The festival’s second day concludes with an evening of film and discussion, centred on the premiere live performance of Jessie Growden’s new film, Bodies in Water, which has emerged out of Jessie’s month-long residency with Connecting Threads this summer. For its first outing, Bodies in Water is accompanied by a live narration. Bodies in Water is suitable for people […]

Join Connecting Threads in Peebles for the second day of the inaugural Tweed River Festival! The festival is the culmination of Connecting Threads’ 2025 programming theme, Watery Commons. Tickets and times The Tweed River Festival programme has been conceived to facilitate ideas, experiences and conversation across the day. Accordingly, each ticket covers your participation for a full […]

The festival’s opening day concludes with an evening of music, storytelling and song with singer-songwriter Kirsty Law, Sam Gillespie and Miwa Nagato-Apthorp. In summer 2024, folksinger Kirsty Law embarked on a creative journey, ‘Meander’, walking the River Tweed from source to sea. On the way she kept a diary, learned about the history of the […]

Join Connecting Threads in Peebles for the first day of the inaugural Tweed River Festival! The festival is the culmination of Connecting Threads’ 2025 programming theme, Watery Commons. Tickets and times The Tweed River Festival programme has been conceived to facilitate ideas, experiences and conversation across the day. Accordingly, each ticket covers your participation for […]

Part of Borders Meadows Trust’s community grant-funded project, this exciting event invites you to join Amanda Edmiston in the grounds of iconic Abbotsford House, home of legendary poet and author Sir Walter Scott. This workshop will take a simple multisensory look at working with botanical elements, with a focus on the plants and stories connecting […]

Part of Innerleithen Open Studios 2025, this will be a lively social evening with storytelling from Franziska Droll, songs and music from The Wee Chorus, Scottish folk songs from Mike Lamont, and Zimbro, a local four-piece band playing in a samba/bosa nova style. Snacks will be provided but please bring your own drinks. Tickets are […]