Posts for August, 2025

Grantown’s YMCA Community Centre Haunted House is back and it’s better than ever!

Bring your family, bring your friends and have ‘spooktacular’ fun this Halloween.

Take a tour around this Victorian building at night as it turns into a Haunted House with ghouls and ghosts around every turn.

Families with younger children are invited from 5pm to 6pm. There will be hot drinks for sale and sweetie bags for all. Donations welcome.

All are welcome to join us as we give thanks for the animals in our lives. This is a short service with a couple of well known hymns. We invite you to bring your pet or companion animal with you. There will be the opportunity to have a blessing prayed over your pet.

After the roaring success of last year, we are so excited to be bringing back the ‘Gather Inn’, our Friday night pub night in the tipi. A space for you to unwind on a Friday evening and kick off your weekend in the right way, we’ll even have cold frothy draft beer on rotation by the brilliant organic Black Isle Brewery!

The tipi has always been the perfect space for gathering and enjoying a drink around the fire, but to top it off we will be joined (most Fridays) by ‘Highland Slice’ serving up tasty pizzas from his gorgeous horsebox. We don’t take bookings for the Gather Inn, just turn up, we have plenty of seats inside and out, kids welcome until 8pm. However, if you want to order pizzas, you need to pre-order with Andrew from the Tuesday prior through his website but he does sell out quick (see web link).

Our ‘Gather Inn’ nights will run from the beginning of April to the end of October, minus the odd Friday where we have other events running . A friendly reminder that if you’re coming with kids, please keep them supervised at all times, particularly on the play area.

The Gather Inn will NOT be running on the following dates:
29th August
4th and 18th September
24th October

Join me for a creative workshop where we will explore different printing techniques using screen printing, LEGO printing, nature and recycling.

July 28th – Screen print with Lego dots to create your own unique prints
July 29th – Be inspired by nature and print using found objects outdoors or simply take inspiration from colours and shapes outdoors to screen print adventure patches
July 30th – Bring along some of your recycling and get creative making patterns, shapes and print a wooden wall tile
July 31st – Bring along your own T-shirt and design and screen print your own unique design

Classes run from 9am – 3pm (bring your own lunch) and cost £38 per day per child or book all four days in advance for £140
Suitable for children age 8 – 16

The Senior Fèis Spè Band “Monadh Ruadh” will be playing for you today. Monadh Ruadh is the original Gaelic name for Cairngorm, and means “The Red Mountain”. The band are playing at differnet local venues as well as an annual visit to Logie Steading, near Forres. We hope you enjoy the music! The band will be delighted to accept any donations to help towards the costs of running the band and Fèis Spè’s many activities throughout the year.
Fèis is a Gaelic word which means festival and has come to mean a community-run cultural and tuition festival for children and young people. Since 1991, that has been the role of Fèis Spe in the community of Badenoch and Strathspey, offering children and young people here access to tuition in Traditional Music and Gaelic with opportunities to play and perform.
This is Monadh Ruadh’s annual Summer Tour in Badenoch and Strathspey, come for a listen.
All events are free or by donation.

Join us for a summer evening spent dancing in the Lochain Bar, with traditional tunes from a live band providing fun and entertainment for everyone!

Never been to a ceilidh before? Don’t worry, the band will be calling the dances and everyone will muddle through together! You’re welcome to take part in as many or as few dances as you please, or just enjoy the atmosphere and a wee dram. The band will take a half hour break from 20.00-20.30, then resume the tunes before winding down by 10pm.

Dinner available for booking on the night.

The whole family is invited to our Greatest Showman event right here, in Grantown on Spey. You will be transported into the world of the The Greatest Showman movie, learning dances inspired by the film and then you’ll have the chance to enjoy a complimentary screening of the movie all as part of your ticket to this unique event!

We are taking over the Grantown Cinema to celebrate THE GREATEST SHOOOOOWWW!

It’s everything you ever want, it’s everything you ever need and its here right in front of you…

THIS IS WHERE YOU WANNA BEEEEEEE!!!

There are limited tickets for this which we expect to sell very quickly – so don’t miss out and grab yours soon!

If you want to dress up as your favourite character, it’s not required, but you will be in good company as many will be!

This is a day at the circus not to be missed!!

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.

Join us for Visitors Week at Grantown-on-Spey Golf Club, 21–24 July 2025. Enjoy a Highland holiday favourite with golf fun for the whole family during the school break. Fantastic value- just £280 for parents and children! Mixed and separate competitions for men, women, and juniors, plus daily prizes to be won. Play four rounds for just £75 (normally £260).

Full schedule:
Monday afternoon – Hickory Experience including a glass of wine. Two person Texas Scramble – clubs supplied (limited availability) £15 visitor £10 member.

Tuesday – Mixed Greensomes Stableford. Gents and ladies mixed, prizes for ladies, gents and mixed first £20 visitor £15 member.

Wednesday – Darvell Trophy gents singles medal handicap. 1st prize £150 and prize for 2nd and 3rd. Mixed playing groups allowed. £25 visitor £15 member.

Wednesday – Jackson Millar Trophy ladies singles medal handicap. 1st prize £150 and prize for 2nd and 3rd. Mixed playing groups allowed. £25 visitor £15 member.

Wednesday – Harvey Nicol Trophy juniors medal handicap. Prizes for 1st and 2nd place. Mixed playing groups allowed. £15 visitor £10 member.

Wednesday evening (from 7pm) – Themed food and quiz evening, max team number of four – all welcome.
Thursday – Closing Texas Scramble – teams of four. Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. £15 visitor £10 member.

Challenge Match: Strathspey Thistle FC v Ross County FC, Seafield Park, kick-off 7.45pm. Snack bar, half-time £50 raffle and merchandise. Refreshments in McKellar Suite. Parking (inc. disabled) at ground and at Burnfield Avenue Car Park (150m). Season Tickets for 2025-26 on sale.