Scottish Science Festivals in 2024
We love science festivals here at Maths Week Scotland, as there's always lots of maths involved! To help you keep up to date with all the science festivals happening in Scotland this year, we've made a list of the ones we know about and we'll update the list throughout the year.
February 2024
- 12 - 25 February: Dundee Science Festival
- 10 - 14 February: Summerlee Science Festival at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge
March 2024
- 8 - 17 March: British Science Week. Keep your eyes open for lots of science events happening all across the UK. Follow #BritishScienceWeek on Twitter.
- 23 March: Caithness International Science Festival, Family Fun Day
- 30 March - 14 April: Edinburgh Science Festival
April 2024
- 30 March - 14 April: Edinburgh Science Festival
May 2024
- 10 - 12 May: Ulluminate, the new Ullapool festival of science, arts and culture
- 13 - 15 May: Pint of Science Festival in numerous locations across the UK, including Edinburgh and Glasgow
June 2024
- 1 - 2 June: TechFest Activity Weekend (Aberdeen)
- 6-16 June: Glasgow Science Festival
September 2024
- 5 - 11 September: Orkney International Science Festival
- 21 September: Bang Goes the Borders at St. Mary's School, Melrose
- 21 - 28 September: TechFest Public Programme (in person), Aberdeen TBC
- 23 - 29 September: Maths Week Scotland (Scotland wide)
October 2024
- 4 - 6 October: Fun Palaces (UK wide)
November 2024
- 1 - 8 November: TechFest Public Programme (online) TBC
If you hear of any science festivals not on our list, please send us an email to info@mathsweek.scot and let us know.
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