Welcome
BearScots is the Scottish bears group. We were founded in the spring of 2000 and now have nearly one hundred members in Scotland and around the world. We hold monthly bear events in Edinburgh and host the annual 'BearScotFest' extravaganza in October. We also run regular trips and visits across Scotland and around the UK for our members, such as our 'Bears in the Hills' weekend in the spring and our 'BearScots BBQ' in late summer.
Become a BearScots Member
Come and join the BearScots community. Its easy, just fill in a form online or catch us at any of the regular bear events. You will receive a membership card and pack with an exclusive BearScots badge, plus regular newsletters keeping you informed of up and coming events.Memberships also gives you great discount on merchandise and priority booking for events. You also help to support the promotion of our busy monthly nights and BearScotFest. We welcome members from around the world.
If you have any queries about membership contact Graham at treasurer@bearscots.org.uk
Thanks for your support!
Bear Book Group, Theatre Bears and Wet Fur!
BearScots are proud to bring you a slew of new regular events:- Come join the bears for a monthly book study group in a chilled-out setting with the Bear Book Group!
- Join the Theatre Bears for a night out at the theatre!
- Get some Wet Fur with the bears in the pool in both Glasgow and Edinburgh!
Check out the Events page for updates and details on all these events!
Bears By The Loch
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What a perfect way to kick off those heavy winter boots, with a spring outing to beautiful Loch Lomond. First port of call, the Loch Lomond shores for a stroll and look around the shops with stunning views over the loch. Also this weekend there is a farmers market along with restaurant & bars, plenty of parking available. |
Then weather permitting pop along the road to Luss for all those Bear Photographers among us, restaurant and bar to hand.
We'll meet up in Hillington, Glasgow on the morning of Sunday 21st March. Contact Steven at events@bearscots.org.uk for details of times, directions and car-pooling, or check out our facebook events page.
Béar Féile Dublin
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The Irish Bears, several of whom attended our BearScotFest event in October, are hosting a fantastic weekend in Dublin Thursday 25 - Sunday 28 March 2010, and a good few of the Scottish bears will be attending and extending our paws of friendship to our furry Celtic brothers! The weekend promises to be lots of fun, with pub crawls, sauna party, club nights, |
Have a look at their website for more information, the full programme and booking details www.bearfeile.com or check out their page on Facebook.
If you fancy going, Aer Lingus have a superb sale on right now (www.aerlingus.com) and Ryanair are offering great deals too (www.ryanair.com). The Irish tourist board offer an accommodation finding service (www.discoverireland.ie) and with a plethora of reasonably priced apartments (www.staydublin.com) there's bound to be something to suit your needs and budget.
Contact events@bearscots.org.uk if you have any questions or need any help!
See you in Dublin!
BearScotFest ’09
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"Bloody fantastic weekend, everybody is talking about it - thanks to all of you organisers for making it the best event yet!" |
Wow! What a weekend! Bigger and better than previous years, with hundreds of gorgeous furry boys and friends descending on Edinburgh for the whole Fest - boys from all over the world: USA, Australia, Egypt, Russia, Europe and the UK - it was certainly one to remember. This year we also had the pleasure of welcoming our official BearScotFest photographer, James (www.bearpix.co.uk) and film maker Jonathan (www.funfur.tv) who documented the weekend event
| "Lovely seeing you lads over the weekend and thanks for a terrific time... we are still buzzing here. The venue on Saturday was amazing hope you manage you book it next year!" |  |
Things got off to a great start with the registration desk in the New Town Bar welcoming the boys with drinks and canapés before the start of the Bears in the Basement night. This was a fantastic way to catch up with friends we hadn't seen in months, and to make some new furry pals, and a wee hot pie for the walk home brought the evening to a satisfying close.
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"I know putting together any event, let alone the main October bash, is a lot of hard work and takes a great deal of commitment... Many, many thanks to everyone involved for making October one of the brightest months in the calendar!" |
Saturday morning Brunch at the Regent was a roaring success, where Alan, Colin and the team did us proud with a hearty breakfast, setting us up for the day's adventures ahead. Some boys remained at the Regent and sampled a few more of Alan's prize Real Ales; About 40 of the boys travelled out to Glenkinchie Distillery, replete with toffees, for a tour and a most-enjoyable taste of several malt whiskies; while the majority of boys attended the hot Sauna Party at Steamworks, hosted by the lovely Francis, who made sure that everyone had a good time in the Bear Soup Jacuzzi!
| "It was a fantastic night on Saturday, the best yet!" |  |
The high point of the weekend for most of us had to be the Bear Cave Club Night. The venue certainly had the WOW factor, and with our very own DJs Will and Ian on the decks, the dancefloor was full of hot, hairy sexy boys with their tops off the whole night. The gorgeous Max hosted the 2009 Mr Bearscots Competition and our congratulations go to the winner, James, whose main prize is a photoshoot with Stu Furryfoto (www.furryfoto.co.uk) so we hope to see LOTS more of him over the coming few months. WOOF! After a short speech from Bearscots President Murray, a cheque for £527 was presented to our nominated charity Waverley Care, raised by the prize-draw raffle over the weekend.
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"Thanks for making us feel so welcome and for running a great event - we loved the whole weekend and will definitely be back again." |
Sunday morning Brunch at the New Town, saw a bunch of hungry bears filled to satisfaction, thanks to the sterling work of Tom in the kitchen! Many of the bears chilled out and had a laugh with the quiz and a beer upstairs while a good 100 or so who still had the energy descended to the basement for the BearScotFest's infamous Underbears Party hosted by Mike & Max. The day drew to a close with an afternoon tea of sandwiches and cake and the dishing out of quiz prizes, as boys from out of town began their journeys home, leaving a happy hardcore of furriness to enjoy a private viewing of Edinburgh-set film Shallow Grave at the decadent ( if overly warm!) Brass Monkey bordello-screening room.
The whole weekend just flew by, and from the feedback we've received so far, all the boys had a great time, and are looking forward to next year already!
"We all had a fantastic time... the best bear event I have been to... well done!!"
Photo Gallery
Check out our updated photo galleries, including this year's Bears in the Hills, our visit to the Great British Bear Bash in Manchester, and a rather drookit Pride Scotia!:
BearScots Mailing List
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