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Posted on October 30, 2026 by chrystallweb

MUSIC REVIEW: IMOUT Weekender wins as 15 band line-up in two days may be back to share Inverness sounds IMOUT Weekender attracted a crowd to see the two-day band line-up at An Seomar last weekend. Picture: MC IMOUT Weekender, An Seomar, Inverness | Friday and Saturday, October 23 and 24 | 15 bands and local … Continue reading REVIEW

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DOGSTAR CLASSIC DRAMA RETURNS …

Highland theatre legends DOGSTAR THEATRE COMPANY are back on tour, reviving The Tailor Of Inverness starting at Ullapool’s Macphail Centre last Saturday. Unfolding war and history – will time have changed Matthew Zajac’s story of his late father’s past, and how has the play affected the playwright and actor’s own life?Touring Scotland, the play has its second night in Edinburgh  on Tuesday at The Lyceum and returns to EDEN COURT on November 11 and 12, after Findhorn Universal Hall (Oct 21), Rosehall Hall (Nov 14), among many.

Summer ending at Under Canvas at Eden Court. ADAM ROSS and GILLIAN FLEETWOOD plus RACHEL SERMANNI and LOUIS ABBOTT – review here.

Another reminder for a must-see if you like your  bands/local musicians/ in bumper packs. Inverness label supremo and gig promoter IAIN McLAUGHLIN and the IMOUT label live weekender (Oct 23 and 24). Tickets now on sale for the spectacular two-day An Seomar giggery. And 15 of the brightest and best set to perform.

Don’t forget that Inverness singer-songwriter KATIE GREGSON-MACLEOD will release her debut album Albatross on November 6. Time to pre-order.

But we are very much moving – if you can very much move – into the Season Of The Book.

First up, former Charleston pupil CAL FLYN will be talking about her latest book The Savage Landscape which took her across the world to find and try to understand wilderness – from the ocean floor to volcanoes, going in search of Transylvanian brown bears to spending time with Nepal’s Bon people. Cal will be at HighlandLIT on Thursday September 10 at Roots Cafe from 7pm, tickets £7/ and concessions. Info/ QRcode at @HighlandLIT on Facebook or see Eventbrite.

Nairn Book & Arts Festival returned – guests included an upbeat former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and loads of other events including writer MANDY HAGGITH talking about her award-winning book The Lost Elms. See my review.

And up at the St Duthac Book & Arts Festival in Tain and the Seaboard villages there are guests and events till  September 13. Details at www.stduthacbookfest.com

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