Sound and light show looks on course for advance sell out

The proceeds from the first night of Perthshire sound and light show, the Enchanted Forest, will benefit Tayside Mountain Rescue, Alzheimer Scotland and Giraffe.

The 2017 show, entitled Oir an Uisge, Gaelic for Edge of the Water, is reflective of the changing scenery of Faskally Wood in Pitlochry, where the event is held each year.

It will open to the public on Thursday, September 28 and tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 16.

More than 70,000 visitors attended last year’s show, a 13% increase on the previous record-breaking year.

Tickets have been made available already by private pre-sale to previous customers, and demand has been brisk, with more than 20,000 tickets snapped up.

Saturday nights are all but sold out and customers are advised to book early this year to avoid disappointment, with organisers predicting the event will sell out before opening night for the first time in its history.

Now in its 16th year, the Enchanted Forest has won a number of awards, most recently the coveted Best Cultural Event at the UK Events Awards in London.

Ian Sim, chairman of the Enchanted Forest Community Trust, said: “Every year the Enchanted Forest lights up the countryside of Perthshire and boosts our local tourist trade.

“But it also lights up the lives of the Scottish community through our charity donations, and as a charitable trust that is what we are here to do.

“We’re delighted to be able to direct proceeds towards three highly important organisations in Tayside and Scotland.”