Show down on the South Inch
Photographer Stewart Green and artist Debbie Cassels present the Hebridean Collection. The pair are currently artists in residence, The Big Shed, Tombreck, 10am-5pm. Free.
04 ABERFELDY: Music - Singers Syd House and Nicola Cowmeadow of PlaidSong will perform some of the well-known songs of Lady Nairne, the ‘Perthshire songstress’, Castle Menzies, 7pm. Free but donations welcome and will all go towards the appeal for a new gravestone for Perthshire plant collector Archibald Menzies.
04, 05 LOCH TAY: The Celts are Coming, a fantastic weekend full of demonstrations, workshops and iron age life, Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore, from 10am. Usual museum entry fee. See www.crannog.co.uk
05 SCONE: Music - Tribal band Clann An Drumma will be performing in the grounds of Scone Palace from noon until 4pm. Entry is £7.50, concessions £6.50 and children £5.50.
05 CRIEFF: Event - charity open day at Drummond Castle with archery, stalls, music and dancing and a gun dog display. Entry is £4, concessions £3 and children £2.
05 SCONE: Event - King Robert the Bruce heritage day at Scone Palace with battle re-enactments, axe throwing and weaponry displays from noon until 4pm. Tickets £7.50, concessions £6.50 and children £5.50.
07 BLAIRGOWRIE: Event - Blairgowrie and Rattray Arts Week, poetry workshop with Jim Mackintosh, Wellmeadow House, 7pm-9pm. Free, although spaces are limited, contact Louise on 01250 871361to book.
10 PERTH: Music - Folkin Shenanigans plays live, Auld Hoose, 9pm. Free entry. 11 PERTH: Music - Karaoke with Billy Tully, Auld Hoose, 8.30pm. Free entry.
12 BLAIRGOWRIE: Event - Blairgowrie and Rattray Arts Week, ‘poetry, pie and pint’ with poets Jim Mackintosh, Jon Plunkett and musician Hamish McGregor, Cargill’s Bistro, 3pm.
12 PERTH: Perth Highland Games will take place at Scone Palace with a mix of piping, heavyweight competitions, cycling and running, Highland dancing, gift stalls, solo piping and the very popular pipe band contest with large numbers of overseas bands taking part. On from 9am-5pm.
12 PERTH: Event - Perth Pet Care, Doggy Day Care are having a ‘rinkle riot’ party for all pugs, Frenchies and Boston terriers. Tickets £8 per person with a max of two dogs per owner on sale now. Anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Perth Pet Care on 01738 476476 or pop in to buy your ticket.
12 PITLOCHRY: Drama - ‘Once Upon a Crime’, youngsters from Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s dance and drama summer schools will perform in the theatre at 2pm. Tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.
12 PERTH: Music - Perth singer, Kenneth Maciver headlines a concert of opera, songs from the shows and Scottish numbers, supported by fellow Jambouree singers Liam Bonthrone, Moira Duncan and Teenah Bee, St Leonard’s in the Fields Church, 7.30pm. Entrance is free although donations of £10 - or more - are suggested.
12 LUNCARTY: Event – Summer fun messy church in Luncarty Church Centre, 3pm-5pm followed by a family supper. Entry free, although donations are very welcome.
16 PERTH: 7.45pm Elvis Presley’s legendary film ’68 Comeback directed and produced by Steve Binder, including the 90 minutes television special concert which was Presley’s first live television performance in seven years, will hit the big screen again for one night only in celebration of its 50th anniversary, Perth Playhouse, 7.45pm.
17 PERTH: Event - Fair Trade fashion show, models from age two to 80+ with Perth baritone Kenneth MacIver as compere, St Leonard’s Church Hall.
17 PERTH: Music - Rock and soul band Plan B from Australia stop off at The Green Room on their UK tour. Music starts at 8pm, entry is free.
17 PERTH: Music - Don Nicolson plays live, Auld Hoose, 9pm. Free entry.
17,18 SCONE: Event - Royal Horticultural Society of Perthshire’s Summer Flower Show over 150 classes of cut flower, potted plants, fruit and vegetables filling the main hall. , Burnside Halls, Friday 1pm-4pm and again on Saturday, 10am-4.30pm. Free.
18 PERTH: Music - Karaoke with Billy Tully, Auld Hoose, 8.30pm. Free entry.
18 FORTEVIOT: Village fete - Games, bric a brac, baking, steam engine display. Fun for all from 1pm-5pm. Free entry.
18 BRIDGE OF EARN: Music - The Mad Ferret Band, a mix of traditional and contemporary folk music at the Institute with support acts. Doors at 7pm. Tickets £10 from www.themadferretband.com
19 CRIEFF: Highland games - Crieff Highland Gathering will be held in the town’s Market Park.
24 PERTH: Music - Three’s Company plays live, Auld Hoose, 9pm. Free entry.
25 PITLOCHRY: Dance and live music
01 PERTH: Music - The Celtic Sessions present Scottish fiddle band Blazin’ Fiddles with top vocalist Karen Matheson on tour, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £23.50, concessions £21.50 www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.
02 BLAIRGOWRIE: Highland games Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games will be held in the town’s Bogles Field.
05-08 PERTH: Drama - Perth City Operatic Group’s production of HMS Pinafore, North Inch Community Campus. www.perthcog.co.uk
07 PERTH: Dance - Street dance superstars Flawless on an epic UK tour ‘Chase the Dream - The Reboot’, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £17.50, under 16s £26.50, concessions £24 www.horsecross.co.uk, 01738 621031.
08 PITLOCHRY: Highland games Gates open 9.30am, games commence 10.30am. Parade of pipe bands down Atholl Road to Recreation Ground at 11.40am. Admission £8 adults, £2 children five - 16 years, cars £2. See www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk
09 PERTH: Music - The Jimmy Shand Story, starring Brandon McPhee, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. A celebration of the life and music of the late Sir Jimmy Shand, a legend of Scottish dance music whose tunes continue to feature in the repertoire of most traditional accordionists and dance bands. Performing the music will be virtuoso Brandon McPhee with his Scottish band. Narration by renowned actor Dave Anderson. Tickets £21 including £1.50 booking fee, no concessions, www.horsecross.co.uk, 01738 621031.
13 PERTH: Talk - Around the World in 80 Days with Mark Beaumont, a live event with Mark presenting films and photography from his epic trip last summer to bike around the planet, Perth Concert Hall, 8pm. Tickets £17.50 no concessions, www. horsecross.co.uk, 01738 621031.
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