Posts for April, 2025

Join Us for an Easter Sunday Full of Fun & Delicious Food!

This Easter Sunday, gather the family and enjoy a mouthwatering Sunday roast lunch or choose from a delicious selection on our main menu—there’s something for everyone!

Make a day of it with our Easter Family Fun Day, packed with activities for all ages:
– 100ft assault course
– Bouncy castles & inflatable games
– Kids’ DJ playing music, leading party games, dances & giving out prizes
– Easter Bunny appearance & an exciting Easter Egg Hunt

This event is completely free for all to attend—we’d love to see as many families join us as possible!

Optional extras available to purchase: Candyfloss, popcorn & slushies from Bruce Entertainment.

Food & drink will be served all day, including our Wee Rascals kids’ menu to keep little ones happy. Plus, every child dining with us will receive a special Easter Gift from the Easter Bunny!

Mark your calendars and hop on over for a fantastic Easter Sunday!

I am super excited to bring you this unique, one-off workshop with guest teacher, the utterly fabulous… Yasmin Kabir!!! 🩷✨

She believes wholeheartedly, that dance is a tool to empower people, and empower people she does! Yasmin has an incredibly warm, encouraging and uplifting spirit, and taking part in one of her classes is just joy for the soul. We are so fortunate that she has agreed to fly up and teach for us here in Grantown-on-Spey. As a teacher with experience in multiple styles, Yasmin incorporates influences from different genres and is very excited to share her “Vogue inspired” routine.

Yasmin and I share a similar ethos – that dance is for everybody – all levels, all abilities, EVERYONE! That is really clear in her classes, which I have been lucky enough to attend, where total beginners, people of all ages and different backgrounds all come together and enjoy the music. This is why I am so excited to have her with us, her positive vibe is infectious and I can’t wait for you to experience it for yourselves.

This is going to be a striking, expressive experience, filled with sharp poses, fluid arm movements, and fierce attitude. This workshop is all about confidence, self-expression, and channeling your diva energy!

Join us in the tipi for an intimate evening of song and merriment with the gorgeous pairing of Rachel Sermanni and Louis Abbott, dear old friends of The Dell. We really can’t wait to have them back and for them to kick off the first of our ‘In the Woods’ gigs for 2025.

Rachel Sermanni, originally from just along the road in Carrbridge, is a renowned writer, musician and artist who has been gracing the Sottish folk scene with her stunning vocals and poetic song writing skills since 2011. Add in to the mix the unique and captivating voice of Louis Abbott of Glasgow based band Admiral Fallow, along with his witty banter and crowd pleasing chat, and we have ourselves a beautiful night of music and laughter in the tipi. Rachel and Louis are no strangers to performing together and with their wonderful chemistry and mesmerising voices that complement each other so beautifully, you will definitely be left wanting more.

Doors and bar opens at 7pm with music starting at 8pm, we look forward to seeing you here!

St Patrick, St Brigid of Kildare, St Hildegard of Binger, Abelard and Heloise, Goliards and Le Roman de Fauvel- meet them all in mediaeval sacred chant, satirical song, and dances.

Rebecca Tavener of Cappella Nova and Canty (soprano) with Bill Taylor (harp, clarsach and psaltery) with another programme of wonderful early music

Friday 28th March at 7.30 pm (drinks available in the church hall from 7.00 pm)

Admission free (Retiring collection)

Outside dance event by Cairngorm School of Dance

Badenoch and Strathspey are getting ready to celebrate the start of the wader breeding season again!

The first of these enigmatic but sadly threatened group of bird species has already returned in the area. Soon they will start to fill the valley and the hills with their characteristic calls and songs.

Join us to enjoy local wader inspired arts and crafts, listen to expert presentations and get inspired by beautiful poetry and music performances.

Tickets are free of charge for this event but booking is essential. Please note entry to Highland Wildlife Park is not included.

This event will take place in our Learning Hive at Highland Wildlife Park.

For further information please contact [email protected].

After a five-year break from touring, The Saw Doctors staged a brilliant comeback in 2023 with sold out shows in London at Hammersmith Apollo, New York at Hammerstein Ballroom and two homecoming shows in Tuam, Co. Galway where they played to 10,000 people in St. Jarlath’s Arena.

The Saw Doctors are powered by song writers Davy Carton (vocals) and Leo Moran (guitar) with a band lineup including former Waterboy Anthony Thistlethwaite on saxophone, Rickie O’Neill, drums, Pearse Doherty, bass guitar, Kieran Duddy, keyboards, Noelie McDonnell, backing vocals and Tommy Carton, backing vocals.

“Born into a repressed, catholic, conservative, small-town, agrarian, angst-ridden & showband infested society, The Saw Doctors are trying to preserve the positive elements of our Irish background and marry them to the sounds which have culturally invaded our milieu through TV, radio, social media, 45’s, fast food restaurants, 24-hour petrol stations & electric blankets”. Leo Moran, The Saw Doctors

Ben Mhor Bar traditional music sessions arranged by The Grantown Society.

Mentored group sessions (£5). Bar music session free.

All welcome to come along and play or simply enjoy the bar atmosphere as you listen to master fiddler Paul Anderson and other talents.

(Please note the planned session on the 8th May has been rescheduled to the 22nd May)

The Atholl Gathering and Highland Games will return to Blair Castle on Sunday 25th May 2025 and tickets available to purchase online.

The Atholl Highlanders officially open the Highland Games with a ‘March On’, led by the sound of their pipes and drums.

Strongmen from around Scotland take centre stage to battle it out. Events include tossing the caber, putting the shot and throwing the hammer. There are plenty of other attractions, such as highland dancing, tug o’ war, solo piping, trade stands and refreshments to provide a fun day out for all the family.

Full event details will be released soon.

Join us in the ballroom on Thursday 28th August at 7.30pm for a live performance from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Experience an evening of energy and elegance as Jakob Lehmann conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in a concert that sparkles with wit and youthful charm.

The night begins with Rossini’s ever-popular Overture to The Barber of Seville, a whirlwind of bustling brilliance and comedic flair. SCO Principal Clarinet Maximiliano Martín takes centre stage for Spohr’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2, a lyrical gem of the Romantic era that Maximiliano champions with passion and virtuosity.

The concert concludes with Schubert’s Symphony No. 2, a joyful work that brims with youthful exuberance, irresistible melodies and boundless energy.

Kindly supported by Eriadne & George Mackintosh, Claire & Anthony Tait and The Jones Family Charitable Trust.

There will be an interval with tea, coffee and soft drinks available.

Programme:
ROSSINI – Overture, The Barber of Seville
SPOHR – Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E-flat, op 57
SCHUBERT – Symphony No 2 in B-flat
Jakob Lehmann conductor
Maximiliano Martín clarinet

Tickets available from the SCO: Rossini & Schubert | Scottish Chamber Orchestra