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Last Updated: 06/12/2024 14:13:03
Wednesday, 03 July 2024 16:42
The Dumfries and Galloway Fine Arts Society Annual Exhibition starts on 6 July at Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries.
Originally set up in 1922, Dumfries and Galloway’s largest practising art group presents a fascinating selection of over 160...
Tuesday, 02 July 2024 09:04
A capacity crowd descended on Park Farm, Dumfries on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June for the UK’s largest free youth music festival.
An audience of around 40,000 over the course of the weekend were entertained by fantastic performances on the Main...
Friday, 28 June 2024 16:04
Dumfries and Galloway Council is taking measures to ensure a small number of postal voters in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Dumfries and Galloway constituencies who won’t be at home next week can cast their vote in next...
Friday, 28 June 2024 10:06
Project SEARCH, a pioneering programme dedicated to preparing young people with autism spectrum conditions and other learning disabilities for competitive employment, is proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary in Dumfries and Galloway. This milestone...
Wednesday, 26 June 2024 10:59
After months of excitement and preparation, Youth Beatz 2024 is almost here, with 40,000 young people expected to attend the UK’s largest free youth music festival on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June at Park Farm Showfield, Dumfries
The festival...
Tuesday, 25 June 2024 15:52
The Education teams of Dumfries and Galloway Council together with East, North and South Ayrshire Councils won the Digital Transformation Award at the Municipal Journal (MJ) Awards on Friday last week with ‘SWConnects’, - the digital delivery...
Monday, 24 June 2024 11:34
Young people in Dumfries & Galloway will have the chance to take part in a wide range of free activities over the Summer Holidays taking place in local communities across our region. Dumfries and Galloway Council has invested £264,000 of...
Monday, 24 June 2024 11:12
Kirkcudbright Galleries is delighted to present ‘Eye to Eye: Sir Henry Raeburn’s Portraits.’
Sir Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), widely recognised as Scotland’s foremost and finest portrait painter, takes his place in the...
Friday, 21 June 2024 15:39
We have been made aware of an error in the address of a candidate on postal ballot papers issued to voters in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Constituency.
This error has occurred due to an administrative oversight on our part. We have...
Friday, 21 June 2024 11:47
Dumfries and Galloway Council and the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Partnership recently received high praise from Education Scotland following a CLD Progress Visit conducted earlier this year as part of a national inspection...
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