AROUND TOWN

Bringing Ancient Egypt to Glasgow’s SEC is Tutankhamun: The Immersive Exhibition (until Sunday 26 October), which features 360-degree projections, a hologram room and VR experience as it brings to life the most famous pharaoh of them all.

Wrapping up this weekend is The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (until Saturday 23 August) with their 75th anniversary show, The Heroes Who Made Us. It combines a traditional celebration of Scottish heritage and the British military with a more modern, international flavour.

In Dundee, you can stock up on gifts, crafts, art, jewellery and more at independent shopping staple The Yard Market (Saturday 23 August), which will be setting up its stalls at Castle Green in Broughty Ferry.

MUSIC

Peace & Justice Project’s Music For The Many (Saturday 23 August) is a special gig as part of their campaign to protect grassroots music venues. Featuring Calum Baird, Elsie MacDonald and Attila The Stockbroker, you can check it out at Edinburgh’s Leith Depot.

Over at Glasgow Garage’s Attic Bar, rising British pop-rockers The Valla (Sunday 24 August) will be swinging by as part of their F*ck It Tour, their first time taking their tunes around the UK. Expect catchy hooks, heartfelt lyrics and plenty of energy.

From rising stars to a legitimate legend, Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall plays host to PP Arnold (Friday 22 August) this weekend with her Soul Survivor show. She’ll be singing the classics, punctuated by stories from her career working with the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Small Faces and Primal Scream.

STAGE

Following a sell-out West End season, comedy icon Bill Bailey (Friday 22 August) is on the road with his new show, Thoughtifier. It promises to be a magical, musical mystery tour of the human mind with a few other random matters thrown in. Find him at Glasgow’s SEC Armadillo.

If you’re looking for something totally unique then Glasgow’s Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre offers just that with its collection of moving sculptures. There are currently two 45-minute shows to choose from, Journey And Wheels Of Life (until Sunday 21 December).

Part of the Fringe, Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes Of 17 Shows (until Monday 25 August) sees Abby return with her confessional and ingeniously constructed debut show before it transfers to New York, Off-Broadway in autumn.

SCREEN

A life-affirming drama which combines Spielbergian charm with apocalyptic anxiety, The Life Of Chuck is the unexpectedly sweet latest from horror helmer Mike Flanagan. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Karen Gillan and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

It’s already been a huge hit for Netflix with a soundtrack that just won’t leave our heads, or the upper echelons of the charts, so this weekend’s KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-Along Event (Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 August) should come as no surprise. Edinburgh’s Cameo is one of the participating cinemas.

At Glasgow Film Theatre, the featured Coen Brothers Of The Month is one of the siblings’ very best. Black comedy Fargo (Monday 25 August) is the film that bagged Frances McDormand the first of her three Best Actress Oscars and inspired Noah Hawley’s Emmy-winning anthology series.

PODCASTS

In Lives Less Ordinary: Hold Fast! Derry Girls’ legend Siobhán McSweeney tells the story of sailing cargo ship the Avontuur and its small crew who found themselves locked down at sea for 188 excruciating days during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Following her Diddy On Trial podcast, Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty is your host for Fame Under Fire, bringing you the latest on the Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni lawsuit, the Kanye West allegations, the Prince Andrew and Epstein links, and more.

In Unicorn Girl journalist Charlie Webster investigates the rise and fall of Candace Rivera, a mother, nurse and founder of multimillion-dollar companies, who seemingly had it all and then some, before the façade began to fall away.

VISUAL ART

Part of the Fringe, the 161st Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition (until Sunday 24 August) brings together the best photos from thousands of public entries as judged by an expert panel. Featuring mono and colour prints and a wide variety of genres.

At Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee Print Collective Retrospective (Monday 25 – Sunday 31 August) showcases the work of the titular, artist-led printmaking group who have been making work in DCA Print Studio since 2014.

And finally, Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is currently showing Alasdair Gray: Works From The Morag McAlpine Bequest (until June 2026), a display of nine works from the late Glaswegian artist, poet, novelist and playwright, who credited his fledgling love of painting to an art class he attended as a child at the gallery in question.