What’s On in Highland Perthshire August 2017 www.HighlandPerthshire.com If you have an Event you would like to advertise FREE OF CHARGE info@explorescotland.net with Date/Time/Event/ Venue/Price
Tuesday 1st August to Monday 14th AUGUST Kids Summer Activity Days Wee Adventures, Aberfeldy Area
We have SIX WEEKS of Activity Days lined up this year. For 5 - 12 year olds with a maximum group size of 8. Be it pirateering in canoes on Loch Tay, survival missions in the woods, climbing and abseiling crags or trees to save the day NB We try to make sure all the information we or secret spy missions in the forest, we have you post is accurate, but please check directly with covered. There are a few half day adventures too the venue concerned before committing yourself. this summer; perfect for the new adventurer. We promise to return muddy, wet, tired and inspired children to you at the end of their Wee Adventure with Biscuit. But we can’t promise that they won’t CONTINUOUS EVENTS beg and pester you for more! Check out our list of activities and dates on the website or go Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th straight to booking a place via the big orange link below. Over half of the places are taken so BOOK August 2017 QUICKLY or face the wrath of a disappointed The Blair Castle Horse Trials and child! Biscuit also runs a brilliant birthday party Bruadar Country Fair. and fabulous family and friends’ adventures. Atholl Estates, Blair Atholl, PH18 http://www.weeadventures.com Telephone: 07780 675859 or E-mail sarah@weeadventures. 5TH Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Coun- com to make a plan! try Fair is Scotland’s leading equestrian event, running over four days in August each year and attracting in excess of 40,000 visitors. Box office Every Day 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm opens in Spring 2016. Tel01796 481543
Saturday 19th August to 16th December (3rd Saturday each month) 10.00am to 2.00pm Pitlochry Market Pitlochry Business Centre, Armoury Road.PH16 5AP.
Local Traders, Produce and Crafts. For more details email: stalls@pitlochrymarket.co.uk or www.PitlochryMarket.co.uk
Thursday 17th Aug to Saturday 19th August 8.00am to 6.00pm Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials Milton of Tulliemet, PH9 0PA The Scottish National Sheep Dog Trials will be held at Milton of Tulliemet, signed from the A9 at Ballinluig between August 17-19. There will be 150 competitors from whom will be chosen the 15 members of the Scottish Team to compete in the International. Spectators welcome all day from 8am to approx. 6pm, catering & toilets on site and a commentary will explain what is happening. £5 Admission
Saturday 1st July to 14th October High Society Pitlochry Festival Theatre Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter Book by Arthur Kopit
For the socialites of New England, it will be the Wedding of the Year: seven hundred guests, magnums of Veuve Clicquot and the beautiful, sophisticated Tracy Lord as the bride-to-be. And the groom? According to the invitations, that honour goes to self-made man, George Kittredge. And even if George is, well, not quite from the top drawer and a little dull - his upright character perfectly Cruise Loch Tay matches Tracy’s reputation as a paragon of Loch Tay Safaris, Pier Road, Kenvirtue. more, Perthshire PH15 2HG After our smash-hit production of Kiss Me, Kate A unique one and a half hour cruise on Loch Tay in 2010, PFT returns to the genius of Cole Porter exploring the history, heritage and folklore of with a large cast, a fabulous swing band and Perthshire’s largest loch. Our modern customsome great songs (including True Love, Let’s built boat is comfortable, fast, dry & gets in close Misbehave, Well, Did You Evah! and Who Wants to the inaccessible parts of the loch to explore To Be A Millionaire?) for the Scottish première of the wildlife & nature. Live commentary from our this witty, sparkling, high energy musical! passionate and knowledgeable crew will take you To book, call Box Office on 01796 484 626 or go on a journey through the local history, heritage online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com. and folklore. Experience the breath taking scenery and learn about this mysterious and dramatic landscape from our local and knowledgeable skipper, you will be enchanted by the Loch’s mystical charm! £30per person, £20per child Book on line http://www.lochtaysafaris.net or by Tel: 01887 820071 or e-mail info@lochtaysafaris.net
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What’s On Highland Perthshire August Summer Watch Safari Highland Safaris, Weem, PH15 2JQ
stunning golf courses - a fitting challenge for those of all handicaps. The competitions comprise events and activities both on and off the course, and with many new friends to make, old Nothing can prepare you for the beauty, peace acquaintances to catch up with, and everything and tranquility of our hills and glens on our High- in between, it makes for a complete golfing land Perthshire Estates at dusk. experience. So come along, join in and taste for Seeing the sun set from a remote spot almost yourself the Highland golf experience at Pitlochry. 3000’ up is the highlight of our very special Sun- Entry Cost: Non-Member £90, Country Member downer Safari. The fading light will offer amazing £60, International Member £60, Full Member £40 photo opportunities and the serenity and sheer Saturday 5th - Texas Scramble, Shot Gun Start magnificence of this vista will become an ever@ 4pm lasting memory. Sunday 6th - George Hogg (Handicap) and John You may even be lucky enough to see the Ma“Puff ” Rutherford (Scratch) Memorial Trophies. jestic Red Deer, the Famous Grouse, the elusive Monday 7th - First Round 18 Holes Strokeplay Mountain Hare and the soaring Golden Eagle. In Qualifying the company of your experienced and knowlTuesday 8th - Second Round 18 Holes Strokeedgeable Safari Ranger, you will witness this play Qualifying wilderness environment as you’ve never seen it Wednesday 9th - AM Matchplay Knockout, the before. Scratch, the Handicap, the Over 55’s and 2 Plate/ The Summer Watch Safari includes a glass of Consolation sections. We also offer The Blair chilled beer or wine as you watch the sunset. Athol Trophy at Blair Atholl Golf Club for all non Remember to bring your camera! qualifiers PM Matchplay Knockout, the Scratch DURATION: 2½ hours. DEPARTS: Approx section plus a Stableford competition for all those 18.30hrs (times may vary) not involved in the knockout stages. COST: Adult £40 Teenager £25 (12-18) Child Thursday 10th - AM Matchplay Knockout, the £17.50 INCLUDES - • Binoculars & telescope • Handicap, the Over 55’s, the 2 Plate/ ConsolaGlass of Wine or Beer • Wildlife identification tion sections and the Scratch section followed by sheets & fact-files. Tel: 01887 820017 the Bill Blair Trophy, an additional competition, www.highlandsafaris.net for all players not involved in the latter stages of competition. PM Matchplay Knockout, the Handicap, the Over 55’s and both Plate/ Consolation Sunday 6th August to Sun 1st October (1st Sunday each month) sections Friday 11th - AM First Round of 36 Hole Scratch 10.00am to 2.00pm Section Final followed by a Fourball Better Ball Aberfeldy Farmers Market Pairs competition PM Finals of the Over 55’s, the 2 Plate/ Consolation and the Handicap section The Square, Aberfeldy PH15 2DD with the Second Round of 36 hole Scratch SecThe farmers market has a fantastic range of tion final commencing at approx 2pm. fresh produce including meat, vegetables, fish, FOOD AND GOOD CRAIC AVAILABLE IN cheese, bread, chocolate and lots of beautiful THE CLUBHOUSE EVERY NIGHT hand crafted items for sale. Further details from Fiona MacEwan, 01887 829343 or 07990 834092 If you have any queries or need any clarification on any issues relating to the Highland Open or aberfeldymarket@btopenworld.com. please contact our Head professional Neil Douglas on 01796 472792 or email pro@pitlochrygolf. Tuesday 15th AUGUST to Thursday co.u
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Saturday 1st July to Thursday 12th October People By Alan Bennett Pitlochry Festival Theatre With a bath on the billiard table and a garden resembling a jungle, aristocrat (and former model) Dorothy Stacpoole faces a desperate situation. The decaying family pile is close to ruin. And with the coffers all but empty, Dorothy must now choose between auctioning off the historic contents - or handing everything over to the National Trust. Archdeacon June, her sister, is all for the Trust. But Dorothy loathes the idea of opening her home to the public: people spoil things, don’t they, trampling over history, gawking at family memories? The thought of flogging off the art and the heirlooms is equally unbearable. And there’s a third option, too: a shady, über-rich consortium is interested in buying the house and relocating it from Yorkshire to somewhere altogether more desirable. Like Dorset. Whilst pondering which way to jump, Dorothy unexpectedly encounters a familiar face from her modelling days. Theodore, now a producer of “adult” films, is in search of the perfect period setting - and four poster bed - for his latest porn epic. Please note that this play contains occasional strong language, partial nudity and some sexual content. To book, Tel: 01796 484 626 or go online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com.
Saturday 1st July to Thursday 12th October Absurd Person Singular By Alan Ayckbourn Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Three ill-matched couples. Three different kitchens. Three horrendous Christmases . . . Early 1970s suburbia: the ambitious Sydney Hopcroft is hoping to secure backing for his new business from two guests he’s invited to his festive gathering: architect Geoffrey Jackson and 31st AUGUST old-school banker Ronald Brewster-Wright. But Outdoor Activities with Wee Adthe pressure of the situation proves a little too Saturday 1st July to Wednesday ventures much for Sydney’s put-upon wife, Jane, as she 11th October attempts to keep the party sailing along upon a Wee Adventures, Aberfeldy Area Pitlochry Festival Theatre sea of gin and shiny formica worktops . . . Biscuit is an adventure sports coach and a guide, One year later, and it’s the turn of serial philanthe private bookings are aimed at entire families, Mary Rose By J.M. Barrie -When the young Mary Rose derer Geoffrey and his clinically depressed wife, adults young and old, or groups of kids. There are THREE WEEKS available for private bookings. climbs an apple tree and announces her plans to Eva, to play host. Before their guests arrive, marry, the news is greeted by her doting parents Geoffrey decides the time is right to tell Eva that Unplug and replenish your soul in the spectacufirst with unbridled joy - then, strangely, with their marriage is over. Already befuddled with lar outdoors of Highland Perthshire. Let Biscuit furrowed brows . . . pills, Eva believes there’s only one way out - but introduce you to a new activity with a half or For Mr and Mrs Morland now feel duty-bound to why can’t any of the merry visitors see what full day, polish up your adventure sports skills tell Simon, their jovial future son-in-law, about a she’s really trying to do? or really embrace your spirit of adventure with mysterious incident in their daughter’s past about To book, Tel: 01796 484 626 or go online: a multi-day multi-activity expedition. Perfect for www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com. families, friends, children and adults. http://www. which they have never spoken . . . not even to Mary Rose herself. weeadventures.com Telephone: 07780 675859 When she was a young girl, Mary Rose and her or E-mail sarah@weeadventures.com to make a Thursday 20th July to Saturday parents holidayed on a tiny island in the Outer plan! Hebrides. And, one day, Mary Rose disappeared. 14th October Without trace. The Ruling Class By Peter Barnes J.M. Barrie’s eerie supernatural drama of youth, Saturday 5th August to Friday Pitlochry Festival Theatre love and loss, written in the aftermath of the 11th August The aristocracy: backbone of Britain, pillar of Great War, was first staged in 1920 – and a Church and State, the living embodiment of 2017 Highland Open young Alfred Hitchcock was one of the many who tradition. And purveyors of certain eccentricities. Pitlochry Golf , Golf Course Road fell under its spell. To book, Tel: 01796 484 626 Some stranger than others... or go online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com. When the 13th Earl of Gurney dies in somewhat Pitlochry PH16 5QY Pitlochry Golf, since 1909, has offered visitors the embarrassing circumstances, the title is inherited chance to play one of Perthshire’s most visually by his son, Jack – to the horror of the rest of the
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What’s On Highland Perthshire What’s On Highland Perthshire family. Why? Well, Jack’s particular eccentricity is a little more extreme than most: he’s a paranoid schizophrenic who thinks he’s the Father, Son and Holy Ghost... Returning home from a clinic to assume the title and to preach an alarmingly subversive brand of peace, love and understanding - Jack is spectacularly unsuited to life in elite society. Appalled, the scheming Gurneys close ranks and deliver an ultimatum to Jack’s psychiatrist, Dr. Herder: Jack must either be cured completely of his delusion – or quietly declared insane and committed to an asylum. But Herder’s attempts to shock Jack into normality are far from orthodox... and whilst the treatment may appear outwardly successful, deep within Jack’s psyche, something dark and deadly is released... One of the landmark plays of the 1960s, Peter Barnes’s classic cult comedy, influenced by everything from music hall to Ealing comedy, is a theatrical tour de force, combining feverish energy, ferocious humour, razor-sharp satire and genuine horror. The 1972 film earned Peter O’Toole an Oscar nomination, whilst James McAvoy starred in the acclaimed 2015 London revival. Do not miss this! Please note that this play contains occasional strong language and some adult content. To book, call Box Office on 01796 484 626 or go online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Thursday 24th August to Friday 13th October Europe By David Greig Pitlochry Festival Theatre
On the platform of a provincial railway station, in a border town somewhere in Europe, two refugees arrive: Sava and his daughter, Katia. They’ve been travelling forever. All they want to do is rest and find a place to begin again. But it won’t be here. Tensions rise, threaten to explode. And at night, out in the forest, the wolves gather... So who will live and who will die? Who will find love when it is least expected? And who will manage to escape..? This startlingly contemporary work by Scotland’s greatest living playwright is a fierce and compassionate drama about shifting borders, changing identities and globalisation. Please note that this play contains frequent strong language. To book, call Box Office on 01796 484 626 or go online: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
WEEKLY EVENTS MONDAYS
Watch the show from the comfort of your vehicle and show your appreciation by tooting your horn! Adults - £7 Children - £1 (Indoors: Adults - £7 Children - £4) Programme - £1. 7:15pm - Gates open at the Recreation Ground for cars and those on foot. 7:20pm - The pipe band marches from Fisher’s Hotel to the Recreation Ground. 7:45pm - Show begins at the Recreation Ground ** 9:15pm - Show ends and the pipe band marches back to Fisher’s Hotel. ** From 28th August, to make best use of the remaining daylight, the show will begin at 19:30 at the Recreation Ground. For more deta\ils:- Gillie McNab Tel: 07733 152223 E-mail: GMcNab00@aol.com
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ing of traditional music and dancing from these very talented youngsters. Stovies available during the interval, bar, raffle and competition for the kids. Tickets £5.00 (under 16s free) from the Tilt Stores or at the door. All welcome! Neil Mackintosh, tel 01796 481310, mail@ blairathollvillagehall,co.uk
Friday 4th August 8.00m The Mess Arounds Live in the Park, Food in the Park, Blair Atholl PH18 5SP Dundee based Northern Soul band bring their up tempo 60s sound to the stage - think Gladys Knight, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Al Wilson and Shirley Ellis. Seriously... you won’t be sitting down for long! Tel: 01796 481484
Wednesday 5th July to Wednesday 4th October Wonderful Wednesdays Saturday 5th August Pitlochry Golf Club, Golf Course 10.30 am to 4.30 pm Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5QY The Celts are Coming! £15 includes Green Fees and Stableford competi- The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kention entry fee, if you have an official registered more, PH15 2HY CONGU handicap Non handicapped golfers are also welcome for £15 Green Fees. A great excuse for a midweek break in Pitlochry. AN OPEN COMPETITION MOST WEDNESDAYS* – open to all - gents, ladies, seniors, juniors and visitors. *Due to other events such as our Golf Week and both Highland Open weeks, our Wonderful Wednesday competitions may not run - please check with the Pro Shop team. Tee times available all day - no restrictions (Bookings essential – Phone Pro-Shop). For entry details call 01796 472 792 or email info@ pitlochrygolf.co.u
DAILY DIARY EVENTS Tuesday 1st August 10.30am12noon Animal Detectives Hermitage by Dunkeld
Who and what lives in the Hermitage woods? Join the rangers to be an animal detective; we will look for tracks and trails that the animals have left behind? Suitable for children 5 - 12 years. Children £3; accompanying adults free.
The Scottish Crannog Centre’s first living history extravaganza is at the Forestry Commission picnic site at Dalerb (between Kenmore and Fearnan), and at the Scottish Crannog Centre. There is something for all the family, find out how our ancestors made the most of their surroundings in this unique and interactive event. Follow the Iron Age Trail between The Scottish Crannog Centre and Dalerb! Expert craftsmen and women will be assembling from far and wide to demonstrate dynamic Iron and Bronze Age crafts and skills at the Dalerb site. These include: Bronze-SwordMaking; Smelting Iron in a Clay Furnace; HideScraping and Tanning; Leather-working; Building and Firing Clay-Pots; Textile Crafts rendering rich colours from native plants; Prehistoric Cooking; Celtic Garden Display; Basketry and more! You will see the Iron Smelting Furnace in action too! !, Entry Adults £10 Children £7. Discounts for family groups (e.g. 2 adults 1 child £25; 2 adults 2 children £32 etc). Tel : 01887 830583
Saturday 5th August 8.00pm Comedy Night Live in the Park, Food in the Park, Blair Atholl PH18 5SP
A fantastic night of live comedy from some of Scotland’s best comedians! Headlining will be Friday 4th August 9.00 PM Gary LIttle, with Jamie Dalgleish and Ray BradCharlie Gorman shaw creating the laughs before him. Bringing The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitthe whole night together as our MC will be the awesome Tony Basnett! Bought to you by ‘Get lochry Singer/songwriter from Glasgow and lead singer Comedy’ agency, the night is set to be one to remember! 3 Live acts plus a superb Compere with King of Birds. Charlie has been invited on tour with Simple Minds, Crowded House and John Blair Atholl is set to get it’s ribs tickled! SCTRICTLY OVER 18s ONLY! Click on the ‘COMEDY’ Hiatt. FREE Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www. tab above for more details of the comedians! All oldmillevents.co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry. tickets £10 on the door! Tel: 01796 481484 co.uk
Every Monday 3rd July - 4th September. Highland Nights Pitlochry Recreation Ground (In Friday 4th August at 7.30 pm bad weather, it is transferred to FAMILY CEILIDH the Pitlochry Town Hall) BLAIR ATHOLL VILLAGE HALL The park has a natural terraced banking for seating at one side, where a travel rug, warm clothes and a cushion will bring added comfort. Or you can drive in and park your cars round the arena.
The annual tour by the young traditional musicians from the Cairngorms National Park area returns to Blair Atholl Village Hall for a Family Ceilidh. Come along and enjoy a great even-
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What’s On Highland Perthshire What’s On Highland Perthshire Saturday 5th August 9.00PM The MMC Band The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry
Rooted in Swing, Soul, Blues, Jazz, R’n’B, Country, American-Songbook, R’n’R, Rockabilly, Traditional and Rock, MMC Band provides a varied repertoire of uplifting good-time music designed to entertain. FREE Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
Friday 11th August 9.00PM JONO The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry
Sunday 13 August, 11.00am Guided Archaeology Walk Errichel Farm, Crieff Road, Aberfeldy PH15 2EL
Scottish history, amazing views, a lovely walk, delicious cake and coffee at the top of the hill and the company of Fergus the Shetland pony! Errichel has teamed up with Richard Hiden, a local Archaeologist with an interest in Scottish Prehistory and Experimental Archaeology. Richard, our Farm Guides and our Shetland Pony Fergus, (who will carry refreshments) will take Friday 11th August 8.00pm you on a walk over the hill at Errichel Farm, Sunday 6th August 8.00pm Yard of Ale visiting sites of interest, from the place of a farm Ganked Live in the Park, Food in the Park, steading dating back to the middle ages, to sites of prehistoric round huts and evidence of ancient Live in the Park, Food in the Park, Blair Atholl PH18 5SP rigged cultivation. The sites are undisturbed - to From the Lothians, Yard Of Ale perform a Blair Atholl PH18 5SP Ganked are a 3 piece acoustic quartet who didn’t fantastic mixture of folk, country, traditional and the untrained eye it would be easy to pass them do very well at maths at school! Reviving everycontemporary music with plenty of close harmony by for rocks, heather and grass. Richard will bring these areas to life, describing how people thing from punk, mod and indie from their youth and cheeky banter! Scottish music, Irish music, would have lived and worked the land over the to modern day tunes with an acoustic twist and American music and, if it takes our fancy, some millennia. a pinch of sarcastic banter, Ganked do their thing English music. Acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddle, The walk is approximately 4 km with some steep mainly in pubs, houses, halls and cowsheds in NE mandolin, harmonica, whistle, washboards, kaScotland. They’re looking forward to returning to zoos, in fact anything they can rattle a good tune sections over uneven ground. Good walking Food in the Park and giving the people of Blair or rhythm out of will be pressed into service! Tel: boot/shoes essential. Tea/Coffee and cake will be served at the top of the hill. Who is this suitAtholl a damn good Ganking! Tel: 01796 481484 01796 481484 able for? Adults and families with children over 8 years* old. Ideal for those with an interest in Sunday 6th August 10.30 am to Saturday 12th August 9.00PM Scottish prehistory, nature, wild life, walking. 4.30 pm Fraser John Lindsays Blues Incen- Price: £12 per adult, £8 per child, Family ticket (2 adults plus 2 children) £36 The Celts are Coming! tive Advance booking essential. Email: enquiries@ The Scottish Crannog Centre, Ken- The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Piterrichel.co.uk Call: 07974171699 / 01887 829562 more, PH15 2HY lochry *This is a recommended age - if you have a The Scottish Crannog Centre’s first living history A Glasgow-based outfit, interpreting blues younger child who is used to walking and enjoys extravaganza is at the Forestry Commission picnic classics (Robert Johnson, Freddie King, Howthe countryside we can be flexible on this, site at Dalerb (between Kenmore and Fearnan), lin’ Wolf and T-Bone Walker etc.) in their own please discuss with us at the time of booking. and at the Scottish Crannog Centre. There is unique style. Everything about the band is pure something for all the family, find out how our dynamite, further emphasized by guitarist Fraser ancestors made the most of their surroundings in John Lindsay’s mean riffs, and blues-soul vocalist Tuesday 15th August 8.15pmthis unique and interactive event. Follow the Iron Charlotte Marshall’s fiery performance. FREE 10.00pm Age Trail between The Scottish Crannog Centre Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents. Bats and Beavers in Dunkeld and Dalerb! Expert craftsmen and women will co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk Dunkeld be assembling from far and wide to demonstrate Spend an evening exploring the banks of the dynamic Iron and Bronze Age crafts and skills at Saturday 12th August 8.00pm River Tay from Dunkeld, looking for beaver signs the Dalerb site. These include: Bronze-Swordand learning all about bats. We will have bat Last Orders Making; Smelting Iron in a Clay Furnace; Hidedetectors available for use so that we can listen Scraping and Tanning; Leather-working; Building Live in the Park, Food in the Park, to the bats as they fly overhead. Adults £5; and Firing Clay-Pots; Textile Crafts rendering rich Blair Atholl PH18 5SP Children £3. For more information call rangers on colours from native plants; Prehistoric Cooking; Hailing from the shores of Dundee and Perth, 01350728641 or email hpatterson@nts.org.uk Celtic Garden Display; Basketry and more! You Last Orders are a unique, energetic Pop & Rock will see the Iron Smelting Furnace in action too! covers band. They cover classics from the likes !, Entry Adults £10 Children £7. Discounts for of Bon Jovi, Queen, and Thin Lizzy right through Tuesday 15th Aug at 7.30pm family groups (e.g. 2 adults 1 child £25; 2 adults to Abba, Lady GaGa and even One Direction… Baile 2 children £32 etc). Tel : 01887 830583 all with some added rock and awesomeness to Lively concert boot!! If you haven’t seen these guys make sure Big Shed, Tombreck, Loch Tay, Wednesday 9th August 10.30am- they are a priority… A brilliant show is always Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB guaranteed! Tel: 01796 481484 12noon Lively concert with young local musicians More Messy Art details on www.bigshed.org.uk £10 Sunday 13th August 8.00pm Killiecrankie Visitor Centre Tickets via http://www.wegottickets.com/TheJoin the rangers for a morning of fun activiBlues Mama BigShedTombreck or on the door ties at Killiecrankie. Create some woodland art Live in the Park, Food in the Park, and make some crafts to take home with you. Blair Atholl PH18 5SP Friday 18th August 8.00pm Suitable for children 5-12 years. Children £3; acBlues Mama are a Glasgow based blues covers Independence companying adults free. band playing songs from the back catalogues of Live in the Park, Food in the Park, artists such as Etta James, Rory Gallagher, Taj Mahal and BB King. The band is made up of for- Blair Atholl PH18 5SP mer pro musicians and described by a top GlasAwesome Rock and Blues covers band from gow music venue as “the real deal”.... Because Dundee whose influences are from Zeppelin to Hendrix, from Killers to Queen and so many more Mama loves the blues. Tel: 01796 481484 in between! Tel: 01796 481484
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A singer/songwriter from Glasgow playing a mind-blowingly eclectic mix of hits, old and new. He has been compared to Paolo Nutini and Kelly Jones (Stereophonics). FREE Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
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What’s On Highland Perthshire What’s On Highland Perthshire Friday 18th August 9.00PM Scott MacDonald The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry
Singer/songwriter from Glasgow plays acoustic guitar & harmonica driven music. FREE Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents. co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
Saturday 19th August: 10.30am – 4.30pm IRON AGE FESTIVAL – DUN DEARDAIL, GLEN NEVIS - CRANNOG AWAY DAY The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay, Perthshire PH15 2HY
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Wednesday 23rd August 8.00pm Iain Thomson and Marc Duff in Concert Big Shed, Tombreck, Loch Tay, Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB
Saturday 26th August 9.00 PM Last Orders The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry
Friday 25th August 9.00PM JONO The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry
Sunday 27th August 10.30am – 4.30pm SUMMER HARVEST FESTIVAL The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay, Perthshire PH15 2HY Artefact of the Month - Foot Plough
Concert - the ‘singing shepherd’ Iain Thomson, from Mull and Capercaillie multi instrumentalist, Marc Duff. £10 More details on www.bigshed. org.uk Tickets via http://www.wegottickets.com/ TheBigShedTombreck or on the door
Last Orders are our favourite Rock tribute act. They play a dynamic range of rock and pop songs from the likes of Bon Jovi & AC/DC to Katy Perry & The Black Eyed Peas. FREE Admission. T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
A singer/songwriter from Glasgow playing a mind-blowingly eclectic mix of hits, old and new. He has been compared to Paolo Nutini and Kelly For the second year running, the team from Jones (Stereophonics). FREE Admission. T: 01796 the Crannog will form part of the Iron Age 474 020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk | www.theoldFestival at Dun Deardail, Glen Nevis organised millpitlochry.co.uk Try ancient ploughing, sow seeds, learn about by Forestry Commission Scotland and the Nevis prehistoric farming, make herb garlands and Landscape Partnership. bake your own harvest rolls in our Iron Age clay Dun Deardail is a vitrified hill fort dating to Iron Friday 25th August 8.00pm ovens. Activities will also include making floral Age or Pictish times located near Fort William. Red Pine Timber Company crowns, threshing and grinding grain, and trying We will be setting up camp in the Braveheart Live in the Park, Food in the Park, out ancient-style hand ploughs. Car Park where our demonstrations will include All day time events include museum exhibits, Blair Atholl PH18 5SP woodworking with replica ancient tools, cordage talks around a log-fire in the Crannog roundWith their new Single and Album in the bag, and rope-making, jewellery making, medicinal house, demonstrations and hands-on experience Red Pine Timber Co. are on fire! Playing an plants, ancient cooking over open fires and eclectic mix of Americana and Country influenced of ancient crafts and technologies. displays of ancient tools and weapons. Lughnasa also marks the period when the grains originals, Red Pine Timber Co. have developed More details will be posted when available. are ripening but not harvested yet. Throughtheir unique sound within this genre mostly due (use last year’s poster/post card image of the to the inclusion of the Saxophone and Trombone out the Celtic world, the ripening of the grain hillfort.) T: 01887 830583 was cause for great celebration. The reaping, within the instrumentation (yes...amazingly this www.crannog.co.uk mix does work!). Country, Americana, Caledonian threshing and preparation of breads formed great ritual and ceremony to ensure bounty for Americana, country rock... whatever you want Saturday 19th August 9.00PM to call it Red Pine Timber Company were born to the following year. Today modern celebrations include fetes and country fairs, singing, dancing, Red Pine Timber Co. entertain! Tel: 01796 481484 and feasting in community gatherings. The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, PitAccordingly, our last artefact for this month is a lochry Saturday 26th August at 4.00pm 2,500 year old foot plough discovered under the Old Mill favourites playing a mix of Americana & (free) 7.30pm Concerts house floor during the underwater excavation of Country influenced originals. FREE Admission. Oakbank Crannog in Loch Tay, along with grains Big Shed, Tombreck, Loch Tay, T: 01796 474 020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk | of barley, spelt and emmer wheat. The digging Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk end of the plough may have originally been 4pm free edited highlights for parents with small covered with an iron point, or it may have been children. Main concert £10 More details on www. a ceremonial deposit. There are at least two Saturday 19th August 8.00pm bigshed.org.uk other crannogs in Scotland where a similar type Suited and Booted Tickets via http://www.wegottickets.com/Theof object was discovered under floor timbers. Live in the Park, Food in the Park, BigShedTombreck or on the door Too many for coincidence? Join us for a great day out for all. T: 01887 Blair Atholl PH18 5SP 830583 www.crannog.co.uk Suited and Booted’s repertoire features classics from every era and genre, from real old rock’n’roll through the brilliant artists of the 60s and 70s, and right up to the most contemporary chart acts. They can literally deliver everything from Elvis, The Beatles, David Bowie, Dolly Parton, Kylie Minogue, Manic Street Preachers to Daft Punk – no act is immune from the Suited and Booted treatment! Tel: 01796 481484
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