What's on in Dumfries and Galloway

You may well come away with a shiver running down your spine and with seasonally spooky stories to share around your fireside at Christmas!

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are back in Dumfries.

2026 will see The Proclaimers return with a new album recorded in the spring and back out live from early summer.

“What makes my Thinker think is that he thinks not only with his brain, with his knitted brow, his distended nostrils and compressed lips, but with every muscle of his arms, back, and legs, with his clenched fist and gripping toes.”

This Christmas, Sempre Amabile presents a rich and thoughtfully woven programme of music celebrating both the season and the many facets of the human experience. Alongside beautiful sacred works by John Rutter and Benjamin Britten, audiences will enjoy timeless favourites from the American Songbook, bringing warmth, nostalgia and sparkle to the festive season.

Join The Farmers Choir for a special evening of musical theatre and popular music at Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries, raising funds towards the development of a new Maggie’s Centre in Dumfries.

THE SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK is a joyful festive concert featuring Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Ian Carr, Kevin McGuire and the Scottish Christmas Songbook Brass Ensemble.

2025 marked the 40th anniversary of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, who, from their humble beginnings in small rooms above old pubs, took the world by storm with their off-beat humour and four-stringed virtuosity.