M to ROAM O O R FESTIVAL 9-11 AUGUST 2013 Rambling, dancing, art... debating, walking, journeys singing, exploring, workshops and music... adventure, heritage, food and drink All weekend, the Square The Caravan Gallery: Pride of Place Project A mobile visitor information centre with a photographic exhibition recording the reality and surreality of everyday life. Growing day-by-day. All week
Friday 9 August ScotFin Ceilidh with the Strathspey Fiddlers and Paul Anderson. Stewarts Hall, 7pm Tickets: £5 from Rizza’s in Gordon Street
Saturday 10 August Room to Roam Pop-Ups Workshops in town throughout the day with the Caravan Gallery and the many Huntly Cultural Fund prize winners.Try singing lessons, bagpiping and tweed design... Town walks, café and Huntly souvenirs. The Square, 10am-5pm Fiddle meets Violin Concert with the Huntly Summer School. The Tin Hut, Gartly. 7.30pm Tickets: £5 adults, £4 children (6-17), £15 family from www.deveron-arts.com. Under 5s free
Sunday 11 August Lost Lines A five-hour safari-style walk with Simon Yates (from Touching the Void) and artist Stuart McAdam exploring the railway lines that fell due to the Beeching Cuts 50 years ago. Start: 8am, the Square. Bring sturdy boots and clothing, packed lunch and water. Tickets: £25 from www.deveron-arts.com. Includes bus and entry to P(l)ace Makers’ Summit Giants’ Throw Walk from Tap o’Noth in Rhynie to Mither Tap, Bennachie. Start: 8am from either Tap o’Noth car park or the Bennachie Centre. Groups meet at Suie Hill. More info from www.ssw.org.uk P(l)ace Makers’ Summit What does Room to Roam mean to us? Discussion with artists, walkers and other place makers. Keynote speaker: Simon Yates. Gordon Arms Hotel, 4-6pm, Tickets: £5 from www.deveron-arts.com The Caravan Gallery is a mobile space with a photographic exhibition exploring the sense of place by recording the reality and surreality of everyday life. Their Pride of Place Project co-creates thought provoking exhibitions with local communities.
Simon Yates British mountaineer best known through the book Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. Due to his accident on the descent of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes he’s known as ‘the man who cut the rope’.
Stuart McAdam Artist in residence at Deveron Arts during summer 2013. Stuart investigates the lost railway lines of the North East of Scotland in commemoration of the 50-year anniversary of the Beeching Cuts.
Paul Anderson is the finest Scots fiddler of his generation. He studied with Douglas Lawrence - a Golden Fiddle Champion and the most acclaimed pupil of Hector MacAndrew who could trace his lineage directly back to Niel Gow.