What's On

Listings of Scottish events from or about Russia and her neighbours, including churches in Scotland and a small selection of events outside Scotland. Additional events may be listed on our Facebook page below.
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film, theatre and dance

exhibitions

music

social events

talks and conferences

business events

Edinburgh festivals

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events in Scotland

from June 2018: Serov's portrait of Tsar Nicholas and the Royal Scots Greys. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
16-22 September: Charity Walk in support of children’s hospice in Georgia. Fort William to Inverness
4 October: Chai n Chat. Edinburgh SRF event
4 October: Moral Exemplarity in Post-Soviet Russia. Edinburgh
12 October: Witchcraft and Society in Early Modern Russia. Aberdeen
14 October: Sunday Classics: Russian State Symphony Orchestra with Barry Douglas. Usher Hall, Edinburgh
13 November: Moneyland and Rich Russians. Edinburgh SRF event
14 November: Moneyland (Oliver Bullough). Glasgow

2019
27 January: Sunday Classics: St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra with Yuri Temirkanov. Usher Hall, Edinburgh
19 May: Sunday Classics: Russian Philharmonic of Novosibirsk with Valentina Lisitsa. Usher Hall, Edinburgh

church services: Orthodox and Ukrainian services in Scotland.

Community of St Nicholas, Dunblane. Services August-September 2018.
Community of St. Gabriel, an English-speaking Russian Orthodox Christian community in University Avenue, Glasgow.

Orthodox Community of St Andrew, 2 Meadow Lane, Edinburgh EH8 9NR.

Diocese of Sourozh. Services all over Scotland. Glasgow: Russian Orthodox Parish of St Kentigern. Edinburgh: Greenside Parish Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh EH7 5AB.

Our Lady of Pochaev and St Andrew's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Edinburgh (weekly mass).Other Ukrainian services: First Sunday of every month in the POW Chapel in Lockerbie at 4:00pm (currently on hold); Second Sunday in St Simon’s Catholic Church, 33 Patrick Street, Glasgow, G11 6PQ at 3:00pm; Third Sunday in Our Lady and St Andrew’s Church in Galashiels at 3.00pm; Fourth Sunday in St Andrew’s Cathedral in Dundee at 4.00pm. Contact AUGB for more information.

Georgian Orthodox Parish of St Andrew the Apostle in Glasgow. The Georgian Orthodox parish is located in the historic city of Glasgow near Kelvingrove Park. They welcome you to visit and worship with them and become part of the Georgian Orthodox Christian community. More information: www.georgianglasgow.org.uk; enquiries; services and events.

Romanian Orthodox Church, Glasgow and Mull

outside Scotland

Regular events:
ARCC (Anglo Russian culture club), Arbuzz, CamRuSS (Cambridge), Dash Arts, GB-Russia Society lectures, Open Russia Club, Pryamaya Rech, Pushkin House, RBCC business networking events (London and Russia), SCRSS, Stonehill House Russian Days (Abingdon), Ukrainian events in London, UCL SSEES.

Events all over the UK:
Many art and cultural events are listed by Russian Art and Culture.
29 June-6 January: Yamal: The Stream of Life. Photographs by Scottish photographer, Bryan Alexander, focusing on the life or Nenets reindeer herding families in the Yamal region of Northwest Siberia. The photographs in this exhibition span a period of 25 years, from 1993 to 2018. Horniman Museum, London.
1 Nov: Annual 31st Georgian Studies Day “GEORGIAN INDEPENDENCE 1918; THEN AND NOW". University of Westminster, London
9 Nov -28 April 2019: "Russia: Royalty & the Romanovs". Exhibition. The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1A 1AA
25 Nov - 2 December: Russian Film Week. London and Cambridge