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Craig Weir and The Cabalistic Cavalry are (from left) Paul Weir, Craig Weir, Josh Landsburgh and Ross White. They play at the Green Room in Perth on Friday, February 16 01738 621031. 05 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Wang Dang Delta plus special guests, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £10, concessions £7.50, www. horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 05 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Auld Hat - New Heids, four of Scotland’s top folk singers and musicians re-create the fabulous fun days of the 60s and 70s, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry for members is £6, non-members £9. 06 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society and Perth Theatre/Horsecross present ‘The Eagle Huntress’ (rated U), Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 7.45pm. Tickets £6, seniors/ unwaged/students £5, pre-booking from www.horsecross.co.uk not essential, but preferable. 06 PERTH: Event - PSPC Property Repair Seminar: Caring for your Historic Building, supported by Perth City Heritage Fund and Fife and Tayside Traditional Building Forum, guidance on maintaining traditional buildings, Perth City Heritage Fund grant support for historic building repairs, laws on maintenance, Royal George Hotel, 5.15pm. Free, book with admin@pspc. co.uk or call 01738 635301. 06 PERTH, ABERFELDY: Opera - The Royal Opera presents Georges Bizet’s Carmen, live in cinemas worldwide, a new production by Australian director Barrie Kosky, Jakub Hruša conducts singers including Russian mezzo-soprano Anna Goryachova as Carmen and Francesco Meli as Don José. Perth Playhouse, Birks Cinema Aberfeldy, 6.45pm. Duration three hours 30 minutes, including interval. 07 BIRNAM: Drama - Firebrand Theatre Company and Heart of Hawick present The Matchbox, a spine-tingling, gripping and brilliantly witty monologue from acclaimed Irish dramatist Frank McGuinness, Birnam Arts, 7.30pm. Tickets 01350 727674, www. birnamarts.com 08 PITLOCHRY: Music -Scottish Opera brings Opera Highlights, favourites from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com or 01796 484626. 09 PITLOCHRY: Music - Chris Small from The Red Pine Timber Company plays The Old Mill Inn. Music from 8pm, entry is free.