We are excited to announce that this year’s Scot-t Fest is in partnership with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of Glasgow.
Key Dates
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Welcome to Scott and his Fest | Linke Aula |
| Centre for Scottish and Celtic Studies at the University of Glasgow and the JGU scotland HUB at the Johannes Gutenberg University | ||
| 14:15 | Scottish Studies Explored by Sigrid Rieuwerts Rainer Emig Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch Kirsteen McCue Petra Poncarová Stephen Mullen | Linke Aula |
| 16:30 | Coffee Break | Rechte Aula |
| 17:00 | Welcome to our Scot-t Fest – An Event of the Rheinland-Pfalz Summer of Culture | Linke Aula |
17:15 | Beyond the Border: Sir Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy in Story and Song A Performance by Margaret Bennett, Rachel Campbell and Cameron Nixon | Linke Aula |
| 19:00 | Wine and Pretzels | Rechte Aula |
| Concert | ||
| 20:15 | Rachel Campbell and Cameron Nixon | Linke Aula |
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Opening Ceremony with Piper Sascha Kock MacDonald | Linke Aula |
| 10:15 | GET Across Borders – A Success Story for Scotland and Rheinland-Pfalz | Linke Aula |
| 11:00 | GO Wasser Coffee Break with Presentations by Students from Scotland, Ireland, Latvia and Rheinland-Pfalz | Rechte Aula |
| 12:00 | Workshops Hamish Husband from the Tartan Army: ‘Did Scotland Invent Football and Are the Tartan Army the Best Fans in the World?’ Margaret Bennett on Scottish Folklore and Storytelling: How the Brothers Grimm Inspired Story Collectors in Scotland | Audiomax Linke Aula |
| 13:00 | Workshops Lena Krochmann on Scottish-Gaelic: ‘Blasad Gàidhlig‘ – A Taste of Gaelic Marion Husband on Scottish Children’s Literature and Working as a Children’s Book Author | Linke Aula Audiomax |
| 14:00 | A Bilingual Poetry Reading in Scottish-Gaelic and English with Petra Poncarová and Kirsteen McCue | Linke Aula |
| 15:00 | Whisky Tasting with Frank Winter (Please register via Eventbrite) | HS 11 |
| A Reading (in English) by Annika Sinner ‘The Tree that Never Grew: A Literary Journey through Glasgow’s History’ | Linke Aula | |
16:00 | Workshops Marion Husband’s Creative Writing Session: Let’s Write a Children’s Book Margaret Bennet, Rachel Campbell and Cameron Nixon: A Tapestry of Traditional Scots and Gaelic Songs (Join the Choruses) | Audiomax Linke Aula |
| 17:00 | Coffee Break | Rechte Aula |
| 17:30 | A Reading (in German) by Annika Sinner ‘Der Baum, der niemals wuchs: Eine literarische Reise durch die Geschichte Glasgows’ | Audiomax |
| Workshops Lena Krochmann on Scottish-Gaelic: ‘Blasad Gàidhlig‘ – A Language Class Kirsteen McCue and Sigrid Rieuwert: Singing Scottish Songs and Ballads | HS 11 Rechte Aula | |
| 18:30 | Wine and Pretzels | Rechte Aula |
| Workshop Learn to Ceilidh: A Practical Lesson in Traditional Scottish Dances | Linke Aula | |
| 19:15 | Ceilidh (Scottish Dancing for Everyone) Narhalla Dancers, John Wolfe Gang, FSCDC e.V | Linke Aula |
… and Lowland Games for the wee lads and lassies (kids) !
The Scot t Fest takes place in the “Alte Mensa” on the campus of JGU Mainz.
The campus of JGU is only a short distance from Mainz main station (20 minutes on foot or two stops by bus or tram). You can either get off at the stop “Universität” and enter campus via the main gate or get off at the stop “Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg” which is located behind the Philosophicum building. You can also download the app “Mainzer Mobilität” for bus and tram timetables.
The following bus or tram lines take you from Mainz main station to campus: