What’s On in Highland Perthshire April 2014 www.HighlandPerthsire.com Continuous Events
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Cinema, Live Event/Broadcasts The Birks Cinema PO Box 7517 Aberfeldy PH15 2WH see website for details & listings book online or Tel 0871 902 5754 www.birkscinema.co.uk Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Saturday 22nd March 10am Tuesday 29th April Exhibition Alexa Thomson - Life Closely Observed The Watermill Gallery, Mill Street, Aberfeldy, PH15 2BG Free Open Monday - Saturday 10-5.30, Sunday 11-5.30 http://www.aberfeldywatermill.com/ art/exhibition/close-examination Tuesday 1st April - 31st October daily 9.30am - 5.30pm Blair Castle Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL As 2014 is Scotland’s Year of Homecoming, the main highlight of the tour will be a focus on the profound effect that the Great War had on the family of the 7th Duke. Follow the story of Blair Castle being transformed into a Red Cross hospital, and how in WW2 the castle was needed to house evacuees from Glasgow.
Full Price £9.90, Conc Price £8.40 Child Price £5.95 Note: Prices are a guide only and may change on a daily basis. Tel:01796 481207 www.atholl-estates.co.uk Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Daily 10am - 4.30pm Beatrix Potter Interactive Exibition and Garden Birnam Arts & Conference Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Suitable for adults and children alike housing a history section and a Victorian play area. £3 per personTel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Edradour Distillery 2013 Season Finished on 19th October. 2014 Season Opens 17th April to 18th October Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm Closed Sundays last tour always starts 1hr before stated closing time. April Riders of the Storm Killiecrankie 7th - 11th Stunt Holiday 7th April Vaulting Camp 8th Trick Riding Camp 10th Horse Boarding Clinic 11th Ultimate Stunt Day for more infomation contact info@ridersofthestorm.co.uk or 07784119377 www.ridersofthestorm.co.uk
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What’s On Highland Perthshire Daily April - October 10am 12noon & 2pm The Red Deer and Barn Owl Encounter Highland Safaris, Dull, By Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2JQ Come face to face with Britain’s largest native land mammal – the majestic Red Deer and meet and encounter our tame Barn Owl in a hands on demonstration as well as discovering the natural wonders of Highland Perth shire on a fun and inspiring short walk. 60 mins includes deer Food & knowledgeable Safari Ranger and a Badge for Children £8 per person £25 for a family of 4 Tel: 01887 820071 www.highlandsafaris.net Last Saturday of Every Month Doors Open 7pm. Show starts 8.30pm Just Laugh Comedy Club McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Rd Pitlochry PH16 5AG 1 host, 3 stand up comedians - lots of laughter Enjoy Just laugh Comedy Club , last Saturday of every month £10 pp Giggle and dine deal - 2 comedy tickets and a meal for 2 - £20pp After hit the floor as our DJ has you dancing until the early hours. Head Liner tbc - Main Support John McGoldrick Support David Innes Tel: 01796 473888 Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk www.mckayshotel.co.uk Last Sunday of the Month 3pm Blues Sunday The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Every month we hold a Blues Sunday and a Sunday Jazz Jam - excellent afternoon sessions in the bar from 3.30pm. For further info, please contact us on 01350 727340. www.thetaybank.co.uk
Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Take your seats for a heated and frequently funny editorial meeting!! enjoy Music at Mckays Bar & Restaurnat a pie and a pint while your watch! 138 Atholl Road £12.50 (includes booking fee) Pitlochry PH16 5AG Box Office Tel:01350 727674 Friday 4th April 8-11pm Colin Ranage & admin@birnaminstitute.com Iain Anderson www.birnamarts.com Saturday 5th April 9-12pm- The Ducatos Weekly Events Friday 11th April 8-11pm David & Clare Saturday 12th April 9-12pm Dave & Every Sunday 11.30am Paul Garden Tours Friday 18th April 8-11pm Jack Badcock Explorers Garden Pitlochry Fes& Carrie Thomas tival Theatre Port Na Craig, PitSaturday 19th April 9-12pm Sandy lochry PH16 5DR Tweeddale & Douglie Strong Our experienced tour guides provide Friday 25th April 8-11pm John Davidinsights into the plants, trees, wildlife, son & Sandy Marshall history, art and architecture contained Saturday 26th April 9-12pm K2 in Explorets, Lasting around 1.5hourTel 01796 473888 sPrice £5.00 includes Garden Entry.Tel: Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk 01796 484600 http://www.mckayshotel.co.uk/pitwww.ExplorersGarden.com lochry_entertainment/programme.htm pany Free Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
1 April – 17 August. Highland Pony Trekking Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry PH18 5TL Enjoy a gentle trek or faster ride into the hills.Prices start from £27 pp Call 01796 481568 to make a booking. www.atholl-estates.co.uk 1 April – 21 April Easter Trails in the Castle Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry PH18 5TL anytime. Free with Castle entry. Follow the Easter trail through the castle to win a prize and take part in the colouring competition by hanging your drawing on the Easter trees.Tel: 01796 481355 www.atholl-estates.co.uk
1 April – 31 October Land Rover Wildlife Safaris Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry PH18 5TL Discover Atholl Estates’ beautiful and Music at The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane diverse Pitlochry PH16 5BH landscape and native wildlife on a 4x4 Friday 4th Last Orders tour with an Saturday 5th Red Pine Timber Comexpert guide. Adult £36, Child £20 pany Free Booking essential, call 01796 481355. Friday 11th Fozzie Free Saturday 12th Belter Skelter Free Monday 7th April - Friday 11th Friday 18th Mad Ferret! Free April 7.30pm Saturday 19th Acoustic Butterfly Free A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Love with Friday 25th Scott Macdonald Free a Capital L by Tony Cox Saturday 26th Red Pine Timber comBirnam Arts Centre Station Road
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Every Sunday “Sunday Session” 8-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Session night where a mixture of musicians or those of you learning a musical talent gather round to sing, strum or drum what they know best, a great fun night open to everyone. Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Monday Music at the Taybank Dunkeld The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Acoustic session lead by Shaun Lowrey Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk Every Tuesday from 8th April Whisky Tasting McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Whisky Tasting from 7.30pm with a variety of distilleries. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Tuesday from 8.30pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Donny McElligott and Alan Dickson, lead the Tuesday night session with an eccelctic mix of old and new tunes -
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anyone welcome to come and join from Tel: 01350 727340 8.30pm. Free entry. www.thetaybank.co.uk Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk Thursday 7.30pm Moulin Scottish Country Dance Every Wednesday April - Septem- Class ber 2.00 - 4.00 pm Moulin Hall Moulin Pitlochry “Handbell Harmony” If you have not danced before or just Dunkeld Cathedral. Dunkeld need a refresher come along and join The 10th season of solo ringing perfor- us. All levels of dancers welcome. mances in Dunkeld Cathedral from Great fun and good excersie no partner 2.00 - 4.00 pm on Wednesday afterrequired. £2 per night Tel June Templenoons commences April and continues man on 01796 473488 weekly throughout the summer until the end of September. Every Thursday “Traditional ThursSolo ringing is fascinating to watch and days” 8-11pm lovely to hear. You are invited to come McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 and enjoy the music for a while. There Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG is no charge, just a freewill collection A night of traditional Scottish music, for the Cathedral and the Handbell dine in a relaxed atmosphere while Group. Heather and Margaret are well listening to our live musicians playing experienced in this unusual form of an abundance of foot tapping tunes.... ringing and recently returned from York Free entry. where they represented Scotland in the Tel: 01796473888 Gala Concert of The Handbell Ringers www.mckayshotel.co.uk of Great Britain’s National Rally. www.dunkeld-handbells.co.uk Every Thursday Traditional Fiddle Session Every Wednesday The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld Wonderful Golf Wednesdays PH8 0AQ Pitlochry Golf Club Golf Course Rd Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle Pitlochry PH16 5QY session in the bar from 8.30 - again all An open competition every Wednesday musicians are welcome to come and for Gents Ladies & jnrs - Non members join!! welcome £12 entry incl Gree Frees. Tel: 01350 727340 Tel 01796 472792 or www.thetaybank.co.uk e.mail info@pitlochrygolf.co.uk “Friday night Folk” 8-11pmEvery Wednesday, 9pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Open Music Sessions Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Bankfoot Inn, Main Street, BankTraditional folk music from musicians all foot PH1 4AB over Scotland using an array of differOpen session for musicians of all abili- ent instruments to bring you some of ties to gather and play music - any mu- the best Scottish beasts and sounds. sic. Local musicians assemble to play a Free entry. variety of instruments and sing songs. Tel: 01796473888 Open to all. Join in if you want, play www.mckayshotel.co.uk an instrument, or just sit in and enjoy good music. Every Friday Night Tel: 01738 787243 Music Sessions www.bankfootinn.co.uk Atholl Arms Hotel Bridgehead, Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ Every 2nd Wednesday from An open session for musicians of all 8.30pm abilities to gather and play music - any The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld music. Or just come and enjoy the PH8 0AQ music. Free Entry. Tel: 01350 727 219 Open Mic Night in the bar from 8.30pm www.athollarmshotel.com - anyone is welcome to come and join or simply come and enjoy the music Every Saturday from 9pm Free entry. Live Music
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Old Mill Restaurant-Pub, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a variety of styles including covers, blues, rock, jazz … Tel: 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk from 29th March “Saturday night live@McKays” 8.30pm-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance and clap the night away... Free entry. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk “Saturday Night Fever” 11-1.30am McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG resident DJ plays some of the latest tunes to dance the night from 11pmlate, if you come in after 11pn there is a £3.00 door charge. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Last Saturday of Every Month Doors Open 7pm. Show starts 8.30pm Just Laugh Comedy Club - at McKays Bar McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry . PH16 5AG 1 host, 3 stand up comedians - lots of laughter Enjoy Just laugh Comedy Club , last Saturday of every month £10 pp Giggle and dine deal - 2 comedy tickets and a meal for 2 - £20pp After hit the floor as our DJ has you dancing until the early hours. Head Liner tbc - Main Support John McGoldrick Support David Innes Tel: 01796 473888 Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Daily Diary Events Sun 2 April 7.30pm Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Final Year Traditional Music Concert Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Fresh from a sold out concert dur-
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What’s On Highland Perthshire ing Celtic Connections, this concert will showcase the Royal Conservatoire Society award-winning trad musicians. Tickets: £10.00 Concessions: £7.00 (Concessions must be booked in person or by phone 01796 484626) Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Friday 4th April: 7.30pm Definitive Bublé Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR A 2 hour long show by tribute artist Jason Porter, featuring all the Micahel Bublé hits. Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Saturday 5th April: 7.30pm Pasadena Roof Orchestra Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Dance band early swing music featuring the giants of unforgettable melodies – Gershwin, Berlin, etc. Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Sunday 6th 2pm-3pm Saving the eastern imperial eagle talk Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld PH8 0HH Hear the latest news from Stewart Miller on a pioneering project, by International Raptor Research and Conservation, to satellite tag the endangered eastern imperial eagle.Tel. 01350 727 337 E//mail. lochofthelowes@swt.org.uk http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit/ loch-of-the-lowes/ Monday 7 April 10am – 11.30am Scampering Squirrels start from the village square Kinloch Rannoch Rannoch is a stronghold for the Red Squirrel, so come along and find out more about these acrobatic creatures. We may be lucky enough to see some in the tree tops. contact rannochscotland@gmail.com for further information. Friday 11th April: 7.30pm Buddy Holly & the Cricketeers Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR
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Buddy Holly Rock ‘n’ Roll classics from top tribute band, Buddy Holly & the Cricketeers, featuring some of the finest west-end actor/musicians in the business. Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Saturday 12th April 11am - 4pm Craft Market Atholl Centre Pitlochry Next to Tourist Office & Behind Bapatist Church. Handmade crafts mostly by local craft workers. Free admission. Car park. Refreshements Saturday 12th April: 7.30pm Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes have been friends since they were 17 years old. Now, they’ve reunited to play acoustic concerts and festivals where they will sing songs from traditional to 20th-21st Century, each chosen for meaning in both repertoires. Rab’s continuing reputation as a fine singersongwriter and Barbara’s as an interpreter of new and traditional songs with a contemporary edge will be their aim. Tickets £20 (price held till 31st Dec) Tel: 01796 484626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
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and watch as our beautiful shadows appear in our magical theatrical space! Only 15 audience at a time £5 Box Office Tel:01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Sunday 13th April - 2.00pm 3.30pm Spring Treasure Hunt Atholl Estates Ranger Service Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park A family event searching for clues and treasure. Children £2 Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Sunday 13th 10am-4pm Optics fair Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld PH8 0HH A wide selection of binoculars and telescopes available to buy, with expert advice from the Opticron representative on hand. Tel. 01350 727 337 E//mail. lochofthelowes@swt.org. uk http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/ visit/loch-of-the-lowes/
Monday 14th 1pm-3pm National save a frog day Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld PH8 0HH Help conserve and rescue amphibians with the ranger. Hands Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th April on fun for all! Adult £3, concession/ Open Weekend at Loch of the member £2, child £1. Tel. 01350 727 Lowes 337 E//mail. lochofthelowes@swt.org. Lock of the Lowes Dunkeld PH8 uk http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/ 0HH visit/loch-of-the-lowes/ A bumper weekend of events and activities to celebrate the Scottish Wildlife Monday 14th April, 8.40pm Trust’s 50th anniversary. Free entry to A Cat in Paris, Cert PG. Visitor Centre and hides all weekend. Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy. Tel. 01350 727 337 E//mail. lochofthHeartland Film Society presents A elowes@swt.org.uk http://scottishwild- Cat in Paris, Cert PG. With a great lifetrust.org.uk/visit/loch-of-the-lowes/ soundtrack and captivating animation, this tale of a cat with a double life as pet and burglar will entertain kids and Sunday 13th April 1pm, 2pm, 3pm adults alike. All welcome. Please check and 4pm date and time: www.birkscinema.co.uk The Pied Piper in the Little Fawn Tel: 08719025754 Caravan (ages 5+ recommended) Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Tuesday 15th April 10am - 4pm Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Workshop - Steal the Show Using shadow animation, storytelling (ages 8+) and puppetry with original music from Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Sokobanuno and Alasdair Roberts. Take Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS your seat in The Little Fawn Caravan Here’s your chance to be a star for the
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Meet the midgie munchers. start from the village square Kinloch Rannoch So what creatures eat the pesty little insects that drive us all mad? They make up a good meal for many a creature but who? Bring a torch and warm jacket. contact rannochscotland@gmail.com for further information. Thursday 17th April 10.30 12noon Ages P4 - P7 Workshop - Kids Dance Space Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Get creative with our Easter dance Wednesday 16th April workshop! You’ll be part of a group Workshop - Acting the Goat (ages exploring movement and translating it 4-7years) into expressive dance - you’ll learn new Birnam Arts Centre Station Road skills and you can show off your own at Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS the same time. This will be energetic 4-5yrs - 11am - 12 midday £4.00 and great fun, so be prepared to move 6-7yrs - 1pm - 2pm £4.00 that body! Wear loose clothing and For the wee stars and starlets out there comfy footwear and bring a wee snack/ - 2 fun taster sessions where children drink with you. £5.00 can explore their creative side! Using Box Office Tel:01350 727674 their bodies and faces to become difadmin@birnaminstitute.com ferent characters, the children will take www.birnamarts.com part in fun drama games and will work in groups to crate their own stories. Friday 18th April 2pm – 3.30pm Book early limited places! Wear loose Battle of Killiecrankie clothing. Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre Box Office Tel:01350 727674 Killiecrankie, Pitlochry, PH16 5LG admin@birnaminstitute.com Get to grips with the gory details of this www.birnamarts.com gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk (1hour) in woods above Soldier’s Leap; Wednesday 16th April 3.00pm followed by children’s craft activities 4.30pm and a display of weapons. Price Adults Deer, Ponies, Lambs + Calves £4 Children £2 No booking required KilAtholl Estates Ranger Service liecrankie Visitor Centre 0844 4932192; Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park Dunkeld Area Office 0844 493 2194 A walk on the farm to see spring new- www.nts.org.uk/property/killiecrankie/ borns + get a look at our red deer + Atholl ponies too. 18 April – 21 April 12pm – 3.30pm Adults £2 Children £1 Tel: 01796 Vintage Tractor and Trailer Rides 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates. Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Pitlochry co.uk PH18 5TL www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Explore hidden parts of the grounds of Wednesday16th April; 8pm Blair Castle The Year of Homecoming: finding and see the animals living on the estate the homes that were left behind. including Ben Lawers Ranger base, LyneHighland Cows, Highland Ponies and doch, Main Street, Killin Red Deer.£2 pp Tel: 01796 481355 Illustrated talks by NTS conservawww.atholl-estates.co.uk tion staff - Derek Alexander, Head of Archaeology, reveals some of the post- Saturday 19th April 10am - 2pm medieval abandoned house sites in the Logierait Country Market care of the National Trust for Scotland. Mill of Logierait Farm Pitlochry PH9 OLH Thursday 17 April 7pm- 8.30pm There will be a good selection of local day! Come and be part of an elite acting Company for the day, and produce a whole play - in a day- then put the finished show on to a delighted audience of mums, dads family members and friends at the end of the day. You’ll learn how to work in a group, contribute ideas and learn your lines just like proper actors. Be prepared to act your socks off and shine brightly! Book early wear comfortable clothes and bring packed lunch £15.00 Box Office Tel:01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com
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Produce, Crafts and Collectables on sale, as well as Live Traditional Music to listen to. The Farms own Narrow Gauge Railway will run from 11am, and there will be hot food and refreshments available. Mill of Logierait Farm PH9 0LH, is just off the A9 at Ballinluig, South of Pitlochry on the Aberfeldy road. Local buses will stop at the gate. www.highlandlightrailway.co.uk Saturday 19th April 12noon - 3pm Cadbury Easter Egg trails Meet at the Lower carpark the Hermitage Dunkeld Bring Cadbury magic to your family by joining in at one of our Easter Egg Trails! Follow the clues, answer the questions and complete the challenges to find your way to a prize just for you! Children £2 Accompanying adults free No booking required Tel: Dunkeld Office 0844 493 2192 Killiecrankie Visitor Centre 0844 4932194 www.nts.org Saturday 19th April 2pm – 3.30pm Egg Olympics Atholl Estates Ranger Service Meet: Blair Atholl Information Centre Some eggy activities for families. Please bring a (well trained ) hardboiled egg with you. Time: Children £2 Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Sunday 20 April 11am - 4pm. Pancakes and Chocolate Tasters The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore Loch Tay PH15 2HY Celebrate Easter Iron Age style with pancakes cooked over an open fire, make your own bread rolls baked in our clay ovens and churn your own butter to spread on them. Chocolate Tasters provide a twist our ancestors could only have dreamt about. Tel. 01887 830583 info@crannog.co.uk www.crannog.co.uk Sunday 20th April 12noon - 3pm Cadbury Easter Egg trails Outside Killiecrankie Visitor Centre Killiecrankie, Pitlochry, PH16 5LG Bring Cadbury magic to your family by joining in at one of our Easter Egg Trails! Follow the clues, answer the questions and complete the challenges to find your way to a prize just for you!
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Thursday 24th of April 8.00pm: “Holding it all together: papering Monday 21 April 10am – 11.30am over the cracks” Illustrated talks by NTS conservaRannoch Critters start from the village square Kin- tion staff in the meetings room, at the Ben Lawers Ranger base, loch Rannoch Who and what lives in Rannoch? Come Lynedoch, Main Street, Killin An illustrated evening talk by Fiona and find out more about our top six Butterfield, Conservator with the favourites and where to see them. National Trust for Scotland. Fiona contact rannochscotland@gmail.com specialises in paper conservation and for further information. will be looking at conservation work on wallpapers and works of art on paper Monday 21st April 7-9pm that might be classed as ephemeral Ron Greer and disposable if they are damaged. The Tryst Pitlochry Scottish Wildlife Trust Meeting - Talk by She will also focus on the project to Ron Greer Everyone is welcome Mem- conserve the wallpaper at Moirlanich Longhouse and examples of this paper bers £2 non-members £3 For more info contact Richard Horobin will be on display. Tel: 0844 493 2136 01796 474480 or richardwhorobin@ tomcroy.co.uk Thursday 24th April The Charity Trustees’ Toolboxand Wednesday 23rd April 2-4pm With Colin Liddell, Accredited SpeWild Highland Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na cialist in Charity Law. Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR Join landscape artist David Bellamy for Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR This 90 minute Seminar will provide a painting demonstration. The John Muir Trust’s Wildspace Visitor Centre in Trustees with practical guidance and an insight into various hands-on aspects of Pitlochry will present an exhibition of their role, actions and responsibilities; his work from it will also include a number of curApril to June. Tickets £10 Tel: 01796 484626 e.mail boxoffice@PitlochryFesti- rent tips and recommendations. It will touch upon the differences between a valTheatre.com Guarantee Company and a SCIO and www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com will again look at issues of risk manWednesday 23rd April Doors open agement. Tickets £7.50 Tel: 01796 484626 7pm Move 2 Improve Ceilidh 7.30 pm/ www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com The tickets prices are a charitable I0.30 pm donation to the benefit of Pitlochry Town Hall Aberfeldy Festival Theatre (Scottish Charity NumMid Atholl Strings and Things and ber SC013055). Two Course Supper is Guests Tickets £5 Children £2.50 At door or £16.50, commencing at 6pm from Committee Raffle, Bar Friday 25th April 8pm The Dardanelles Thusday 24th 11am-3pm Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Guided walk: Dunkeld to Loch of Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS the Lowes Armed with a love of jigs, reels and Meet at the Visitor Information ballads and an energy found more Centre, The Cross, Dunkeld. Ranger-led walk from the village to the often in 3 piece punk rock bands than reserve and back, with time at the Visi- 5 piece fold acts, The Dardanelles have tor Centre. Meet at the Visitor Informa- established themselves as the leading tion Centre, The Cross, Dunkeld. Adult traditional band to emerge from Canada’s Newfoundland. £12/£10 conc/£5 £3, concession/member £2, child £1.
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Saturday 26th April 12.30 4.00pm Pitlochry Superdog Atholl Estates Ranger Service Meet: Pitlochry Recreation Ground A fun afternoon for dogs with competitions, displays and doggy games. Price: free Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April 10.00am to 5.00pm The Spring Arts & Craft Fair Drill Hall The Cross Dunkeld We have several new crafters this year and demonstrations! - admission is free. Saturday 26th Sunday 27th April Scottish National Downhill Mountain Bike Championship Dunkeld The second round of the Scottish National Downhill Mountain Bike Championship will take place in Dunkeld in April and is expected to attract around 300 entrants, as well as hundreds of spectators. Riders from across the country will flock to the popular competition, which is part of a series to decide the winner of the coveted Scottish Championship jersey. Online entries have opened for the downhill series, which kicks off in March at Innerleithen. Riders can enter by going to www.britishcycling.org.uk/events. Sunday 27th April 11am - 4pm. Celtic Food & Drink Festival The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore Loch Tay PH15 2HY Discover Iron Age cooking including clay-baked and smoked fish, spitcooked meat, Crannog stews, locally foraged greens, breads & spreads and themed beverages. Try our activities while you’re waiting for a taste of what life was like 2,500 years ago. Tel. 01887 830583 info@crannog.co.uk www.crannog.co.uk