Mearns Connections is a celebration of a land that inspired the cultural icons of James Leslie Mitchell (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) and Joan Eardley.

 “A rich and cultivated, but still unenclosed country” is how Robert Burns described the Mearns in the historic county of Kincardineshire, the land of his forefathers, when he visited the area in 1787. Read More.....

Join us for a special celebration at The Grassic Gibbon Centre in Arbuthnott

Friday 6th August
The Mearns Connections Dinner
Featuring David Johnston, Christine Kydd, Patsy Reid,Andrew & Jenny Clark. Chaired by Jim Brown

Saturday 7th August
Mearnsong 
In concert with Dougie MacLean, Scots
singer & songwriter, awarded the Tartan
Clef Award in 2009 for ‘Caledonia’.

Supported by Dennis Collie of the
Grassic Gibbon Songwriters Group

Sunday 8th August
Sunday Service
Local Sunday service in Arbuthnott Hall Marquee with
Rev Douglas Lamb. 

Sunday Afternoon Concert
Fiona Kennedy will be in conversation with Jim Brown and will sing many of her favourite Scots songs.

 Musical interlude by local band ‘The Trybe’

See Programme Details

For further information and ticket sales please contact

Isabella Williamson
Manager
The Grassic Gibbon Centre
Arbuthnott
Laurencekirk
AB30 1PB

TEL:01561 361 668