Flying visit by book author Ken
17 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Kevin Clark and the Craigowl five-piece Scottish dance band SDB, The Salutation Hotel, from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. All are welcome.
17 PERTH: Film - Live screening of The Royal Opera’s Fidelio at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 7.15pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk
18 PERTH: Music - Best Dressed Blues play Chicago blues music live at The Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
19 PERTH: Music - Angie Wright plays folk and acoustic covers live at The Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.
19 PERTH: Music - Rock ‘n’ roll jam night at The Twa Tams with The Kingfishers. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
19 BIRNAM: Music - Elles Bailey, a top country and Americana singer songwriter based in Bristol, brings her show to Birnam Arts. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £12, concessions £10, under 26s £5 from the box office on 01350 727674.
19 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members’ Group, NTS presents a talk by author Kenneth Bruce about ‘The History of Aviation in Perthshire’ in The AK Bell Library, Wiiliam Soutar Theatre, 2.30pm. Tickets on the door, Perth and Kinross NTS member £5, guests £6.
20 PERTH: Music - Atrocity Exhibition, a top Joy Division tribute band, play live at Forty Four Bar with support from The Boneheads. Music from 8pm, tickets £8 from Concorde Music Shop.
20 PERTH: Music - Singer-songwriter Thom McEwan plays live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
20 KINROSS: Music - Pink Floydian, a top tribute act to Pink Floyd, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
20 PERTH: Event - Ad-Lib Arts hosts a fundraiser with live music from Root System, bingo and a raffle to help stage the musical, ‘Our House’, based on the music of Madness, St Johnstone Club, Barossa Street, 7.30pm. Tickets: £10 adults, £5 children, includes stovies, purchased from the Ad-Lib studios on Scott Street or from admin@ad-libperth.co.uk
20 PERTH: Music - Smashed at The Tams, with live heavy rock and metal music. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
21 PERTH: Music - Engine House play blues, country and rock music at The Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
21 PITLOCHRY: Market - Pitlochry Indoor Market at Pitlochry Town Hall, with arts and crafts, food, drink and local produce. Market from 10am until 3pm, entry is free.
21 PERTH: Music - Bathtub Hooch play top cover songs live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free. 22 KINROSS: Music - Dave Kelly, founder member of The Blues Band, plays an acoustic solo show Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
22 ERROL: Market - Vintage toy and collectables fair at Errol Airfield. Market from 8am until 2pm, entry and parking is free, tables £15 from Cameron.Kellow@morrisleslie.co.uk
22 PERTH: Film - Screening of The Royal Opera’s Fidelio at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 2pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk
22 PERTH: Music - Sunday social open mic with The Mad Ferret at The Twa Tams. Music from 3pm, entry is free.
23 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club welcomes Becky Mills and Ruth Angell. Ruth, from Derbyshire, is a stunning fiddle player, joined by Becky from Yorkshire, to bring musical storytelling, Backstage Bar, The Green Hotel, doors 7pm, music 8pm. Tickets £8, non-members £10.
23 PERTH: Music - The Perth tenor Liam Bonthrone performs a Beethoven and Schubert song recital, Alisdair Hogarth piano, Perth Concert Hall, 1pm. Tickets in advance £10, concessions £9, age 18 and under free, www.horsecross.co.uk
24 PERTH: Museum - Blast Off! a new exhibition invites young families to enjoy learning together about all the wonders of our solar system as they step out of the museum and into ‘space’, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, until May 31. Free.
24 PERTH: Event - Perth Burns Club holds its president’s night, featuring Bankfoot Inn musicians, the Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Admission free to non-members.
24 PERTH: Music - John Martin plays folks, roots and Americana music live at The Twa Tams. Music from 12.30pm, entry is free.
24 PERTH: Music - Party at the Park battle of the bands competition winners’ showcase at The Twa Tams. Music from 7pm, entry is free.
25 PERTH: Music - Strawberry Bank plays blues music at The Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
25 CRIEFF: Music - Strathearn Music Society welcomes brilliant young pianist Clare Hammond, playing Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Gershwin pieces, St Andrew’s Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, (plus £1.52 booking fee), students £3 (plus 82p booking fee) children free, via Eventbrite.
25 PERTH: Music - ‘The Hare’ painting night at The Venue with Blaeberry River Art. Event starts at 7pm, tickets £22 from www.blaeberryriverart. com, no artistic experience required.
26 KINROSS: Music - The Eric Bell Trio, featuring Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £22 from www.mundellmusic.com
26 PERTH: Music - Blues jam night at The Twa Tams with Pete Caban and friends. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
26-28 PERTH: Theatre - HNC showcase at Goodlyburn Theatre, Perth College UHI, featuring HNC musical theatre and HNC technical theatre students singing songs from the musicals. Performances at 7pm each night with a Saturday matinee at 1pm, tickets £5 from the college admin office on 01738 877448.
27 PERTH: Music - Chris White and The Organic Jukebox play acoustic covers at The Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
27 KINROSS: Music - Stevie Nimmo plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £20
Author Ken Bruce will give a talk for Perth and Kinross Members’Group NTS about‘The History of Aviation in Perthshire’on Thursday 19 in The AK Bell Library, Wiiliam Soutar Theatre, 2.30pm. He has written‘From Sky to Summit’on the subject. from www.mundellmusic.com
27 PERTH: Music - Chris Small plays live at The Venue. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
28 MILNATHORT: Comedy - Comedy night at Milnathort Town Hall with compere John Gavin and comedians Bruce Fummey, Joe Heenan and Fred Macaulay. Show starts at 8pm, tickets £10 from Morgans Estate Agents and Solicitors in Kinross, Light Up My Heart in Milnathort or online at www.ticketweb.uk
28 PERTH: Music - Mikey Maclennan from The Carloways plays live at The Venue. Music from 8.30pm. Free.
28 CRIEFF: Music - Celtic folk rock band Journey North launches its third album at Strathearn Artspace. Music from 7.30pm, tickets £10 from the venue or online via Eventbrite.
28 KINROSS: Music - Geraint Watkins plays an expanded version of his ‘In a Bad Mood’ album live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 9pm, tickets £22 from www.mundellmusic. com
29 PERTH: Film - Live screening of The Bolshoi Ballet’s Romeo and
Juliet at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 3pm, tickets £17.50, concessions £15 from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk
29 PERTH: Music - Salem Four plays skiffle, country and bluegrass music live at The Twa Tams. Music from 9pm, entry is free.
29 BIRNAM: Music - Tales of Beatrix: Gala Performance by local Perthshire primary pupils with soprano Colleen Nicoll and Andrew Johnston, bringing some of Beatrix Potter’s most loved stories to life through music, Birnam Arts, 2pm. Tickets £8 or £5 concessions, www.birnamarts. com
29 KINROSS: Music - Young blues artist of the year nominee Lewis
31 KINROSS: Music - Clearwater Creedence Revival, a top tribute act to Creedence Clearwater Revival, plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £22 from www.mundellmusic.com
APRIL
01 PERTH: Film - Live screening of The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 7.15pm, tickets from www.perthplayhouse.co.uk
01 KINROSS: Music - Live Dead ‘69, featuring Tom Constanten from Grateful Dead, Slick Aguilar from Jefferson Starship, Mark Karan from Bob Weir Ratdog and Other Ones, Rich Newman from Paul Rodgers and Tony Morley from Jefferson Starship, play live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £36 from www.mundellmusic.com
02 KINROSS: Music - Mike Zito, a top tribute act to Chuck Berry, plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets from £16 from www.mundellmusic.com
04 PERTH: Music - Andrew Forbes plays an organ recital at St John’s Kirk. Tickets £10 from Concorde Music or on the door, money raised goes to Christian Aid.
04 PITLOCHRY: Music - The Legends of American Country Show, featuring top tribute acts to Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rodgers, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves, at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Music from 7pm, tickets £23.50, concessions £21 from the box office on 01796 484626.
04, 05 DUNKELD: Event - The Dunkeld and Birnam Art and Crafts Fair, with interesting crafts including animated wooden items, unusual silver jewellery, featherlite scarves and made to measure leather shoes, plus demonstrations, The Drill Hall, The Cross. Entry is free.
05 PERTH: Film - Screening of The Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at Perth Playhouse. Screening starts at 2pm, tickets from www.perthplayhouse. co.uk
05 PERTH: Music - Showaddywaddy perform live at The Tulloch Institute. Tickets £30 from thetullochclub@ hotmail.com
06 KINROSS: Music - Sari Schorr plays live Backstage at the Green Hotel. Music from 8pm, tickets £20 from www.mundellmusic.com
06 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Folk Club Singaround, Loch Leven Suite, Green Hotel, Entry all £3.
10 BIRNAM: Music - Dan Jones: Solo Guitar, the classically trained awardwinning guitarist presents a programme encompassing a wide range of repertoire, at Birnam Arts, 7.30pm. Tickets £12, concessions £10, U26s £5 from www.birnamarts. com