Dundee Design Festival

Plans revealed by Dundee Design Festival

Dr Stacey Hunter, Creative Director Dundee Design Festival with some of the exhibition materials donated by V&A Dundee photo by Grant Anderson

 

Dundee Food Festival

Dundee Food and Drink festival line-up is full of delicious fun for all

Dundee’s Slessor Gardens, City Square and Waterfront are set to be transformed into a food and drink haven this summer as Dundee Food Festival reveals its first line-up of events.

Tartan - V&A Dundee:  Tartan and Innovation

Tartan at V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee to present the first major exhibition in Scotland in 30 years to focus solely on tartan

James 2023

JAMES CONFIRMS SUMMER DATE at Slessor Gardens - Friday 28th July, 2023

James has today confirmed they will be performing at Dundee, Slessor Gardens, with special guests Razorlight on Friday 28th July 2023.

Radio 1 Big Weekend

Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2023 coming to Dundee

This morning on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Greg James revealed that Lewis Capaldi, The 1975, Raye, Niall Horan, Anne-Marie and Arlo Parks are the first acts set to perform at Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2023 which will be held in Dundee from 26 – 28 May. 

Zadie Xa - Child of Magohalmi and the Echos of Creation

Internationally renowned art festival set to take place in Dundee in 2023

Image by Matt Rowe, courtesy of Art Night - Zadie Xa, 'Child of Magohalmi and the Echos of Creation' (2019) at Walthamstow Library, co-commissioned by Art Night, Tramway, Yarat and De La Warr.

Bastille

BASTILLE CONFIRMS SUMMER DATE at Dundee, Slessor Gardens - Saturday 29th July, 2023

Bastille has today (Friday 2nd December 2022) confirmed they will be performing at Dundee, Slessor Gardens on Saturday 29th July 2023 as part of the Bad Blood X Tour.

The Lord Provost in City Square with giant penguin in background

Christmas in Dundee kicks off

As Christmas draws closer, Dundonians can look forward to getting into the festive spirit, with the launch of Christmas in Dundee on December 1st in City Square.

Discover Window Trail

Young people from across the city and beyond are being encouraged to become Dundee detectives during the school holidays.

Participants will be encouraged to discover an article in the window of a participating city centre business, shop or café that doesn’t fit in there.

Open Festival Scotland

Opera Festival Scotland

Dundee announces its newest arts festival - Opera Festival Scotland! 

University of Dundee - Rupert the Bear and Friends

The secrets of Comics Stripped bare

Batman, Rupert the Bear and Minnie the Minx are just some of the much-loved characters to appear in a new University of Dundee exhibition exploring t

Dundee Summer (Bash) Streets Festival 2022

Dundee Summer (Bash) Streets Festival 2022

Dundee's biggest ever celebration of comics set to take over city this summer 
 

Something for everyone in Dundee this Christmas

With the illumination of Dundee’s brand-new Christmas lights on Friday night, it’s certainly starting to look like Christmas in Dundee, and the excitement is set to continue to rise with the commencement of activities in City Square, and the opening of Winterfest in Slessor Gardens in the coming days.

The McManus:  Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum

The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum to reopen on 20th August

Scotland’s ‘Best Visitor Attraction’, The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum will be reopening on Thursday 20th August.

V&A Dundee - Mary Quant

Mary Quant extended at V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee will reopen on Thursday 27 August with its fir

Dundee: Fashion Forward

The “coolest little city,” the UNESCO City of Design and the home of jute production. We have design and fashion running through the veins of Dundee. With such a rich textile history, the city was already set to be a fashion centre in Scotland.

ALL ABOARD FOR DUNDEE’S CHRISTMAS LIGHT NIGHT !

5.30pm – 9pm, Friday, 15th November, 2019 City Square, Albert Square & city centre streets

2019 Festival of the Future

The 2019 Festival of the Future will get off to a flying start when Scotland’s leading aerial dance company take to the sky outside the University of Dundee on Wednesday 16 October.

"It's Happening!" - 1K ticket milestone for Dundee Hogmanay party

The first 1,000 tickets for Dundee’s New Year city centre celebrations have been snapped up

V&A celebrates birthday milestone

V&A Dundee welcomed over 830,000 visitors in its first year, 330,000 more than the pre-opening estimate of 500,000 visitors.

Dundee Summer Streets Festival

Come and explore with us as Dundee Summer Street Festival returns in 2019!

Our theme this year is Explorations and we’ve got a myriad of ways for you to do that!

Highlights include:
•    Centrepiece Luminarium in City Square – don’t miss it!

Dundee Loaded Up for Summer of Games

The UK’s coolest little city will be fizzing with videogames talent, innovation and fun for the next four months as a Summer of Games rolls out across Dundee.

Dundee listed by Condé Nast Traveller UK as City Breaks UK: The 10 Best for 2019

City Breaks UK: The 10 Best for 2019 - #Dundee is on the list, as selected by Condé Nast Traveller UK

https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/city-breaks-uk-2019

#DundeeIsNow #SunnyDundee #LoveDundee

#ScotlandIsNow  #VisitDundee

 

Easter Fun Day Returns to Dundee!

Easter Fun Day returns for 2019! Come down to Camperdown Park Dundee on Sunday 21st April 12-4pm.

Music legend Sir Tom Jones is set to perform in Dundee this summer!

On Saturday 27th July 2019, Sir Tom Jones will thrill audiences in Dundee’s Slessor Gardens with many of his greatest hits including “What’s New Pussycat” and “She’s a Lady”.

Dundee Light Night - Saturday 17th November

Dundee Light Night is the perfect place to begin your winter fun! There will be free, family friendly fun happening from the McManus to City Square.

Farewell Weekend

With only a short while left we need to say a well

V&A Dundee Opens to the World

V&A Dundee opens its doors for the first time to the public on Saturday 15 September 2018. Today its beautiful, light-filled interiors designed by acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma have been revealed for the first time.

City Square Light Night

Dundee Light Nights

Dundee has held their annual Christmas Light Night, check out some of the pictures from all of the weekends events here!