Join our Pollinators Along the Tweed project, led by Buglife, in Eshiels Community Woodland for a day of wildflower plug planting to help improve the woodland for pollinators. Sturdy footwear and suitable outdoor clothing for Scottish weather are advised! You can drop by or attend the session for as long as you like but, if […]

Strange Loop is a new participatory immersive and meditative experience from artists, Jamie Wardrop and Sita Pieraccini. It sets up a feedback loop between VJ, technology, music, and live organisms, together entering abstract, conceptual, visionary and auditory realms. The process is one of constantly self-creating unexpected and surprising forms and spaces. This performance is the […]

A roaming promenade of music, story and stilt-walking, drawn from trees, rivers and the turning seasons. Rea’s performers move among the crowd, drawing audiences into a shared moment of awe, wonder and ceremony. Rowan Environmental Arts (Rea) create unique outdoor experiences that inspire, using nature connection and storytelling as a catalyst for change and climate […]

Saturday, 31 October is a seasonal celebration! On day two, we listen to, taste, and feel the river. At the turn of the seasons, we ask: what if paying attention to ourselves, our communities and our rivers – under, over, round and through – is a gift that we can offer? 9:00-9:30am – Arrival and […]

The festival’s first day concludes with an evening of film and conversation, bringing together meditations on rivers and people as bodies that are fluid and ever-changing, resisting neat categorisation. The programme centres on the premiere of Kate Liston’s new film, In the Weeds, commissioned by Connecting Threads and developed through two participatory, experimental writing workshops […]

Drop-in Workshops: Making Costumes and Banners Make something to carry and/or wear for the Tweed River Festival Parade! Join Lara Greene to make costumes and masks inspired by the creatures that inhabit the Tweed, or screen-print imagery of the Tweed with Zoe Atherfold to create a banner for the parade. These sessions will run on: […]