Perthshire Advertiser

Birnam’s wicked Scots widow play

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10 PERTH: Music - The Engine House play rock, country and blues music at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

10 PITLOCHRY: Music - Och Aye McKays with Zetor in the Kailyard play live at McKays bar. Music from 8pm, entry is free.

10 PERTH: Event - Perth Medieval Fayre in the city centre from noon until 5pm. Celebrate the city’s historic past with re-enactments, crafts, storytelli­ng and knights in combat. Entry is free.

10 PERTH: Event - Perthshire Pride, a parade from the South Inch to Horsecross Plaza, followed by entertainm­ent and stalls outside Perth Concert Hall to celebrate the area’s LGBT+ community. Parade from noon, event from noon until 5pm.

10 PERTH: Event - Perthshire Pride’s after party, a ‘Disney goes Gaga’ themed drag night, at The Bank bar and nightclub. Tickets cost £3 on the door or from the Pride village during the day, event starts at 8pm until late. Over 18s only.

10 ABERFELDY: Music - Emma Cowie sings hits from across the decades at the Fountain Bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

10 BLAIR ATHOLL: Event - Blair Atholl Church flower show from 10.30am. Entries will be auctioned off at 3pm, entry is free.

10 PITLOCHRY: Dance - Scottish country dancing in Pitlochry Town Hall with music from Marian Anderson. Dance starts at 7.30pm.

10-11 PITCAIRNGR­EEN: Event Honey bees, plants and nutrition with Tony Harris at Pitcairngr­een Village Hall. Runs from 9.30am until 5.30pm each day, tickets £65 from Eventbrite.

11 PERTH: Theatre - FUNBOX presents The Wild West Show for children at Perth Concert Hall. Music from 2pm, tickets £16 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Dressing up is encouraged.

11 LOGIERAIT: Market - Logierait Farmers’ Market at Mill of Logierait, from 10am until 2pm. A range of stalls, hot pies, live music and a narrow gauge railway. Entry is free.

12 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club’s singaround, Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £3 from www.glenfargfo­lkclub.com 13 LAWERS: Outdoors - Kids-eye view and hands-on exploratio­n of Ben Lawers for children. Meet at 10.30am in Ben Lawers car park, cost is £5 for children, £2 for adults for two hours, children must be accompanie­d by an adult, contact 01657 820988 or benlawers@nts.org.uk. Wellies and waterproof­s required.

13-15 PERTH: Course - Movie maker summer tech camp, get trained to be your own movie maker working in a small team, assisted by tripods, external microphone­s and lenses. Learn to capture, edit and share a film using a single iPad. AK Bell Library, 10am-4pm. Three day camp costs £106.13. Book through Eventbrite.

14 KINLOCH RANNOCH: Music Aberfeldy Gaelic Choir perform at the Old Church. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £8 on the door.

14 INNERPEFFR­AY: Talk - Artist and sculptor Tim Chalk will speak on community art and his work on sundials at Innerpeffr­ay Library. Refreshmen­ts from 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm, tickets costs £10, or £5 for FOIL members.

14 PERTH: Music - Emergency Exit play classic 70s punk rock at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

15 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club holds its monthly singaround, the theme is ‘work’ or ‘relaxation’, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm.Tickets £3 for all.

15 BLAIR ATHOLL: Market - Struan Trust’s fair and auction at Blair Atholl Village Hall from 10am until 4pm, auction at 7.30pm. Tables for crafts are £30.

16 PITLOCHRY: Music - Dave and Paul play live at McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

16 DUNKELD: Talk - Illustrate­d talk on the Cairngorms Capercaill­ie Project at the Loch of the Lowes visitor centre. Talk at 7pm, tickets £5 for members of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, £6 for non-members and £3 for children from 01350 727337.

16 PERTH: Opera - Lehar’s The Merry Widow at Perth Theatre. Performanc­e starts at 7.30pm, tickets £17.50, concession­s £15.50, under 26s and students £7 from the Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.

16 PERTH: Music - The Vanities, The Sandemans, The Medinas and Month of Sundays perform at The Green Room for TayEvents’ one year anniversar­y gig. Music from 7pm, tickets £5 in advance from TayEvents or £6 on the door. Over 16s only.

16 PITLOCHRY: Music - Glasgow singer-songwriter Scott Macdonald plays acoustic guitar and harmonica driven music at The Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

16 BIRNAM - Music - The band Bear’s Den play material from a third hotly tipped long-player, ‘So that you might hear me’, Birman Arts, doors 7.30pm. Tickets £20, ages 14+, U16s to be accompanie­d by an adult, standing gig, www.birnamarts.com

17 PITLOCHRY: Music - The Engine House play live at The Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

17 PERTH: Music - Brimstone and Blake play ragtime Americana music at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

17 PITLOCHRY: Music - Rain Kings play Americana, Scottish and indie music at McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

17 KINLOCH RANNOCH: Highland games - Rannoch Highland Gathering in Kinloch Rannoch. Event from noon until 3pm, tickets £5, concession­s £4, children £3 on the gate.

17 PITLOCHRY: Talk - Peter Rabbit storytelli­ng adventures for children under 10 at the Explorers Garden. Event starts at 10.30am at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, tickets £5 per child from the box office on 01796 484626.

17 PITLOCHRY: Market - Pitlochry Market at Pitlochry Business Centre on Armoury Road. Runs from 10am until 3pm.

17 BALBEGGIE: Event - Summer barbecue at Balbeggie Village Hall, 6pm until 10pm. Bring your own refreshmen­ts.

17 BANKFOOT: Market - Country market and car boot sale at Bankfoot Church Centre, including games, tombola, plants, vegetables and home baking. To book a space call 0753013978­1.

18 PITLOCHRY: Music - Blazin’ Fiddles play live at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 8pm, tickets £18.50 from the box office on 01796 484626.

18 MILNATHORT: Dance - Ceilidh at Milnathort Town Hall with music from Ewan Galloway. Dance starts at 2pm with a break for tea and biscuits at 3pm, entry is £5.

19 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club welcomes Perthshire’s own Jim and Susie Malcolm, for masterly crafted songs, versatile musiciansh­ip on guitar, harmonica and occasional trumpet plus their engaging craic, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets: members £8, non members £10.

20 KINROSS: Talk - ‘Journeys into the Unknown’, Professor David Munro, internatio­nally respected historian and geographer, celebrates the 50th anniversar­y of two truly unique and awe-inspiring journeys of 1969 polar explorer Sir Wally Herbert’s sledge trek and Neil Armstrong’s lunar landing. Loch Leven Community Library, 7pm. Tickets £5.

26 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club welcomes the new voice on the folk scene, Luke Jackson, Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets: £6 members, non-members £9.

27 PERTH: Dance - Moncreiffe Tea Dance Club, come and enjoy dancing with live music by John Duncan, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenbruar Crescent, from 1.30pm-3.30pm. Entry £3. For further details call 01738 561490.

27 PITLOCHRY: Music - Summer songs by Linda Ormiston, James Nico and Andrew Nicol at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 8pm, tickets £12.50 from the box office on 01796 484626.

27 LAWERS: Outdoors - Kids-eye view and hands-on exploratio­n of Ben Lawers for children. Meet at 10.30am in Ben Lawers car park, cost is £5 for children, £2 for adults for two hours, children must be accompanie­d by an adult, contact 01657 820988 or benlawers@nts.org.uk

28 PERTH: Music - Acoustic songwriter Molly McCabe plays live at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm.

29 PITLOCHRY: Music - Och Aye McKays with Zetor in the Kailyard play live at McKays bar. Music from 8pm, entry is free.

30 PITLOCHRY: Music - Stuart McLean plays indie, rock and Scottish classics live at McKays bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

 ??  ?? Two wickedly fun plays Nancy Sleekit and Howard’s Revenge - entertain audiences at Birnam Arts on Friday. In the first, Anna Hepburn plays a widow who recounts in colourful Scots how her three dead husbands met untimely ends, while Howard’s Revenge has Finlay McLean as a manager caught up in a behind-thescenes theatre conspiracy.
Two wickedly fun plays Nancy Sleekit and Howard’s Revenge - entertain audiences at Birnam Arts on Friday. In the first, Anna Hepburn plays a widow who recounts in colourful Scots how her three dead husbands met untimely ends, while Howard’s Revenge has Finlay McLean as a manager caught up in a behind-thescenes theatre conspiracy.

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