IN or NEAR Scotland - visit SOLAS

Get involved, sing, dance, beatbox! Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Get Stuck In There’s more than ever for you to join in with at this year’sSolas Festival. Sign up for the National Theatre of Scotland’s 99…100interactive show, Blast Off in a rocket workshop with Emily Dodd, or learn to beatbox, sing, or dance!  Days To Go Whether you want to dress as a pirateand dance the night away with Love Boat Big Band on the Sunday, rock out to the Jetpackson the Saturday, or sing along withKarine on the Sunday, we have all kinds of tickets so you can get the most out of the festival. Visit the Larder There’s a new corner of Solas Festival wheresomething very exciting is happening this year, in The Larderyou can taste Scotland’s best food, meetScotland’s best chef’s and discuss how what we eataffects us and the world around us.  Up For Discussion What do the Chief Inspector of Prisons, the National Poet, a folk star, an MSP, and a professor have in common? They’re all appearing onpanels at Solas Festival, discussing issues ranging fromart and identity, to violence, independence, justice, faith, and sexuality  Sunday Night at Solas The Sunday night party at Solas Festival is better than ever this year, with the Love Boat Big Band sailing onto the main stage for a huge show of classic tunes, big band grooves, and nautical madness with prizes for the best dressed pirates and sailors. Before that the wonderful weirdness of The Music Tapes will take you on a journey through time and space using banjos, saws and strange noises. And if all that wasn't enough the folk-pop perfection of Beerjacket will be on the bill too. So, dust off your cutlass and dance a hornpipe with us.