Events

Welcome to Our Linen Stories Events page.

Here you can explore our events by type: Exhibitions, Talks, Walks and Workshops.

In September 2021, we presented Scotland’s first Flax and Linen Festival in collaboration with communities across Fife.

The Festival included new events of all types,  special Open Door events and our project to grow flax across Fife, and in addition, our International Roundtable.

Festival Exhibition: Our main Exhibition in Stocks Warehouse, a former Linen Works, Links St Kirkcaldy.

Linen Routes: A new series of Heritage and Design Walks throughout Fife, mapping linen stories with local experts and enthusiasts

Open Doors: Special entry to Artists Studios, Silverburn Park Flax Mill and Auchtertool House Gardens with related displays

International Roundtable: ‘Think Global, Grow Local’, Scottish and International participants explore shared flax cultures

Twilight Talk: ‘Making Well with Heritage’, our panel and audience engage on well-being and culture

Festival Encounters: A series of informal encounters with experts and enthusiasts throughout Scotland and further afield

Festival Flax Fields: Small plots of flax planted in Fife and elsewhere to bloom and harvest in time for our Festival