Blending the wonderful liquid amber with cutting-edge contemporary short films - that's the the opening scene for Bendigo's Scots Day Out celebration this year with a special Australian premiere of highlights from the Edinburgh Short Film Festival. Top picks from the award winning festival will be interspersed with an exclusive whisky tasting of unique single malts selected by Craig Merson of The Whisky Company in the Engine Room, Bendigo's old fire station in View St re-pur

The sound of the pipes will again fill Bendigo's Rosalind Park at Scots Day Out on Saturday 2 March and this year special prizes will be introduced for bands competing on the day. Thanks to sponsorship from the Melbourne-based Scottish suppliers Celtic Affairs and supporters of Scots Day Out, awards will be made for the bands gaining the highest points for ensemble in their respective senior grades. The prizes, including vouchers. will be named the David McCutcheon Ramsay Mem

Scottish diaspora organisations will create Clan Central at Scots Day Out in Bendigo's Rosalind Park on Saturday 2 March - the place to discover your heritage and connect with many Australian organisations linked around the world for sharing information on Scottish families and their history. Scots Day Out has become one of the largest diaspora gatherings and already more than a dozen clans and organisations have registered to be part of the free day in the centre of the city

Edinburgh Short Film Festival has been named Britain’s best film festival just as its director Paul Bruce is curating a selection of award-winning highlights for their Australian premiere as part of Bendigo’s Scots Day Out celebrations. TAKE ONE Magazine judged the ESFF the pick of festivals in Britain for 2018, saying “Edinburgh Short Film Festival in detail revealed an insanely high standard. “Our Best Festival Short winner, THE WIDER SUN, and two of the three runners-up, s

The Central Victorian Highland Dancing Classic has been part of Scots Day Out Bendigo since the very first year and highland dancers continue to be a huge favourite with the big crowd in Rosalind Park. For six years, the classic was organised through the Bendigo-based Victorian Highland Dancing Society and saw adjudicators and competitors from across Australia and New Zealand participate in the event. While VHDS has now disbanded, Scots Day Out has been delighted to accept th

Scots Day Out's official first aid provider St Andrew's will celebrate the poetry and music of Scotland in Bendigo on Friday 25 January with a Burns Supper at the Hibernian Hotel. Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 and became known as the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. The Burns Supper will include haggis and Athol Brose