Taking over Crieff with trad tunes

26 CRIEFF: Music - Strathearn Music Society welcomes the Palisander recorder quartet, alumni from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music, for a concert played largely from memory, on recorders up to six feet tall, St Andrew’s Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, (plus £1.52 booking fee), students £3 (plus 82p booking fee) children free, via Eventbrite.

26 PERTH: Music - Ruby Nixxons play rock and pop covers at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

27 PERTH: Music - Angie Wright plays acoustic folk and country music at the Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.

27 PERTH: Music - Thursday night jams blues night with Pete Caban and Friends at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

27 CRIEFF: Music - Crieff Folk Club presents Jim and Susie Malcolm. Jim, the ultimate Scots troubadour, and his award- winning traditional singer wife Susie, take traditional songs of Scotland and own compositions with humour and tales from the road, riverside and home. Strathearn Artspace, 7.30pm. Tickets £10, £8 from Eventbrite.

28 CRIEFF: Film - ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ a quirky Coen Brothers crime comedy-drama starring George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson. Strathearn Artspace, doors 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £8, £6 students/under18s. Enjoy some live bluegrass music before the film to set the scene and a licensed bar.

28 PITLOCHRY: Theatre - Mad about the musicals at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 7pm, tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.

28 PERTH: Music - Reece Hillis plays live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

28 PERTH: Talk - Adventure cyclists Huw Oliver and Annie Le talk on their adventure through Greenland at the Bike Station. Talk starts at 6.30pm, tickets £10 from Eventbrite.

28 PITLOCHRY: Music - Singer-songwriter Scott Macdonald plays a mix of originals and covers at the Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

28 PERTH: Music - The River play acoustic Scottish trad music at the Twa Tams, 4pm, entry is free.

28 PERTH: Music - Smashed Event with heavy rock metal music at the Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free. 29 COMRIE: Film - Comrie Cinema Club screening of the Lion King at 3.30pm, The Good Liar 7.30pm, Rural Hall, Nurse’s Lane. Tickets £3 for the afternoon film, or £6 for the evening film, which can be bought on the door or from Hansen’s Kitchen.

29 PITLOCHRY: Music - Chris Small Trio play a mix of originals and covers at the Old Mill Inn. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

29 PITLOCHRY: Music - Pasadena Roof Orchestra play live at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 7pm, tickets from the box office on 01796 484626.

29 PERTH: Music - The Carloways play live in That Bar. Music from 8.30pm, entry is free.

29 PERTH: Music - Fozzie play traditional Scottish, folk and contemporary music at the Bridgend Inn. Music from 8.30pm, entry is free.

29 PERTH: Film - Live screening of The Met Opera’s Agrippina at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 5.55pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk

29 PITLOCHRY: Event - Vale of Atholl FC’s casino night at Pitlochry Town Hall. Event starts at 7pm, tickets £20 including chips, prosecco and canapes from Kenny on 07989597081 or Jimmy 07738120048. BYOB.

29 PERTH: Music - Coconut Groove play funk rock party covers at the Twa Tams with support from Mav Mursson playing acoustic covers and originals. Music from 7.30pm, entry is free.

MARCH

01 PERTH: Event - Wedding fair at the Civic Hall, 2 High Street from noon until 3pm. Brides and grooms can meet with registrars, see the ceremony rooms, and speak to a range of local suppliers. Entry is free. 01 PERTH: Film - Screening of The Royal Ballet’s Marston and Scarlett at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 2pm, tickets from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk

01 ALYTH: Music - Perthshire Brass play live at Alyth Parish Church. Music from 6pm, tickets £5, children go free, visit perthshirebrass.com

01 KINROSS: Music - Pendragon play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £30 from www.mundellmusic.com

01 PERTH: Event - Wedding fair at Perth Theatre, showcasing a range of local suppliers and the theatre as a venue. Fair from 11am until 3pm, entry is free.

02 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club holds its monthly singalong night with a theme of animals, Backstage Bar, The Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets £3 for all.

03 PERTH: Dance - Brendan Cole’s ‘Show Man’ with championship dancers performing ballroom and Latin at Perth Concert Hall. Show from 7.30pm, tickets from £35 from www.horsecross.co.uk or the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

04 PERTH: Music - Scottish Chamber Orchestra play Beethoven at Perth Concert Hall. Music from 7.30pm, tickets from £14.50, students £6, under 18s free from www.horsecross.co.uk or the Horsecross Arts box office on 01738 621031.

04 MUTHiLL: Event - Muthill Primary School holds a community ceilidh to welcome visiting teachers from Ghana with Scottish dancing, Muthill Village Hall, 6pm-8pm.

04 PERTH: Music - Kinross

Kacophony Orchestra plays a concert at North Inch Community Campus in aid of Perth and Kinross Music Foundation. Music from 7.30pm, tickets

Perthshire-based musician Jim Malcolm, former lead singer with the band Old Blind Dogs and songwriter of the year 2004 at the Trad Awards, performs with his wife Susie at Strathearn Artspace onThursday, February 27 £5, concessions £3.

04 PERTH: Event - Careers and apprenticeship fair at the Civic Hall, 2 High Street from 3pm until 6.30pm. A range of local employers will be at the fair. Entry is free.

04 PERTH: Event - Careers and apprenticeship fair at the Civic Hall, 2 High Street from 3pm until 6.30pm. A range of local employers will be at the fair. Entry is free.

05 KINROSS: Music - Danny Bryant plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com

06 PERTH: Music - Rock Choir of Perth concert, organised by Soroptimist International of Perth, St Matthew’s Church, 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £10, includes a glass of wine or soft drink and shortbread at interval. Tickets available from Danscot, Kinnoull Street or Arran Road, and also available at the door. All funds raised will go to Soroptimist International Perth charities. Enquiries to Mrs Finlay on 07936 941418 or 01738 629483.

06 KINROSS: Music - Free Again, The Spirit of Free and Bad Company, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com

06 PERTH: Talk - Historian Ruth Boreham will speak on ‘Women, work and the First World War’ at AK Bell Library to mark International Women’s Day. Talk starts at 6.30pm, entry is free.

06 PERTH: Talk - Professor Aude le Guennec from Heriot-Watt University speaks on ‘Fashion and the social development of children’ for Perthshire Society of Natural Sciences at the Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library. Talk starts at 7.30pm, entry is £6, society members £2, school students free.

06 PERTH: Music - Sam McMaster

07 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music welcomes Howard Duthie to play the organ on home turf, St John’s Kirk, 1pm.

07 PERTH: Music - Ryan Morecombe plays live at Greyfriars Bar. Music from 8pm, entry is free.

07 KINROSS: Music - Beki Brindle Band play blues music live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic. com

08 KINROSS: Music - Just Beatles, a top tribute act to The Beatles, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 2pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com

09 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club welcomes Eddie Walker for a blues, hillbilly country and folk mix with mean guitar, Backstage Bar, The Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets £8, non-members £10.

10 PERTH: Talk - David A Mann and Matthew Bellhouse Moran, director and curator at the Scottish Maritime Museum will speak on enhancing the art collection they have at Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Talk from 1pm, entry is £2.

11 BLAIR ATHOLL: Talk - Mike Moir will talk on General Wade’s military roads at the Atholl Arms Hotel. Talk starts at 7.30pm.

11 CRIEFF: Talk - Dr Nicola Small talks on ‘Our new museum - telling the story of Perth and Kinross’ at Crieff Town Hall. Talk starts at 7pm, entry is free.

12 PERTH: Talk - Sarah Wilcock, assistant archivist at Perth and Kinross Archive, talks on ‘Hidden not lost: women in the archive’ at AK Bell Library. Talk starts at 6pm, entry is free.

12 KINROSS: Music - Susan Santos plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com

13 KINROSS: Music - Gerry Jablonski and his Electric Band play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £18 from www.mundellmusic.com

13 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.

13 PERTH: Music - Stuart McKandie plays live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

14 PERTH: Music - Brimstone and Blake play blues, gospel and country music, live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.

14 BIRNAM: Music - Chris Diffford from Squeeze brings his ‘Up the junction’ tour to Birnam Arts. Tickets £16 from the box office on 01350 727674. Over 14s only.