Posts for September, 2026

Cairngorm Community Cinema in Aviemore is back with a special evening celebrating nature. In honour of the challenge that the wildfires have brought to our local community this summer, we are doing all tickets at £2.50 for this screening – so everyone can come and share the joy, beauty and power of nature in the amazing Super8 film, “Super Nature”. A love letter to nature created on Super 8 by people connecting across the world.
A global community captures intimate moments of nature using shared cameras, weaving their personal observations into a stunning visual tapestry that celebrates Earth’s raw beauty.

Doors at 6.30, film shortly after.
Tickets available on the door.
Look forward to welcoming the community cinema audience back to the big screen!

Blair Castle’s annual Christmas Market returns for 2026.
Join us inside the Banvie Hall, the beautifully atmospheric ballroom and outside our tented Christmas village will be in front of the Banvie Hall.

Beautiful art and crafts will tempt and delight with individuality and flair, wood work, metal work, antler art, textiles, art illustrations, pet snacks, decadent cushions, throws, ceramics, silk scarves. Locally designed jewellery featuring silver, gemstones, copper and glass. Lovely wood crafts, children’s clothes and exquisitely beautiful knitwear. Organic and vegan soaps & skincare, candles, reed diffusers and wax melts – all lovingly created in Scotland.

A glorious selection of tempting foods awaits you at the Blair Christmas Fair. Fabulous chocolate confectionery from the Third Sin and delicious preserves from Spice Harmony and fresh game in the form of steaks, pies, pates, & sausages.

Our alcohol producers include a spectacular range of gins, rums, vodkas and liqueurs.

Highland Food Shack will be bringing their tasty range of artisan street food suitable for all ages and Henderson’s Fine Food with mouth watering offerings.

A full list of exhibitors will be available on social media prior to the event.

Visiting the Castle:

Experience a self guided tour of the castle during your visit to the market. The castle will be dressed for Christmas and the gift shop open to all Christmas market visitors. The castle restaurant will be serving homemade and locally sourced hot and cold food and drinks, and offers a great place to sit down and take five.

Discover Blair Castle after dark on a tour through the castle and hear spooky tales told by characters of the past.
Put on your best Halloween outfit and join us for some spooky fun on Wednesday 28th October and Thursday 29th October from 5.00pm.

Book your 30 minute time slot today. The last tour is at 6.30pm.

Fancy dress is encouraged and all you can eat pizza with fries and drinks will be available in our restaurant. You can book food with your ticket in advance or buy food and drinks on the night.

Whirl and birl the night away to the stirring traditional tunes of Reel Scotch. If you don’t know the steps or have forgotten them, don’t worry, all will be explained when you take the floor. The venue is the refurbished acoustically engineered main hall in the YMCA Community Centre. Families welcome. Disabled access by spacious modern lift. B.Y.O.B. (Bring your own bottle/booze). Prize raffle. Event organised by The Grantown Society (c/o The Grantown Hub) as part of the Fiddler of Strathspey Festival 2026 (15-19 September).

Master fiddler Paul Anderson and bothy ballad specialist Shona Donaldson join varied talents The Braeriach Quartet, Bella Voce, Will Boyd-Wallis, Neil McGregor and The Fiddlers of Strathspey. The venue is the acoustically engineered hall at the YMCA Community Centre, Grantown-on-Spey. Disabled access by spacious lift. Teas, coffees and soft drinks available before concert and during the interval. Prize raffle. Organised by The Grantown Society, c/o The Hub, High St., Grantown-on-Spey.

As part of the Fiddler of Strathspey Festival, organised by The Grantown Society, the ever-popular Braeriach String Quartet play a selection of classical pieces. The concert also features the premiere of two pieces for string quartet and piano performed alongside local composer and pianist Dmytro Morykit.

The annual Cairngorm Ski Club Snowsports Equipment Sale offers Snowsports fans an excellent opportunity to buy and sell second hand and new ski and snowboard equipment and clothing. Here you can find a wide range of competitively priced equipment to suit all budgets. Goods can be closely inspected and boots tried for fit with ski club members and coaches are available for advice.

Learn how to create ink pigments from garden plants that you can use in drawing and painting. Run by Crathie based artist Naomi Mcintosh.

Discover the hidden world of plants, their past and present uses as inks and their roles in history and folklore. Using foraged plant materials, the workshop will guide you through how to transform them into natural inks, creating art inspired by the sounds, sights, and textures of the natural world.

The workshop is for having fun and trying your hand at something new. Everyone is welcome, no matter your experience or ability.

Minimum age 16 years.

Photo Credit – Sim Canetty-Clarke

Learn how to create ink pigments from garden plants that you can use in drawing and painting. Run by Crathie based artist Naomi Mcintosh.

Discover the hidden world of plants, their past and present uses as inks and their roles in history and folklore. Using foraged plant materials, the workshop will guide you through how to transform them into natural inks, creating art inspired by the sounds, sights, and textures of the natural world.

The workshop is for having fun and trying your hand at something new. Everyone is welcome, no matter your experience or ability.

Minimum age 16 years.

Photo Credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke

Spend a relaxing morning making clay impressions of natural objects with local artist, Mary Bourne.

Create artwork from clay impressions of leaves and other natural objects. The workshop will start with an optional short walk for those who would like to collect their own materials, such as leaves and twigs. A selection of natural objects will also be provided. Images will be created by pressing objects into clay slabs, before being cast into plaster.

Family friendly, but under 16s must be accompanied by an adult, also on a bookable ticket.

Please wear suitable clothing and footwear for the woodland walk.

Photo Credit Mary Bourne