Events Around Moray

Moray Society Members and Elgin Museum Volunteers show off their artistic talents in a special art exhibition, to raise money for the museum. All kinds of crafts from embroidery to cut paper work, photography to glass work, will be on show and for sale.

CAR BOOT Sale at INCHBERRY Hall on Sunday 25 AUGUST 2019, at Orton, Fochabers, Voted most popular in North Scotland. INCHBERRY & District Community Association IDCA volunteers run and organise Car Boot Sales at this lovely location on the last Sunday morning months of Mar - Sep. from 8.

This is a ground-breaking collaboration with Glasgow’s Optimo Music and Brazilian dance collective 7OITO. Join Scottish Dance Theatre for an immersive ceilidh experience, inspired by both the culture of Scotland and the street festivals of Brazil.

The next Committee Meeting of INCHBERRY & District Community Association (IDCA) is on Monday Sept 2, 2019, @ 7.30pm [Seven-thirty pm] in INCHBERRY Hall, foyer. All Committee members will be welcome to attend and contribute to the IDCA agenda to ensure we provide what the INCHBERRY Community wants.

The legendary, multi-award winning Old Blind Dogs bounded into their 25th anniversary year with a cracking new album Room with a View. With a line-up from the world of Scottish folk music that is approaching superstar status, the band creates a sound which stands at the forefront of the Scottish roots music revival.

The HIGHLANDERS Rally for BIKERS is taking place at INCHBERRY and District Community Hall and grounds over the weekend from noon Fri 6 September to noon Sunday 8 September 2019.

Taking inspiration from their roots in the Irish and English traditions, Flook have an enviable trademark sound, weaving and spinning traditionally rooted tunes over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination.

Making a hugely welcome return to the Universal Hall, Kakatsitsi have established themselves as one of the leading African drumming groups, renowned for the quality of their singing and their accessible, funky, danceable drumming grooves.

Alecia Karr is back with us to bring you a fantastic night, featuring the hits old and new! This event is one of our favourites!

Wild things! is delighted to welcome eminent Scottish mycologist, Liz Holden, to lead us on a fascinating foray into the enigmatic world of fungi! Liz has well over 30 years experience in her field and Wild things!

LINE DANCING – All are welcome to join the Line dancing Night on Friday 20 September 2019 in INCHBERRY HALL. Enjoy a fit and fun for all evening dancing with music and gently limber those body parts and socialise in INCHBERRY Hall with convivial company. ’Bring a Party to a Party’.

Join us for a fascinating and enjoyable day learning all about our local Wild Foods. Discover the wonderful world of wild foods as we have some fun foraging in the forest. September is a great time to get out the basket and harvest some lovely wild edibles as the fungi, nuts and fruit are in abundance.

Nominated ‘Musician of the Year’ – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2018 – Martin is known as a guitarist of formidable talent. Equally at home playing English traditional folk, American folk and blues and his own compositions, he is consistently named as one of the very finest fingerstyle guitar players in the world.

Get into Moray’s buildings this September! Free entry to 18 venues throughout Moray on Saturday 21st Sep 2019. Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that celebrates heritage and built environment, old and new. There are a few ways to find our full details of what’s on: 1.

A talk, by Dr. Ken Brown, retired consultant radiologist, about Dr. Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, which celebrates 200 years of serving the community.

Created and directed by Kally Lloyd-Jones, The Chosen is an intensely moving dance piece about dying and embracing the art of living. How do we choose to live in the face of the inevitable and how do we think about the final stage of our life cycle?

Produced by Red Bridge Arts this is a theatre show for children aged 3-6 years featuring a storyline about well – a stick, just a stick. But for one, all alone, this stick has something special. And soon the two are the best of friends. They run, play, hide and rest…and stick together when things get tough.

CAR BOOT Sale at INCHBERRY Hall, last one this year, on Sunday morning, 29 September 2019, at INCHBERRY & District Community Association (IDCA), Orton, Fochabers. Volunteers run and organise Car Boot Sales on the last Sunday morning of the summer months Mar - Sep from 8.30 am to 1 pm.

Liz Rothschild is a performer, celebrant and award-winning burial ground owner. In this one-woman show she shares her unique insights and experiences from life’s finishing line.

Jenny Main has produced a number of books about Elgin and her latest one A-Z of Elgin, People-Places-History will be published in September, by Amberley Publishing. Elgin Museum will host a book signing for Jenny between 11am and 1pm. All are welcome to come and ask her about her books and get her latest one signed.

A celebration of all things whisky & centred in Dufftown, the malt whisky capital of the world. The festival will allow you to get up close & personal with some of the biggest names in the industry, Each day will include intimate whisky experiences with an autumnal theme, from dinners with revered distillers, food...

An Elgin Museum Young Marvels event, it’s a murder mystery with a bit of archaeology thrown in! This is bookable, so places are limited.

Based on the Isle of Skye, the Peatbog Faeries bring Celtic Dance music into the 21st century by incorporating many influences which take them from traditional jigs and reels through jazz, hip hop, reggae and more.

LINE DANCING – All are welcome to join in at 7.30pm on Friday 18 October 2019, where INCHBERRY & District Community Association (IDCA) welcomes all who wish to experience/ learn and enjoy line dancing.