Posts for July, 2025

Join Us for our Annual Christmas Market!

Get ready to soak up the festive spirit at our cozy Christmas Market!
Stroll through charming stalls filled with handmade gifts, seasonal treats, hot drinks, and holiday cheer.

Perfect for families, friends, and anyone who loves the magic of the festive season.
📅 5th December 2025
📍 Boat of Garten Community Hall
⌚ 4pm-7pm
🎁 Free entry | Local Artisans | Food & Drink

Bring your holiday spirit and shop local this season – See you there! 🎅🤶🛍️

If you have products you would like to sell at our market, do get in touch – info@boathall.org.uk / 01479 831123

‘Lock Inn’ with Jemima & The Fuse; an experimental, alternative folk duo made of singer Jemima Thewes and Hidden Orchestra drummer Tim Lane. A hearty ride of cloud-hopping tales, deep resonance and intricate rhythms, sliding into after show dance vibes.
If you were lucky to catch these two when they performed with the Langan Band a couple of years ago you may recall the high vibe in the Tipi that night.
Don’t miss this one folks.. its going to be really special.

Step back in time and uncover the mystery of the Picts with the Glenlivet & Inveravon Heritage and Dark Sky Ranger. This engaging talk and tour will introduce you to the Pictish people, their unique art, and the symbol stones that continue to inspire centuries after they were carved.

Set within the ancient and atmospheric site of Inveravon Church—an important place of worship and pilgrimage for generations—we’ll closely examine the intricate carvings on the four remarkable Pictish stones discovered here. You’ll learn how these enigmatic symbols fit into a wider cultural story and how the Picts helped lay the foundations of modern Scotland.

This is an opportunity to connect with Scotland’s ancient past, surrounded by the stunning scenery of Speyside.

Practical Information:

Meeting point: Access to Inveravon Church and burial ground is via a single-track road off the A95, about half a mile north of the entrance to Ballindalloch Castle. Follow the brown tourist sign for the Inveravon Pictish Stones.

Parking: Available at the bottom of the drive and in front of the church building.

Family-friendly: Young visitors are often fascinated by the Picts and are warmly encouraged to attend. All children and youth under 16 attend free.

Inveravon Church is currently under threat of closure and sale by the Church of Scotland. The local community is working hard to preserve it as a heritage centre and community hub. Your support helps keep this unique site alive and accessible for future generations.

Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site. Public toilets are available in Cragganmore at Ballindalloch Station on the Speyside Way or in Aberlour.

Well behaved dogs may attend but must be leashed.

This event is generously funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

The Spey Bank Studio’s summer show continues!

We’ve extended our Sunshine and Shadows exhibition to run throughout August, thanks to the addition of a host of new work by artists based in the Cairngorms.

Among the names contributing to the show are Shona Cammack, Helen Bruce, Myrddin Irwin and Rona Kant.

A special Cairngorm Community Cinema screening to celebrate Wes Anderson – we will be showing the 2012 classic, “Moonrise Kingdom” with special guests (more to come).

The coming-of-age comedy-drama film follows two 12-year-olds who live on an island as they fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.

Doors at 6.30pm, film start 7pm.
Run length 1hr30min.

Community-owned but operated in partnership with Spey Valley Cinema and supported by the BFI and Film Hub Scotland, Cairngorm Community Cinema aims to create a space where the community can gather, discover new perspectives, and enjoy film.

At just £5 a ticket, we’re making it accessible to all.
Tickets only available on the door, so just show up!

Please come once again support our community cinema to keep it running for the rest of the year.

Cairngorm Community Cinema is excited to present “Tornado” as our June screening.

A 2025 British period action drama film written and directed by John Maclean, filmed in Scotland. Staring Kōki, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira and Tim Roth. When her father’s puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.

Doors at 6.30pm, film start 6.40pm.
Run length 1hr30min.

Community-owned but operated in partnership with Spey Valley Cinema and supported by the BFI and Film Hub Scotland, Cairngorm Community Cinema aims to create a space where the community can gather, discover new perspectives, and enjoy film.

At just £5 a ticket, we’re making it accessible to all.
Tickets only available on the door, so just show up!

Please come once again support our community cinema to keep it running for the rest of the year.

The Braemar Folk Festival returns for it’s fifth year with an absolutely stellar line up of artists performing evening concerts in the stunning atmosphere of St Margaret’s Braemar as well as fringe events in various cosy venues around the village from foot stomping sessions to instrumental workshops.

Further details and the line up will be posted in due course. Keep an eye on the website!

The Braemar Literary Festival, curated and staged by the Fife Arms in collaboration with The Queen’s Reading Room was established in 2022 and now returns for its fourth year.

Turn the page on your next big adventure and visit us in our storybook setting from 26th September to 28th September for a weekend celebrating the power and quiet beauty of the written and spoken word and the creative use of text across all artforms.

We have a stellar line up for 2025 and are delighted to be joined by acclaimed author and actor Sir Stephen Fry, prolific and best-loved author Sir Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling writer Monica Ali and the author/screenwriter of global sensation ‘One Day’, David Nicholls. Food writer and critic Tom Parker Bowles also returns alongside restaurant critic and columnist Giles Coren, as part of our fantastic literary line up plus

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NO LONGER TAKE PLACE TODAY (SUNDAY 29TH)

Lego fans and families! What does “Home” mean to you?
What could a home in the Cairngorms National Park look like? A cabin? An eco house?
Perhaps a tree, nest, drey or dam? A river?
Use the bricks available in the National Park’s Ballater space to build something new, then leave it to inspire others and form an exhibition for all to see over the summer.
All children must be accompanied and adequately supervised by a responsible adult.
Adults do not have to be accompanied by a child 🙂
Free | Donations to Ballater Lego Club welcome
Builds will be displayed until mid-September
No booking required but space is limited in the public area.
If it looks busy, please come back later 🙂

The Mikeysline 10th Year Anniversary Comedy Tour is making its stop by KINGUSSIE, at the BADENOCH CENTRE, on FRIDAY 25th JULY, show starts at 8pm!!🎭
This tour is a fundraiser for the incredible work done by Mikeysline over the last 10 years, with all profits from this night goes directly to this amazing cause!🐝
This will be an outstanding night of Stand-Up Comedy that you won’t want to miss!😄
⭐⭐Get your tickets right NOW!!!⭐⭐