Posts for March, 2026

Mixed exhibition of photography and fine art showing our gallery artists including Bob Kinnaird, Douglas Spalding, Kirsty Ritchie and Janet Jamieson. Also crafts including tweed, glass, ceramics, jewellery and more.

18 stalls, local crafters selling their crafts, wood crafts, photography, art, embroidery & sewing, jewellery, award winning preserves and more…..

7.15pm to 8.15pm: Mentored session with Paul Anderson, renowned fiddler and master of the “Strathspey” genre. Players invited to participate, learn and enjoy (£10 per player); 8.30pm to 10.00pm: Open session in The Ben Mhor bar – all welcome and bring your traditional instrument. Event organised by The Grantown Society.

Quiz Night fundraiser in aid of Strathfest 2026. £5 per person, teams of up to 6. Pay on the door. Great prizes for quiz plus raffle prizes include £100 voucher to spend at The Ben Mhor, hamper, canvas bag of Cairngorm Brewery Beers and more. Licensed bar. 7pm for start of quiz at 7.30pm sharp.

Linda and Ian, armed with a large map of all the trails, take you on a tour of the Anagach Woods in Grantown-on-Spey and give insight to the latest activities and successes of Anagach Woods Trust. Organised by The Grantown Society – all welcome. Drinks may be taken through from the bar.

The annual Atholl Highlanders Parade will return to Blair Castle on Saturday the 23rd May 2026.

The Atholl Highlanders are the only remaining private regiment in Europe and act as the personal bodyguard to the Duke of Atholl, who is Chief of Clan Murray. Whilst they don’t have any military role, they are armed with Lee-Metford rifles, and include a pipe band.

Join us from 11am in the Ballroom for an Atholl Highlanders talk with Archivist, Keren Guthrie and CSM, Garry Brailsford. Before heading to the forecourt of Blair Castle from 2.30pm for the annual parade, including a live pipe band and the firing of the cannon.

Join in with our Easter Egg Hunt inside the castle throughout the Easter holidays. Search the castle rooms to find letters on Easter eggs and unscramble them to make an Easter themed word. Collect your prize from the shop upon completion!

Available for free with a Castle ticket.

Gates open for Sellers at 10.00
Gates open for Buyers at 11.00
🎪 Donations to Castle Roy suggested: £10
✒️ Book a Place use events@castleroy.org.uk
Please note there are No Facilities!

Our March show celebrates Nan Shepherd’s beloved book The Living Mountain – an intimate, place-rooted exploration of the Cairngorms that continues to inspire artists, walkers and nature-lovers today.

This special gathering will bring together local storytelling, music, poetry, song and visual art inspired by the mountains and our relationship with landscape. Contributions from all ages are warmly welcome – from performers and makers to those who simply come to listen and share in the atmosphere.

We’re thrilled to welcome special guest Jenny Sturgeon – Scottish singer-songwriter, sound artist and creator of the award-winning album and audio-visual project The Living Mountain. Jenny’s deeply atmospheric work weaves field recordings, song and landscape into a meditative exploration of place and our relationship with the natural world; a perfect resonance with Nan Shepherd’s writing and the spirit of this month’s Storylands Sessions. Jenny’s album The Living Mountain was nominated for Scottish Album of the Year and won Best Acoustic at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards.

Come and join the fun led by the young Feis Spe Ceilidh Band
Music, dancing and merriment
Refreshments and Raffle

Tickets available on the door but worth booking to avoid disappointment
Ceilidhs normally sell out