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APRIL 2016 26 sunday car boot sale (idca) 8:30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. turn up before 8.30am, no booking required. £8 per pitch / £16 per van (double pitch). tea / coffee / butteries/ cakes in hall and bbq food from the hut. visit www.wherecanwego.com. admin@spotlighton.co.uk

glenfiddich garden walk 10am - 11am at the glenfiddich ditstillery, dufftown. horticultural tour of the distillery grounds. free. rotary whisky collectables ‘pop up’ shop 10am 6pm in dufftown. free.

29 friday glenfiddich gallery experience 11am - 12pm, 3pm 4pm at the glenfiddich distillery, dufftown. free. live music 9.30pm - 1.30am at the stuart arms, dufftown. free. in-store extravaganza: uisge source 12pm - 5pm at the whisky shop, dufftown. free. whisky tasting with carn mor’s peter mackay 10.30am - 5pm at the whisky castle, tomintoul. free. craig charles funk & social club@ ironworks 8pm. call 0871 7894173 or www.ironworksvenue.com.

30 saturday dufftown and district pipe band 1pm - 1.30pm at dufftown clock tower. free. whisky & antiques valuation day 1pm - 6pm at mansefield hotel, elgin. free. live music 9.30pm - 1.30am at the stuart arms, dufftown. free. in-store extravaganza: wemyss malts 12pm - 5pm at the whisky shop, dufftown. free. rspb outing: portsoy & spey bay 9.30am at highland council car park or 9.50am at nairn. call 01997 433283.

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whisky tasting with gordon & macphail 10.30am 5pm at the whisky castle, tomintoul. free. technique@ ironworks 8pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com. junior highland games@gordonstoun 11am - 5pm free entry. donald robertson is not a stand up @ the drouthy cobbler 8:30pm. for info call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

culbin singers spring concert 7.30pm at st laurence church, forres. £12, £10 conc, £5 under 10s. for info call 01309 673464. ferry corsten@ironworks 10pm. adults only. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com.

8 sunday spring tea, edinkillie community association 2pm 4pm at edinkillie hall, dunphail. bake sale & raffles.

10 tuesday MAY 2016 1 sunday whisky tasting with tomintoul distillery 3.30pm 5.30pm at the whisky castle, tomintoul, free. dufftown whisky street festival 1pm - 4pm, balvenie street, dufftown. free. dufftown library - sunday opening! 2pm - 4pm. whisky themed displays, spring themed storytime (2.30pm - 3.30pm), dufftown memories, face painting (2pm - 4pm). for info call 01340 820272. vintage vehicle car day 9am - 5pm, forres.

1 sunday - 2 monday forres heritage trust whisky museum@the tolbooth 11am - 4pm. forres tolbooth tours@the tolbooth 11am - 4pm. historic photography exhibition: whisky industry@the tolbooth forres 11am - 4pm. whisky collectables sale@the tolbooth 11am - 4pm.

2 monday really wild festival - annual family fun day 10.30am 4.30pm at the scottish dolphin centre. dolphin watching, outdoor ‘rockwall’, face painting, etc. free. stramash 7.30pm - 10pm at the royal british legion, dufftown. free.

4 wednesday blue rose code trio @ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. call 01343 596000 • www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. “highland scientists” - a talk by anne fraser, family historian, highland archive service 2pm - 3pm at the spectrum centre, inverness. small charge for nonmembers of inverness local history forum. for info genealogy@highlifehighland.com or 01463 256433.

5 thursday glenn wool: creator, i am but a pawn @ the drouthy cobbler 7.15pm. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

7 saturday benromach 10k 2.30pm at the benromach distillery, forres. registration at forres town hall 1pm - 2pm. online registration. medals for all finishers. forres crafters fair 10am - 3pm at the tolbooth, high street, forres. for info or to book a stall call 07565 499598 or forrescrafters@gmail.com. waves@ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. page 16 - May 2016

storytime for 3 - 5s 2.45pm at forres library. call 01309 672834. storytime for 5 - 7s 3.45pm at forres library. call 01309 672834. wire and wool @ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

12 thursday tiny ruins@the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. highland decorative & fine arts society -”the role of the artist in the cycle of crime, prison and reoffending” 2pm - 3.30pm at smithton free church. murray road, inverness. lecturer - angela finlay. contact averillbrodie@ymail.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk.

13 friday festival of museums 7pm at the highlanders museum, fort george, ardesier. museum tour, live poetry, wine & nibbles. £10. call 0131 310 8765 to book. oleg poliansky - piano recital (beethoven, chopin, frank, debussy & liszt) 7.30pm at nairn community & arts centre. tickets at door or music nairn. for info call 01667 455701 or www.musicnairn.org.uk. charity golf day, rotary club of spey valley at grantown golf club. £80 for a team of 4 - all proceeds to the highland hospice & other causes. call 01479 841749 or guscarnegie15@gmail.com.

14 saturday bid classic car show 11am - 3.30pm inverness city centre. classic cars, street performers & music. for info contact margaret@inverness.uk.com.

14 saturday - 15 sunday festival of museums - ‘power to the people’. 10am 5pm (sat) & 1pm - 5pm (sun) at falconer museum, forres. interactive fun all about energy. workshops free but bookable. for info call 01309 696261. cairngorms nature festival nature walks, talks, games & activities throughout the cairngorms national park. for details of all activities call 01479 873535.

17 tuesday highland literary salon: speaker - miko berry 7.30pm at glen mhor hotel, inverness. for more info see www.highlandlitsalon.com.

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21 saturday inverness race for life 2016 from 12.30pm at bught park, inverness. raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/ choose-your-event/inverness.html. nairn men’s breakfast 9.45am for 10am at dunbar golf club, nairn. testimony by robin gray. contact campbell on 01667 455149 by 6.30pm on fri 20th may to book your place. tea at the buddhist centre 2pm - 4.30pm at triratna buddhist centre, ballantyne house, academy street, inverness, (next to domino’s pizza).

25 wednesday soup & coffee morning 11am - 1pm at dyke & district village hall. all welcome. comedy club @ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. stand up comedy is alive and well in elgin! book early. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

26 thursday the guy fae the corries 7.30pm at the tolbooth, forres. an evening of story telling, chatting and book signing with ronnie browne. tickets (£12.50) from the falconer museum. over 16s only. wine & nibbles. contact 01309 673701.

27 friday elvana@ironworks 7.30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com. le weekend (15) 7.30pm at cinema nairn. tickets at door. for info see www.cinema-nairn.co.uk.

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session a9 @ the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

car boot sale (idca) 8:30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. turn up before 8.30am, no booking required. £8 per pitch / £16 per van (double pitch). tea / coffee / butteries cakes in hall and bbq food from the hut. visit www.wherecanwego.com. plant sale & teas, dyke parish church 2pm - 4pm at dyke & district community hall.

24 tuesday adam beattie and the consultants @ the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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Closing our programme of events on Sunday the 1st of May is a whisky themed pub quiz. Many of our events are already fully sold out but please check our web site – www.drouthycobbler.co.uk – to see what is still available. Throughout May we have loads of live entertainment including Blue Rose Code Trio, Canadian comedian Glenn Wool, trad superstars Session A9 as well as theatre and our monthly comedy club. See the advert for our full event listings. Our beer garden has just undergone a complete refurbishment and opens in time for the whisky festival, and we hope the start of summer. Weather permitting we will soon be enjoying al fresco dining - taking full advantage of our famous micro-climate... Saturday evening dining in the upstairs venue has proven extremely popular. To guarantee a great evening we encourage you to book tables in our intimate first floor pop-up restaurant, online or by calling 01343 596000. Informal dining in the ground floor bar continues to be on a first come, first served basis.

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