Go and Tell: Show Scotland 2009

Looking for something to do over the bank holiday weekend? Show Scotland 2009 have a few suggestions to save you from Ikea queues and repeats of Wallace and Gromit. The Museums and Galleries Big Events Weekend, now in its fourth year, takes place from 1-4 May and boasts over fifty performances, extended openings and family activities in a variety of venues across Scotland.

The weekend aims to attract new faces to Scottish galleries and museums, and rejects the all too familiar ‘do not touch’ signs many associate with these places. Highlights include ‘A Night of Tango’ at the Aberdeen Art Gallery, ‘Beyond Drag: a Performance Workshop’ at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow and ‘Tales the Town Crier Didn’t Tell’ at the Peoples' Story Museum, Edinburgh. The majority of events are free, so go on... You’ve already seen The Wrong Trousers eight times anyway.