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!

Programme:
Piazzolla, Fugata & Oblivion
Rachmaninoff, Vocalise
Brahms Intermezzo in A Major Op 118, No. 2 (piano solo)
Brahms Sonata in E Flat Major
Interval
Gershwin, Summertime & It ain’t necessarily so
Chopin, Grande Waltz Brillante in Eb Major Op. 18
Scott, Respectfully Yours
Watson, Rhapsody on an echo chamber

This is a cross-cultural community festival celebrating Japan-Scotland connections.

Jay Rayner faces some serious questions and in Nights Out in the Kitchen, the show marking publication of his fabulous new cookbook, he’s finally going to answer them.

Programme:
Beethoven, Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Schubert, Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90
Interval
Schubert, Allegretto in C minor, D 915
Beethoven, Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111

The extraordinary lessons learned from animals and Noel's unexpected gift for music-with his favourite rock songs live.

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.