This exciting and unique festival celebrates a well-known and romanticised period of history when the borderlands of Scotland and England were the home of cattle thieves and outlaws - the Border Reivers.

This festival brings this 16th century reiving period to life with re-enactments and historical events. It also evokes the spirit of those times through music and the arts and a spectacular procession and fireshow.

• Thursday 24 - concert celebrating Hawick's cultural legacy.
• Friday 25 - guided walks & ceilidh
• Saturday 26 - street events, 16th century market, dramas, crafts, workshops; torchlight procession & fireworks; music club.
• Sunday 27 - literary & music workshops; Easter service.