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Events in and around Inverness
in the Highlands of Scotland

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Highland Games - Festivals - Music

Inverness Accommodation
More info about Inverness

Weather:
Notoriously unpredictable of course!
A weather forecast for Inverness is provided by Yahoo and there's also one by the BBC and one by MetCheck.

Annual Events:

In July and August, there are various events for tourists in Inverness city. These include Highland Dancing on a mini-stage in High Street on Thursday evenings at 6pm and Pipe Band performances on Tuesday evenings at 8pm.
You are also likely to see a piper or two busking in the streets of Inverness and sometimes other musical entertainment around the Eastgate shopping centre.


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Enjoy a Scottish Cabaret Evening hosted by the Stewart family trio on Wednesdays from June - September 2011 at the Thistle Hotel on Millburn Road (out past Morrisons supermarket). Tickets on the door (£10). Doors open at 8pm for 8.30pm start.

An evening of traditional music and songs from Scotland hosted by Doug Stewart with accordion virtuoso Iain and piping by Marina. Supported by Ena Brian on piano and Ian Anderson on drums, as well as the Edith Macpherson Dancers. Telephone: 01463 252516.

Live music sessions are held at the Scottish Ceilidh Bar called Hootananny in Church Street (tel: 01463 233651).
Ceol-Mor is a Scottish bar with live music (18 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness IV3 5DD). Tel: 01463 250690.
Other bars and pubs with music include: Blackfriars Pub (Academy Street), The Gellions (opposite the tourist information centre), Johnny Foxes (on the riverside near the main bridge).
The Glen Mhor Hotel, on Ness Bank by the river, has a jazz night in Nicky Tams Bar every Tuesday and every second Sunday.
For reviews of pubs and clubs in Inverness, visit urBarred.com
The invernessGiGs web site includes news, events listings, reviews, etc.
The Ironworks Live Music Venue at 122b Academy Street features concerts in all genres of music. Tel: 07787 535306.

For more venues, see the notice board in the tourist information office or posters around the city centre.

Vue (formerly Warner) is a cinema multiplex a couple of miles outside the city centre.

Concerts and other spectacles take place at Eden Court Theatre (near the cathedral on the river) following a major refurbishment project.

For LGBT friendly events in Inverness - click here

The Farmers' Market is held on the first Saturday of each month (except January), with stalls of local produce (meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, cheese, homebaking) in the Eastgate pedestrian area of Inverness city centre.
In July, August and September the market is held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.

For additional events listings, see:

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Other pages to visit about Inverness:
Accommodation - Travel & Transport - Tours & Activities - Sightseeing
More Photos of Inverness
Local Books & Videos - External Links

Inverness Area Sightseeing Guide (Loch Ness, castles, etc.)

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