What's On Scotland 12-19 Apr: Nuart & more

Get your spray cans at the ready because Stavanger's internationally renowned Nuart Festival returns to Aberdeen this weekend, following a successful debut outing last year. A diverse selection of street artists from across the UK and Europe will participate in the festival, creating and displaying works and adding a splash of colour to various locations around the Granite City.

Taking place from 12-15 April, the festival will also include a programme of talks, presentations, film screenings, workshops and walking tours. If there was ever a time for you to head up north to Aberdream, this would be the weekend to do it.

Hinds
SWG3, Glasgow. 15 Apr, 7pm
Everyone’s favourite Spanish girl band (step aside Las Ketchup), Hinds return to Scotland, following a “dynamite” show at Edinburgh’s Summerhall in August last year. This time round they’re heading west with their brilliant new album I Don't Run in tow, so get ready to dance the night away to their infectiously catchy DIY punk bangers. Image: Sarah Donley

Porches
Mono, Glasgow. 14 Apr, 7.30pm
Following on from his 2016 breakthrough album Pool, we described Aaron Maine's third album as Porches, The House as "an incessantly earnest portrayal of love and regret, decay and change." Make sure you catch him in the flesh at Mono tomorrow night on the only Scottish date of his tour, where you'll no doubt be left reliving that breakup. Image: Louise Connor

ADVERTISEMENT | Edinburgh's West End Arts Festival
Various venues, Edinburgh, Until 18 Apr
Make sure you catch the last weekend of Edinburgh’s West End Arts Festival. At the Union Gallery, Kevin Harman will exhibit posters he’s planted around the city and public response to this. The Scottish Arts Club will host artists Paloma Proudfoot and Aniela Piasecka’s work bringing to life records from the National Records of Scotland in a project featuring outsized surreal sculpture and ceremonial performance. Meanwhile, Gallery TEN will hold an exhibition of original Matisse prints.

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Glasgow Zine Fest
CCA, Glasgow. 14 & 15 Apr
A magazine suggesting you go and look at other magazines? It’s so meta! Well, it’s a print lover’s dream this weekend, as the Glasgow Zine Fest touches down at the CCA, showcasing the very best in self publishing over two days. There will also be a range of workshops, screenings, talks and socials held over the weekend for those with an insatiable appetite for zines.

Fishes out of water
Veneer Gallery, Glasgow. 13-22 Apr
Four visual artists from different parts of Asia, now gathered in Glasgow, explore the changes in culture and climate in this new exhibition. Nienting Chen (Taiwan), Supapong Laodheerasiri (Thailand), Sooa Lee (South Korea) and Jaxton Su (Singapore) will all exhibit work using water as a focal point to express the changes in their everyday lives since moving to Scotland. Image: Emptying (2016) by Sooa Lee

The Room & Best F(r)iends Screening
Flying Duck, Glasgow. 17 Apr, 7pm
Despite being considered “the worst film ever made,” The Room is an indisputable cult hit, even more so since the release of The Disaster Artist last year. While James Franco may want to shun Tommy Wiseau though, Burnt Church Film Club don’t and they’re screening the classic film and Wiseau’s recent reunion with The Room’s co-writer Greg Sestero, Best F(r)iends, B2B tonight.

The Punk Singer – She's En Scene Community Cinema
Plantation Productions, Glasgow. 12 Apr, 6.30pm
Glasgow-based community cinema She's En Scene screen films made by women for women to encourage creation, connection and debate. Their latest selection is Sini Anderson's 2013 documentary The Punk Singer, exploring the legacy of Bikini Kill frontwoman and riot grrrl icon Kathleen Hanna and her struggle with Lyme disease. A post-show discussion will also be held following the screening.

Overground: Hi & Saberhägen Release Party
The Mash House, Edinburgh. 13 Apr, 11pm
Edinburgh duo Hi & Saberhägen recently released their debut EP Light On Leaves on renowned producer and DJ Midland's label, Intergraded – the second sub-label (along with ReGraded) of the Graded imprint he founded in 2013. Tomorrow night, they'll be celebrating its release with a party hosted by Overground at The Mash House. Image: Monica Elizabeth Sgouros

Erol Alkan (All Night Long) – To The Rhythm
The Reading Rooms, Dundee. 13 Apr, 10.30pm
Erol Alkan is surely one of the most prolific DJs around, with his most recent release, last year's Reworks Volume 1, compiling his greatest remixes to date. He's back in Scotland this weekend, hitting up Dundee tomorrow night and Edinburgh on Saturday night on his To The Rhythm tour, where he'll be in control of the sound and lighting, playing all night long. Image: Tom Connolly

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