Posts for September, 2026

Castle Roy’s Summer Car Boot Sales are set to become a regular fixture in the Strathspey summer calendar!

Held on the first Sunday of every month from May to September, our friendly, informal car boot sales take place in the spectacular setting of Castle Roy, just outside Nethy Bridge.

Whether you are having a clear-out, looking for a bargain, searching for something unusual or simply fancy a browse, come along and join us. Sellers can bring everything from household bits and pieces, books and toys to garden items, collectables and those mysterious things that have been sitting in the back of a cupboard for years waiting for their moment of glory.

There is no need to book, although you are very welcome to reserve a place in advance. Gates open for sellers at 10.00am and for buyers at 11.00am. We suggest a £10 donation to the Castle Roy Trust from sellers, helping us to care for and maintain this remarkable historic site.

And there can’t be many car boot sales with a backdrop quite like this one. Castle Roy is a fascinating medieval fortress, with wonderful views across Strathspey towards the Cairngorms, so you can combine bargain hunting with a visit to one of the area’s most atmospheric historic sites. Castle Roy itself is free to visit.

The sales will run on the first Sunday of May, June, July, August and September, and we hope they will become a permanent and much-loved part of the summer at Castle Roy.

Location: Castle Roy, one mile north of Nethy Bridge on the B970
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Sellers: from 10.00am
Buyers: from 11.00am
Suggested seller donation: £10
Booking: events@castleroy.org.uk
Please note: there are no facilities on site.

Come along to our all-age community show for sharing storytelling, music, poetry and art, as we celebrate Bird and Beast. Featuring Bulgarian stories by guest storyteller Nana Tomova, in partnership with the Scottish International Storytelling Festival ‘Go Local’

This year’s Festival explores the rich relationship between storytelling and the natural world through our theme Bird and Beast. Storylands is a place for different kinds of creativity to meet, so the stage remains open to music, poetry, spoken word, performance and whatever else you might bring with you.

Join us for some unforgettable tales and moments that bring us closer to nature, as we follow the trail of footprints and feathers and let our imagination take flight.

Come with something to share, or simply come to listen.

Come along and learn how to spin wool using a drop spindle and try out a spinning wheel with the Crafty Guidwives of Speyside.

Limited spaces available. Email info@braemarcastle.co.uk to book.

Interactive storytelling session with local author Sabine Muir.

Activity aimed at primary age children, will last an hour and will include a drink and snack.

Email info@braemarcastle.co.uk to book

Set on a remote Scottish island, the film follows siblings Isla and Sandy (Rankin and O’Rourke) who have lived a totally normal life for decades, hunting seabirds, chatting to mythic creatures and defending their isle from dreaded Incomers. Their world is upended with the arrival of Daniel (Gleeson), an awkward council worker, come to uproot them to the mainland.

While Daniel brings strange new discoveries, Isla and Sandy teach the outsider the ‘ways of the gull’. Together, the trio are forced to confront the truth about their respective isolation.

Doors 7pm, film starts shortly after – all tickets a fiver!
Community cinema, run by the community, for the community. All welcome!

Rabbie Burns Night Murder Mystery Dinner
Monday 25th January 2027

Celebrate Burns Night with a difference at the Star Hotel. Join us for a **3-course Burns Supper with a hilarious and interactive Murder Mystery performed by The Tentpeg Murderers**.
Three professional actors will bring the story to life, with characters moving between the tables, giving you the chance to **question the suspects, uncover clues and work together to solve the murder**.

The evening
6:00pm – Guests arrive and get settled
6:10pm – First act of the Murder Mystery
6:30pm – Burns Night dinner is served
After dinner – Work out who you think is guilty
During coffee – The suspects return for the final act, red herrings and the big reveal!

The evening is expected to finish at approximately 9:00pm, although timings may vary slightly depending on the size of the group and the pace of the dinner.

3-course Burns Night dinner included
Live Murder Mystery entertainment
Interactive – you get to interrogate the suspects!

Maximum 60 guests – advance booking essential.

Gather your friends, sharpen your detective skills and prepare for a Burns Night to remember!

The question is not whether there will be a murder… but can YOU solve it?

Three Artsists celebrate three Icons of Country Music -Hank Williams, Jim Reeves & Johnny Cash.
All backed by a five piece Country Music Band.

Door time: 6:30pm, start time: 7:30pm

All ages (under-14s must be accompanied by an adult)

Paper ticket available directly from Boat Hall.

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.

4th December 2026
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

A long‑term photojournalistic study of one of Scotland’s most important rivers, tracing its 170‑kilometre course from the Monadhliath Mountains, through the central and eastern Highlands to the Moray Firth. More than a scenic backdrop, the Spey is portrayed as a living system where environment, culture, industry, and history converge. The project explores how climate change, fluctuating water levels, and land management threaten salmon, settlements, and whisky production, even as local communities and conservationists fight to protect its biodiversity. It examines the river’s role in shaping identity and belonging, from local students to global whisky branding, and connects visible historical traces to ongoing struggles over land, labour, and power. Through sustained, seasonal visual reporting and multiple canoe descents of the river, the work reveals the Spey as a microcosm of global tensions between heritage and globalisation, economic survival and environmental responsibility.

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!