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In an effort to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to explore the multitude of different genres of music available today, the Sound festival of North East Scotland presents a series of live music experiences to showcase many of these musical styles, including contemporary, classical, traditional, improvisation, popular, experimental, jazz, ambient, electro-acoustic and many more. Sound invites music-lovers to step out of their current comfort-zones and explore styles of music they are unfamiliar with, as they are entertained by talented and innovative musicians at selected venues across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
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While storytelling may be a bed-time ritual in households all over the world, many leave the delights of storytelling behind them as they mature, thinking that it is only meant for children. The Scottish Storytelling Center in Edinburgh shows that anyone of any age can enjoy this age-old past-time and invite all who want their imaginations stirred up by tales from far and wide to join them at the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2008. The theme of this year’s event, which will take place from 24 October to 2 November, is “Northlands and Sagalands”.
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Approximately fifty-seven miles from Inverness lies the small town of Ullapool, Scotland. Between the 19th and the 20th of September 2008, Ullapool will again come alive with festive visitors eager to celebrate and enjoy the magnificent Loopallu Festival. It is a festival that has become increasingly popular in Scotland, boasting attractions, activities and wonderful entertainment for the entire family to enjoy.
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The Glasgow International Piping Festival is known as one of the most energetic and entertaining festivals in Scotland, and this year Glasgow will come alive with sound of music between the eleventh and the seventeenth of August 2008. Musicians from across the world congregate to bring festival goers the best that piping has to offer, with street performances, concerts, workshops, classes and other amazing events filling the festival schedule. Glasgow, Scotland, is the place to be in August, taking visitors on a journey of discovery, education, entertainment and fun.
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In 1983, Edinburgh, in Scotland, hosted the very first Edinburgh International Book Festival, and its popularity and interest from various countries saw to it that the festival became an annual event in 1997. Coinciding with both the other two anticipated festivals in Edinburgh, namely the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh International Festival, visitors from all corners of the globe descend on this magnificent city in Scotland to be a part of the celebrations and wonderful opportunities that are available. As the Edinburgh International Book Festival celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, it is guaranteed to be a festival to remember.
