1 Craft Beer Discovery
The Shed, Glasgow, Saturday

Glasgow’s South Side will be taken over by 10 breweries exhibiting their drinks alongside some of the best local acoustic acts and delicious street food vendors. Guests will be given a branded pint glass on arrival and can wander the venue, selecting beers, ales and ciders to taste for free. You can also buy half or full pints. For those not partial to a pint, a gin and fizz bar will keep you refreshed with the best Scottish gins, with premium tonics.

Visit harbroevents.co.uk for tickets costing £10, plus booking fee, including the free glass to take home. The event runs from noon to 6pm. Over-18s only.

2 Dunfermline Comic Con
Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline, Saturday
Comic book artists and writers from across the globe will descend on “The Glen” for what is fast becoming one of the highlights of the UK comic convention calendar. Featuring special panel events, signings, interactive attractions, displays, comic drawing classes and a cosplay competition, it’s a great day out for all the family.

Advance tickets are £10 for those aged 13 and over (£12 on the day), £5 for six to 12-year-olds and free for under-fives. Buy via littleshopofheroes.co.uk. Ten per cent of all adult ticket sales will go to a literacy outreach programme which supplies books to local school libraries.

3 Edinburgh Lumen
Various locations, Edinburgh, until March 11
The capital is dazzling with this stunning, immersive visual and sound display that will brighten up the dark winter nights. Creating an aura of calm, three installations will transform St Andrew Square, Assembly Rooms Lane and The Mound Precinct into zen-like portals of tranquillity from 5pm until 10.30pm every evening.

Free to attend.Visit edinburgh.org/whats-on for more information.

4 The Bowie Experience
Perth Concert Hall, tomorrow
Travel on this unforgettable journey of sound and vision through David Bowie’s golden years, packed with all his greatest hits. The Bowie Experience is a spectacular concert celebrating the music of one of the world’s greatest pop icons. The celebration features songs, including Starman, Fashion, Life On Mars, China Girl, Rebel Rebel, Golden Years, Modern Love, All The Young Dudes, Let’s Dance, Heroes, Absolute Beginners and many more. The show is a must-see for all Bowie fans and is even suitable for those just discovering Ziggy Stardust.

Tickets are £25.50, plus booking fee. Buy at horsecross.co.uk. The show then moves on to Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock and Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock on Sunday.

5 Dundee Women’s Festival
Various venues, Dundee, from Sunday
Celebrating International Women’s Day – held annually on March 8 to celebrate economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future – events, activities, debate, talks, arts and therapies providing opportunities to celebrate women’s culture are set to take over the coastal city. Women’s stories, wisdom, identities and lives will all come to life. This year’s theme is “A Vote for the Future.”
Visit dundeewomensfestival.org.uk to see the full programme. The event winds down on March 17. 

6 X Factor Live
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, today
This one is for fans of the singing competition. For the first time, the audience will judge and choose their winner at the end of the night. Digital host, Becca Dudley, will be on the road with the contestants and presenting the show. The X Factor Live Tour has thrilled more than three million people in 13 years ago, making it one of the UK’s most successful annual arena tours.

Tickets are priced between £22.70 and £62.45, plus booking fee. Book via thessehydro.com.

7 Ullapool Dance Festival
The Macphail Centre, Ullapool, today until Saturday
The village in the north-west Highlands of Scotland welcomes everyone who loves to dance, whatever the style. Professional dancers, world-class tutors, social dancers, enthusiastic locals and complete beginners are immersed together in an eclectic and informal celebration of dance performances and classes. Hip-hop, ballet, musical theatre, contemporary, Capoeira, salsa, African, Indian, traditional Scottish country dance, step and Highland are all included. Prices vary.
Visit ullapooldance.org for more information on events.

8 Braemar Mountain Festival
Braemar Village Hall, today until Sunday
Our festival is a celebration of the mountains in winter and includes workshops on ski touring and telemarking, winter skills and avalanche awareness, low level walking, navigation and fell running. New for 2018 are mountain bike skill sessions and workshops.

Various ticket options are available. Head to raemarmountainfestival.com to purchase and to see the packed schedule of events.

9 Children’s Classic Concerts: Tartan Tales
Caird Hall, Dundee, Saturday

Join the clans of the mighty mini-orchestra for a musical journey through the swirling mists of Scottish myths and legends. Irrepressible hosts Owen and Olly will act as your guides, weaving together stories and sound. Gallop through the night on Tam O’Shanter’s horse,
surf the stormy waters of Fingal’s Cave, and fight the mysterious Misterstourworm – you might even be lucky enough to spot Nessie along the way.

Adult tickets are £10, with children’s at £6, plus booking fee. Buy from leisureandculturedundee.com.

10 Facsimilization
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until March 25
The reworking of a mural by Alasdair Gray commissioned for a private home in Glasgow and completed in 1965, but since unseen by the general public, the project was conceived by Roger Farnham, an engineer, photographer and printmaker who has known Gray for 30 years and who had known the artist was keen to modify the original work.

Artist Lin Chau, who worked with Gray on the Hillhead Subway mural project, worked closely with them in translating photographs of the original work into the new version.

Free to attend during opening hours.