Date: October 2nd, 2026

Venue: The Boardwalk

Address: 105 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, Glasgow City
G1 1TF

Join us for the opening event of the first-ever edition of Fanoun Scotland Festival where we bring together poetry, music, film, dance, henna art, discussions and community activities across three Glasgow venues: The Boardwalk, Mono and Cottiers.

Opening night: poetry readings, henna art, live oud music, food and Donia of Multitudes exhibition launch

• 6:00pm – Doors open & Henna art by Iffat Ahmad

• 6:30pm – Welcome & festival introduction

• 7:00pm – Poetry readings by Noon Salah Eldin & Iyad Hayatleh

• 7:40pm – Oud performance by Saud

• 8:00pm - Donia of Multitudes exhibition opening, introduction & guided tour by Riah Naief from Listen Gallery

• 8:15pm - Arabic coffee & refreshments

• 9:00pm – End

Supported using public funding by Creative Scotland.