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and Magic: The Gathering, as well as health and wellbeing. Event runs from 10.30am, entry is £1, children 50p.

26 BLAIR ATHOLL: Event - Struan Trust quiz night, teams of four, Blair Atholl Village Hall, registration 7pm, starts 7.30pm. Email ian.h.mackinlay@btinternet.com to register. Admission £3.50 per person, bar, raffle, teams can be made up on the night.

26 SCONE: Market - Craft fair at RDM Institute. Market from 10am until 3pm, entry is free.

26 PITCAIRNGREEN: Market Autumn craft market at Pitcairngreen Village Hall. Markets from 10.30am until 3.30pm, entry is £3, children go free, including coffee and home baking.

26 KINROSS: Market - Kinross Farmers’ Market outside the old town hall from 10am until 2pm. Entry is free.

27 KINROSS: Event - Annual pinkfooted goose walk around Loch Leven nature reserve with Jeremy Squire. Walk starts at 7am, book by contacting LOCHLEVEN_NNR@snh. gov.uk

27 PERTH: Market - NCT nearly new sale at Bell’s Sports Centre, selling second-hand baby and children’s items. Sale from 11.30am until 1.30pm, entry is £1.

27 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music welcomes the Scottish Vocal Ensemble (directed by Mark Hindley), singing music for St Cecelia’s Day, St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free admission, retiring collection.

27 PERTH/ABERFELDY: Film - The Bolshoi Ballet season opens with the must-see Raymonda, live from Moscow. Screened at Perth Playhouse 3pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 and Aberfeldy’s Birks Cinema, also at 3pm, £18.75, concessions £17.75.

27 PERTH: Film - Screening of The Royal Opera’s Don Pasquale at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 2pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk

27 PERTH: Music - Sunday social open mic with the Mad Ferret at the Twa Tams. Music from 3pm, entry is free.

27 CRIEFF: Event - Hallowe’en fun day at Drummond Castle Gardens, including games and competitions such as pumpkin carving and best fancy dress. Open from 1pm until 3.30pm, entry is £6, concessions £5.50, children £2.

28 PERTH: Music - Nico G plays acoustic guitar at the Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.

29 PERTH: Music - John Martin plays cajun fiddle at the Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.

30 PERTH: Music - Acoustic singersongwriter Molly McCabe plays live at the Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.

30 PERTH: Music - Robin Robertson Band play blues, jazz and soul music at the Twa Tams. Music from 8.30pm entry is free.

30 PERTH: Talk - Wildlife photographer Mark Hamblin will talk on ‘Wild Scotland’ at AK Bell Library. Talk starts at 7.30pm, tickets £5 from Eventbrite.

31 PERTH: Film - Live screening of Northern Ballet’s ‘Dracula’ at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 7.15pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk

31 PERTH: Music - Mike Denver performs at Perth Concert Hall with support. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £30 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

NOVEMBER

The three-hander Faith Healer is now on at Pitlochry FestivalTheatre until November 3, with entrancing performances from (l-r) Richard Standing, George Costigan and Kirsty Stuart in Brian Friel’s play about Frank Hardy, a man with a dubious gift and his struggle to be understood.Tickets from the Pitlochry Theatre website. 31 KENMORE: Event - Celtic Hallowe’en ‘Samhain’ celebration, shaddow puppets, story-telling, fire, fancy dress, Scottish Crannog Centre, from 7pm. Booking essential, call 01887 830583.

31 PITLOCHRY: Event - Children’s Hallowe’en Disco at Pitlochry Scout Hut. Party from 6pm, prize for the best fancy dress. Under 14s free, under 12s must be supervised by an adult.

31 PERTH: Film - Afternoon at the movies with lunch at St Matthew’s Church. Starts at noon, entry £7 and register by calling 01738 636757 or adding name to list in the church.

31 KINROSS: Event - Kinross Parish Church’s light party, with flowing games, candle-lit crafts and Bible stories. Event from 6pm, entry is free.

31- November 16 PERTH: Theatre Kes, a story about a 15-year-old boy who steals a kestrel chick which changes his life. Various performances and ticket prices from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

01 PERTH: Film - Playhouse of Horrors will screen ‘Hocus Pocus’ at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 8.30pm, tickets £6.75, concessions £6 from the box office on 01738 623126.

01 PERTH: Music - Songs from the 70s at St Matthew’s Church with T-Junction and Abbafever. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £10 from 01738 636757.

01 PERTH: Music - A celebration of Paul Simon’s Graceland Live at Perth Concert Hall. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £31.50, concessions £29.50 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

01 PERTH: Music - Kasbah versus

02 SCONE: Market - Christmas craft and table top sale in Scone Old Parish Church Hall. Market from 10am until 1pm, entry is free, teas, coffees and cakes will be served.

02 PERTH: Music - ‘Groovement X Voyage - Nightmare on Shore Road’ at the Ice Factory, featuring music from DJ Bone, Hilltown Disco, Craigie Knowes and Aisha. Music from 10pm, over 18s only. Tickets £12 from www.residentadvisor.net

02 SPITTALFIELD: Event - Race night in Spittalfield Village Hall to raise funds for the village. Supper served, BYOB and horses and jockeys can be bought from 07789841599. Doors 7pm for 7.30pm start.

02 ABERFELDY: Music - Duo Questionable Company plays live at The Fountain Bar. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

02 STANLEY: Music - A disco will be held in Tayside Hotel’s function room to raise money for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance. Evening includes a raffle and a buffet. Disco from 7.30pm, tickets £5.

02 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music welcomes John Riley (Edinburgh) for an organ recital including improvisations on submitted themes, St John’s Kirk, 1pm. Free admission, retiring collection.

02 PERTH: Music - Dougie Maclean plays live at Perth Concert Hall. Music from 8pm, tickets £25 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

02 PERTH: Music - Awkward Family Portraits play live at the Twa Tams on their ‘Everything we’ve done up until now, except what we’ve done since’ album tour. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

02 KINROSS: Music - Home-Bru Concert at Kinross Parish Church, an afternoon of music by local talent of all ages. Music starts at 3pm, entry is free.

03 PERTH: Event - Fireworks night at Craigie Hill Golf Club. Food from 5pm, fireworks display at 6.30pm. Tickets £10, children £5.

03 ABERFELDY: Film - Heartland Film Society screens ‘Capernaum’, a film about a runaway girl on the streets of Beirut, 2018, Cert 15, Birks Cinema. Normal Birks ticket prices apply for non members.

03 BLAIRGOWRIE: Art - ‘The carrying stream’, an art and sound installation, at the Wellmeadow. Screening from 5pm until 7pm, entry is free.

04 INCHYRA: Music - Barbara Dickson performs live at The Byre at Inchyra. Show starts at 8pm, tickets £28 from www.inchyraartsclub.co. uk/products/barbara-dickson. Over 12s only.

04 PERTH: Music - Brodsky String Quartet at St John’s Kirk. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £15.50, students and disabled £3 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.