The Stove NetworkA door opens A drawer pulls out A letter, a photograph, a butterfly beats its wings. How do we remember the ones we’ve lost? The sights, touches and sounds that created thousands of shared moments, the collage of a unique and brilliant person. An intimate, interactive performance experience, Imprints shares stories inspired by real life memories, woven together to create the story of […]
A CONVERSATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE Featuring: Graham Watson, former Member of the European Parliament and founder European Youth Forum Madeleina Kay, Artist, Musician and European Movement Youth Engagement officer On Display: OpenDoors,OpenFutures, an exhibition of works curated by Young European Movement
For amateur bakers and bread enthusiasts alike. Doughlicious is a bread club with a twist. Share recipes and techniques in a relaxed atmosphere and engage in some hands-on activities. Open to all! Discover more about Doughlicious here. The levain will be provided, but you’ll need to bring some tools from home. These are: A mixing bowl, […]
This April, the Wild Goose Festival and Dumfries and Galloway move together; alongside 40,000 barnacle geese taking off on their extraordinary journey. Collectively, an 80,000,000 mile effort from the Solway, in south-west Scotland, to Svalbard, north of the Arctic Circle. Moving in tandem, side by side, mile by mile, we’ll strive to walk, wheel, scoot […]
To mark the beginning of this year’s Wild Goose Festival: Journey with the Wild Geese Movement Challenge, we’re starting with something very simple. A wander. We’d love to invite anyone and everyone to join us for a relaxed wander through town - a chance to stretch your legs, meet a few new people, and take […]
Welcome to WRITE! Join us at our monthly creative writing workshop with author Karl Drinkwater. WRITE! is all about letting your imagination guide your hand. In each session, we’ll chat about a writing-related topic, then provide prompts and a theme. Then, attendees are allowed to write based on the inspiration. It might be a character […]
This month we are sharing the documentary film, Rave on for the Avon, a feature-length documentary film that follows a local community’s fight to save their bathing spot in unique, daring & distinctly Bristolian ways. About the Film Filmed over two years in Bristol, Rave On For The Avon is an intimate and action-packed documentary that explores […]
We’re excited to announce that In Our Region is coming to life as a pop-up exhibition in The Stove Network in Dumfries. Through open conversations and powerful image-based storytelling, the project connected with four young people from across the region to explore identity, belonging, lived experience, and what young people truly need from the places they call […]
Welcome to The Stove’s evening café. Ease into the weekend with good records on the Function 1, light bites, tabletop games and relaxed conversation. Bring your sewing, a sketchbook, or simply yourself. Drop in for ten minutes or stay the whole evening. No thrills - just a good place to land. Go Easy. B.Y.O.B
An exhibition by Paul M. Thomas A photographic exhibition exploring demolition, archive, and memory. In 2009, the Dumfries Swimming Pool at the Greensands - built to Olympic scale in the 1960's - was demolished. During its final days, Paul Meynall documented the site as it shifted from a place of shared leisure into rubble. Part […]
You are cordially invited to the launch of TOM POW's The Vulnerability of Precious Things: Encounters with Simone Weil published by Mariscat Press of Edinburgh and Molecular Press of Geneva (£12.00. ISBN 978 1 0686756 9 0) ‘…the reality of life is not sensation but activity – activity in both thought and action.’ SW Simone […]
Pull up a chair and sharpen your wits. Step into a world of secrets and social deduction with Blood on the Clocktower. It’s a game of whispered alliances and bold accusations, where a group of courageous townsfolk must root out the evil hiding in their midst. With a devious Storyteller from Doongamers pulling the strings, […]
This month at Reel to Real, entertainment, working class culture, human connection, the power of pop and the state of Britain align in a funny, irreverent road movie that follows an ageing pop star as he chases one more chart success. About the Film What happens when you’ve created the worst hit song ever – […]
Ease into the weekend with good records on the Funktion-One, light bites, tabletop games and relaxed conversation. Bring your sewing, a sketchbook, or simply yourself. Drop in for ten minutes or stay the whole evening. No thrills - just a good place to land. Go Easy. BYOB.
For amateur bakers and bread enthusiasts alike. Doughlicious is a bread club with a twist. Share recipes and techniques in a relaxed atmosphere and engage in some hands-on activities. Open to all! Discover more about Doughlicious here. The levain will be provided, but you’ll need to bring some tools from home. These are: A mixing bowl, […]
Join us for a FREE open evening celebrating the start of the UP YER AIRTS 2026 Geez a Choon exhibition. Experience the energy, creativity and talent of the next generation of Dumfries and Galloway artists in a space where music, film and photography collide. Featuring striking images and listening stations for the new music created through the Geez […]
PRINT HOUSE — LAUNCH DAY We’re opening the doors to the Print House - a new space for making, experimenting, and getting ideas out in the world.Join us for a full day of hands-on workshops to kick things off. Introduction to Risograph10:30am – 1:30pmA hands-on introduction to risograph printing.A process that sits somewhere between photocopier […]
