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show. Over 150 classes of cut flowers, potted plants, fruit and vegetables filling the main hall. Burnside Halls, Friday 1pm-4pm and Saturday, 10am-4.30pm. Free entry.

18 PERTH: Music - Karaoke with Billy Tully, Auld Hoose, 8.30pm. Free entry.

18 PITLOCHRY: Music - Perth punk band Tunna play McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

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

18 KINLOCH RANNOCH: Highland Games, Weller Poley Park, from noon.

18 COMRIE: Event - Paranormal investigators hold an overnight jamboree with a barbecue, toasting marshmallows and ghost stories by the fire at Cultybraggan POW Camp from 7pm. Tickets £200 from EventBrite.

18 PITLOCHRY: Music - Last Orders will play rock and pop covers at The Old Mill. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

18 CRIEFF: Film - Film Night at Strathearn Artspace: Geordie. On the eve of the Crieff Highland Games, we follow the trials of wee Geordie as he transforms himself with the aid of a mail order body building course. His efforts eventually win him a place on the Olympic team but can Geordie stay true to himself and his Highland roots against all odds? An enchanting British comedy starring Bill Travers and Alistair Sim. Doors open 7pm for 7.30pm. Licensed bar. Tickets £8 (£6 students/under 18s) includes a complimentary wee dram or soft drink available from Carnelian Crafts, Strathearn Artspace or online at Eventbrite.

18 PERTH: Music - Riverside Rocks part two at Norie-Miller Walk. Two stages of live music including Bobby King and the Kingfishers, Real Life Entertainment, The Sandemans, Michael Law and others. Music from 5pm, entry is free.

18 DUNNING: Event - PADS Scrufts Dog Show at Dunning Park, 11am until 4pm with competitions, stalls and an agility course. Tickets from www.padsdogrescue.com

18 PERTH: Music - Sheds of Groove, with Ed Hetherington and Sean Bissett, play Twa Tams jazz night. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

19 CRIEFF: Highland games - Crieff Highland Gathering will be held in the town’s Market Park.

19 PERTH: Dance - Step Wee Ceilidh for children under six at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Music starts at 2.15pm, entry is free.

19 LOCH TUMMEL: Event - Dunedin Chapter outing to Queen’s View, leaving from Broxden Services in Perth at 10am. Tickets can be booked online via EventBrite.

19 PERTH: Event - City of Perth Salute, with military bands from across the world on parade at noon from the South Inch along Tay Street to the North Inch. The bands will then entertain on the North Inch until 4pm. Entry is free.

21 PERTH: Talk - Authors Sarah Maine and Sandra Ireland in conversation at Waterstones at 11.30am. Free tickets can be reserved online at EventBrite.

22 CRIEFF: Film - Strathearn Film and Book Club, Strathearn Community Campus, 7pm. 12 Years a Slave directed by Steve McQueen and starflower ring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film follows the experience of Solomon, an African-American living with a wife and two children in Saratoga, New York, who is kidnapped and sold into slavery by men claiming to offer him work as a circus musician. A short discussion comparing the book to the film will take place after the screening. Tickets, £3.50, available in advance from campus reception on 01764 657700.

23 PITLOCHRY: Music - Och Aye McKays with John Davidson and Sandy Marshall play McKays bar. Music from 8pm, entry is free.

24 PERTH: Music - Three’s Company plays live, Auld Hoose, 9pm. Free entry.

24 PITLOCHRY: Music - Philip Anthony performs hits from top names such as Kings of Leon, Rod Stewart, David Bowie and The Jam at McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

24 PITLOCHRY: Music - Gav Munro from The Red Pine Timber Company plays an acoustic set at The Old Mill. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

25 PITLOCHRY: Dance and live music - Scottish country dancing, Colin Dewar’s Band, Pitlochry Town Hall 7.30pm. Dancers £7, spectators £2.

25 PITLOCHRY: Music - Top Scottish band Journey North play McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

25 KIRKMICHAEL: Highland games Strathardle Highland Games, Bannerfield.

25 BIRNAM: Highland games Birnam Highland Games will be held in Little Dunkeld games field.

25 PERTH: Music - Karaoke with Billy Tully, Auld Hoose, 8.30pm. Free entry.

25 STANLEY: Music - The Solid Gold Band will perform their relaunch gig

26 SCONE: Event - Alice and Wonderland themed day at Scone Palace. Actors from Perth’s Ad-Lib Theatre Arts will be dressed up as the Tweedle-Dee, the Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit. Families can dress up and enjoy games and afternoon tea with the Mad Hatter at 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Entry costs £7.50, children £5.50, Scone Palace season ticket holders free.

26 PERTH: Music - The summer punks’ all-dayer at The Green Room. Top punk bands from across the UK to perform including Kaddish, Uniforms, The Burnt Tapes, Cherym, Bird Law, Goodbye Blue Monday, Lou McLean and The Hypocrites. There will also be an acoustic stage, food and a record sale. Doors open at 2pm, entry is free.

26 KINROSS: Event - Bat watching night at RSPB Loch Leven from 8pm. Tickets from £3 via EventBrite.

26 PERTH: Music - Pet Dennis and The Mutineers play The Twa Tams’ beer garden. Music from 5.30pm, entry is free.

27 ALYTH: Event - Alyth Senior Citizens’ Lunch and Socialising Club lunch, Airlie Street Hall, Alyth, 12.30pm.

27 PERTH: Music - Perth Youth Orchestra’s summer concert from 7.30pm at Perth Concert Hall. Tickets £11.50 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.

29 KINROSS: Talk - An Evening with Award Winning Crime Writer Stephen Booth at the Loch Leven Community Library. Join crime novelist Stephen Booth as he talks about his best-selling Cooper and Fry series. Stephen is twice winner of the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel in the USA, twice shortlisted for the Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year, and a finalist for the Gold Dagger. 7.15-8.15pm. Suitable for adults. £5. Booking essential. www.culturepk.org.uk * Send all listings to news@perthshireadvertiser.co.uk