FULLY BOOKED but there is a waiting list in case any spots become available – you can join the list using the Book Now button Join the Uncovering the Tweed team for an engaging, hands-on workshop that explores the medieval pottery of the Tweed. Whether you’ve found a full vessel, are still waiting on that […]

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: […]