What's On Scotland 21-28 Oct: Family Fugue & more

The incredibly cool GENERATORprojects, Dundee's artists-run initiative space dedicated to platforming grassroots artists and events, have a new exhibition in the house and it is stunning (we are desperate to jump on a train ASAP). Family Fugue, a stunning moving image piece and installation by Scottish filmmaker and artist George Finlay Ramsay that is open Thursdays to Sundays until 6 November.

Strange and mythic and strikingly modern, Family Fugue thinks of the ways we are haunted by our ancestors, and the way we can haunt them in return. The exhibition space is also gorgeously crafted - GENERATORprojects' exhibitions are very unique and aren't up long so head over quick!

Hayley Tompkins: Far
Fruitmarket, Edinburgh. 22 Oct-29 Jan
The biggest solo exhibition of Glasgow artist Hayley Tompkins' work to date, Far is a gorgeous mediation on the materiality of paint and colour, and the tactility of making and viewing art. Bringing together installation, film, and paintings, her work is as striking as it is experimental. Image: Patrick Jameson.

Angel Olsen
Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 22 Oct, 7pm
Angel Olsen's sometimes synth-y, sometimes rock-y takes on dream pop over the years are crafted with astonishingly vulnerable lyrical prowess, and none more so than her most recent album Big Time, which tackles the grief of losing her parents last year. Image: Cameron McCool.

ADVERTISEMENT | Paisley Halloween Festival
Paisley town centre, 27-29 Oct, 6pm
Grab your cape and gather your superpowers for a thrilling Halloween experience like no other in Paisley’s historic town centre. Paisley Halloween Festival promises spellbinding street performances, flying caped crusaders, a spooky spider’s lair, a fearsome fire garden and loads of frightfully good fun for all the family. Don’t miss this year’s free-to-attend festival inspired by heroes, myths and legends.

Poster Paints
The Glad Cafe, Glasgow. 22 Oct, 7:30pm
Poster Paints, the alter-ego of Carla J Easton and Simon Liddell, launch their much anticipated self-titled album: exploring everything from shoegaze to dreamy bedroom pop, the night has support from Flinch and a DJ set from Simply Thrilled. Image: Craig McIntosh

Club Sylkie: Birthday Party
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. 27 Oct, 11pm
Club Sylkie, Edinburgh's club night run by and for queer people and their pals, celebrates their first birthday on the Cowgate this week (happy birthday babies!). Leading the party vibes is dancehall and bass infused tunes from London's rising star mi-el. Image: Club Sylkie.

ADVERTISEMENT | Hayley Tompkins: Far
Fruitmarket, Edinburgh. 22 Oct-29 Jan
Glasgow-based artist Hayley Tompkins once described her process as one of trying really to see something. Turning her gaze on everyday objects, she uses paint, photography and film to mark them, and mark them out, as things we might like to look at too.

↪ Scotland Loves Anime
Various venues, Glasgow + Edinburgh. 21-30 Oct
One for die-hard fans and intrepid beginners alike, Scotland Loves Anime returns to our screens. There’s the usual mixture of hotly anticipated new features, including Masaaki Yuasa’s wild rock opera Inu-Oh and stone cold classics like Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue.

→ Our Stories Between the Myths and Memories
David Livingstone Birthplace, Blantyre. 22-23 Oct
Presented in partnership with The Skinny and programmed by Scottish-Zimbabwean artist Natasha Thembiso Ruwona, this weekend of creativity features mesmerising, unmissable talks and performances from the likes of Ashanti Harris and the Congolese Gig Group.

→ Sister Radio
Tron Theatre, Glasgow. 21-22 Oct
Written by Sara Shaarawi, the creative mind behind 2021 Fringe's astonishing Niqabi Ninja, this vibrant, nostalgic new play centres on two Iranian sisters living in a flat in Edinburgh who, when a pandemic hits, are forced to confront the ghosts of their past.