A cultural celebration of creativity in Dundee which attracted more than 3,000 people to free events has been hailed a sell-out success after a spectacular finale at the weekend.
The second annual Blues Skies Festival, led by the DCA, ended with an evening of music, performance and stargazing at Mills Observatory to coincide with the Perseid meteor shower.
On Saturday more than 100 people turned out for a screening of ’80s film Top Gun accompanied by a squadron of guitarists who created a new sound track for the film in the check-in lounge of Dundee Airport.
There was a variety of flight-themed activities in the Overgate on Saturday, including paper aeroplane championships and a performance by the Scottish Dance Theatre group.
Other highlights included science experiments in Baxter Park, a reading of Little Eagles in Broughty Ferry Castle as well as a specially choreographed ice skating performance to music by champion skaters at the Dundee Ice Arena.
DCA director Clive Gillman said festival organisers will be looking at how to make it even bigger for next year.
He said: “The whole festival has been brilliant. It is about engaging a lot of different people and institutions in the cultural life of the city.
“I think there is a lot of potential to make this something really big that transforms the city. Given the interest we have and the way the momentum has really grown this year, I would like to scale the events up next year to accommodate many more people.”
The festival was funded by Creative Scotland’s First in a Lifetime programme, which aimed to create opportunities to experience creativity during the Year of Creative Scotland 2012 and beyond.