What’s On

Here you can find events such as celebratory performances, exhibitions, public art programmes, workshops and dialogues.

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Healing Arts Scotland at The Festival of Politics

19-23 August 2024

Scottish Parliament, Horse WYND, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP

Healing Arts Scotland is teaming up with the Festival of Politics with a series of discussions from leading experts from the worlds of politics, the arts and health on a variety of topics including dementia, mental health and resilience, trauma, ageism and inequality and how engagement in the arts can make a difference to all walks of life.

Online Conference

20-23 August

Online

If you are not able to join our events in person, we have teamed up with Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland to offer an online conference programme covering key areas of discussion across the week and featuring some of our national and international speakers and other guests.

Place and Displacement: Reconnecting to the World Through the Arts

20 August 2024 5:30PM-7PM

Scottish Parliament, Horse Wynd, Edinburgh EH99 1SP

This panel will discuss how the arts have been used to help reconnect forcibly displaced peoples cope with their new circumstances, process their sense of loss, and begin the journey to imagining a more hopeful future.

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BATSHIT

2-25 August 2024

10 Cambridge Street, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, EH1 2ED

BATSHIT draws on personal stories, pop psychology and Prozac-laden humour to explore the myths, fantasies and fears that keep us compliant, and the systems that let us down.

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Dance for Parkinson's

6, 13, 20, 27, August 2024

Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1HJ, Greenock, PA15 1HJ

Dance for Parkinson's is a weekly dance class for people with Parkinson's and their families and carers, followed by a Social Cafe. The class is facilitated by two dancers from Scottish Ballet, a live pianist and two specially trained volunteers.

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Creative Journey with the Elements

20 August 2024

St.Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH7 6AE

The event invites you to discover your creative potential and deepen your connection with the elements and mother nature.