Hey You Get Off My Pavement!King’s Court, Glasgow, 29 June
THIS all-day festival takes place on a concrete concourse in the Merchant City – so no mud if it rains. The line-up includes Camera Obscura, Foxface, Field Music offshoo
t The School of Language and Belle & Sebastian guitarist Stevie Jackson with band.
• Tel: 0141-552 9458
Alistair Harkness on FilmBest of the FestVarious venues, Edinburgh, 29 June
THE EIFF moves into its final weekend, and the first June event closes with the traditional Best of the Fest round-up, giving you another chance to see any of the buzz films you may have missed over the previous ten days.
&149 Tel: 0131-623 8030 or visit w
ww.edfilmfest.org.uk
Duncan Macmillan on Visual ArtJo SpenceGallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Until 16 November
PHOTOGRAPHER Jo Spence died of cancer 16 years ago, but bravely used her talents to record her experience of the disease. Her self-portraits are a unique document; shown altogether they make a remarkable exhibition.
• Tel: 0141-229 1996
Kenneth Walton on Classical
East Neuk Festival Opening ConcertKilconquhar Church, 2 July
MENDELSSOHN is the focus of this year’s East Neuk Festival, and the opening concert by the Eroica Quartet features his A Minor String Quartet as well as Beethoven’s Op 132 in the same key.
&149 Tel: 0131-473 2000
Joyce McMillan on Theatre
The Merchant of VeniceBotanic Gardens, Glasgow, Tonight until 12 July
THE annual Bard in the Botanics event opens with a version of The Merchant of Venice set in 1930s Europe; director Gordon Barr says he is intrigued by a play in which nothing is simple, not even the definition of good and evil.
• Tel: 0141-330 5522
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