Have you ever been to the Pittenweem Arts Festival? It’s very unusual because the many artists who live in the fishing village open their homes up to the public to give everyone interested a good look at their artwork. At first it seems a bit weird to be walking through someone’s kitchen to see their work but you get used to it and it’s all very enjoyable.

As a gardener I love being able to see people’s back gardens as much as their artwork. The festival runs for a week and the village seems always to be full of people trailing from house to house to view the wares. It isn’t all paintings but includes embroidery, weaving and knitting, sculpture and all sorts.

There are even courses which you can attend on things like knotting, taught by fishermen and folk music evenings. You can read about it here.

The festival runs from August the 2nd to the 10th. You can read more about it and see some photos of Pittenweem here.

There’s also a Forth Bridges Festival this year, it’s a new one and you can read about it here. It runs from 3rd September to the 13th September.