Festival 2024
The To Absent Friends festival took place across Scotland from 1-7 November 2024.
It was an opportunity to remember, to tell stories, to celebrate and to reminisce about people we love who have died. To Absent Friends, a People’s Festival of Storytelling and Remembrance is an opportunity to revive lost traditions and create new ones.
Below is a list of the events that took place.
To Absent Friends – A Loch Goil Legacy 2024
Organised by Lochgoil Trust
1-11 November
Lochgoilhead Village Hall Registrar’s Office
This exhibition is open to the public.
For generations, the “Registrar’s Office” within Lochgoilhead Village Hall was the place for local people from the Loch Goil area to register births, marriages, and deaths within the parish. This year a collaboration between the Village Hall Trust and the Lochgoil Community Trust sees the re-opening of the Registrar’s Office as an exhibition space. From 1 – 11 November the exhibition “To Absent Friends - A Loch Goil Legacy” will celebrate and remember the lives of Loch Goil area people who have died during 2024, marking their page in the history of the community and the space they have left behind.
Remembering Our Dear Friends
Organised by Cosgrove Care
30th October, 1-3pm
36 Burnfield Road G46 7DE
This event is not open to the public.
Cosgrove with the support of To Absent Friends is hosting an event to remember the lives of Tim and Alan.
The Kali Collective Death Café
Organised by the Kali Collective in collaboration with Jenny Watt
Thursday 31st October 2024, 7.15pm-8.30pm
Kali Collective Yoga Studio, Unit 203, 54 Washington St, Glasgow G3 8AZ
This event is open to the public. Please register in advance.
Our cafes are very informal - think big cushions, plenty of tea and yummy snacks!
Get Together for an Afternoon of Music and Cabaret with Jayd and Jenna
Organised by Dumfries Get Together
Sunday 6th October
The Masonic Club, George Street, Dumfries
This event is open to Dumfries Get Together members.
This year we are planning a trip down memory lane with a show supplied by Jayd and Jenna from Fitsteps.
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