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Buy tickets online or at Nairn Community Centre, Nairn Post Office, Nairn Bookshop - 01667 455528, Hi-Arts Inverness, Eden Court Inverness (Cash or cheque only), Beaver Travel (Forres)
Looking for somewhere to eat before an evening performance?
Golf View Hotel - Two-course early evening menu in the Conservatory at the cost of £9.95 per person.
Royal Bengal (High St) - show your tickets for that evening and get 10% off your food.
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| Saturday 7th June |
| 2.00pm |
Community Centre |
Gala Opening - East meets West |
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| 4.00pm |
Community Centre |
Christopher Brookmyre |
£6.00 |
| 7.00pm |
Community Centre |
Margaret Stewart hosts an evening of top class music and song by Jenna Cumming and Julie Fowlis (award-winning singer and winner of the 2008 Folk Singer award). Also taking part are Nairn Gaelic Choir. |
£10.00 |
| 9.30pm |
Community Centre |
Andy Hamilton |
£10.00 |
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| Sunday 8th June |
10-12.00am
1.00-3.00pm |
Seamans Hall |
Children's Workshops
Melanie Muir will draw on her own experiences working with polymer clay as a jewellery designer to teach children how to mould, bake and paint clay works.
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£2.50 |
| 2.30pm |
Viewfield Park |
Out of the Darkness CANCELLED |
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| 3.15pm |
Seamans Hall |
Storytelling
Margot Henderson has been storytelling since she was a child and she uses myths, singing and dancing to enthuse children of all ages. Her special interest is in nature and heritage. |
£2.00 |
| 4.30pm |
Community Centre |
William Dalrymple |
£6.00 |
| 6.30pm |
Community Centre |
Mellow Yellow - CANCELLED |
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| 8.00 |
Community Centre |
Tam Dean Burn - 'Harry Horse' |
£6.00 |
| 8.00 |
Little Theatre |
Singer Liz McLardy is joined by James Ross, Anne Macintyre and Gordon Tocher, three of Highlands' best musicians, for an informal evening of music for voice, clarinet and piano, ranging in style from jazz to the classics. There will be something for everyone in a programme of songs where the lyrics really matter! |
£6.00 |
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| Monday 9th June |
| 2.30pm |
Little Theatre |
Susan Alexander |
£6.00 |
| 3.30-4.30pm |
Central Beach |
Time and tide installation on beach and harbour wall - Lizzie McDougall
The installation will celebrate the elements seeking to work in harmony with time, tide, seasons and weather. The project was conceived exactly 6 months before the event in December. The culmination of activities will be a special floating off at High Tide on Sat 14th June 10am and 9pm with music and poetry. Free for adults and children (under 12s must be accompanied) |
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| 4.00pm |
Little Theatre |
Christopher Duffy |
£6.00 |
| 7.00pm |
Community Centre |
Janice Galloway |
£6.00 |
| 8.30pm |
Little Theatre |
Ian Hardie |
£6.00 |
| 9.30pm |
Little Theatre |
James Ross Back by popular demand following his enthusiastic reception last year, James Ross
introduces and performs more poetry from his collections Life, Death and Stuff, Orkney Strata, Mosaics and American Sublime. The title of his reading/stand-up event this year is Don’t get me started – again.
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£6.00 |
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| Tuesday 10th June |
| 10-3.00pm |
Seamans Hall |
Felt Workshop - Greta Bergman – an experienced felt worker whose class will enable each adult participant to make a felt picture and a 3D piece of felt work. |
£20.00 |
| 11.00am |
Newton Hotel |
MishMash - A group of local friends who love to share their enjoyment of poetry with others, will read an eclectic selection of poems. One or two might even break into song. The marquee is located beside The Village Green shop. Tea and scones are included in the ticket. |
£6.00 |
| 1.30-2.30pm |
Black Isle Bronze |
Tour of workshop - maximum 20 people |
£6.00 |
| 2.30pm |
Little Theatre |
Fred Johnson |
£6.00 |
| 3.30-4.30pm |
Central Beach |
Time and tide installation on beach and harbour wall - Lizzie McDougall |
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| 4.00pm |
Community Centre |
Isla Dewar |
£6.00 |
| 7.00pm |
Community Centre |
Bernard McLaverty |
£6.00 |
| 9.00pm |
Community Centre |
Jeremy Hardy |
£10.00 |
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| Wednesday 11th June |
| 11.00am |
Community Centre |
Roy Dennis talk on ospreys and other birds |
£6.00 |
| 12.15 |
Claymore Hotel |
Peter Mountain - talks career as a musician |
£6.00 |
| 2.30pm |
Community Centre |
Brodie Castle Daffodil talk |
£6.00 |
| 4.00pm |
Community Centre |
Gardeners' Question Time with Carole Baxter, Archie MacLaren of Broadley Garden Centre and Donald Green of Greens Nurseries. |
£6.00 |
| 6.30pm |
Newton Hotel |
Lesley Riddoch |
£6.00 |
| 8.00pm |
Community Centre |
Carducci Quartet and James Barralet |
£14.00 |
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| Thursday 12th June |
| 10.00-4.00pm |
Seamans Hall |
Portrait Workshop - Dean Melville, a highly qualified and experienced artist and art tutor, will give a day’s tuition in portrait painting. |
£25.00 |
| 12.15 |
Newton Hotel |
Andrew Mackintosh |
£6.00 |
| 2.30pm |
Community Centre |
Boath House Head Chef Cookery Demonstration |
£10.00 |
| 3.30-4.30pm |
Central Beach |
Time and tide installation on beach and harbour wall - Lizzie McDougall |
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| 4.00pm |
Community Centre |
Bridget Kendall |
£6.00 |
| 6.00pm |
Piccolo Press |
Workshop Tour by owner Tim Honnor |
£6.00 |
| 7.00pm |
Community Centre |
Cameron McNeish |
£6.00 |
| 7.30pm |
St Columbas Church |
David St John Thomas (Light refeshments served) |
Free |
| 9.00pm |
Newton Hotel |
Cabaret: Wind down from an energetic day at the festival with a relaxing drink and be entertained by local artistes Lee and Kate Cruickshank, Les Cameron, Kayleigh MacRae, Julia Westbrook, Terry Langdale and Roy MacQueen. |
£6.00 |
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| Friday 13th June |
| 10.00-12.00 |
Newton Hotel |
Creative Writing Workshop - At this Moniack Mhor sponsored event John Glenday will help aspiring authors to improve their creative writing skills. |
£10.00 |
| 12.15 |
Claymore Hotel |
Janet McInnes - storyteller |
£6.00 |
| 1.30pm |
Community Centre |
Kathakali demonstration |
£6.00 |
| 4.00pm |
Community Centre |
Robert Crawford |
£6.00 |
| 6.00pm |
Community Centre |
Prof. Tom Devine |
£6.00 |
| 8.30pm |
Community Centre |
Mike & Ali Vass with Anna Massie Band |
£10.00 |
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| Saturday 14th June |
| 10.00 |
Central Beach |
Time and tide installation on beach and harbour wall - Lizzie McDougall |
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| 11.00-12.30 |
Little Theatre |
Saturday morning at the cinema with Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton short films accompanied live by ‘Honky Tonk’ Andy May on the piano. Bring along the kids. |
Adults £6
Children £3 |
| 11.30 |
Community Centre |
Garden plants for Scotland - Raoul Curtis-Machin |
£6.00 |
| 2.30 |
Community Centre |
Puppet Theatre |
£6.00
Children £3 |
| 3.00pm |
Little Theatre |
Poetry Scotland |
£6.00 |
| 4.15 |
Little Theatre |
Short Story Awards |
Free |
| 4.30pm |
Little Theatre |
Eric McLeod |
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| 7.30pm |
Community Centre |
Mr Shakespeare's Sugar'd Sonnets
The Golden Age of Elizabethan England is evoked as James Ross and friends read a selection of sonnets and speeches by William Shakespeare accompanied by the Highland early music consort, Coronach, performing consort music from Shakespeare's lifetime on a galaxy of Renaissance instruments. |
£6.00 |
| 9.00pm |
Central Beach |
Time and Tide installation 'float off' with lights, readings and music |
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| 9.30pm |
Community Centre |
Ceilidh - A Last Fling. A group of traditional music graduates from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama will play at a ceilidh dance. A caller will be on hand to remind us what to do. |
£6.00 |
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Daily Events and Exhibitions Sun 8th -Sat 14th June 2008 |
Nairn Museum |
Caledonian Craft Connections |
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Ballark Place |
"The Magic of Automata" - an interactive exhibition for all ages.
Photographic Competition Exhibition
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Poetry readings by Pat MacPherson 11.00-11.30 Monday to Saturday
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An exhibition of work by a group of enthusiastic untrained artists who meet on Mondays at the Laing Hall, tutored by Mary Wilson, a local artist.
Wed 11–Fri 13: 2-4pm, Sat 14: 10am-5pm
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115 High St (The Brae, Nairn) |
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