Clink your glass, it’s the Gin Fayre
the permaculture garden workshop at Blackhaugh Community Farm. Event runs from 10am until 3pm, entry is £21 via EventBrite.
23 PITLOCHRY: Music - Indie folk Steve Jinski Trio play live at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 8pm, tickets £12.50 from the box office on 01796 484626.
24 PERTH: Children - Eilidh Muldoon will show you how to create your own stories and bring them to life at her children’s illustration workshop, AK Bell Library, 10.30am-11.30am. Free. Book your space at the library.
24 LAWERS: Outdoors - Learn about the flora, fauna and wildlife on the lower slops of Ben Lawers. Meet in Ben Lawers car park at 1.30pm, cost is £10 for adults, £5 for children for two and a half hours, contact 01657 820988 or benlawers@nts.org.uk Walking boots and waterproofs required.
24 DUNKELD: Talk - Beaver watch at the Loch of the Lowes nature reserve and a chance to spot them from the reserve hides. Runs from 7pm until 9pm, entry is £8 for Scottish Wildlife Trust members, £10 for nonmembers, £5 for children on 01350 727337.
25 KINROSS: Theatre - Festival Players Theatre Company’s outdoor production of Shakespeare’s ‘Much ado about nothing’ at RSPB Loch Leven. Show starts at 7pm, tickets from £8 via EventBrite.
26 PERTH: Film - Dementia-friendly screening of ‘West Side Story’ at Perth Playhouse. Film starts at 11.30am, tickets £5 from the box office on 01738 623126.
26 PERTH: Event - Soldiers of Killiecrankie celebration day, marking the 330th anniversary of the Jacobite Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689, at Horsecross Plaza. A group of soldiers have travelled from France and will stop off in Perth for military displays, Saturday 20 is Perth’s Gin Fayre, held at the Salutation Hotel, try a variety of different gins, session one from noon until 3.30pm, session two from 4.30pm until 8pm, Tickets £17. re-enactments, music and weapons demonstrations. Event from 11am until 3pm, entry is free.
26 PERTH: Music - Multistorey Lover plays live with support from Darkness Divine and A Ritual Spirit, The Green Room, 9pm. Entry is free.
26 BLAIR ATHOLL: Music - Dougie Maclean plays Food in the Park, Main Road, Blair Atholl in a marquee with a bar. Tickets from £12.50 from www. foodintheparklive.co.uk or direct from Eventbrite.
27 BLAIRGOWRIE: Market - Blairgowrie Community Market on the Wellmeadow. Open from 10am, selling local food produce and crafts. Free.
27 DUNKELD: Market - Artists and makers market at The Taybank Hotel from 11am until 4pm. Entry is free, and there will also be live music in the hotel.
27 BLAIR ATHOLL: Market - Summer market at Blair Atholl Village Hall, stalls include food, crafts and plants. Open from noon until 3pm, entry is free.
27 SPITTALFIELD: Event - Scottish Scything Festival at Blackhaugh Community Farm, including a practice meadow, fun taster sessions, competitions and a children’s area. Event from 10am until 5pm, tickets from £11 via EventBrite.
28 PITLOCHRY: Talk - Drinks writer and tea grower Richard Ross talks on the history of tea and how it links Scotland to the rest of the world, at the David Douglas Pavilion in the Explorers Garden. Talk starts at 3pm, tickets £20 (including tea tasting) from Pitlochry Festival Theatre box office on 01796 484626.
29 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club welcomes back Kinrick, one of Fife’s finest folk groups, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm.Ticket price TBC.
31 PERTH: Film - Live stream of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Measure to Measure’ at Perth Playhouse. Film starts at 7pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from the box office on 01738 623126.
31 DUNKELD: Talk - Beaver watch at the Loch of the Lowes nature reserve and a chance to spot them from the reserve hides. Runs from 7pm until 9pm, entry is £8 for Scottish Wildlife Trust members, £10 for nonmembers, £5 for children on 01350 727337.
31 PERTH: Music - Ocean Colour Scene plays live at Perth Concert Hall with support. Music from 7pm, tickets £35.50 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.
AUGUST
02 PERTH: Film - Playhouse of Horrors will screen ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 8.30pm, tickets £6.75, concessions £6 from the box office on 01738 623126.
02 LAWERS: Outdoors - Introduction to navigation in the hills on Ben Lawers. Meet at 10.30am in Ben Lawers car park, cost is £25 for adults, £12.50 for children, contact 01657 820988 or benlawers@nts.org. uk Walking boots, waterproofs, a OS Landranger 51 or Explorer 378 map and compass required.
03 PERTH: Music - The Ultimate Boy Band Experience, Tulloch Institute. Tickets £5 each from the club.
03 COMRIE: Event - Evening bat walk and talk at Comrie Croft with Aquila Ecology. Walk starts at 8.15pm from Comrie Croft, learn more about bats, and how to use a bat detector. Tickets £10, children £5 from info@ aquilaecologyscotland.co.uk or 07960391297.
03 BIRNAM: Music - Chris Difford brings his Up the Junction tour to Birnam Arts. Music from 8pm, tickets £16 from the box office on 01350 727674. Over 14s only.
04 PITLOCHRY: Music - Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham play live at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 8pm, tickets £25 from the box office on 01796 484626.
04 KINROSS: Music - The Burleigh Blues Band plays live at Loch Leven Brewery’s tap room. Music from 6pm, entry is free.
05 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club welcomes back Andy Popplestone the accomplished singer and guitarist from Stonehaven, and, from the same neck of the woods, a debut appearance for Tripple: mother and two daughters with songs old and new, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm.Ticket price TBC.
07 LAWERS: Outdoors - Hillside safari on Ben Lawers, exploring the botanical nature reserve and wildlife on the lower slops. Meet in Ben Lawers car park at 1.30pm. £5 for adults, £2.50 for children.