Health and safety advice for RockNess revellers

With just one week to go until the largest music festival in the Highlands sees tens of thousands of people flock to the shores of Loch Ness for RockNess 2011, multi agency partners are issuing advice ahead of the event to encourage attendees to make the most of the weekend.
David Haas from the Highland Council [...]

Easter concert will help Japan

Highland Council has announced details of a special concert which will take place on Easter Monday in Eden Court Theatre in Inverness to raise funds for relief work in Japan.
Organised in partnership with Eden Court Theatre, the Inverness Business Community and the Highland capital’s four Rotary Clubs; the April 25th concert will feature one of [...]

2011 Highland Ranger guided walks and events programme launched

A programme of over 350 guided walks and events has been published by Highland Council’s Countryside Rangers in conjunction with New Century Publications Group.
Councillor Ian Ross, Chairman of Highland Council’s Planning, Environment and Development Committee said: “The 2011 programme runs from April through to the end of the summer with events taking place throughout the [...]

RockNess day tickets go on sale

Day tickets for RockNess have gone on sale this morning.
Demand for the day tickets is expected to be sky high and organisers are advising customers to secure the must-have briefs early.
RockNess 2011 takes place 10-12 June, 2011 in the village of Dores, ten miles south of Inverness on the shores of Loch Ness. [...]

What’s On: Ruscha’s Room – Seòmraichean Luchd-ealain

‘Ruscha’s Room’ is a collection of innovative artworks produced by creative young minds in the Highlands in response to an exhibition of the work of one of America’s greatest living artists which was on show at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery in autumn 2010.
The exhibition was ‘Ed Ruscha – Major Works from 4 Decades’ [...]

‘Scottish Joni Mitchell’ to visit Inverness

Press and Journal – AN AWARD-winning folk musician who has been described as a “Scottish Joni Mitchell” will visit Inverness next month as part of a major UK tour. Emily Smith’s gig at Eden Court’s One Touch Theatre on February 4 is one of only two gigs the young singer-songwriter is performing in Scotland as [...]

Costumes steal the show as panto proves to be a real Beauty

Press and Journal – IF PRIZES are to be awarded for outrageous costumes, then surely some will come to Eden Court Theatre, in Inverness. For those worn by director and actor Iain Lauchlan who plays the dame, glamorous cleaning-mad Dame Dorothy-Do-It in the pantomime Beauty and the Beast, were so funny they had the audience [...]

REVIEW: Joseph amazes Elgin with dreamcoat classic

Elgin Town Hall was packed almost to the doors on Sunday evening for what had to be a ‘colourful’ performance.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a West End classic, a biblical legend, and a culmination of three months’ hard work for the talented cast made up from full and part-time students from the Rock [...]

Joseph to don his Dreamcoat in Moray

Press and Journal – A BIBLICAL character promises to enthral a Moray audience with his coat of many colours at the weekend. The story of Joseph, his 11 brothers and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be performed by young entertainers from the Lossiemouth Rock Academy at Elgin Town Hall on Sunday. James Sidhom, 21, of [...]

Paolo Nutini grand finale for RockNess

PAOLO NUTINI has been confirmed to perform at next summer’s RockNess festival in a monumental landmark homecoming gig that promises to be one of the biggest celebrations of 2011 in Scotland.
With his status as one of music’s biggest names firmly sealed, Nutini and his brilliant band’s headline performance will bring the Highlands festival to a [...]

Dingwall sees the light

North Star – DINGWALL will be lighting up for Christmas next Friday, December 3, with a sparkling celebration planned to mark the start of the festivities. Dingwall Community Council and Dingwall Business Association have joined forces to organise the family event which will kick off at 6.30pm with a torchlight procession from outside the British [...]

Early bird offer for book fest

North Star – EARLY bird tickets for one of the Highlands most popular book festivals are now on sale. Authors for the Ullapool Book Festival from May 6-8 have yet to be announced but for those who are willing to trust the organisers to produce a great programme, they can snap up bargain tickets. The [...]

Thurso to celebrate Norse past with spectacular fire festival

Press and Journal – Thurso’s Norse heritage is to be celebrated with what promises to be a spectacular evening festival. Everything is in place for Da Doonie Day on December 3 which will feature a torchlight procession of guiser squads as well as the ceremonial burning of a Viking galley. Organisers say that despite similarities, [...]

Kasabian and Chemical Brothers to headline RockNess

STV – Rock giants Kasabian and dance music legends The Chemical Brothers are set to headline next summer’s RockNess festival in the Highlands. The festival which takes place in Dores on the banks of Loch Ness near Inverness will celebrate its sixth year next June. Kasabian will play the event for the first time, while [...]

Local artists exhibit in stunning location

Artists and eating establishments are working with a local property owner to offer a chance to buy art this Christmas and to visit a newly built Hunting Lodge.
Across the Highlands artists are opening their studios in time for Christmas Shopping. ‘Highland Open Studios’ has already hosted open studio events this spring and summer and [...]

Big crowds head for switch-on

Press and Journal – HUNDREDS of families are expected to descend on Inverness on Sunday as the countdown to the coming festive season begins with the switching on of the city’s Christmas lights. The event will begin with a mixture of Christmas carols and traditional Scottish music, performed by members of the Stagecoach Inverness Performing [...]

Elgin prepares for its winter festival

Press and Journal – A FAMILIAR seasonal decoration has arrived in a Moray town in time for a winter festival. Workers installed a Christmas tree on Elgin Plainstones yesterday, ready to be lit on Saturday by Sarah Westwood, a pupil at West End Primary School. The school’s head teacher Gordon Barron said that P5 pupil [...]

International music feast for youngsters

Press and Journal – BUDDING musicians will get the opportunity to experience music from around the world at a festival in Inverness today. Youngsters are being urged to attend the Love Music Festival family day, which will be held at Eden Court from 10am to 4pm. Three shows will be held in the One Touch [...]

Continental delights on offer at Inverness

Press and Journal – SHOPPERS in Inverness have been enjoying a taste of the exotic this week. A city-centre continental street market featuring more than 30 stalls has been offering something to tantalise all taste buds. Aromas wafting from the Eastgate and the High Street have been enticing hundreds of people to try sausages, cheeses, [...]

Nature’s Voice by John Lister-Kaye, at Moray Art Centre

Sir John Lister-Kaye will be presenting ‘Nature’s Voice – A writer’s personal quest for wildness’, as part of Moray Art Centre’s Behind the Dawn exhibition,
today at 7.30 pm to 9pm (Friday 12 November 2010).
Renowned author and naturalist Sir John Lister-Kaye will discuss the inspiration that the natural world provides to his writing, drawing [...]

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