acre rural garden with far reaching views and a variety of planting areas designed to take advantage of the natural terrain and be actively wildlife friendly. Raised formal herbaceous beds, several wildlife ponds, burnside walks, grass maze, s...
02 The Shiel

Charity Garden Opening - Burnside
1st April 2023
This maturing and constantly changing six-and-a-half acre garden began in 2006. There is a wide range of plants from trees to alpines, giving colour and variability all year. Next to the road flows the Drumbowie Burn, parallel to which is a woodland border...
01 The Shire

Charity Garden Opening - Auldbyres Farm Garden
9th April 2023
Surrounded by a working farm, this compact, established garden has mature shrubs, wildlife pond, bog garden and stream, borrowing stunning countryside views towards Ayr and Arran. Well behaved spring borders give way to a riot of summer perennial favourite...
01 The Shire

Charity Garden Opening - Barnweil Garden
14th May 2023
Developed over the past 50 years by the current owners, the garden surrounds an 18th century house. On the south lies a lawn flanked by herbaceous borders, the east one in soft colours, the other stronger. Surrounded by woodland, bordered by azaleas, rhodo...
01 The Shire

Events Throughout the Year

A collection of William Fife designed classic yachts gathering on the Clyde for a week of spectacular racing. Great for shore and on water viewing. The yachts will race from Largs to Dunoon, Rothesay and Tighnabruaich and return to Largs. The Fife Regatta will see a spectacular fleet of famous Fife Yachts return to their birthplace on the Clyde to participate in a unique regatta.


A sea creature trail for the entire family to explore the stunning scenery around Culzean Castle. Follow the wicker sculpture trail to seek out an array of sea creatures. From mesmerising mermaids to dazzling dolphins, what will you discover?