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Until 31 SCONE: Event - Spirits of Scone Hallowe’en FrightFest at Scone Palace. The dark grounds of the historic palace will be transformed into a ghoulish and terrifying playground, with many spooky characters lurking in the woods and the maze. There will also be food and drink, including marshmallow toasting, and ghostly storytelling in the chapel. Entries from 6pm to 9pm, tickets £12.50 from www.sconepalaceshop.co.uk
30 BIRNAM: Talk - Osprey expert Dr Tim Mackrill will talk about osprey migration at Birnam Arts to raise money for the Loch of the Lowes nature reserve. Tickets £10, concessions £8, under 26s £5 from the box office on 01350 727674, evening starts at 7.30pm.
31 KINROSS: Event - Dawn goose watch at RSPB Loch Leven from 6am. Tickets from £12 via EventBrite.
31 PERTH: Event - Children’s Hallowe’en party at Noah’s from 6pm. Fancy dress, glitter tattoos, disco, dooking for apples, party games, a magician and a balloonman. Tickets £10 per child from 01738 445568.
31 LOCH TAY: Music - Contemporary folk duo The Mad Ferret Band play at the Scottish Crannog Centre for the Samhain party. Tickets on sale from www.madferretrecords.com
NOVEMBER
01 PERTH: Music - Country singer Charlie Landsborough plays Perth Theatre from 7.30pm. Tickets £26 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031 or from www.charlielandsborough.com
01 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society screens ‘A Fantastic Woman’ at Perth Theatre from 7.45pm. Winner of foreign language film at this year’s Oscars, it tells the story of a transgender nightclub singer who is under suspicion when her much older love dies. Spoken in Spanish with English subtitles. Tickets £6, concessions £5 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
01 PERTH: Music - ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’, celebrating the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons at Perth Concert Hall from 8pm. Tickets £25.50, concessions £23.50 from 01738 621031.
01 BIRNAM: Theatre - Stuff, a new play by Sylvia Dow at Birnam Arts. The drama explores the hoarding of memories, emotions and things. Curtain up at 7.30pm, tickets £12, concessions £10 and under 26s £5 from the box office on 01350 727674.
01 CRIEFF: Music - Crieff Folk Club presents Margaret Bennett and friends at Strathearn Artspace from 7.30pm. Tickets £10, concessions £8 from EventBrite.
01 KINROSS: Music - Rod Clements and Rab Noakes play folk music Backstage at The Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £18 from www. mundellmusic.com
01 SCONE: Talk - An evening touring the galleries and talking about the Dido Belle portrait at Scone Palace with Lady Mansfield. The evening includes canapes and fizz in the inner hall and a tour of the state rooms. Evening starts at 6.30pm, tickets £35 from www.scone-palaceshop.co.uk
01-04 BLAIRGOWRIE: Market - Association of Blairgowrie Craftworkers Christmas fair, around 20 stalls of locally produced crafts including cards, ceramics, jewellery, knitting and crochet, photography, leather and wooden goods and much more. Silver collection on the door, Blairgowrie Town Hall, 10am to 4pm, www.blairgowriecraftworkers.org.uk
02 PERTH: Event - A psychic evening at the Tulloch Institute with mediums Cat Williamson, Helen Robertson and a special guest. Night begins at 6pm, tickets £7 from EventBrite. Money raised will go towards Pitcairn Primary School.
02 PERTH: Music - ‘Smashed: Hell on Perth’ at The Twa Tams, with music from a range of metal, hard rock and heavy bands. Music from 9pm, entry is free. Over 18s only.
02 PERTH: Bonfire and fireworks display at Dobbie’s Garden Centre. Food served from 5.30pm, fireworks display at 7.30pm. Entry costs £3. 02 KINROSS: Music - Three piece blues and rock trio The Pat McManus Band play Backstage at The Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £18 from www.mundellmusic.com
02 BRIDGE OF EARN: Music - Contemporary folk duo The Mad Ferret Band play at Bridge of Earn Institute. Tickets on sale from www.madferretrecords.com
02 PERTH: Music - Blues band North Wind, a pared down acoustic trio made up of members of Tayside’s Wolftrain, The Venue, 9pm.
02-03 PERTH: Circus - Perth Adventure Circus performs an aerial circus production ‘Lost’ at the Goodlyburn Theatre, Perth College UHI. Performances at 7.30pm each night at a 2pm Saturday matinee. Tickets cost £10 from www.adventurecircus.org
02-03 ABERFELDY: Event - Aberfeldy Festival, ‘under the radar’ bands, poetry, drama, culture and arts, great beer, whisky and food. Bands playing in Aberfeldy Town Hall include Bryde, Mutual Benefit, Laurie Cameron, Spook School, Life Model, Ray Harris, Star Wheel Press. Tickets from www.aberfeldyfestival.co.uk
02-04 BLAIR ATHOLL: Market Christmas fair at Blair Castle with a range of artists and producers in the ballroom and Benvie Hall. Open from 10am until 4pm each day, entry is £3.
02-04 DUNKELD: Music - Perthshire Amber, the Dougie MacLean festival, returns to Dunkeld, celebrating folk, Scottish and contemporary music. Music across Murthly Castle Chapel, Dunkeld House Hotel, Taybank Hotel and Royal Dunkeld Hotel. Tickets for events from www.perthshireamber. com
03 PERTH: Music - Shaka Loves You, a fusion of funk, soul, disco and hip hop, plays at The Green Room. Music from 9pm, entry is free. Over 18s only. Perth folk duo The Mad Ferret makes a mini-tour of village halls this month, plays Bridge of Earn’s Institute on November 2 and launches a new album
03 PERTH: Music - Hallowe’en party at The Twa Tams, with entertainment headlined by Real Life Entertainment. Support from The Shores, Static Union and The Roques. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
03 PERTH: Music - Mike Munro’s Diamond Tribute at 44 Bar. Music from 8pm, tickets £10 from www. ticketsource.co.uk
03 PERTH: Music - Dougie MacLean plays Perth Concert Hall to finish the Perthshire Amber Festival from 8pm. Tickets £25 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
03 MEIGLE: Market - Christmas fair in Kinloch Hall. Fair runs from 10am until 3pm, entry is £2 and includes festive refreshments.
03 PERTH: Event - What a WonderFull world! religious exploration with excerpts from the God Question TV series, Perthshire Players with a dramatic tale about a hairdresser and a scientist, Tenors Unlimited, Scottish composer and arranger Alan A Craig, Perth Theatre, 7pm. Tickets £13.50 and £10, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031.
03 PERTH: Talk - Day speaking about the recent archaeological works around Tayside, including on Cailleach and Bodach stones, medieval friaries, Pictish stones, silver, excavations in Dunkeld, Glenshee and Loch Tay, and plans for the future. Held at St Matthew’s Church from 9.40am, tickets £16 from EventBrite.
03 BLAIRGOWRIE: Music - Hitman and Her 70s and 80s music night at The Angus Hotel. Music from 7pm, tickets £30 from EventBrite.
03 MUTHILL: Event - Muthill pre-
04 PERTH: Music - Russel Watson performs his Canzoni d’Amore at Perth Concert Hall from 7.30pm. He has sold over seven million albums worldwide and is thought to be the best-selling classic crossover musician of all time. Tickets from £37.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
04 PERTH: Music - 5th annual afternoon concert in aid of The Free to Live Trust in St Leonard’s in the Fields Church, Perth at 2.30pm. Tickets £15 include refreshments. Artistes include Geoffrey Burford, a pianist from London, Angus Anderson, a violinist trained under Yehudi Menuhin, and Perth’s Chansons Choir.
04 PERTH: Event - Family fireworks night at Craigie Hill Golf Club with a barbecue, giant sparklers and sweets. Entry is £10, children £5, display starts at 5pm.
05 PERTH: Music - Zoe Francis and the Jim Mullen Trio play Blossom Dearie for The Monday Night Thing, Perth Theatre’s Joan Knight Studio from 8pm. Tickets £19.50, concessions £17.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
05 PERTH: Event - Guy Fawkes night at the South Inch with a bonfire and fireworks display. Bonfire from 7pm, fireworks display from 7.30pm. Entry is free, although donations will be collected for Perth and Strathearn Rotary clubs. 07 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club’s annual song competition for The Sandy Watt Quaich, Backstage at The Green Hotel. Doors 7.30pm, music 8pm, entry £3.
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