
Scottish Science Festivals in 2023
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 2023
- 6 - 19 February: Dundee Science Festival
- 11 - 15 February: Summerlee Science Festival at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life, Coatbridge
March 2023
- 10 - 19 March: British Science Week. Keep your eyes open for lots of science events happening all across the UK. Follow #BritishScienceWeek on Twitter.
April 2023
- 1 - 16 April: Edinburgh Science Festival
May 2023
- 22-24 May: Pint of Science Festival in numerous locations across the UK, including Edinburgh and Glasgow
June 2023
- 1 - 11 June: Glasgow Science Festival
September 2023
- 7 - 13 September: Orkney International Science Festival
- 16 September: Bang Goes the Borders at St. Mary's School, Melrose
- 23 September: St Abbs Science Festival
- 25 September - 1 October: Maths Week Scotland
- 30 September: Caithness International Science Festival, Family Fun Day
October 2023
- 20 September - 5 October: Caithness International Science Festival
- 6 - 8 October: Fun Palaces (UK wide)
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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