The CatStrand
CatStrand is a multi-use venue with a fully equipped and adaptable auditorium, a licensed cafe, gift shop and meeting room.
The CatStrand offers a regular range of events including theatre, music and cinema plus fitness classes and activities for all ages.
Our popular licensed cafe is open for light lunches, home baking and tea & coffee. The Gift shop stocks a great range of locally produced crafts, quality gifts and tourist maps and guides.
Venue hire also available for conferences, meetings, parties, book launches etc., full catering and bar facilities available.
To reserve a table in our café please call us on 01644420374 .
Help bring our annual pantomime to life by creating scenery, props, costumes, and visual effects.
Join the cast of CatStrand's annual pantomime and experience the excitement of creating a live theatre production.
Designed for older young people looking to improve their guitar skills and musical confidence.
A group guitar class designed for younger players who want to learn chords, songs, and basic techniques.
Explore the basics of keyboard playing while developing musical knowledge, rhythm, coordination and confidence.
A fun and energetic drama group where young people build confidence through theatre games, storytelling, improvisation, and performance.
A welcoming singing group led by Erin where young people develop their vocal skills, confidence, and performance abilities.
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.
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.
Les Liaisons Dangereouses by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
The Community Safety Team will be out and about in local communities as part of our autumn engagement activities with the public, utilising our mobile display trailer.
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.
Fresh from winning BBC Scotland Young Jazz Musician of the Year, drummer and composer Roan Anderson brings his band Tao to CatStrand.
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.
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.
An exciting youth leadership group where young people help shape CatStrand's creative programme.
Fred MaCaulay is preparing to hit the road in 2026 with the 2025 show repackaged and updated and simply called “GOOD EVENING!”.
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.
Prolific Glasgow-based singer, songwriter, interpreter of traditional songs and guitarist Alasdair Roberts gives a rare solo performance at CatStrand.
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.
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
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.
An exciting youth leadership group where young people help shape CatStrand's creative programme.
We heart Lizzie Magie! Feminist, economist, disruptor, and games designer who wanted to show the world there was an alternative to capitalist greed.
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.
An exciting youth leadership group where young people help shape CatStrand's creative programme.
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.