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25 KINROSS: Music - Mick Simpson plays Backstage at the Green Hotel from 8pm including music from his latest album ‘Black Rain’ released last year. Tickets £18 from www. mundellmusic.com
24 PERTH: Drama - Three Sisters by Lung Ha Theatre Company present Anton Chekov’s classic play in a new version by Adrian Osmond, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £12.50, disabled £7.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.
26 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood, celebrating some of the greatest musical pairings of all time, Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £17.50, concessions £15, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.
26 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, open mic with attendees invited to get up on stage and perform their songs/tunes with full PA in front of a very supportive and encouraging audience, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. All entry £2.
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 PERTH: Music - Squeeze songwriting legend, Chris Difford is joined by special guest Boo Hewardine, Inchyra Arts Club, 8pm. Tickets £20+ booking fee, Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
27 PERTH: Event - Perth Burns Club President’s Night, featured speaker Estelle Nicol, Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Non-members may attend. Free.
27 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenbruar Crescent 1.15pm for 1.303.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.
30 PERTH: Music - Switch Bones, Slow Light, Draws Creature Mask and Esperi play The Green Room, promising a night of different musical styles. Music from 9pm, entry is free. Over 18s only.
30 BLAIR ATHOLL: Music - Americana band The Red Pine Timber Company plays Food in the Park. Music from 8pm, entry is free.
31 PERTH: Drama - Me and Robin Hood, touring play about being friends with the character of English legend, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £5, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031.
31 DUNKELD: Event - Easter Artists and Makers Market, hosted by the Dunkeld Craft Collective, loads of stalls with arts, crafts and handmade delights, with the majority of traders living and working in the Dunkeld area, the Taybank Inn, 11am-4pm. Free.
31 PERTH: Music - Blues boys Wolftrain play The Green Room, with powerful blues and RnB music to get people dancing. Music starts at 9pm, entry is free.
APRIL 01 PITLOCHRY: Children - ‘One Man Shoe’ part of the Puppet Animation Festival. When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight. Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 11am. For ages 5 years +. Tickets, adults and children £6.50, family £20, 01796 484626.
02 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Graeme Stephen and Lizabeth Russo: Enchanted Tales, a film blending classic silent movies with fairy tales from the 1920s, with a new score performed by Russo and guitarist and composer Stephen, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031.
02 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, talented young singersongwriter from Northern Ireland, Anthony Toner, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Members £6, non-members £9.
05 PERTH: Music - Popular chart singer Nathan Carter performs an array of original songs and covers that reveal what being Irish means to him, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50, no concessions, 01738 621031 or www.horsecross. co.uk
05, 06, 07 CRIEFF: Drama - Crieff Drama Group’s production of Blithe Spirit, Morrison’s Academy Hall, doors and wine bar open at 7pm, show at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 from Carnelian Crafts in Comrie Street, Crieff or by phoning 01764 656375.
06-08 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, 40th Glenfarg Folk Feast, guest artists include: The Boys of the Lough, John Doyle, Mairearad and Anna, Richard Digance, The James Brothers and Emily Smith, Pauline and Sandy, The Jimi Shandrix Experience, Tich Frier, Charlie Stewart, and The Farg Folk. Backstage Bar, Green Hotel.
07, 08 DUNKELD: Market - The Dunkeld and Birnam Spring Art and Crafts Fair, demonstrations, traditional skills, innovative designs and new techniques, the Drill Hall, the Cross, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
09 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night
16 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Gnoss dynamic up-andcoming young four-piece, comprising fiddle, flute, guitar and percussion, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel. Entry is £6 for members and £9 for non-members.
17-22 PERTH: Drama - Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart, a fable for the modern world, written and performed by the leading singersongwriter, directed by Wils Wilson, The Studio, Perth Theatre, evening and matinee. Tickets £23, concessions £20, £15 and £11.50, www. horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.
19 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members’ Group, National Trust for Scotland, talk on Robert Smail’s Printing Works (NTS) by Gen Harrison NTS compositer. AGM 7.30pm William Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library. Guests £6, all welcome.
19 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Billy Anderson SDB, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am.
21 PERTH: Event - City of Perth Classic Car Parade, watch 150 of the UK’s finest classic cars as they drive through Perth City Centre, where they will be welcomed to the city at the Horsecross Plaza by various bands. Cars will then depart for Scone Palace heading over the Smeatons Bridge. Free to watch.
23 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, Perthshire’s exciting merging traditional musicians, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.
23 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround, “House/ Home” is the theme for tonight, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel. All £2.