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Perth Concert Hall

Shackleton's Ship Beneath the Ice

Dates:
Tue 28 Mar 2023

Discovering the Endurance

RSGS hosts a special event with the team from the Endurance22 Expedition, which discovered Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance.

St Catharine's Community Centre

BOOKMARK Meet the Author - Billy Kay

Dates:
Sat 15 Apr 2023

Billy Kay returns to BOOKMARK with another highly entertaining event:  Scots: The Mither Tongue.

AK Bell Library

The Soutar Lecture with James Robertson

Dates:
Fri 28 Apr 2023

This event is part of Soutar Festival of Words

Join us as writer James Robertson explores the links between Soutar’s bairn rhymes and today's resurgence in Scots.

Perth Art Gallery

Touring Trainspotting: From Broadway to England then Home again.

Dates:
Sat 29 Apr 2023

This event is part of Soutar Festival of Words

Join local lad Andrew who recently toured as Renton In Trainspotting as he shares how the Scots dialect in the play underwent various shifts as it toured from NYC to England and back home.

St John's Kirk

Chansons des Roses

Dates:
Sat 29 Apr 2023

Join Chansons, Perth's Chamber Choir, for an evening of musical delights taking place in the beautiful acoustic setting of Perth's St John's Kirk.

AK Bell Library

The Garden Beyond (FILM)

Dates:
Sun 30 Apr 2023

This event is part of Soutar Festival of Words

The Garden Beyond is a beautiful film produced by Douglas Eadie and is a fascinating insight into the life and mind of William Soutar.

AK Bell Library

Sally Magnusson: Music In The Dark

Dates:
Sun 30 Apr 2023

This event is part of Soutar Festival of Words

Author talk with Sally Magnusson, join us as she discusses her latest novel Music In The Dark

Perth Art Gallery

Perthshire 101

Dates:
Sun 30 Apr 2023

This event is part of Soutar Festival of Words

Perthshire 101 is a fast-moving poetry show featuring a host of Perthshire’s finest poetic talents who will take you on a whistle-stop poetic tour of Scotland's finest county.

Perth Concert Hall Plaza

ARTAY

Dates:
Thu 18 May 2023 - Sun 21 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

One of the largest exhibitions of contemporary Scottish art returns to Perth Concert Hall plaza for four days only.

St John's Kirk

Schools Lunchtime Concert Series

Dates:
Thu 18 May 2023 - Thu 25 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

A highlight is Perth Festival of the Arts is the School Lunchtime Concert Series in St John’s Kirk. Open to all, these free weekday events are presented by young musicians from local schools. 

St John's Kirk

The Marian Consort - A Winged Woman

Dates:
Thu 18 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

A Winged Woman presents large-scale Continental music of the golden age of Polyphony found in Scottish manuscripts, alongside two major new works by award-winning composers Dani Howard and Electra Perivolaris that consider new perspectives of women throughout history.

Perth Concert Hall

Jools Holland

Dates:
Fri 19 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, television presenter and multiplatinum recording artist. It wouldn't be Perth Festival of the Arts without Jools Holland on the bill!

St Paul's Church Plaza

Perthshire Brass

Dates:
Sat 20 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Enjoy popular and traditional brass band classics, favourites from movies and musicals, and music you wouldn't normally expect to hear from a brass band! 

Perth Theatre

Roald Dahl’s The Three Little Pigs on Tour

Dates:
Sat 20 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Join Children’s Classic Concerts Wind Ensemble for a specially adapted concert version of Roald Dahl’s much-loved Revolting Rhymes poem.

Perth Theatre

An A-Z of Orchestral Triangle Playing

Dates:
Sat 20 May 2023

THIS EVENT IS PART OF PERTH FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Join Mick Doran, Principal Percussionist of the English National Opera Orchestra, as he invites you into the real world of the orchestral musician and its many interesting characters.