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Events in and around Inverness
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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:
- This week's what's on in Inverness - available from the tourist board
- The Inverness City Advertiser - detailed events listings covering music, nightclubs, cinema, theatre, sports, exhibitions, restaurants, etc.
- whatsoninverness
- invernessGiGs
- Events listings supplied by the Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board
- What's on at Strathpeffer Pavilion
- Loch Ness - events in the area
For 2012:
- 21 - 22 January: Aviemore Sled dog rally organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain in Glenmore Forest Park
- end February: Inverness Fiddlers' Rally at Eden Court
- March: The Inverness Music Festival
- 11 March: Inverness Half Marathon
- 25 - 27 May: Loch Ness Film Festival, various venues
- 8 - 10 June: Rockness annual music festival at Dores (Loch Ness)
- 9 June: Olympic Flame in Inverness on the route of the London 2012 torch relay
- June - September:
- Inverness Summer Festival
- 12-15 July: Barclays Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links
- 21 July: Inverness Highland Games and Armed Forces Day. Web site includes video and photos from previous Games, as well as electronic postcards. A DVD is available.
- 2 - 3 August: Black Isle Show at Mannsfield Showground, Muir of Ord (tel: 01463 870870). This is the largest agricultural show in the North of Scotland. It attracts over 2,000 cattle, horse and sheep entries, more than 300 trade stands and over 25,000 visitors to the show each year. There is plenty to see and do, craft fair, food fair, 'On the Farm' exhibition for the kids, agricultural stands, vintage rally and sheep shearing.
- 3 - 4 August: Highland Field Sports Fair at Moy Hall (between Aviemore and Inverness). Tel: 01463 232618.
- 3 - 4 August: Belladrum - Tartan Heart Festival on the Belladrum Estate, by Beauly. Family-orientated outdoor festival of rock, country, blues and world music.
- August: Inverness Tattoo, on 6 nights from 8pm - 10pm at the Northern Meeting Park (by the cathedral)
- mid August: Inverness Book Festival
- mid August: Monster Swim in Loch Ness
- 24 August: Status Quo in concert at the Northern Meeting Park, Inverness
- 25 August: Runrig in concert at the Northern Meeting Park, Inverness
- 26 August: Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra at the Northern Meeting Park, Inverness
- 25 August - Glenurquhart Highland Games at Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness
- late August: Inverness Raft and Duck Race. This popular event was first staged in Inverness in 1978 and has since become a firm favourite with both locals and visitors. Organised by CHILDREN 1ST - Tel: 01463 794477.
- late August: Inverness Flower Show
- early September: Northern Meeting Piping Competition at Eden Court
- early September: First Monster - 120k team duathlon race around the shores of Loch Ness to raise money for Save the Children
- 7 - 15 September: Blas Traditional Music Festival (various venues around the Highlands)
- 30 September: Loch Ness Marathon plus 5K and 10K River Ness fun runs.
- October: Highland Archaeology Fortnight - events and seminars throughout the region.
- mid October: Blazin' in Beauly (music festival)
- November: Inverness Film Festival.
- November & December: Inverness Winter Festival
- 31 December: Loch Ness Hogmanay at Drumnadrochit
Other pages to visit about Inverness:
Inverness Area Sightseeing Guide (Loch Ness, castles, etc.)
Accommodation
- Travel & Transport
- Tours & Activities
- Sightseeing
More Photos of Inverness
Local Books & Videos
- External Links
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