Posts for November, 2023

The Glen Tanar Christmas Fair is back for 2023, and we’re more excited than ever to celebrate the holiday season with you! Join us as we bring together an incredible lineup of local producers, along with a mouthwatering selection of food and drink suppliers that will make your Christmas extra special.

Here’s what you can look forward to at our festive fair:

🌲 The Seed Box Ltd will be selling beautiful Christmas trees from the Walled Garden.

🌿 The Glen Tanar Charitable Trust is hosting two guided nature walks for children to explore the beauty of Glen Tanar this winter.

🌟 Emily From Fior will lead a magical Christmas Wreath Workshop, where you can create your very own festive masterpiece.

Glen Tanar has everything you need to ‘Wrap Up’ the holiday season in style. 🎁

Stay tuned for more updates and announcements. Tickets go live for the wreath workshops on Friday 10th November. We can’t wait to see you all again this year and make this Christmas the most memorable one yet! 🎉❄️🤶

Ceilidh open to all the family at Cromdale Village Hall. Tickets only £10, children under 16 are free. A BYOB event. Come and join us for a fantastic evening

Three days of festive fun in Braemar.
Dinners
Music Cafe
Jingle Bell Jaunt
Wreath Making Workshop
Food Carts and Fires
A Celebration of Christmas Concert
Christmas Markets
Horse Carriage Rides
Santa’s Grotto
Story and Songs with Santa
Mulled Wine and Fires
Festival Finale – Ballater Pipe Band

Join us as we ❄️ Welcome Winter ❄️ at this *free annual community event at the Aviemore Ice Rink, located within the Macdonald Aviemore Resort on Friday 15th December from 4pm to 10pm.
We will be celebrating all there is to love about the winter season here in the Cairngorms National Park at our Annual Winter Launch Festival. There will be BBQ, Music, Mulled Wine, Mince Pies, Fire Pit & Smore, Ice Skating and much more!
❄️⛸🏒🥌🏂⛷☃️ 🍔🍷🥧🔥✨
📆 Friday 15th December 2023
⏰ 4pm to 10pm (ice rink open from 1.30pm for ice activities)
📍Aviemore Ice Rink, located within the Macdonald Aviemore Resort
*Free entry event – fundraising activities to support the development of our community ice sports programs and the Aviemore Burnside Playpark Project
Organised and hosted by Aviemore and Glenmore Community Trust

We would love for you to join us in our tipi for a night of festivities, with seasonal cocktails on the bar, musical merriment and a whole load of Christmas spirit. Your ticket includes a drink on arrival and an array of tasty canapes, with the brilliantly talented Umami on the decks guaranteed to get you dancing.

Space is limited so don’t miss out

This year we are raising funds towards Phase 2 of our Ski slope, which is the addition of the Magic carpet feature which will open up the slope to people with additional needs.

We are limiting numbers this year due to a reduced parking area so please book your slot here online to secure a space.
Times –

Registration forms from 9.30am
Dip 10.30 am

£10 Entry fee donation

WE ASK PARTICIPANTS TO SIGN UP ONLINE BEFORE 11AM ON 31st DECEMBER

Consent forms MUST be filled out and either email it back to beach@lochinsh.co.uk or bring it in the morning of the 1st to hand into registration desk on the beachfront.

FOOD AND DRINK
The Boathouse Restaurant will be open for Breakfasts and tables will be on a first come first served basis
We will also be offering takeaway breakfast rolls and hot drinks between 10am and 11am .

PARKING
Please allow some extra time for parking as this can get quite busy.

The famous Grantown on Spey Hogmanay Street Party returns once again with live music, dancing, bar, hot food and a firework display at ‘the bells’ accompanied by a traditional piper.

We will once again be joined by Speysound Radio to get the party started.

Plugged in and packed with soul this performance by J Emmanuel is set to warm us through and finish off our Tipi sessions beautiful for this year.

Regulars at the famous Jazz Bar in Edinburgh, expect soulful melodies and a mixture of original and well loved work. A gorgeous night listening to velvety vocals round the fire and sipping mulled cider.

Join us for a screening of the new film The Oil Machine on 15 November at 7.30pm in The Grant Arms, Grantown-on-Spey for an inspiring screening and conversation on our energy future.

The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with fossil fuels by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil & gas. This invisible machine at the core of our economy and society now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil?

The film brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives, economists, young activists, oil workers, pension fund managers, and considers how this machine can be tamed, dismantled or repurposed.

Come and join us to turn on the Christmas Tree Lights on the Village Green. There will be hot chocolate, mince pies, gluhwein, some Christmas carols & loads festive cheer! Children invited to come along at 3.45pm.