Green Room hosts day of pure punk
25 BLAIRGOWRIE: Market - Blairgowrie Community Market, Wellmeadow, 10am to 3pm. Local arts and crafts and producers. For information or to book a stall, contact Sue Cole on email sue@ nscdesign.com or 01828 640764 or see www.strathmoreglens.org
25 BURRELTON: Market - Burrelton Village Hall Market on the Green, village green, 2-5pm. For more information email villagehall@burrelton. com or call 07850 448511.
25 PERTH: Music - Craigie Hill Music fest with The Rude Boys, Red Pine Timber Company, The Cascades, Rancho Repob, The Sandemans, Longstay, Purple Felts, Irritable Owls, True Gents and The Sibellas performing live at Craigie Hill Golf Club. Tickets £28 from TicketWeb.
25 COMRIE: Event - Comrie Horticultural Society Show, White Church, doors open 2pm, prizegiving 2.30pm. For more information call 07860475258.
25 AUCHTERARDER: Event Auchterarder Horticultural Show, Aytoun Hall, Auchterarder.
25 BIRNAM: Dance - Sporrans Away! family ceilidh, Birnam Arts' John Kinnaird Hall, 7pm. Stovies for half time and music from Karys ceilidh band. Tickets £8, children £5 from the box office on 01350 727674.
26 KINROSS: Event - Mary, Queen of Scots - the great escape at Kirkgate Park, celebrate the history of the site and learn more about Mary, Queen of Scots, noon until 5pm. Entry fees will be donated to charity.
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.
28 PERTH: Talk - Vikings at Home With Alan Macniven at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. The Vikings are best known for their exploits in ships, and their raids on Christian monasteries. But have you ever wondered where they slept when they weren't at sea, what they wore when they took off their armour, what they ate, or how they spent their spare time? This talk brings us face to face with the Vikings at home, in a range of settings from Scandinavia to Scotland. 1-2pm. Suitable for adults. £4. Booking essential. www.culturepk.org.uk
29 KINROSS: Talk - An evening with crime writer Stephen Booth of the 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
Edinburgh’s folk/ punk group Goodbye Blue Monday to make a day of it at the Green Room on Sunday, August 26. Free. Theakston's crime novel of the year, and a finalist for the Gold Dagger. 7.15pm-8.15pm. Suitable for adults. £5. Booking essential. www. culturepk.org.uk
29 BLAIRGOWRIE: Crafts - Craft n Craic monthly craft meeting, St Catharine's Hall, George Street, Blairgowrie, 7pm to 9pm. Meet other crafters, get help with a project or enjoy crafty chat over a cuppa. It's £2 to come in.
29 PERTH: Talk - Scotland in Union meeting at AK Bell Library's Soutar Theatre from 6.30pm. Guest speakers include Murdo Fraser MSP, Sheila Low from Scottish Business UK and Pamela Nash, chief executive of Scotland in Union. Tickets £5 from EventBrite.
30 PITLOCHRY: Music - Och Aye McKays with Zetor in the Kailyard play McKays bar. Music from 8pm, entry is free.
30 PERTH: Talk - An evening with Paul “Gazza” Gascoigne at Perth Theatre from 8pm. Tickets from £43.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
31 PERTH: Music - Scoogz plays live, Auld Hoose, 9pm. Free entry.
31 BIRNAM: Theatre - ‘Forbidden Stories' by Ludens Ensemble, Birnam Arts, 8pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10 and under 26s £5 from the box office on 01350 727674 or www. birnamarts.com
31 PITLOCHRY: Music - Scottish folk musician Colin Ramage plays McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
31 PITLOCHRY: Music - Glasgow singer-songwriter Scott Macdonald plays acoustic guitar and harmonica driven music at The Old Mill. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
31 CRIEFF: Comedy - Comedy at Strathearn Artspace: Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Brendon
01 DUNKELD: Event - Fundraising day in the grounds of the Atholl Arms for Guide Dogs Perth. Watch puppies in training, find out more about Guide Dogs and enter a raffle and tombola. Open from 11am until 3pm, entry is free.
02 BLAIRGOWRIE: Highland games Blairgowrie and Rattray Highland Games will be held in the town's Bogles Field, with events taking place from 10am.
04 PERTH: Art - Life drawing classes at Perth Museum and Art Gallery at 6pm, using charcoal, pastels and pencil. Class block costs £48 from EventBrite. Over 16s only.
05 PERTH: Event - The Go-where Story at Tiso Outdoor Experience from 6pm. Look at an insight of the lives of mountain bikers Santa Cruz, Aneela McKenna and Andy McKenna. Tickets £5 from EventBrite.
06 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society screens Swedish comedy drama and Palm D'Or 2017 winner ‘The Square' at Perth Concert Hall from 7.45pm. Tickets £6, concessions £5 from www.horsecross.co.uk 01738 621031.
06-08 PERTH: Music - Perth Music Expo, part of freshers' week at Perth College UHI, sees top bands from across the country playing at The Twa Tams and The Green Room. Entry is free each night.
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.
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