Come to Bowhouse for our second annual Scottish festival celebrating all things Real Bread, packed with workshops, talks, hands-on activity, a rare performance of The Breadagogues’ ARISE! and the results of the 2024 Scottish Bread Championship.

The Festival rounds off Real Bread Week (17th to 25th February) with an exciting programme. Pre-booking is recommended for a number of the events:

• The Breadagogues’ work-in-progress show ARISE! Songs and Stories for the Bread Revolution
• The first screening in Scotland of Six Inches of Soil – the inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities – followed by a discussion on how healthy grains from healthy soils are the foundation of Real Bread
• Children’s sourdough flatbread making workshops
• The Big Thrash (especially for children), from sheaf to sourdough by hand: thresh (in a bag), winnow, grind
• Tours of Scotland The Bread’s unique low-energy mill
• Diversity Exposed: cyanotype workshops

There are also a number of activities and events open to all with no booking required, though spaces may be limited in the demos:

• The awards ceremony of the Scottish Bread Championship (full details and entry form available here, entry deadline 12th Feb), Scotland’s only exclusively Real Bread competition
• Get started with Scotland The Bread flour in a Real Bread Machine! Simple, additive-free, energy-efficient, convenient and…tasty!
• Good Bread Nation: could The People’s Bread set a standard for convivial community provision in the exciting new Public Diners Infrastructure for a Good Food Nation? With Pete Ritchie (Nourish Scotland), community bakers, public health nutrition and food security specialists
• Meet the Baker: community and micro-bakers present the stories (and sell the loaves) that brought them to the Scottish Bread Championship – be inspired!
• Straw weaving workshop with Elaine Lindsay from Something Corny
• Heritage Grains with Bosse Dahlgren
• Rye bread demonstration (for beginners and enthusiasts alike)
• Paratha demo with Scotland The Bread wholemeal flour
• Real Bread focused market stalls

Click on the programme image for a high-resolution version. Please note event times are approximate, exact times will be given on booking.

Entry is free, but some events are ticketed and all donations are welcomed and will support Scotland The Bread’s work. Read about the first ever Scottish Real Bread Festival last year.