As of 5 November 2012, upcoming events include

9 Nov Inverness Architectural Association conference and Awards Dinner, with special guest Fred MacAulay

http://highlandarchitects.org/cpd2012.htm

10 Nov 7.30 pm Caberfeidh Camanachd Club (Strathpeffer Shinty Club) annual dinner dance with music by Strathpeffer Dance Band. Tickets £20, including hot buffet, from Val MacGregor 01997 421283

http://caberfeidh.blogspot.co.uk/

15 Nov 8 pm Stu Brown Sextet. The Stu Brown Sextet was formed in 2008, to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the little known band leader, composer and inventor Raymond Scott, whose wacky, hyper-animated, eyeball-popping ‘cartoon jazz’ is most widely recognisable for its use in the Looney Tunes cartoons from the 1940s onwards and, more recently, in Ren and Stimpy and The Simpsons. Tickets £10 online from WeGotTickets.com and TicketWeb.co.uk, including TicketWeb 24-hr hotline 08444 771000, June’s Card Shop Dingwall and the Pavilion 01997 420124.

www.raymondscottproject.com

http://raymondscottproject.tumblr.com

16 Nov 8 pm Salsa Celtica, whose synthesis of Scottish and Irish traditional

music with all the Latin American elements of salsa has taken them

and their music all over the world. The group has been a hit at all

major Celtic, jazz, world music and salsa festivals, as well as topping

the New York and LA salsa charts and European world music charts

and being nominated for folk music awards.

The lineup combines some of Scotland and Ireland’s most exciting

traditional musicians together with a stellar group of world, jazz

and salsa musicians from the UK and Latin America. Salsa Celtica

is a stunning combination of virtuosity and energy, making it one

of the most exciting groups on the world music circuit today.

A stunning marriage of musical styles … (The Scotsman)

…. not to be missed (LA Times)

This unique group is a dynamic force on the world music

scene (Songlines UK)

Tickets £15 (£6 for school pupils) are online at WeGotTickets.com and TicketWeb.co.uk, including TicketWeb 24-hr hotline 08444 771000, June’s Card Shop Dingwall and the Pavilion 01997 420124.

www.salsaceltica.com

22-25 Nov – Art Fair

The Pavilion’s spectacular annual Art Fair, organized by Friends of the Pavilion and typically showing nearly 400 original works by well over 100 artists working in the Highlands & Islands. All work for sale. NB: participation in this event is by invitation only – the Friends Art Fair committee now has over 350 artists on its list and cannot possibly include all of them every year. Opening times are:

Thursday 22 Nov 10 am to 8 pm

Friday 23 Nov 10 am to 8 pm

Saturday 24 Nov 10 am to 6 pm

Sunday 25 Nov 10 am to 2 pm

Entry is free, though there will be a small charge for the catalogue. There will also be a raffle and, as always, the Friends of the Pavilion will sell teas with their own delicious home baking during the day.

28 Nov 8 pm The Animals & Friends. Featuring John Steel and Mickey Gallagher from The Animals, plus Danny Handley (performed alongside Spencer Davies, Bobby Elliott and Rick Lee), and Pete Barton (The Mindbenders, Boomtown Rats). Plus very special guest Zoot Money.

The Animals & Friends remain a seminal rhythm & blues band who still command great respect internationally amongst their peers as well as from fans of all ages who instinctively respond so enthusiastically to such pivotal songs from The Animals’ catalogue such as ‘We Gotta Get Out of This Place’, ‘Boom Boom’, ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, ‘Baby, Let Me Take You Home’, ‘I Put A Spell On You’ and the band’s multi-million selling anthem and no. 1 hit across the world – ‘House of The Rising Sun’.

“The band that shook the world back in 1964 have re-invented themselves …. quality and distinct sound that was, and still is, The Animals ….” (Barry Kirk, Romford Recorder). Tickets £15 online from WeGotTickets.com and TicketWeb.co.uk, TicketWeb 24-hr hotline 08444 771000, June’s Card Shop Dingwall and Pavilion 01997 420124

www.animalsandfriends.co.uk

http://zootmoney.org

1 Dec 7.30 pm Dingwall Choral Society and The Invergordon Singers present Handel’s Messiah. Tickets £8 on sale soon.

www.dingwallchoralsociety.co.uk

14 Dec 8 pm Showstopperz – ‘70s Christmas Spectacular. Join the Highlands’ top youth production company in an evening of song and dance from great ‘70s hits, many of which have been given an additional Christmas touch. Includes the music of ABBA, Bee Gees, Jackson Five, Donna Summer and the Carpenters. Tickets £12 / £9 (family £36) on sale soon.

15 Dec 8 pm Christmas Dance with music by members of Strathpeffer Dance Band and former members of the Sterling Showband. A similar event last year proved so popular and enjoyable that everyone wanted to do it again this year. Members of the only two groups to have been resident bands at the Pavilion in its dance hall days combine to provide a very special programme of excellent ceilidh dance music and popular “golden oldies”. Tickets £18 (to include stovie supper) on sale very soon.

14 Jan 7.30 pm Wildbird Theatre presents Dreich House, Adventure Activity Holidays for Children that Nobody Loves. A film and theatre experience. Tickets £8 on sale soon.

http://dreichhouse.com

www.wildbird.org.uk

Plus conferences, weddings, functions and other private events not included on this list

Strathpeffer Pavilion 01997 420124 www.StrathpefferPavilion.org

enquiries@StrathpefferPavilion.org

TicketWeb 24/7 ticket hotline: 08444 771000

Source: Strathpeffer Pavilion