Event: St Andrews July 2009 What’s on in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
updated 3 July 2009

Wed 1 July

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Thu 2 July

1.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital by Roger Williams, Director of Music, Aberdeen University; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £2.

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Fri 3 July

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Sat 4 July

9am-1pm Farmers’ Market features: Arbroath smokies, bacon, baking, beef, buffalo, cards, cheese, eggs, fruit drinks, herbs, jewellery, lamb, pork, poultry, soap, vegetables, venison, woodturning; Fife Farmers Market; Argyle Street Car Park; free.

9.30 - 11.30am Coffee Morning & Summer Sale usual stalls; Boarhills and Dunino Church; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map].

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10 - 12am Coffee Morning cake & candy, red, white and blue stalls; Hope park Church Guild; Hope Park Church, St Mary’s Place [map]; £1.

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Sun 5 July

3pm Outdoor Worship Local Churches’ Impact Summer Mission; St Andrews Cathedral [map]; 01334 478317; free.

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2pm Garden Walk with Louise Roger; Friends of the Botanic Garden; Botanic Gardens, Canongate [map].

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Mon 6 July

10am - 12am IMPACT Showstoppers Holiday Club games, story telling, drama, songs and creative activities for kids 5-12 years; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free.

10.30 - 11.30am IMPACT Toddlers, Babies & PreSchool Group songs, games, crafts and stories for kids 0-5: all kids to be accompanied by a carer ; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map].; 01334 478317; free.

6.30-7pm Fife Councillors’ Surgeries Cllrs Melville, Sangster, Morrison; Fife Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01592-583101.

7 - 9.30pm Community Council Meeting open meeting; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01334-475219; free.

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Tue 7 July

7th July - 9th July Boyd Quaich Memorial Golf Tournament 2009 72-hole strokeplay Universities invitation competition; University of St Andrews; Old and New golf courses; tm12@st-andrews.ac.uk; spectators free.

10am - 12am IMPACT Showstoppers Holiday Club games, story telling, drama, songs and creative activities for kids 5-12 years; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map].

10.30 - 11.30am IMPACT Toddlers, Babies & PreSchool Group songs, games, crafts and stories for kids 0-5: all kids to be accompanied by a carer ; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; 01334 478317; free.

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Wed 8 July

7th July - 9th July Boyd Quaich Memorial Golf Tournament 2009 72-hole strokeplay Universities invitation competition; University of St Andrews; Old and New golf courses; tm12@st-andrews.ac.uk; spectators free.

10am - 12am IMPACT Showstoppers Holiday Club games, story telling, drama, songs and creative activities for kids 5-12 years; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free.

10.30 - 11.30am IMPACT Toddlers, Babies & PreSchool Group songs, games, crafts and stories for kids 0-5: all kids to be accompanied by a carer ; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; 01334 478317; free.

1.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital by Andrew Macintosh, organist at All Saints Church, St Andrews; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £2.

2pm - 3.30pm Make a shadowgraph! celebrate Children's Art Day, have a go at this early photographic technique: for families & kids ages 4-12; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free but booking required.

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2pm Laughter Show the Sandow Clowns - stilt walking, juggling, balancing, comedy music car, etc; www.sandowclowns.co.uk; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; £3; profits to CLIC Sargeant childhood cancer charity.

7pm - Community Quiz Night teams of 4-6 (max 4 adults); local churches’ Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free.

8pm Summer Concert Series Matthew McAllister (guitar), music: Joachim Bernhad Hagen Locatelli Variations, JS Bach Cello Suite No 1, and a selection of pieces by the American Jazz Guitarist Ralph Towner; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £5, concessions £4.

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Thu 9 July

7th July - 9th July Boyd Quaich Memorial Golf Tournament 2009 72-hole strokeplay Universities invitation competition; University of St Andrews; Old and New golf courses; tm12@st-andrews.ac.uk; spectators free.

10am - 12am IMPACT Showstoppers Holiday Club games, story telling, drama, songs and creative activities for kids 5-12 years; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free.

10.30 - 11.30am IMPACT Toddlers, Babies & PreSchool Group songs, games, crafts and stories for kids 0-5: all kids to be accompanied by a carer ; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; 01334 478317; free.

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Fri 10 July

10am - 12am IMPACT Showstoppers Holiday Club games, story telling, drama, songs and creative activities for kids 5-12 years; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free.

10.30 - 11.30am IMPACT Toddlers, Babies & PreSchool Group songs, games, crafts and stories for kids 0-5: all kids to be accompanied by a carer ; local churches' Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; 01334 478317; free.

2pm - 3.30pm Pavement Art celebrate Children's Art Day, look at some graffiti left by students 200 years ago, before leaving your own temporary mark: for families & kids ages 4-12; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free but booking required.

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Sat 11 July

10am-4pm Book Sale hundreds of new books at a fraction of the original price; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map]; admission free.

6.30 - 8.30pm IMPACT Showstoppers Supper shared meal and entertainment from the Showstoppers Holiday Club to mark the end of the 2009 IMPACT mission; local churches’ Impact Summer Mission; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; 01334 478317; free entry by ticket.

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Sun 12 July

2pm Bandstand Concert Dysart Colliery Band; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Bow Butts Bandstand, The Scores [map]; free.

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Mon 13 July

11am - 4pm Make a moth monoprint see moths and butterflies on display and create your own moth monoprint to take home; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free; drop-in event, sessions run in the Learning Loft from 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.

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Tue 14 July

12.45 - 1.15pm Mediaeval Harp Recitals Simon Chadwick plays mediaeval secular music, Renaissance Gaelic ‘ports’ and grand Gaelic laments, on the replica Queen Mary harp; Simon Chadwick; Prior's House, St Andrews Cathedral [map]; free; you can reserve a place by calling the Cathedral visitor centre: 01334 472563.

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Wed 15 July

1.15pm Lunchtime Organ Recital William Stevenson, University Organist, St Andrews; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £2.

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Thu 16 July

2 - 3.30pm Spotting seabirds a closer look at the seabirds near MUSA, with Tony Wilson, Fife Coast and Countryside Trust; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free, but booking required as places are limited, kids must be accompanied.

8pm Summer Concert Series Claire Garabedian (cello), music: works for solo cello by JS Bach; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £5, concessions £4.

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Fri 17 July

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Sat 18 July

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Sun 19 July

12-4pm Divided Loyalties two dramatic presentations: choosing sides over Robert the Bruce, and John Knox’s return to St Andrews; Historic Scotland; Castle, The Scores [map]; 01334-477196; normal admission: £5.20, concession £4.20, kids £2.60.

2 - 3.30pm Paint on papyrus see some ancient Egyptian paper and have a go at writing on some yourself; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free, but booking required as places are limited.

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Mon 20 July

11am - 4pm Kitchen Chemistry use everyday items from your kitchen cupboard to experiment with safe science fun – from volcanic eruptions to exploding lemonade; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free; drop-in event, sessions run in the Learning Loft from 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.

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Tue 21 July

8pm Two One-Act Plays performed by Kirkcaldy Amateur Dramatic Society; Friends of the Byre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £6.

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Wed 22 July

8pm Summer Concert Series Gillian Craig (clarinet), Angela Stevenson (cello) and William Stevenson (piano), music: trios by Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Carl Frühling and Alexander von Zemlinksy; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £5, concessions £4.

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Thu 23 July

2 - 3.30pm Decorate a mask create a mask that you can wear home; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free, but booking requires as places are limited.

8pm Summer Concert Series Gillian Craig (clarinet), Angela Stevenson (cello) and William Stevenson (piano), music: trios by Archduke Rudolph of Austria, Carl Frühling and Alexander von Zemlinksy; St Andrews Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street [map]; 01334-462226, music@st-andrews.ac.uk; £5, concessions £4.

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Fri 24 July

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Sat 25 July

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Sun 26 July

all day St Andrews Highland Games traditional sports and events, music, highland dancing; I Grieve; North Haugh; 01334-476305 ig2@st-andrews.ac.uk.

2pm Bandstand Concert Steamer’s Lane Band; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Bow Butts Bandstand, The Scores [map]; free.

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Mon 27 July

11am - 4pm Design a Postcard choose your favourite objects and create a postcard to send to family and friends; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free; drop-in event, sessions run in the Learning Loft from 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.

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Tue 28 July

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Wed 29 July

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Thu 30 July

2 - 3.30pm Illuminated letters see some of our illuminated manuscripts and create your own decorated letter; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; museumlearning@st-andrews.ac.uk 01334-462396/461663; free, but booking requires as places are limited.

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Fri 31 July

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