What’s On in Highland Perthshire March 2015 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
Weekly Events SUNDAYS
Every Tuesday 7.30pm Whisky Tasting Every Sunday “Sunday Session” McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 8-11pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Whisky Tasting from 7.30pm with a variety of 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG . Session night where a mixture of musi- distilleries.
NB We try to make sure all the information we post is accurate, but please check directly with the venue concerned before committing yourself. cians 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. Continuous Events Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
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
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 person Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com
Heartland Film Society (HFS)
TUESDAYS
Last Sunday of the month Blues Sunday 3pm 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 Tel: 01350 727340. www.thetaybank.co.uk
MONDAYS Every Monday Music at the Taybank Dunkeld The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Acoustic session lead by Shaun
Lowrey Screenings are open to all, become a member at Tel: 01350 727340 any time for just £10.00 and enjoy 12 months of www.thetaybank.co.uk reduced prices for all HFS films at The Birks.
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 - anyone welcome to come and join from 8.30pm. Free entry. Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk
WEDNESDAYS Every Wednesday, 9pm, Open Music Sessions. Bankfoot Inn, Main Street, Bankfoot PH1 4AB Open session for musicians of all abilities to gather and play music - any music. Local musicians assemble to play a variety of instruments and sing songs. Open to all. Join in if you want, play an instrument, or just sit in and enjoy good music. Tel: 01738 787243 www.bankfootinn.co.uk
Every Second Wednesday from 8.30pm. The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ.
Open Mic Night in the bar from 8.30pm - anyone is welcome to come and join or simply come and enjoy the music Free entry. Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk
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What’s On Highland Perthshire THURSDAYS Every Thursday Traditional Fiddle Session The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle
session in the bar from 8.30 - again all musicians are welcome to come and join!! Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk
Every Thursday Celtic Acoustic Music Session 7pm to 10.30pm
Upstairs Birks Cinema Bar, Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2DA You are welcome to join to play or just listen as like minded people share a variety of music from folk, blues, bluegrass or instrumental. Free entry. Contact Doug Tel: 01887 820165
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“Saturday Night Fever” 11-1.30am Good Friday 3rd April 7.30pm McKays Bar & Restaurant, 138 Wind in The Willows Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Pitlochry Festival Theatre, PH16 resident DJ plays some of the latest tunes to 5DR dance the night from 11pm-late, if you come in after 11pn there is a £3.00 door charge. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Daily Diary Events Thursday 2nd April 7.30pm Hotel California Pitlochry Festival Theatre, PH16 5DR
Award-nominated Immersion Theatre and the critically-acclaimed Cambridge Touring Theatre join forces to present a spectacular musical adaptation of the classic tale,The Wind in the Willows. Join the boat-loving Ratty, the sensible yet curious Mole, wise old Badger and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime culminating in a colourful battle with a pair of pick-pocketing weasels to save Toad Hall! Eye-catchingly elaborate costumes, toe-tapping music and larger than life characters promise to capture the imagination of the youngest of audience members, whilst the sheer nostalgic charm of this beloved story is guaranteed to take older generations on a glorious trip down the riverbank once more. The perfect treat for all the family! Tickets: Adults: £15.00, U-18s £7.50 Family ticket: £38.00 (2 Adults and 2 Children) Please Note: U-18s, Family Tickets and other discounted tickets must be booked in person or by phoning Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Hotel California, a six piece ensemble of musicians, perform their spectacular and critically acclaimed new show that will give you a concert experience of 100 minutes of pure Eagles nostalgia. You’ll return to a dark desert highway, cool wind in your hair, or stand on that street corner in Winslow, Arizona, when you join Hotel California as they faithfully re-create The Eagles and FRIDAYS their Californian Sunshine Rock sound. Expect a set that includes tracks from their outstanding Long Road Out Of Eden album. The Eagles’ music “Friday night Folk” 8-11pmis timeless, appealing to audiences of every age, Easter Saturday 4th April McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 bringing back memories and touching the hearts 11.00am-2.00pm Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG and souls of each new generation. This concert Cadbury Easter Egg Trails Traditional folk music from musicians all over promises to be a fantastic night to remember for Scotland using an array of different instruments Hermitage, Dunkeld all Eagles fans, young and old, new or longto bring you some of the best Scottish beasts and standing. Tickets: £18.50 & £16.50 Follow the clues and complete the challenges sounds. on our Cadbury Easter Egg trail to receive your Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 Free entry. Tel: 01796473888 chocolate egg. Children £2; accompanying www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com www.mckayshotel.co.uk adults free. Booking is not required for any event. For all Hermitage events please meet at the EASTER WEEKEND information panel in the lower car park. Further Every Friday Night. Music Sessions Good Friday 3rd April 11.00am & details please contact the ranger service on 0844 Atholl Arms Hotel Bridgehead, 4932192 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 0844 1.00pm Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ . An open session for 4932194 Scottish Opera Kido musicians of all abilities to gather and play music Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, - any music. Or just come and enjoy the music. Easter Saturday 4th April 2.00 – Free Entry. Tel: 01350 727 219 Dunkeld PH80DS www.athollarmshotel.com A music adventure for 3 to 4 year olds, their 3.30pm much loved productions for toddlers and babies a Egg Olympics new show and world premiere. Blair Atholl Information Centre, £6 - £20 Family Ticket. PH18 5SP SATURDAYS Tel: 01350 727 674 Some eggy activities for families. Please bring a www.BirnamArts.com (well trained) hard-boiled egg with you. Who for? Every Saturday from 9pm Children £2. CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED Good Friday 3rd April 2015 BY AN ADULT ON ALL EVENTS. To contact the Live Music , Old Mill RestaurantAtholl Estates Ranger Service, Acoustic Butterfly at the Old Mill Pub, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates. Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a variety of Inn co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk styles including covers, blues, rock, jazz … The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, PitTel: 01796 474020 lochry PH16 5BH www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk Acoustic Butterfly music is a melting pot of styles Easter Saturday 4th April 2.00pm Wind in The Willows and rhythms, catchy melodies and harmonies. “Saturday night live@McKays” Tel 01796 474020 Pitlochry Festival Theatre, PH16 9-11pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillev5DR 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 ents.co.uk Award-nominated Immersion Theatre and the 5AG. Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, critically-acclaimed Cambridge Touring Theatre Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance join forces to present a spectacular musical and clap the night away... Free entry. adaptation of the classic tale,The Wind in the Tel: 01796473888 Willows. Join the boat-loving Ratty, the sensiwww.mckayshotel.co.uk ble yet curious Mole, wise old Badger and the fantastically irrepressible Toad as they embark on the adventure of a lifetime culminating in a colourful battle with a pair of pick-pocketing weasels to save Toad Hall! Eye-catchingly elaborate costumes, toe-tapping music and larger than life
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What’s On Highland Perthshire
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characters promise to capture the imagination of the youngest of audience members, whilst the sheer nostalgic charm of this beloved story is guaranteed to take older generations on a glorious trip down the riverbank once more. Tickets: Adults: £15.00, U-18s £7.50 Family ticket: £38.00 (2 Adults and 2 Children) Please Note: U-18s, Family Tickets and other discounted tickets must be booked in person or by phoning Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Wednesday 8th April 7.30 to 10.30pm Ceilidh - Aberfeldy Move 2 Improve Moness Country Club, Crieff Road, Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2DY
Saturday 11th April The Engine House The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Music Jim Hardie & Hamish Reid & Guests. Tickets £5 under 10 £2.50 at door on night or from Committee. Bar & Raffle. Doors open 7pm Ceilidh 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Tel 01887 820 770
Perth based band playing a mix of pop, country, americana and rock. Covers include the likes of Dixie Chicks, Steve Earle, The Beatles & The Rolling Stones. Tel: 01796 474 020 Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission. www. oldmillevents.co.uk
Easter Saturday 4th April Last Orders The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Wednesday 8th April 2.00pm3.30pm Battle of Killiecrankie Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
Saturday 11th April The Engine House The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Rock tribute act. A dynamic range of rock and pop songs from the likes of Bon Jovi and AC/DC to Katy Perry and The Black Eyed Peas. Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Easter Saturday 4th April 8.00pm The Straw Chair by the Borderline Theatre Company Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS An internationally renowned play about Livberty and Love. £14 - £12 conc - £5 Under 16 year olds. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.BirnamArts.com
Easter Sunday 5th April 11.00am2.00pm Cadbury Easter Egg Trails Killiecrankie Visitor Centre
Follow the clues and complete the challenges on our Cadbury Easter Egg trail to receive your chocolate egg. Children £2; accompanying adults free. Booking is not required for any event. For all Killiecrankie events please meet in the stone circle outside the Visitor Centre. Further details please contact the ranger service on 0844 4932192 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 0844 4932194
Easter Sunday 5th April 2015 11.00am to 4.30pm Easter Sunday Pancakes and Chocolate Tasters Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay PH15 2HY
Celebrate Easter in 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 www.crannog.co.uk
Get to grips with the gory details of this gruesome battle. Interactive battle talk, weapons display and children’s craft activities. Adults £4; Children £2. For all Killiecrankie events please meet in the stone circle outside the Visitor Centre. Further details please contact the ranger service on 0844 4932192 or Killiecrankie Visitor Centre on 0844 4932194
Wednesday 8th April 2.00pm 3.30pm Woodland Treasure Hunt Glen Tilt Car Park, Blair Atholl (sign posted from village)
A family event searching for clues and treasure. Who for: Children £2. CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT ON ALL EVENTS. To contact the Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Friday 10th April 3.00pm 4.30pmDeer, Ponies, Lambs + Calves Walk Meet: Glen Tilt Car Park
A walk on the farm to see spring new-borns + get a look at our red deer + Atholl ponies too. Who for: Adults £2 Children £1. To contact the Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Tel: 01796 481355, or email pf@atholl-estates.co.uk www. athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Perth based band playing a mix of pop, country, americana and rock. Covers include the likes of Dixie Chicks, Steve Earle, The Beatles & The Rolling Stones. Tel: 01796 474 020 Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission. www. oldmillevents.co.uk
Friday 17th April Don Nicolson The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Complex guitar picking and looping techniques make the lyrics come to life. Don is a rare talent worth checking out. Tel: 01796 474 020 Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission. www. oldmillevents.co.uk
Friday 17th April 8.00pm Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman Spectacular Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS Journeyman Spectacular - 5 Bands - One Superb 10 Piece described as a ‘mini folk festival’ it began life at Celtic Connections in 2008. £15 - £13 conc. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.BirnamArts.com
Saturday 18th April Tunna The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Perthshire based band playing Scottish folk & fiddle-rock music with a twist. Tel: 01796 474 020 Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission. www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Friday 10th April Molly McCabe The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH A Perthshire based Singer/Songwriter playing a mixture of covers & originals. Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admis- Friday 24th April sion. Fozzie Tel 01796 474020 www.oldmillevents.co.uk The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH At the heart of it all Fozzie is a one man music Friday10th April 8.00pm Tel: 01796 474 020 The Devil Wears Primark by Kath- machine. Music Starts at 9PM with FREE Admission. leen Ruddy www.oldmillevents.co.uk Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS Hilarious comedy centred around a demented family gathering. £14 - £12 conc. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.BirnamArts.com
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