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
Sunday 1st March - Tuesday 31st WEEKLY EVENTS March Daily 12noon The Red Deer and Barn Owl En- SUNDAYS counter Highland Safaris, Dull, By Aber- Every Sunday “Sunday Session” feldy, Perthshire, PH15 2JQ 8-11pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant Come face to face with Britain’s largest native land mammal – the majestic Red Deer and meet and 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 encounter our tame Barn Owl in a hands on dem- 5AG . Session night where a mixture of musi-
NB We try to make sure all the information we post is accurate, but please check directly with onstration as well as discovering the natural wonthe venue concerned before committing yourself. ders 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 perCONTINUOUS EVENTS son £25 for a family of 4 Tel: 01887 820071 www.highlandsafaris.net 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)
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd March, (Occurs Daily) The Annual Niel Gow Festival The Taybank, Tay Terrace, Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ.
The Annual Niel Gow Festival celebrates the life and music of Perthshire’s fiddle legend, held in the beautiful and historic Perthshire village of Dunkeld & Birnam, home of Niel Gow. http://www.niel-gow.co.uk
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. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
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
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Every Monday Thursday 26th to Saturday 28th Music at the Taybank Dunkeld March 7.00pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld Northern Divisional Festival of One PH8 0AQ Acoustic session lead by Shaun Act Plays Lowrey Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk Dunkeld PH80DS £TBA Tel: 01350 727 674
Screenings are open to all, become a member at any time for just £10.00 and enjoy 12 months of www.birnamarts.com reduced prices for all HFS films at The Birks.
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What’s On Highland Perthshire TUESDAYS Every Tuesday 7.30pm 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 Friday Night. Music Sessions Friday 6th March 8.00pm Atholl Arms Hotel Bridgehead, Yolanda Brown Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ . An open session for Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, musicians of all abilities to gather and play music Dunkeld PH80DS - any music. Or just come and enjoy the music. Free Entry. Tel: 01350 727 219 www.athollarmshotel.com
The emerging voice of of mainstream Jazz in the UK £14 - £12 conc - £5 Under 16 year olds. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
SATURDAYS
Friday 6th March 9.00pm Fozzie The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Every Tuesday from 8.30pm Every Saturday from 9pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld Live Music , Old Mill RestaurantPH8 0AQ Donny McElligott and Alan Dickson, Pub, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH 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
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Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a variety of styles including covers, blues, rock, jazz … Tel: 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk
At the heart of it all Fozzie is a one man music machine. FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
“Saturday night live@McKays” 9-11pm, McKays Bar & Restaurant Saturday 7th March 9.00pm WEDNESDAYS 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG. Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, rock, Mad Ferret Every Wednesday, 9pm, Open Mu- Blues, Jazz, Motown and many more. Sing dance The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitand clap the night away... Free entry. lochry PH16 5BH sic Sessions. Bankfoot Inn, Main Tel: 01796473888 Mad Ferret are the premier Scots/Irish folk duo Street, Bankfoot PH1 4AB www.mckayshotel.co.uk that are guaranteed to rile a crowd and energize 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
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
FRIDAYS “Friday night Folk” 8-11pmMcKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG
“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 11pm-late, if you come in after 11pn there is a £3.00 door charge. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Sunday 8th March 2015 6.30pm The Ring Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy, Perthshire PH15 2WH
The Ring (1927 - restored 2005, Cert PG), written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Beautifully evoking London in the 1920s, Hitchcock’s silent DAILY DIARY EVENTS boxing melodrama features rich characterization and inventive camera work. The title refers not only to the boxing ring, but resonates throughSunday 1st March 8.00pm (reout as two boxers fight for the love of the same scheduled from 16th Jan) woman. Like Hitchcock’s later suspense films, Dick Gaughan sparks ignite between hero and heroine only Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, when there’s an element of danger involved. Join us after the film for a chat in the Chummies Dunkeld PH80DS bar at the Birks. HFS screenings are open to all, A Scottish Folk Legend, guitarist, Singer/Songbecome a member at any time for just £10.00 writer, composer and orchestrator, the only and enjoy 12 months of reduced prices for all performer to hold the dual honour of a Lifetime HFS films at The Birks. Achievement award by BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards Online booking at and 2009 Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Tel: 01887 822845. £12 / £10Conc / U16s £5. www.birkscinema.co.uk Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
Sunday 1st March 2.00pm The Boy and the Bunnet Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS
Music, songs and just a wee bit scary too! ‘Scotland’s Peter and the Wolf’. Traditional folk music from musicians all over £6 - £20 Family. Scotland using an array of different instruments Tel: 01350 727 674 to bring you some of the best Scottish beasts and www.birnamarts.co.uk sounds. Free entry. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
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a room. FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Tuesday 10th March 8.00pm The Effect by Lucy Prebble Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS ‘An astonishingly rich and rewarding play, as intelligent as it is deeply felt’ Daily Telegraph. £14 - £12 conc Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
What’s On Highland Perthshire Friday 13th March 9.00pm Scott MacDonald The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Friday 20th March 7.30pm Scott Mitchell (piano) & Yvonne Paterson (flute) - Music in Rannoch Old Church of Rannoch, Kinloch Rannoch
Tuesday 24th March 7.30pm A Hike through the high Pyrenees by Dave Prentice Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS
Friday 20th March 9.00pm Don Nicolson plays the Old Mill Inn Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry, PH16 5BH
Friday 27th March 9.00pm Stuart McKandie The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Singer/songwriter Scott MacDonald from Glasgow plays acoustic guitar & harmonica driven music. FREE Admission. Scott Mitchell (piano) & Yvonne Paterson (flute) Tel 01796 474020 – A superb duo, playing amongst other things, www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevProkoviev, Chopin and Debussy. Wine, soft drinks ents.co.uk and nibbles at the interval. £8 at the door, children free entry. Wine, soft drinks and nibbles at Saturday 14th March 9.00pm the interval. £8 at the door, children free entry.
The Daddy Naggins The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Playing electrifying bluegrass and rip roaring traditional tunes and songs, alongside a range of classic pop songs, all given The Daddy Naggins treatment! FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Complex guitar picking and looping techniques of Don Nicolson make the lyrics come to life. Don is a rare talent worth checking out. FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Sunday 15th March 7.30pm The Gordon Duncan Experience Saturday 21st March 7.30pm Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Blazing Fiddles + Support Dunkeld PH80DS The Taybank, Tay Terrace, DunA unique youth trad orchestra as at home playkeld, PH8 OAQ. ing traditional tunes by ear as it in working on complex scored arrangements. £6 - £4 conc Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
£15 - £7.50 under 16 year olds. Venue Birnam Arts Tel: 01350 727 674. All other concerts £10 and £5 under 16 year olds. For tickets and further information contact: Tel: 01350 728920 or 01350 727340 (Open 9am 5pm) Email: nielgow@thetaybank.com
Thursday 19th March 8.00pm Susan Calman - Lady Like Saturday 21st March 9.00pm Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, The Mutleys Dunkeld PH80DS The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, PitSusan Calman’s first ever UK Tour, a measured lochry PH16 5BH show about being older, wiser and liking yourself, what every anyone else may say! £14 - £12 conc Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
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The Mutleys are a 3 piece Rock/Pop covers band based in Blairgowrie. Covers include Green Day, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs & more! FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
An absorbing account of one man’s hike through the central section of the Haute Route Pyrenean - possibly the highest in Europe and one of the best in the world. £10 - £8 conc - £5 Under 16 year olds. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
Pop, Rock, Folk Singer/Songwriter from Abernethy influenced by Snow Patrol, The Script, Foo Fighters, Brandon Flowers (The Killers). FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
Sunday 29th March 8.00pm Woody Pines Birnam Arts, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld PH80DS The long over due return of Woody Pines - one of the busiest bands Stateside Roots Music Circuit. £14 - £12 conc - £5 Under 16 year olds. Tel: 01350 727 674 www.birnamarts.com
Saturday 28th March 9.00pm Jamie Harper The Old Mill Inn, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH
Songwriter and performer based in Perthshire, Scotland. Jamie plays an eclectic mix of Country & Blues through to Folk & Funk. FREE Admission. Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk / www.oldmillevents.co.uk
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