What's On Scotland 3-10 Oct: Flawd Foik & more

Flawd Foik, a daylong folkloric festival put on by Sett Studios, takes place this Saturday in Leith. Elsewhere, Master Peace plays King Tut's, and the Scottish Queer International Film Festival comes to Glasgow

Feature by Anahit Behrooz | 03 Oct 2024
  • Flawd Foik

It's October now which means it's officially spooky season, and what says spooky more than weird folk traditions and dressing up. Perfect timing, then for Sett Studios' Flawd Foik, a one-day multi-venue festival of visual art, performance and live music taking place on 5 October.

Proceedings kick off with a folkloric costumed procession through Leith at around 2pm, starting at Settlement Projects and ending at Sett Studios for the artist-run gallery’s annual group exhibition opening. Stick around for an after-party at Leith Depot featuring sets from some of the best local DJs around: find performances from the likes of of Faith Elliot, Otis Worming, Kat Amongst the Pigeons and Alima Askew throughout the day and evening. It's all free so just turn up – costumes through the day are highly encouraged.

After Party
Tron Theatre, Glasgow. 4-5 Oct, 7:45pm
There are many different kinds of parties – good ones (house, birthday) and bad (political). Taking place in the aftershocks of New Labour, this play begins with the election party of 1997 and imagines possible parties from the past, present and future, scored by a live DJ. Image: Jassy Earl.

Master Peace
King Tut’s, Glasgow. 9 Oct, 7:30pm
It’s impossible to pin Master Peace down in one single genre: there’s a distinct indie vibe, drawing on the charming indie sleaze of British bands that came before, but there’s smatterings of punk rock energy and smooth R‘n’B sounds. Catch him touring his debut album this month. Image: Courtesy of artist.

Bess Atwell
St Luke’s, Glasgow. 8 Oct, 7pm
Fresh from supporting The National on their tour, indie singer-songwriter Bess Atwell is doing her own headline tour, taking the soft, lyrical, folk-y strains of her latest album Light Sleeper – produced by The National's Aaron Dessner, no less – on the road. Image: David Pentecost.

EHFM presents: Potpourri vs Ratarsed
Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh. 5 Oct, 11pm
There's a DJ-off happening at Sneaky's, as community radio station EHFM put on a club night with two back-to-backers going head-to-head. Potpourri (Annafleur and Sweet Philly) will be making things hot and sexy, while ratarsed (Al Gu and miira) will be making things unhinged. Image: Courtesy of EHFM/Sneaky Pete's.

ADVERTISEMENT | Holly Davey: The Unforgetting
Fruitmarket, Edinburgh. 19 Oct–17 Nov. Daily 11am–6pm
Artist Holly Davey has been doing some ‘controlled rummages’ in Fruitmarket’s archive to make a new work which celebrates all the women who have exhibited with the Gallery in its 50-year history. The Unforgetting is Davey’s homage to the 354 women who have shown at Fruitmarket since 1974 with the principal concern to look again at the overlooked, ‘to ‘re-see’ and ‘re-hear about’ women whose stories could and should be part of what we know.

Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Various venues, Glasgow. 8-12 Oct
An incredible celebration of queer cinema and community, SQIFF is back with an incredible programme, including shorts strands themed around drag and resistance, futurities, and grief, a screening of lyrical lesbian documentary Lesvia, and workshops and panels.

Lost Girls/At Bus Stops
Oran Mor, Glasgow. 7-12 Oct, 1pm
Part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint’s 20th anniversary season, Lost Girls/At Bus Stops is an epic queer love story set during the Edinburgh Fringe, unravelling a fizzy romance between two girls who are on the hunt for the perfect show.

Civic House Party x Baile Baile
Civic House, Glasgow. 4 Oct, 5pm
Ullapool-based promoters baile/baile primarily put on club nights across the Highlands and rural Scotland, but they're bringing a host of DJs to Glasgow for a night of live acts, a soundscaped exhibition and an interactive Gaelic lesson to kick things off.