A relaxed, drop-in evening that’s exactly what the holidays call for.

Dalry Community Cafe - hot and cold drinks, soup, bread, cake, all homemade. Payment by donation for this month’s nominated charity.

Featuring: The Gird 'n' Cleek World Championship - Snail Racing - Tractor Pull - Tossin' the Sheaf - Hurlin' the Curlin' Stane - Tug o' War - Classic Car Show - Pipe Band - Bar - barBecue..and much more.

The Loch Ken Family Water Safety Day will be held on Tuesday 4th August 2026 with lots of fun and water safety activities for all the family.

Are you aged 11–18 and passionate about nature, wildlife and the outdoors?

Are you aged 11–18 and passionate about nature, wildlife and the outdoors?

Song Share in Dalry.

Talks, walks, live music, stalls, woodland play area, BBQ and refreshments.

Ever wanted to be on the inside of the trad music in the pub?

The Playboy of the Western World by John Millinton Synge , Directed by Caitríona McLaughlin.

General Monthly Meeting to discuss Dalry Town Hall matters.

Join us to hear about the work of CREL over the lat year, learn how community benefit funding is making a difference across Carsphairn, and find out what’s planned for the future.

Race Night Horses on sale - £10

This year's show will be held on Saturday 15 August come and join us for a fun, family day out!

Dalry Town Hall Producers and Makers Market

An outdoor, family friendly Summer festival that combines original live music, with the very best of local food from the region and drinks from the now legendary Demijohn Cocktail Bar.

Join us at Lochhill for our big annual BioBlitz! Come and have fun on the farm exploring nature and recording biodiversity.

A relaxed, drop-in evening that’s exactly what the holidays call for.

Are you aged 11–18 and passionate about nature, wildlife and the outdoors?

Award-winning vocalist Ali Affleck brings together three of the finest interpreters of early jazz and blues for a special one-off performance celebrating the music of New Orleans and Harlem, New York City.

Cuckoostone Bridge: Grow Your Own Small Nature Reserve – a walk at Cuckoostone with John Wykes.

Gather your friends, put your knowledge to the test and join us for another fantastic Pop-Up Pub Quiz Night at Balmaclellan Village Hall!

Dance performance concluding with an open Q&A about peatlands and peatland restoration with experts from the Crichton Carbon Centre (CCC) and the Tweed Forum.

Join local citizen scientists for an introductory talk at the Catstrand, a walk along the banks of Mill Burn and the Ken, and a water testing demonstration. 

The Peat Bog Experience is a unique blend of creating a Bog Symphony and Stories. The Bog Symphony is a collective sound work rooted in the deep time of an upland peat bog above the Black Water of Dee, feeding in to Loch Ken.

An imaginative, hands-on workshop exploring ecology and place through The Six Bowls, a participatory artwork creating ideas and actions for a more just and resilient future.

Schedule for Laurieston Flower Show in Balmaghie Public Hall, Laurieston and Scarecrow Competition throughout the village.

Burn is an environmental video art project by artist John Wallace and soil scientist Professor Pete Smith.

In poetry and music – from Japan to Glenkens – Tom Pow and Jo Miller present a conversation around ‘Hallowed ground’.

Come and join Whirligig, Ruth Morris, Gavin Marwick and Phil Alexander in our popular Land Notes Festival.

Join Angela Miller & Andy Kaye from Talking Galloway for a gentle stroll up local landmark Waterside Hill.

A panel discussion on demographic change, culture and belonging.

Generations of local writers have been inspired by the natural beauties of Galloway and the Glenkens. Come and hear today’s writers read their Galloway-inspired poetry and prose at this year’s Land Notes Festival.

Celebrate Land Notes Festival 2026 with a Banner Parade from CatStrand down to the banks of the river Ken by Loch Ken Bridge.

Location: Ken Bridge river side

A session of traditional tunes and songs. Bring your voice or instrument and join in a supportive gathering of musicians. Or just come an listen!

Galloway Shorts- Community Screenings

Forest Learning Sessions from Bairn Banter on the last Saturday of the month at Heart of the Glen, Carsphairn.

Admission £1, children free.

As part of the community engagement program at Carsphairn Community Woodland, we will be hosting woodland nature activities alongside the monthly volunteering days, with lots of fun activities to get involved in.

Last Sunday of every month .

Art and Crafts Fayre in Dalry Town Hall.

Diplomat, Scholar, Gentleman, Photographer and Chronicler of folk life in Dumfries and Galloway, Judith Hewitt from D & G Museums tells us Kissling's story.

Deiseil: Dancing in Time is a  powerful exploration of how stepdance, Scotland’s percussive dance, was lost… and how its revival became woven into a lifelong friendship.

Following Wednesday's performance of Deiseil: Dancing in Time, director Gerry Mulgrew and performers Alison Carlyle and Amy Geddes will host a discussion about the themes of the show.

Song Share in Dalry.

A famous film director returns home to his native village in Sicily drawn by the news of the death of his old friend and boyhood mentor, the projectionist at the Cinema Paradiso, the social centre of the village.

The Song Cannot Be Silenced, by local author Larry Winger, writing under the nom de plume Aldon Law, is a general fiction novel of challenges, as its main characters face issues of voicelessness, loss of identity, and life choices that become intractable.

Dalry Town Hall Producers and Makers Market

A poignant and uplifting celebration of the power of melancholy music.

Les Liaisons Dangereouses by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

General Monthly Meeting to discuss Dalry Town Hall matters.

Blending Indian and Scottish traditional music, Naad-Hara presents an innovative programme of traditional melodies, original compositions, and improvisation.

Modern jazz quartet with influences from European Jazz, Scottish Folk and Impressionist Classical music.

Following our successful Spring and Summer Equinox gatherings, we return to Hensol Wood to mark the autumnal turning of the year.

More information to follow.

Fresh from winning BBC Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year, drummer and composer Roan Anderson brings his band Tao to CatStrand.

A workshop for musicians who’d like to learn some tunes from Dumfries and Galloway.

Step into a world of weightless melodies and high‑altitude calm. Richard Davies brings High Notes From In The Sky to life in a rare solo performance for soprano sax - a drifting, dreamlike journey through jazz, ambient textures, and sky‑level improvisation.

Come along and either listen to or join in with a traditional Scottish Folk Session.

One of the most innovative groups in the new wave of UK jazz, Nimbus Sextet are bringing their electrifying blend of jazz, world and dance music to top venues and festivals across the UK & Europe.

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann presents an intimate and cinematic portrait of one of the greatest performers of all time based on archival footage and audio recordings shown here largely for the first time.

Forest Learning Sessions from Bairn Banter on the last Saturday of the month at Heart of the Glen, Carsphairn.

Brahms, B Major, op. 8, Rachmaninov, Trio no 2, op. 9

As part of the community engagement program at Carsphairn Community Woodland, we will be hosting woodland nature activities alongside the monthly volunteering days, with lots of fun activities to get involved in.

Last Sunday of every month .

A five-part creative community journey of Research, Reflection and Restorative Remembrance.

Fred MaCaulay is preparing to hit the road in 2026 with the 2025 show repackaged and updated and simply called “GOOD EVENING!”. 

Song Share in Dalry.

Coming to CatStrand as a duo, Blue Rose Code simply has to be seen live.

When Helen's beloved father dies, she is overtaken by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together.

An evening of music, song and recitations in celebration of the poetry of the late Tommy Edgar MBE and the rich history of music in the Glenkens led by Brian Edgar with special guest Jo Miller. 

Dalry Town Hall Producers and Makers Market

Prolific Glasgow-based singer, songwriter, interpreter of traditional songs and guitarist Alasdair Roberts gives a rare solo performance at CatStrand.

Session 2 of 5 – Researching the Past

A workshop for musicians who’d like to learn some tunes from Dumfries and Galloway.

General Monthly Meeting to discuss Dalry Town Hall matters.

Hexameter are a spoken word collective of six poets all closely connected with Dumfries & Galloway and key figures in Southwest Scotland’s flourishing literary scene.

Session 3 of 5 – Walking with Elspeth

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

A terrifically warm, generous film about real-life activist John Davidson, who is from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders and has Tourette syndrome, with its tics, compulsive behaviour patterns and random obscene shouts.

This compelling film captures an exclusive, deeply personal dialogue between the world-renowned land artist and the acclaimed art historian, author, and broadcaster.

The Bubblyjock Collective present ‘QUINES’, a brand-new programme celebrating female Scottish composers and neglected women from Scottish history.

Last Sunday of every month .

These seasonal guided walks will find and identify our wonderful local birds by sight and sound, providing useful birdwatching tips for beginners and information on the behaviour and ecology of the species encountered.

Session 4 of 5 – Imagining Remembrance

Exciting updates from the excavations at Stroanfreggan!

We heart Lizzie Magie! Feminist, economist, disruptor, and games designer who wanted to show the world there was an alternative to capitalist greed.

Forest Learning Sessions from Bairn Banter on the last Saturday of the month at Heart of the Glen, Carsphairn.

Introducing Birdvox and their debut album Shamming The Drama.

Song Share in Dalry.

Session 5 of 5 – Shaping the Future

Ever wanted to be on the inside of the trad music in the pub?

General Monthly Meeting to discuss Dalry Town Hall matters.

Innovator, award winning, multi-instrumentalist Malin Lewis melds Scottish West coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe alongside stars Sally Simpson (Fiddle) and Ali Hutton (Guitar). Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, queerness and the universe.

Join us for a candle lit procession to the War Memorial at New Galloway Park for prayers and reflections.

Hamnet is as valid a tale of the relationship between him and his wife as any other while they try to make sense of their son’s death.

Dalry Town Hall Producers and Makers Market

Dermot and Elvis are a couple of guys from Northern Ireland who run a record shop dealing in old-school vinyl, but they are terrorised by their mean landlord, Sadie, who owns the lease and just wants them out.

John Nelson is a keen local and family historian. At the age of 65, John rode a Clydesdale horse 130 miles into the Highlands, following in the footsteps of his ancestor’s stolen horse.

Ryan Young is a Scottish fiddle player working within the traditional music of Scotland. His playing is noted for its distinctive tone and phrasing, with an approach that places melody and expression at the centre of the music.

Forest Learning Sessions from Bairn Banter on the last Saturday of the month at Heart of the Glen, Carsphairn.

Last Sunday of every month .

Tick off your Xmas list with quality handmade gifts!

Song Share in Dalry.

Glenkens Producers Market in Dalry Town Hall.

General Monthly Meeting to discuss Dalry Town Hall matters.

Forest Learning Sessions from Bairn Banter on the last Saturday of the month at Heart of the Glen, Carsphairn.

Last Sunday of every month .