What's On Scotland 26 Jun-3 Jul: Filmhouse opening programme & more

We (good cinema in Edinburgh) are so back. Beloved institution Filmhouse returns after almost three years of closure and shuttered doors this Friday 27 June, with brand new screens, a revamped bar, and a solid programme of rep movies and old releases in the first week.

There's some really special stuff announced so far: from recent The Skinny faves the gorgeous La Chimera and Wim Wenders’ tender and searching Perfect Days to a 70mm print of The Brutalist and a screening of 1926 paper cut animation The Adventures of Prince Achmed accompanied by a live score. Check out the full programme here – most screenings have 50% off or more in the first week – and keep an eye on their website for more screenings announced soon.

EXIT Summer Closing Weekend
Exit, Glasgow. 27-28 Jun, various times
Head to Exit for their summer closing weekend. The first night is curated by Glasgow legend Plantainchipps and features amapiano and hip-hop from Bellrosa and Jemima from the Bible, while the second night has an industrial bent ft. RS Tangent, Faux Naif and more. Image: Matthew Arthur Williams.

Lucy Dacus
Usher Hall, Edinburgh. 30 Jun, 7pm
After the runaway success of her third album Home Video in 2021 and acclaim of her supergroup boygenius’ debut album the record in 2023, Lucy Dacus tours Forever Is a Feeling, a tender and sweet collection of love songs about her relationship with bandmate Julien Baker. Image: Shervin Lainez.

Glasgow Zine Fest
Various venues, Glasgow. 2-6 Jul
Community takes centre stage at Glasgow Zine Fest, looking at the collective and radical potential of DIY publishing. Head to their photocopy party to make your own zines, attend a talk on climate justice, or learn how to make a risograph call to action poster or your own field recordings. Image: Sean Patrick Campbell.

Slàinte Mhath
Leith Cricket Club, Edinburgh. 28 Jun, 8pm
Edinburgh club night Slàinte Mhath is almost two years old and they're throwing an early birthday party to celebrate, with a lineup of old and new DJ friends, including Al Gu, samwooddoowmas, miira, and Saint Sunday (pictured) playing everything from techno to jungle.

↪ Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine
V&A Dundee, Dundee. 26 Jun-TBA
Exploring the history of Palestinian dress and the art of tatreez hand embroidery, this exhibition was previously at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah earlier this year and is now in Dundee to mark 45 years of the city’s twinship with Nablus in Palestine.

→ Kelburn Garden Party
Kelburn Castle, Fairlie. 3-7 Jul
There’s some killer names on the Kelburn Garden Party lineup this year, with live sets from the likes of She Drew the Gun and The Allergies, and DJ sets from Auntie Flow and Sofia Kourtesis and stages by baile/baile, EHFM and Paradise Palms.

→ Japanese Breakfast
Barrowlands, Glasgow. 30 Jun, 7pm
Indie pop outfit Japanese Breakfast released their fourth album earlier this year, the perfectly titled For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women), featuring a return to their more gothic tones following the bubbly tones of the critically acclaimed Jubilee.