Queer Dumfries: A Walking Tour with oor ain local Jack The Lass, DJ McDowall of The Imaginarium.

Join us as we explore the intriguing, complex and largely untold history of Queer & LGBTQ+ life in Dumfries, with stories of the people and places who have shaped our town, and our community.

You are cordially invited to join us for a very special event celebrating the phenomenally inspiring life of Dr Flora Murray, on the exact day of the centenary anniversary of her death

Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones present Despite The Wind & The Rain

With support from: Cairn Chorus Choir, with their Songs of Protest. Susi Briggs, Scots poet, author & storyteller. Lani O’Neil, local female piper.

Join us for an evening of musical & spoken word tributes to the extraordinary life of local lass, suffragette, medical pioneer, radical activist & queer icon Dr Flora Murray.

The evening will take place at Dumfries Museum where the audience will also be able to view the exhibition dedicated to celebrating and commemorating the extraordinary life and times of Dr Flora Murray, on the centenary of her death.

Gather all together for an immersive night of time travel with the inimitable An Dannsa Dub, bringing us their vibrant fusion of mystical energy and Gaelic folk song with the heavy, mediative, driving basslines of Dub. 

Join us to experience a new spin on oor auld cultural traditions!

Its time relight the fire! In collaboration with D&G Arts & The Imaginarium are co-curating with local legend Tom Spirals an almighty one night festival style rave to try and kickstart Castle Douglas Town Hall back into action !

You’ll be guided by BBC Introducing’s Phoebe I.H, through an evening of eating, drinking, dancing and merriment into the worlds of some of the most innovative and exciting sounds coming out of Scotland with Tom Spirals and An Dannsa Dub, alongside a full line up of other genre-bending musicians, DJ’s, storytellers and traditional performers.

Online event hosted by Museums Galleries Scotland with Dumfries Museum featuring DJ McDowall of The Imaginarium.

An immersive StoryTrails special @ Ewart Library, Dumfries for LGBT+ History Month - focused on our Rebel Queen of the South, pioneering local lass: Dr Flora Murray!

Daughter of Dalton, Dumfries / Suffragette Surgeon / Medical Pioneer / Radical Activist / LGBTQ+ Icon

The first of a series of events being held this year that I’ve been collaborating on with Dumfries and Galloway Heritage Service & Dumfries Museum to bring home the memory of ‘Dr Flo’, commemorating the centenary of her passing.

Creative Caerlaverock, The Imaginarium & The Stove Network cordially invite you to A Time Travelling feast for the senses - otherwise called an Ancestral Supper…

Combining food, music, soundscape, and live performance, the Ancestral Supper will be the first of a series of engagement events, in association with Historic Environment Scotland exploring the past, present and future of Caerlaverock Castle.

The next in our Seasonal Folk Gatherings @ Allanton Peace Sanctuary, celebrating the turning of the old Wheel of the Year, reconnecting with nature, each other and our ancient traditions.

Queer Dumfries: A Walking Tour with oor ain Jack The Lass

Experience the legendary ‘Cabaret’ on its 50th anniversary, in marvellous 4K, @ the Robert Burns Film Theatre, Dumfries.

After the screening, join us in our own Doonhamer Kit Kat Club, lovingly recreated in the Lounge Bar… Dress UP time!

'In here, life is beautiful...'

Come along, choose your Queer Human Book, and engage with their stories and queer life experiences.

StoryTrails: The UK’s largest Immersive Storytelling Experience does Dumfries. Day 2

StoryTrails: The UK’s largest Immersive Storytelling Experience does Dumfries

Visioning & Planning are the keys to unlocking The Imaginarium, and its unlimited potential to create social change.

IMAGINE: a world where you could make the seemingly impossible, possible. What would you make happen?

Come feast with us, in the company of some of our most illustrious and infamous, time travelling ancestors: The Wildlings O Gallowa’. Enjoy traditional entertainment between courses, in the true tradition of feasting, in this multi-sensory immersive experience.

Exploring the inner working of the mind to help you Enter the Imaginarium.

An afternoon of creative exploration, inspiration, innovation & liberation awaits!

This co-created learning experience: Quantum Manifest will aid you to understand and master the energies that influence your existence, by helping you to raise your level of critical consciousness.

Involves a little science, a little meditation, and a lot of critical thinking!

* Co-created and manifested in partnership with Not From This Planet / Majo Medicine.

A personal, professional and political perspective on being queer, and the world we live in.

Helping people understand the complexities we face, and providing participants with the opportunity to openly discuss the issues, air their views and ask questions in a safe space without fear of being disregarded for being unPC.

IMAGINE: a world where none of this mattered!

Providing and encouraging self care amongst our Community Leadership.

There’s a desperate need to take care of our community leaders, they are constantly our frontline, with very little recognition or support.

Holistically supporting those that support our most needy, we aim to support you to provide that support.

This Soulful Retreat will allow us to pamper those dedicated to making life better for all of us.

Time to relax, and let us look after you for a change.

This learning experience will explore the structures of Effective Participation and Inclusion, the keys to successful and impactful youth and community work / engagement.

IMAGINE: a world where everyone was able to take a seat at the decision making table.

The next in our Seasonal Folk Gatherings @ Allanton Peace Sanctuary, celebrating the turning of the old Wheel of the Year, reconnecting with nature, each other and our ancient traditions.

Fully immerse yourself in an authentic Medieval Mass & High Tea with your host, Lady Devorguilla, on the anniversary of her death, in her chapel, and at the heart of her home: Buittle Castle.

Being Weird Used To Be An Insult… In Truth Its Genuinely Your Superpower, It Allows You To Break New Ground, Be Cutting Edge And Be Incredibly More Settled And Grounded In Your Life.

Let’s Get Our Freak On!

This co-created series of workshops will create a safe supportive space to explore grief, our experience of death and dying.

Exploring diverse reparative ways of grieving, and enabling recovery from loss.

We hope to guide you onto your own healing pathways through these most transformative of experiences.

Re:engaging with the ancient art of dying, its process, its rituals and how we can participate meaningfully.