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.

We have co-curated a very special evening of musical and spoken word tributes featuring folk musicians Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones who have recently written a song about Flora for their album ‘Despite the Wind and the Rain’, which celebrates under represented women in Scottish History.

A special collaboration between D&G Arts Festival, DJ McDowall of The Imaginarium & Dumfries Museum for Dumfries Pride.

Doors will open at 7pm for you to view the Flora Murray Exhibition with the performances starting at 7.30pm.

(Please note that the exhibition is up a flight of stairs).

Tickets available from: Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival