Welcome to the Prestoungrange Arts Festival

The Prestoungrange Arts Festival has been sponsored by the Baron Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun, a Scottish Charity, since 1997. It also receives grants from a variety of organisations including the National Lottery Awards for All and Scotland Unlimited. It seeks in as many ways as possible to share the history and create the future of the town through the Arts. It is based on the extensive and continuing historical research reported at Prestoungrange University Press. The buttons on the left will lead you to the range of festival activities currently in hand.

* 2006 saw the Arts Festival host The Global Murals Association's 6th biennial conference

at Prestoungrange

* 2007 saw the definitive Exhibition of Prestonpans Pottery researched and presented by Graeme Cruickshank with a comprehensive accompanying book

The Arts Festival's work is led by a team of Scottish historians and distinguished artists including Annemarie Allan, Jim Forster, John Lindsey, Andrew Crummy and Tom Ewing. But they are accompanied by contributors in many other fields e.g. music, poetry, theatre, pottery and photography. It depends on the services of all such artists as care to join the initiative.

The Arts Festival also works in partnership with the Battle of Prestonpans 1745 Trust which was established in 2006 helping to attract more visitors to The Pans and to advance the Living History of that Battle.

The Convenor of the Arts Festival Directorate is Dr. Andrew Crummy. General Secretary & Treasurer is Gillian Hart who is based at The Prestoungrange Gothenburg, 227 High Street, Prestonpans, East Lothian, EH32 9BE Scotland. Telephone (44) (0) 1875 819922