Creating Scotland: Celebrating Scotland's Culture and How Independence Can Reconnect us to Europe

Join us for an inspiring afternoon with laughs, cracking music and poetry as well as an insightful look at Scotland's connection to Europe and of course; how an Independent Scotland could chart its own path in the world and create the fairer, healthier, wealthier and better nation that we all want to be a part of.

🎤 Event Line-Up

Host:

Alistair Heather – Journalist, TV & radio presenter, and one of Scotland’s top broadcasters, will guide us through the day.

Performances & Speakers:

🎶 Arria – A stunning blend of ancient and contemporary sound. Musical storytelling meets powerful, spiritual vocals.

📚 Lesley Riddoch – One of Scotland’s leading thinkers in conversation with Alistair. Expect a powerful discussion on changing Scottish culture and values with independence.

📝 William Hershaw – Celebrated Scottish poet, playwright, musician, and Scots language activist.

🇪🇺 Maria João Kay – A reflection on Scotland’s relationship with Europe. Maria João brings her personal story as an EU citizen living in Scotland pre- and post-Brexit.

🎭 Vladimir McTavish – Edinburgh-based stand-up comic, Scottish Comedy Awards triple winner and BAFTA nominee. Sharp, hilarious and right on the money.

🎤 Fiona Forbes – Much-loved folk singer and former member of The Sangsters brings her voice to the cause.

🎸 Graham Brown & Friends – Known for his moving, original pro-indy songs, Graham returns following his performance at the Believe in Scotland Edinburgh rally.

📈 Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp – Economist, author, and founder of Believe in Scotland. Gordon will paint a vision of how Scotland can thrive as part of the European family, even amidst global uncertainty.

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Creating Scotland

A new style of indy event to introduce a new style of indy campaigning. It has become clear that a key element missing from the Independence Campaign since 2014, has been the cultural side of the campaign and a creative element to our campaigning activities. Believe in Scotland wants to change that by embedding cultural and creative activities in our campaign.

This event is also part of the activity around Europe Day across Scotland. Europe Day, held on 9 May every year celebrates peace and unity in Europe, something that is seemingly more important than ever both politically and culturally.   

'Creating Scotland' is the first of many steps in this direction and we hope you are keen to join us!

Note: The ground floor of this venue is fully accessible. There will be no physical tickets for this event - ticket purchasers will be added to a guest list.​