What's On Scotland 7-14 Sep: Drygate Beer Festival

It's a boozy week on Scottish shores, so get over to C>sk:17 and make the most of it. On top of that we've got Tama Sumo in Dundee, Maseo in Glasgow, Pinact, Chastity Belt and a whole lot more...

Feature by Kate Pasola | 07 Sep 2017

Lunge into a lovely beery September with Drygate’s festival . For all its millennial mathlete branding (that greater-than sign, eh?), it looks to be quite the banging affair. Celebrating the best of cask beer from Scotland and beyond, there’ll be new brews from Drygate’s on-site brewery, and over 100 other beers from more than 20 breweries. On top of that, you'll catch DJ sets from the likes of Rebecca Vasmant, and land yourself free branded glass to commemorate the whole scene. (8-10 Sep, various times, £5-6, drygate.ticketline.co.uk)

Also this week, Soul Food Sisters open their arms (and their new Barras-based venue) to mark a year-long sequence of twinned events between two pretty similar East End urban companies; London's Company Drinks and Glasgow's Bottle of Ginger. Entitled A Couple of Drinks, the evening will feature an exhibition and screening of both companies' experiences so far, plus talks from those involved. We'd hazard a guess that the bevvy situation will be top notch too... (Soul Food Sisters Cafe, Glasgow, 7pm, free).

Reckless Kettle (Tama Sumo)
The Reading Rooms, Dundee, 8 Sep
Tama Sumo is a superstar of the dance music industry. The German DJ/producer and Berghain resident brings her illustrious credentials to Dundee this month thanks to the Reckless Kettle crew.

Maseo (De La Soul)
SWG3, Glasgow, 10 Sep
This week De La Soul MC Maseo brings the group's inimitable vibe to SWG3's Poetry Club space for a not-to-be-missed party. Get down and get involved.
Image: Steve Black


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A Practical Guide To A Spectacular Suicide
 CCA, Glasgow. 13 Sep, 7.30pm
Stuck for something to do tonight? How does a "no-budget" film about a man repeatedly attempting to take his own life suit you? Unconventional as it might sound, Graham Hughes'  irreverent and moving feature-length  was met with acclaim in the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival and nominated for a British Academy Scotland Award.

Glasgow Independent Market
BAaD, Glasgow. 10 Sep, 10am-4pm
With the onset of Autumn nippiness comes a natural desire for new garms. Where better to head than the Glasgow Independent Market at the Barras Art and Design centre? Well, a clothes shop, fine. But why bother with the nasty strip lighting and boring fare of high street haunts, when you can pick out something lovely from a range of local retailers and vintage sellers? There'll also be beauty products, homeware, kitchenware, prints, gifts, food, books. Done.

Angels in America
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. 9 Sep & 14 Sep, 7pm
Today Festival Theatre screens part one of National Theatre Live's Angels in America, a 'gay fantasia on national themes.' The first half of this eight-hour masterpiece by Tony Kushner is entitled Millennium Approaches, and lays the foundations for a harrowing and heartening tale about life in 1980s NYC, from the AIDS crisis to a conservative Reagan administration. Part two takes place on 14 Sep at 7pm.
Image: Helen Maybanks

Pinact
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. 8 Sep, 7pm
Glasgow-based Pinact just released The Part That No One Knows at the end of August, their follow-up to 2015’s Stand Still and Riot, and we reckon it’s one of the best rock albums we’ve heard this year. Signed to Brooklyn-based label Kanine Records, they’ve a pretty solid US tour coming up so be sure to catch them at Sneaky’s before they head off. Tonight’s support comes in the form of Glasgow duo WOMPS.
Image: Kat Gollock

Tako Taal: Compound
CCA, Glasgow. Until 17 Sep, times vary
Artist Tako Taal brings exhibition Compound to the CCA between 1-17 Sep. Investigating 'welcome gestures' and examining ‘figures of the stranger and an extended family’, the show comprises two new videos plus family archive documents, print and objects. The exhibition borrows its form from a common living arrangement in West Africa.

Chastity Belt
Broadcast, Glasgow. 8 Sep, 7pm
Seattle-based indie rockers Chastity Belt are touring this autumn off the back of releasing their third long player, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, released back at the start of June via Hardly Art. Expect witty and cutting lyrics from the four-piece, fused with a fun live performance in the intimate surrounds of Glasgow’s Broadcast. It’s their only Scottish date, don't be a dafty and miss it; oh, and there’s support from Phillip Taylor of PAWS’ new band, Kælling.
Image: Conner Lyons


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Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the most exciting goings on in the week ahead. From gigs, plays and exhibitions to spoken word and pop up cake shops, we give you the insider's guide to things to do in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee every Thursday morning.