What's going on this weekend?

[Legion]

Any big parties planned, or is anyone leaving 'the bubble' to venture as far afield as Edinburgh or Dundee? (Or further?)

[zipporah]

Quite ironic if people chose this weekend in particular, as for once it's a weekend of St Andrews-based events, activities and community spirit.

[RandomMusings]

St Andrews Christmas Lights switch-on is this weekend.
There is a St Andrews Day(ish) live music event in Venue 1 on Saturday with some very good local bands playing
There is Terrorism - a play - at the Barron starting tonight for a 4 night run.
Bop tonight is (I think) in aid of AIDS awareness.

Alternatively, there is a full list of St Andrews Festival events somewhere online. I'm sure Matt Guest, the Association Community Relations Officer could point it out to you - community.relations@st-and....

Failing all that, stay in - it's cold.

[Falkirk Craig]

Bop tonight is (I think) in aid of AIDS awareness.

It is indeed.

I'm not sure where the advertising has gone for tonight but it is a Red Themed Bop for AIDS awareness.
Show your support, come dressed in Red!

edit...
Found a Facebook Group for the event.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3 ... 935&ref=nf

[Unreg Bob]

AIDS awareness

I mean seriously what the Fuck, could you have picked a more well known disease to have an awareness night of?! I think you can be pretty safe in assuming all the students of this University know about aids and the related issues.

Oh no sorry, I forgot, St Andrews has a crazy percentage of American students...I take my statement back.

[Freaker]

AIDS awareness

I mean seriously what the Fuck, could you have picked a more well known disease to have an awareness night of?! I think you can be pretty safe in assuming all the students of this University know about aids and the related issues.

Oh no sorry, I forgot, St Andrews has a crazy percentage of American students...I take my statement back.

I'd be quite surprised, really, if you had reasonable knowledge of the "related issues" of AIDS, in particlar in terms of the impact of the disease on development and the role social stigma in the developing world - I would doubt that many people at all do, hence the awareness-raising. Come off your high horse and give yourself the chance to be surprised by the schedule drawn up, and the sheer number of "related issues" that you may just be able to find a tad out about.

Oh no sorry, I forgot, we are in St Andrews, where raising awareness of problems outside the bubble is really just, well, outside the bubble...

[Unreg Bob]

the sheer number of "related issues" that you may just be able to find a tad out about.

I'm sorry...what exactly am I going to find out about Aids at the bop when I am drunk tonight? Perhaps it will give me an excuse to wear that short red dress I would otherwise feel embarrassed wearing. Save your propaganda for leaflets to be posted through doors.

I might then actually learn something as I can read it when I’m bored drinking my hangover coffee the next morning. I really don’t know what you're trying to achieve by relating the bop to Aids...Its disgustingly cringy...as usual.

[househunter]

You would learn that it's AIDS, not Aids.

[househunter]

They may also be making people aware that AIDS is finally funny.

[armor]

The St Andrews Festival events programme can be found here http://www.standrewsfestival.co.uk/

[Hennessy]