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and Art Gallery, 10.30am-4.30pm. £60pp, more information at www. culturepk.org.uk 18 PITLOCHRY: Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Jim Crumley 10am, storytelling with Lindsey Gibb 10.15am, Angus Roxburgh 11.30am, Mary Contini 12.45pm, James Robertson and Jamie Crawford 3pm, Janet Morgan 4.30pm, Michael Marra’s life with Alice Marra, Christopher Marra and James Robertson 7.30pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 18 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music, Ferntower Ensemble, piano quartet Brahms, St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free, retiring collection. 19 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround: love has to be the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry all £2. 20 PERTH: Music - Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, plus support, their vintage-pop mash ups have racked up over 811 million YouTube views, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £37.50 no concessions 01738 621031 or www.horsecross.co.uk 20 PERTH: Music - Jazz sessions with some of Perth’s finest jazz musicians performing, with players welcomed on stage, The Green Room from 8pm. Free. 20 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Steven Carcary and pupils, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am. 21 PERTH: Dance - Former Strictly star dancer Brendan Cole takes a journey through dance, music, comedy, passion, intimacy and all things ballroom as he is joined on stage by a sensational cast of dancers and a 13-piece band and singers for ‘All Night Long’, Perth Concert Hall. 22 KINROSS: Music - Bob Cheevers plays backstage at the Green Hotel. Cheevers previously supported Johnny Cash on his final tour, promising Nashville folk with a distinctive southern flavour. Music starts at 8pm, tickets £15 from www.mundellmusic.com 23 PERTH: Music - Rock bands The Riot Vans, The Rivers and The Sandemans play The Green Room, music starts at 9pm. Entry free. 23 PERTH: Music - Stop The Rain with support from Mara play The Gig Room, Shore Road, Doors 7pm. Tickets £5 from www.stoptherainmusic.com or £7.50 on the door. 24 PERTH: Music - Perth band PMX play The Green Room ahead of their tour of Japan from 9pm. Support is still to be announced. Entry free. 24 KINROSS: Music - top guitarist John Verity plays backstage at the Green Hotel. Music starts at 9pm and tickets cost £18 from www.mundellmusic.com 24 BLAIRGOWRIE: Comedy - RHET fundraising comedy night with headliner Phil Differ, the man behind many of Scotland’s best loved comedy shows including Chewin’ the Fat, Still Game and Offside, also featuring local funny farmer Jim Smith, Blairgowrie Town Hall. Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ rhet-perth-kinross-comedy-nighttickets 24 COMRIE: Film - Comrie Cinema and Event Club, WRI Hall, Nurses Lane, The Red Turtle 3pm, £3 then X+Y 7.30pm with special guest Lynsey Paterson from Perth Autism Support,£5. Tickets Hansen’s Kitchen. 26 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Adam Holmes and the Embers, Perth songwriter Laurie Cameron, soulful roots music, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 26 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Fara, four Scots women who have been friends since childhood, special guests for the club’s 40th year celebrations, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry for members is £6, non-members £10. 27 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenlbruar Crescent 1.15pm for 1.30-3.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake. 27 PERTH: Perth Burns Club ‘A Nicht o Sangs and Clatter’, ceilidh format, Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Nonmembers may attend free. 27 PERTH: Music - Funk sessions with Bohemian Monk Machine. Funk musicians will be welcomed to jam on stage. The Green Room from 8pm. Entry free. 27 CRIEFF: Drama - The Return, a play based on the mysterious true story of Martin Guerre written by rising-star of Scottish playwriting Ellie Stewart, Strathearn Artspace. Tickets £10 from www.eventbrite. co.uk
MARCH 01 PERTH: Event - Saints in the Community will be holding their annual charity quiz night to raise funds for St Johnstone Community Trust, McDiarmid Park, 7pm. Entry £20 for a team of four and there will be a raffle. To enter, email admin@saintsinthecommunity.co.uk 01-11 PERTH: Events - Perth and Kinross Women’s Festival, various city venues offering talks, socials and meals, film, exhibition, womenonly sports events and more. 02 PERTH: Music - Chris Small and Michael McNab play The Venue. Music from 8pm, entry is free. 02, 03 BIRNAM: Drama - Two day festival of one-act plays, Birnam Arts, 7pm. Tickets £10 and £7 available from Birnam Arts, Wade Newsagents Aberfeldy and on the door. 03 PITLOCHRY: Music - Americana band The Red Pine Timber Company play The Old Mill Inn. Music from 8pm, entry is free. 03 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music Organ Recital, Stuart Muir of St Paul’s Cathedral Dundee with Matthew McAlistair, guitar, St John’s Kirk, 1pm. Free, retiring collection. 03 KINROSS: Music - Stranglers tribute band Straighten Out play backstage at the Green Hotel, 9pm. Tickets £18 from www.mundellmusic.com 04 PERTH: Music - Glenalmond College’s spectacular gala concert, with the school concert band, pipes and drums, Celtic fusion band and chapel choir, together with talented music scholars performing concertos alongside the professional Glenalmond Festival Orchestra, Perth Concert Hall, 7pm. Tickets £8, concessions £5, children free, www.horsecross.com or 12 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, guitar master Martin Simpson mixes American old-time music, traditional ballads and his own creations, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 12 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround: “Songs from Our Own Past”, whether Dylan, Paxton or even traditional fare will be the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry all £2. 13 PERTH: Music - Blues fusion session led by Pete Caban with blues music in modern and postmodern styling. Skilled musicians welcomed on stage to jam, The Green Room from 8pm. Entry free. 14 PERTH: Comedy - Stewart Lee’s brand new full-length show ‘Content Provider’ at Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm, tickets £24.50, contact Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Over 16s only. 15 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland, ‘History of Livestock Marketing and Auction Markets’ by David Leggat MBE, FIA (Scot) Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 7.30pm. Perth and Kinross members £5, nonmembers £6. 16 PERTH: Music - Signed, Sealed and Delivered: A tribute to Stevie Wonder, Lejaune Andre is joined by a sevenpiece band, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50, concessions £24.50. 16 PERTH: Drama - Ringroad, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 6pm. Tickets £12.50.
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