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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. click to enlarge poster 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: 6-7 April: Inverness Whisky Festival at Bogbain Farm 12 May: Inverness BID City Classic Vehicle Show 24-28 May: Happyness Comedy Festival 25 - 27 May: Loch Ness Film Festival, various venues June - September: Inverness Summer Festival 1-3 June: Northern Roots Festival at Bogbain Farm 4 June: Special events for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacon 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. Evening concert by Emile Sande in the Northern Meeting Park. 9 June: Inverness Cycling Festival 11.30 - 15:30 at Whin Park and Highland Rugby Club 15 - 17 June: Inverness Youth Football Festival 21 June: BBC's Antiques Roadshow at Cawdor Castle 12 - 15 July: Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links 12 - 14 July: Inverness Bunkers Festival 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. 25 - 28 July: Inverness Book Festival 28 July: Inverness Boat Festival 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. 18 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. 18 August: Monster Swim in Loch Ness 23 August: JLS in concert at the Northern Meeting Park, Inverness 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 Flower Show 4 – 9 September: Nairn Book & Arts Festival 6-7 September: Northern Meeting Piping Competition at Eden Court 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. mid October tbc - Inverness Street Theatre Festival October: Highland Archaeology Fortnight - events and seminars throughout the region. 15 - 19 October: Blazin' in Beauly (music festival) 26-27 October: Ness Islands Halloween Show 7 - 11 November: Inverness Film Festival November & December: Inverness Winter Festival 5 November: Bonfire and Fireworks Display 31 December: Red Hot Highland Fling - free Hogmanay concert in Inverness 31 December: Loch Ness Hogmanay at Drumnadrochit Looking ahead to 2013: January: Aviemore Sled dog rally organised by the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain in Glenmore Forest Park mid February: Snowman Rally end February: Inverness Fiddlers' Rally at Eden Court early March: The Inverness Music Festival 17 March: Inverness Half Marathon 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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