List of Scottish science festivals The table below includes the dates and locations of the science festivals that take place in , as well as a couple that have a UK-wide scope. Many of these involve community events as well as school visits. Festivals are listed in calendar year order. Details updated 3/9/21. Science Festival Website Contact / Email Application Deadline Next dates Usually New Scientist Live https://live.newscientist.c Jacqui McCarron, Sales Director, Speakers deadline 29th – 31st Mid-Oct (last: (Usually London; next: om/ [email protected] passed: July 2021 Jan 2022 postponed to 2021) Manchester / online) Exhibitors: ongoing call https://www.science03.o Prof Iain Baikie, Chairperson Usually December / Expected: Around British International Science rg/ [email protected] January mid-March Science Week (last: Festival () Nicola MacLeod, Fest Coordinator 2022 1st – 31st Mar 2021) [email protected] The Big Bang (usually https://www.thebigbang. Naomi Gilmour, Deadline unknown Expected: British Science Week Birmingham; online in org.uk/ [email protected] mid-March (last: 23rd – 25th Jun 2021) General: [email protected] 2022 2021 [online]) Science https://www.sciencefesti General call: See online submission Deadline: 15th Oct 2021 9th – 24th Edinburgh Easter Festival val.co.uk/ pages (available during Call for Ideas April 2022 holidays (last: 26th period only) Jun – 11th Jul 2021) University of Edinburgh Coordinated Deadline: 1st Oct 2021 9th – 24th Edinburgh Easter Programme: Dr Fiona Murray, April 2022 holidays (last: 26th [email protected] Jun – 11th Jul 2021) Inverness Science https://www.uhi.ac.uk/e Dr Evelyn Gray, [email protected], or Usually mid-March Expected: Early May (last: 29th Festival n/inverness-science- Facebook message: early-May April – 15th May festival https://www.facebook.com/InvSciFest 2022 2021 [online]) Pint of Science, https://pintofscience.co.u https://pintofscience.co.uk/team/Edin No broad call for content Expected: Mid-May (last: 17th - Edinburgh k/ burgh%20Team in 2021 mid-May 20th May 2021 2022 [online]) Science Festival https://www.falkirkcomm Anna Plant, Senior Events Officer: Deadline unknown Expected: Last: 24th – 31st Jul unitytrust.org/whats- [email protected] mid-May 2021 on/summer- g 2022 activities/falkirk-science- festival-2021/ College Engagement Team, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2021

Science Festival Website Contact / Email Application Deadline Next dates Usually Festival of the Sea https://www.facebook.co Dr Anuschka Miller, SAMS, Deadline unknown Possibly: Late May (last: 23rd- (Oban, Lorn and the m/obanseafestival/ [email protected] May 2022 24th May 2020 was Isles) Facebook message: cancelled) https://www.facebook.com/obanseaf estival Dumfries and https://www.facebook.co Dr Rebecca Crawford: Deadline unknown Possibly: May (last: Family Galloway Science m/DGSCIFEST/ rebecca.crawford@.ac.uk May 2022 Day: 11th May 2019; Festival 31st May 2020 was cancelled) Glasgow Science http://www.glasgowscien Dr Deborah McNeill, Festival Director Existing partners 1st – 30th Early-to-mid June Festival cefestival.org.uk/ [email protected] / applications process in Sept 2021 (last: 9th Sept – 9th [email protected] 2021 Nov 2020 [online]) International https://www.oisf.org Dr Howie Firth, Festival Director, Ideally contact before the 2nd – 8th Sept Early Sept (last: 3rd – Science Festival [email protected] end of March in any given 2021 [online] 9th Sept 2020 year. [online]) British Science Festival https://www.britishscien Online at: Deadline passed: mid- 7th – 11th Early/Mid Sept (last: – host changes ceassociation.org/british- https://www.britishscienceassociation February 2021 Sept 2021 Coventry: 10th – 13th annually science-festival .org/contact Event in Chelmsford and Sept 2019; 2020 Essex event cancelled) Biggar Science Festival https://biggarsciencefesti Email: Deadline passed: July 11th and 18th Mid/Late Sept (last: val.co.uk/ [email protected] 2021 Sept 2021 7th – 13th Sept 2020) Facebook message: https://www.facebook.com/biggarscie ncefestival/ Bang Goes The https://www.facebook.co Email: [email protected] Deadline unknown 17th – 18th Mid/Late-Sept (last: Borders m/BangGoesTheBorders Facebook message: Sept 2021 21st Sept 2019; 19th (Melrose, Scottish https://www.facebook.com/BangGoes [online] Sept 2020 was Borders) TheBorders cancelled) Fun Palaces https://funpalaces.co.uk/ Lewis Hou, Scotland Ambassador, None. “It’s about 1st – 3rd Oct First weekend in Oct who-we-are/fun-palaces- [email protected] or celebrating making 2021 (last: 3rd – 4th Oct scotland-2020/ @FunPalacesScot on Twitter culture, not consuming it” 2020 [online]) College Engagement Team, The University of Edinburgh, Sept 2021

Science Festival Website Contact / Email Application Deadline Next dates Usually Middle of Scotland https://www.facebook.co Facebook message: Deadline unknown Possibly: 3rd Sept/Oct (last: 6th Science Festival m/mossfestscotland/ https://www.facebook.com/mossfests Festival now settled in Oct 2021 Oct 2019; 2020 cotland/ Milngavie. event was cancelled) Science https://midlothianscience Online: Public events deadline 11th – 29th Early-to-mid Oct Festival festival.com/ https://midlothiansciencefestival.com passed: late-July 2021 Oct 2021 (last: 3rd – 24th Oct /contact/ School events deadline 2020 [online]) passed: late-June 2021 The Big Bounce https://www.iop.org/phy Mikey Jarrell, Public Engagement Deadline passed. (Late 12th – 13th Late Oct / early Nov (Glasgow) (formerly: sics-community/iop- Manager (Scotland), proposals may be Oct 2021 (last: 30th Oct – 1st Scottish Festival of membership-where-you- [email protected] considered: Nov 2020 [online]) Physics) are/iop-scotland/big- https://form.jotform.com bounce-2020-watch /201062878558059) Science https://stirlingevents.org/ Contact at Stirling Council currently Deadline unknown Expected: New in 2020 (last: Festival tolbooth-event/stirling- unknown 14th – 16th 15th – 17th Oct 2020 science-festival-2020-2/ Oct 2021 [online]) Science https://www.dundeescie Carlene Cura, Development and Deadline expected: 1st – 14th Oct/Nov (last: Festival ncefestival.org/ Fundraising Advisor September 2021 November weekends in Nov [email protected] 2021 2020 [online]) https://www.dundeesciencefestival.or g/contact-us TechFest ( / https://www.techfestsetp Jenny Taylor, Festival Manager, Deadline unknown Expected: Aug/Sept (last: ) oint.org.uk/ [email protected] / November public programme [email protected] 2021 online Nov 2020) Further lists of science festivals across the UK can be found at the following (accessed 3rd Sept 2021): https://sciencefestivals.uk/list-all-members/ https://sciencefestivals.uk/festival/ (same information as link above but in a map format) https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/sciencefestivals (less up-to-date in comparison with the two options above)

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