Female soldier fights for justice
01 PERTH: Music - Alan Carberry plays live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
01 KINROSS: Music - The Sounds of Simon, a tribute act to Simon and Garfunkel, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £25 from www.mundellmusic.com
01-02 COMRIE: Film - Comrie Film Festival, 10 films over two days with special guests, Q&As and a Saturday night feast at Comrie Rural Hall. Weekend tickets cost £15 from Hansen’s Kitchen, individual films cost £5 on the door, and the feat costs £12 from Hansen’s Kitchen or £15 on the door.
01-02 PERTH: Dance - Boss Cheer and Dance Open Championships 2020 at Perth Concert Hall. Performances from 9am each day, tickets £16.50, concessions £7 from the box office on 01738 621031.
02 PERTH: Film - Screening of The Royal Opera’s La Boheme at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 2pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk
02 KINROSS: Music - Top blues guitarist Ben Poole plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
02 PERTH: Market - Record and CD fair at the Salutation Hotel, allowing people to buy, sell and exchange CDs, vinyls and DVDs. Market from 11am until 4pm, entry is free.
03 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club welcomes Curmudgeon, Donald, Laurie, and Andrew to play a night of pipes, whistles, fiddle and guitar as they explore traditional and contemporary Scottish music and songs, Backstage Bar, The Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm.
Tickets £8, non-members £10.
03 PERTH: Talk - Historian Sarah Sherlock talks on Egypt 1941, the first victory of World War II at the Black Watch Castle and Museum. Talk starts at 1.30pm, tickets £8, Friends of the Black Watch £6 from www. theblackwatch.co.uk
03 PERTH: Music - The Scottish Ensemble plays a lunchtime concert at Perth Concert Hall, including Mendelssohn and Enescu. Music starts at 1pm, tickets £10, concessions £9, under 18s free, or £11 on the day from www.horsecross.co.uk
03 PERTH: Talk - Levison Wood talks about his life on the road for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society at Perth Concert Hall. Talk starts at 7.30pm, tickets £21.50, society members £16.50, under 18s £11.50 from www.horsecross.co.uk
04-08 PERTH: Theatre - ‘The Croft’, a new drama about two women who arrive at a crofters hut in the Highlands and get cut off from the modern world, at Perth Theatre. Performances at 7.30pm, including a 1.30pm matinee on Wednesday and 2.30pm matinee on Saturday, tickets from £11.50, concessions from £10 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031. Over 14s only.
05 PERTH Music - Atomic plays pop, rock and funk music at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
06 PITLOCHRY: Music - Big Girls Don’t Cry, a tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 7pm, tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.
06 PERTH: Talk - Alexander Moffat will speak on the work of artist John Bellany and his work while living in Port Seton and Eyemouth, at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Talk starts at 1.30pm, entry is £2.
06 KINROSS: Music - Martin Barre Acoustic Trio plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £35 from www.mundellmusic. com ‘Heroine’ is a drama based on the true story of military sexual trauma survivor Danna Davis, performed on Wednesday 29 in the Joan Knight Studio at Perth Theatre. For over 16s only, 6pm, tickets from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031. Pic by Greg Macvean 06 BIRNAM: Music - Opera Highlights is back on tour, stopping at Birnam Institute with operatic works including Delibes, Vaughan Williams Mozart, Lehár and Scottish Opera composer in residence Samuel Bordoli, 7.30pm. Tickets from www. birnamarts.com
06 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society screens ‘The Midwife’ at the Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre. Film starts at 7.45pm, tickets £6, concessions £5 from the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031. Film will be screened in French with English subtitles.
06 PERTH: Music - Angie Wright plays acoustic folk covers at the Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.
06 PERTH: Music - Jazz night at the Twa Tams with PJQ. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
07 KINROSS: Music - Martin Barre Band plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £35 from www.mundellmusic.com
07 PERTH: Talk - Professor Ian Toth from the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie talks on ‘pests, pathogens and our food’ for Perth Society of Natural Sciences at the Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library. Talk starts at 7.30pm, tickets £6, society members £2 and school students go free.
07 PITLOCHRY: Theatre - Masters of the House, a journey through musical theatre and movies from former West End stars, singing hits from Evita, Wicked!, Joseph, James Bond and Disney. Music from 7pm, tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.
07 PERTH: Music - The Gaelic Society of Perth cèilidh with a variety of Gaelic singers and some instrumentalists, St Matthew’s Church Hall, Tay Street at 7.30pm. Admission £6 for members and £7 for non-members.
08 PITLOCHRY: Music - Simon and Garfunkel through the years at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 7pm, tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.
08 PITLOCHRY: Event - Psychic night with medium Richard Stibbles at the Pineview restaurant, Pitlochry Golf Club. Event starts at 7pm, tickets £25 including prosecco, canapes and finger food and two group readings from 01796 472334.
08 PERTH: Event - Children can make their own mummy at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Event runs from 11am until 1pm, entry is free but must be booked on 01738 632488.
08 KINROSS: Music - The Chris Slade Time Line, a tribute to drummer Chris Slade, plays Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £35 from www.mundellmusic.com
08 ST FILLANS: Market - Farmers’ Market at Achray House Hotel on the banks of Loch Earn. Market runs from 10am until 2pm, entry is free.
09 KINROSS: Music - Kevin Montgomery and Friends play live Backstage at the Green Hotel, 8pm. Tickets £20, www.mundellmusic.com
10 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club holds its monthly singalong night with a theme of time, old customs, folklore and superstitions, Backstage Bar, The Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets £3.
11 PERTH: Talk - John Harding-Edgar talks about his ancestor General Sir George Murray at the Black Watch Castle and Museum. Talk starts at 6.30pm, tickets £10, Friends of the Black Watch £8 from www.theblackwatch.co.uk
11 PERTH: Talk - Leon McCarron speaks on his 3000 mile trek to Xuefeng Mountain in China at the Salutation Hotel for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society’s Inspiring People lecture series. Talk starts at 7.30pm, tickets £10, entry is free for society members and students.
12 PERTH: Event - Around the world with the Black Watch in Holland, children can design and paint their own Delftware pottery at the Black Watch Castle and Museum. Event from 10am until 2pm, suggested donation of £3.
12 PERTH: Art - ‘The Kiss’ painting night at The Venue with Blaeberry River Art. Event starts at 7pm, tickets £22 from www.blaeberryriverart. com, no artistic experience required.
12 PERTH: Music - Alan Carberry plays acoustic, folk, funk and soul music at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
13 PERTH: Event - Around the world with the Black Watch in Greece, children can create their own Greek clay pot at the Black Watch Castle and Museum. Event from 10am until 2pm, suggested donation of £3.
13 PERTH: Theatre - ‘Myths of the Vikings’ puppet show for children at the North Inch Community Library at 2.30pm, entry is £5.