Ska in the city as Pork Pie performs
Until October 27 PERTH: Exhibition – Dress to Impress at Perth Museum and Art Gallery, rarely seen examples of traditional dress and accessories from China, Japan and Korea,10am-5pm. Free.
OCTOBER
05 BLAIRGOWRIE: Talk - Inaugural EW Pugin lecture, St Stephen’s Church, Blairgowrie, 3pm. Dr Gerald Hyland of the Pugin Society will deliver the lecture, which is aimed at students and professionals of architecture, heritage and the built environment, as well as members of civic and other societies. He will highlight the importance of the Gothic revival in EW Pugin’s design. Light refreshments will follow. No charge but donations would be gratefully accepted.
05 PERTH Music - The Inspiration Orchestra, fantastic musicians who just happened to have disabilities, St Matthew’s Church in Tay Street, 7.30pm. Free entry, collection taken.
05 PERTH: Music - Smashed at The Twa Tams, with heavy metal and rock bands Darkness Divine, The Colony and Concrete Kingdoms. Music from 9pm, over 18s only. Some competition prizes may be age-related.
05 PERTH: Music - “You win again”, celebrating the music of The Bee Gees at Perth Concert Hall from 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
05 PITLOCHRY: Music - Glasgow singer-songwriter Lynnie Carson plays a mix of original songs and covers at The Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
05-07 BLAIRGOWRIE: Event - BOOKMARK Blairgowrie, Rattray and the Glens book festival, Blairgowrie Community Campus. Featuring former MP Alan Johnson, Isla Dewar, Denise Mina, Allan Massie, Bill Jones, Elizabeth Crawford, Rosemary Goring and a celebration of 100 years of one of Scotland’s best-loved authors, Muriel Spark with sessions with Alan Taylor, Rosemary Goring, Stewart Conn and Gerda Stevenson. Tickets available now from Blairgowrie Library, telephone 01250 871305, Waterstones in Perth, telephone 01738 630013, the BOOKMARK membership secretary on 01250 875613, Horsecross Arts on 01738 621031 or the Perth Concert Hall box office, or online at www. horsecross.co.uk or www.bookmarkblair.com
06 PERTH: Music - Rhumba celebrates its 27th birthday at The Bank with DJs playing the main room, mezzanine bar and Bank bar from 8pm until 3am. Tickets £17 from www.rhumba-club.ticketlight.co.uk or from The Bank or Manifesto clothing. 06 PERTH: Music - Eight-piece ska band Pork Pie play at Perth Civil Service Club. The band will play classic hits from The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness and The Beat. Music from 8pm, tickets £10 from the bar.
06 PITLOCHRY: Music - Perth Americana band The Red Pine Timber Company play the Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
06 PERTH: Music - The Bevvy Sisters play The Green Room with support from Joe Nisbet Jr. Music from 7pm, tickets £5 on the door.
06, 07 DUNKELD: Event - Dunkeld and Birnam Art and Crafts Fair, The Drill Hall, The Cross, Dunkeld, 10am to 5pm each day. Demonstrations of woodcarving and chair re-caning, new exhibits include amazing cushions and homeware and seaglass jewellery. Free entry.
07 SCONE: Event - Scottish Tree Festival at Scone Palace. Head gardener Brian Cunningham will give a tour of the palace’s tree collection at 11am. Tickets £11 and meet at the front door at 10.50am. Tickets from www.scone-palaceshop.com
07 PERTH: Music - Marti Pellow plays Perth Concert Hall from 7pm. Tickets £41 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Over 14s only.
07 PERTH: Music - Top Scottish folk musician Richard Thompson brings his 13 Rivers tour to Perth Concert Hall as part of the Celtic Sessions, with support from Joan Shelley. Tickets from £27.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Music starts at 7.30pm.
07 BIRNAM: Talk - ‘And another thing ... in her own words 2’, playwright Lesley Wilson has gathered stories from Rivendell Care Home, which she will share at Birnam Arts. Performance at 2pm, tickets £9, concessions £7, under 26s £5 and includes a
07 PERTH: Music - Hit the Road Perth, a youth music touring project for musicians between the ages of 14 and 19, presents Parliamo, The Medinas and Black Dove at the Green Room. Music from 7pm, tickets £4 from https://www.skiddle. com/whats-on/Perth/The-GreenRoom/Hit-The-Road-Perth-Parliamo-Black-Dove--TheMedinas/13318834/ Over 14s only.
08 PERTH: Music - Katie Whittaker sings Etta James with support from Chris Small at The Monday Night Thing, Perth Theatre’s Joan Knight Studio from 8pm. Tickets £13.50, concessions £11.50, 01738 621031.
08 PERTH: Music - Scottish Ensemble plays Mozart and Brahms with Matthew Hunt on clarinet at Perth Concert Hall from 1pm. Tickets £9 and concessions £8, or £10 on the day from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
08 PERTH: Music - Monday night hi-jack at The Green Room’s wee bar, hosted by Malcolm Swan from Perth Americana band Longstay. Music from 8.30pm, entry is free.
09 PERTH: Talk - Perth Burns Club, ‘Robert Burns’ First Edition: Kilmarnock 1786’ lecture given by Bill Dawson, Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Non-members may attend free.
09 PERTH: Talk - Sir John Lister-Kaye will speak on ‘a natural life’ on the wonders of nature and growing up in the Scottish Highlands from 7.30pm at the Salutation Hotel. Tickets £11.37 from EventBrite.
09 PERTH: Dance - Step out to enjoy a tea dance in lively company, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenbruar Crescent, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Entry £2.50. Contact Margaret, 01738 441297. 09 CRIEFF: Film - The Mountain Between Us, based on the novel by Charles Martin and starring Idris Elba and Kate Winslet, about two strangers stranded on a remote, snow-covered mountain following a plane crash. This event is part of Strathearn Library’s Film Book Nights and following the showing viewers are invited to join library staff in a short discussion comparing the book to the film. Strathearn Community Campus , 7pm, tickets £3.50 available in advance from Campus Reception 01764 657700.
10 PERTH: Music - Horsecross Voices perform “feel good” Scottish songs with Corrina Hewat at Perth Concert Hall from 7.30pm, Tickets £4.50, concessions £3.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
10 KINROSS: Event - Nature Tots spends the day looking at hibernating animals at RSPB Loch Leven from 10am. Tickets £6, RSPB members £4 from EventBrite.
10 CRIEFF: Talk - Author Gregor Ewing his talk on his 1000-mile walk to retrace the steps of King Robert the Bruce at Strathearn Community Campus. Talk from 7.30pm and tickets free online via EventBrite.
10-11 BIRNAM: Dance - Thriller dance workshop at Birnam Arts, from 10am until 1pm each day. Tickets £15 from the box office on 01350 727674.
10-11 BIRNAM: Ballet - Teen ballet camp at Birnam Arts, running from 2pm until 4pm. Tickets £12 for one day of £24 for both from the box office on 01350 727674.
10-27 PERTH: Theatre - National Theatre of Scotland presents 306: Dusk, the final part of the 14-18 NOW trilogy marking 100 years since the First World War at Perth Theatre from 7.30pm. 306: Dusk will focus on armistice day. Tickets from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
11 PERTH: Music - X-Ray Cat Trio play The Green Room with support. Music
13 PERTH: Event - Aria Welsh, who is competing for Miss Transgender UK, is hosting a variety night for still born charity SANDS. Acts include a X Factor singer, burlesque dancer, dance crew, drag queen and a piper at Bar 44, performances start at 8pm. Tickets cost £10.
13 PERTH: Music - Michelle McManus brings her show ‘Reality: The musical’ to The Venue. An upfront, humorous take on her life since winning Pop Idol over a decade ago, including show tunes from the West End and Broadway. Curtain up at 8pm, tickets £10 from www.ticketsource.co.uk
13 PITLOCHRY: Event - Gallery 2 Craft Fair, offering a great selection of unusual crafts, The Atholl Centre (behind the Baptist Church), from 10am to 5pm. Free entry.
13 CRIEFF: Event - Crieff Town Market, James Square. Stalls cost £30, all proceeds towards Crieff’s Christmas Lights fund. For more information or to book a stall, contact CrieffLight@outlook.com
13 PERTH: Children - Theatrical storytelling of ‘Black Beauty’ with music and puppets at Perth Theatre from 11am. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
13 PERTH: Music - Country star Richard Thompson brings his 13 Rivers tour to Perth Concert Hall at 7.30pm. Tickets from £27.50 01738 621031.
13 PITLOCHRY: Music - Cover Daddy, a high energy classic cover band, play The Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
13 PERTH: Music - Echoic, an indie alternative rock band, play The Green Room with support. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
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