4 08, 2023

Helping Edinburgh University with Entertainment

By |August 4th, 2023|events|0 Comments

After studying at Edinburgh University a ‘few years ago’, it has been a pleasure to help various faculties with entertaining their students, staff, and academic visitors. Whether as part of the University conference offering, https://reel-time.co.uk/conferences/ as part of the official graduation ceremonies, or teaching delegates and students some unique Scottish skills and activities such as bagpipe playing, https://reel-time.co.uk/entertainment/experiences/bagpipe-workshop/ ceilidh dancing https://reel-time.co.uk/entertainment/bands/ceilidh-folk-bands/ and how to savour a fine whisky. https://reel-time.co.uk/whisky/   We started playing bagpipes at the Edinburgh University graduation ceremonies after a trip to Beijing, where they took Roddythepiper out to play bagpipes [...]

20 11, 2019

Glasgow Conference Events and Entertainment by Reel Time Events

By |November 20th, 2019|conferences, Uncategorised|0 Comments

Glasgow is a great place for conference events. From the diversity and variety of the city itself, to its ease of access to the rest of Scotland, visitors are never short of things to do and see. Glasgow Convention Bureau continues to do an excellent job of promoting the city to the world. They have been awarded Top Convention Bureau in the UK for 13 years in a row by the Meeting and Incentive Travel Awards, and have helped bring Glasgow to the forefront of international conference destinations. Reel Time Events provides a lot of [...]

7 11, 2019

British Orthodontics Society 2019 Glasgow Conference – Science Centre and Crowne Plaza Entertainment

By |November 7th, 2019|conferences|0 Comments

  Reel Time Events was recently asked to provide entertainment for the British Orthodontic Society’s 2019 conference events in Glasgow. This is the 2nd time we’ve worked with BOS and we were thrilled to be asked back. This time we wanted to go above and beyond with bigger Scottish show entertainment. Being familiar with the audience, we knew that they were especially fun and enthusiastic, and we wanted to deliver on their expectations for a huge party. BOS wanted two nights of entertainment for their Glasgow conference. First was the civic reception at the Science [...]

26 11, 2018

BADFEST: an Annual conference for the British Association of Dermatologist

By |November 26th, 2018|conferences|0 Comments

Scottish Conference Entertainment Annual conference. Hosted 2018 by EICC, Edinburgh BADFEST is the social event held for the annual conference of the British Association of Dermatologists. This year's 2018 conference was hosted at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC). The brief from the client was they wanted a fun and interactive festival-like atmosphere to encourage delegate networking in an informal way. We hosted two spaces in the EICC for the conference which accommodated 750 delegates overall. With people coming from all around the world, the client wanted to ensure that as well [...]

24 10, 2017

Entertaining Biophysics Conference at the EICC, Edinburgh

By |October 24th, 2017|conferences|0 Comments

Reel Time Events were chosen to supply the 2017 Biophysics conference with a range of quality Scottish entertainment.  The conference ran over three days at Edinburgh’s premier conference venue: The EICC. 1500 delegates were in attendance. Reel Time worked closely with the conference organisers to build a range of Scottish events that would be fun, encourage networking and leave them with a great memory of their Scottish conference. Day 1 On their first evening, the guests were entertained with the spirit of Scotland, with a whisky tasting.  Reel [...]

6 03, 2017

Virgin Media Leadership Conference Ceilidh

By |March 6th, 2017|conferences|0 Comments

The Reel Time Ceilidh Band performed at the EICC to celebrate 10 years of Virgin Media and the Virgin Media Leadership Conference.  Roddy the Piper greeted guests on arrival and piped them in for dinner.  The Reel Time Dancers put on a great dance display during dessert.  The band were asked to be ready in a holding area 30 minutes before we performed.  We were delighted to find 40 Virtual Reality headsets and ear pieces, all loaded up and ready for us to experience the next generation of media.  It was unbelievable!  Luckily, we [...]

29 03, 2016

Burns Night and Haggis stabbing with Reel Time Events

By |March 29th, 2016|events|0 Comments

Burns Night is always one of the busiest periods of the year for Reel Time Events, and 2016 was no different.  Here is a quick roundup of this year’s events and what we have been doing to help celebrate our great Bard’s birthday Roddy and the Scraggly Cats had the pleasure of entertaining the Builders Merchants Federation at Dalmahoy Golf and Country Club.  Roddy was on hand to address the haggis and then join the Scraggly Cats for their funky and up beat fusion of ceilidh and pop, giving all of the guests [...]

1 12, 2015

Rackspace visit Edinburgh for Incentive Trip

By |December 1st, 2015|incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events were happy to welcome Rackspace for their Edinburgh incentive trip with a selection of experiences to fully immerse the group in Scottish culture. To start their Scottish adventure guests were welcomed to the amazing location of Dundas Castle by a Reel Time piper.  Guests then had the chance to give the bagpipes a try themselves in our bagpipe masterclass, with our piper giving some expert advice and tuition, and also to test their dancing skills in our ceilidh masterclass.  With our professional dancers to lead the way as the accordion [...]

16 11, 2015

Reel Time Events and ThunderMark team up to welcome Momentum to Edinburgh

By |November 16th, 2015|incentives|0 Comments

Reel Time Events, working with Thundermark, welcomed the Momentum group to the Edinburgh leg of their incentive trip. Travelling from South Africa for their incentive trip Momentum were treated to a truly Scottish experience by Reel Time Events for the Edinburgh part of their journey.  With great collaboration between Reel Time Events and Thundermark in the run-up to the event, guests were treated to the best entertainment possible for their visit to Edinburgh.  To get both groups in the mood for the evenings entertainment they were fitted into kilt outfits for the gentlemen [...]

12 11, 2015

Scottish Conference for BGL in Edinburgh

By |November 12th, 2015|conferences|0 Comments

Reel Time Events had the pleasure of entertaining the senior management team at the BGL group for their Gala dinner at Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland. Held in the stunning venue of the National Museum in Edinburgh BGL's senior management were treated to a Scottish show with a contemporary twist from Reel Time Events, where delegates were truly immersed in Scottish culture for the evening. Reel Time provided the ladies with tartan sashes to compliment the gentlemen in their kilt outfits to get everyone dressed for an evening of Scottish entertainment.  Delegates were [...]