Wild Goose Festival
Established in 2020, Wild Goose Festival is an annual programme of inspiring and educational family-friendly activities and events across Dumfries & Galloway. Taking place every Autumn, the festival is inspired by the migratory route of barnacle geese between Svalbard and the Solway estuary, focusing on our regions connection to these fascinating birds and the incredible journey they make to reach us.
Wild Goose Festival’s programme of events aims to engage our communities through creativity, education, and play, building meaningful relationships and encouraging people across generations to reconnect with the environment they live in.
Produced by The Stove Network, the festival unites key partners from across Dumfries & Galloway in an immersive exploration of nature, creativity, and place. forms part of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival 2024 and is supported by TRACS – Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland, Dumfries & Galloway Council, Annandale & Nithsdale Community Benefit Company, administered by Foundation Scotland and Dumfries & Galloway Museums & Heritage Network.
WGF Highlights | 2020–2023
Latest News
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April at WWT Caerlaverock
As we wave goodbye to April, David Pickett of WWT Caerlaverock tells us what life has been like on the reserve over the course of last month: “April can be […]
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Goose News!
Barnacle geese numbers are starting to build up as more birds have arrived from Svalbard just in time for last week’s Wild Goose Festival. Prior to last week there was […]
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Pyramiden
A Photo Essay by Sisse Brimberg, Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant In the far reaches of the Arctic circle, situated on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, lays the ghost town […]
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Wild Geese and the GSA Biosphere
The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere is proud to be a partner organisation and co-hosting events at the Wild Goose Festival 2022, introducing local people and visitors to some […]
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Primary School News Reporter, Ayla, Tells us About Her Class Project
The Stove’s Creative Spaces Team have been working with the pupils at Caerlaverock Primary School on a series of activities linked to this years Wild Goose Festival. As part of […]
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Marvellous Migration
The Barnacle Geese of Svalbard There’s no mistaking that migration is an amazing natural phenomenon. As the Barnacle geese return to us each year from Spitspegen on the Norwegian Svalbard […]