High-energy touring show celebrating the UK's 2Tone and Ska era with the hits of Madness, Bad Manners, The Beat and more.
Free reusable Christmas craft session for adults (16+) to make festive items like bunting, gift bags and decorations, part of the library's Lend and Mend initiative.
Talk for adults held at Comrie Library in Perth, with booking essential.
Tribute show by ELO Again, a professionally re-enacted ELO concert with a light show and visual effects.
Lecture by Prof. Martin McCoustra of Heriot-Watt University on how chemistry in space created the organic building blocks of life.
Talk on humanoid robots moving from laboratories into everyday life, held at the AK Bell Library.
Lecture by Dr Sandy Hetherington of the University of Edinburgh on the 407-million-year-old Rhynie chert fossil deposit and early terrestrial life, part of the Curious Minds series.
Talk by Dr Rachel Walcott of the National Museum of Scotland on why geology matters, part of the Curious Minds lecture series.
Lecture by Dr John Bruce of The Bean Shop on the science of coffee roasting, part of the Curious Minds Lecture Series.
Talk by Dr Jen Walls on silicon carbide materials powering the electric future, part of the Curious Minds series.
Musical theatre concert tour of West End and Broadway hits, with a cast of former Les Misérables principals and a live band, ending with a full Les Misérables finale.
Scottish singer-songwriter Callum Beattie brings his fan-selected Winter Tour show to the Perth Concert Hall.
An evening drawing on the Royal Scottish Geographical Society archive to bring to life inspiring stories from the history of mountaineering, with leading climbers in the room.
Free drop-in Christmas morning session with a Bookbug session, Christmas songs, a surprise guest, festive arts and crafts and a special Christmas book collection.
Family art workshop for children aged 4 to 8 to make a winter cottage, town or village from reclaimed wood, inspired by the gallery's collections.
Paleontologist Professor Steve Brusatte explains how birds evolved from raptor dinosaurs in a Friday evening lecture of the Curious Minds series.
Crime writer Heather Critchlow talks about her novels and the influence of Highland Perthshire, with storytelling from Lindsey Gibb and crime-themed games and quizzes.
Scottish stand-up comedian Stuart Mitchell returns with his new stand-up tour show, with one-liners, improvisation and storytelling.
Strictly Come Dancing champion Giovanni Pernice brings his live tour 'Unstoppable', with a cast of world-class dancers and West End performers.
Screening of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot at Strathearn Arts in Perth.
Annual day celebrating Scone Palace's snowdrop displays with a Snowdrop Walk through its gardens and a demonstration on how to lift and transplant snowdrops.
Free second-hand book sale at the AK Bell Library with pre-loved books from the library collection and customer donations across fiction, non-fiction and children's titles.
Screening of the UK comedy-drama 'The Ballad of Wallis Island' by James Griffiths at the Joan Knight Studio in Perth Theatre, part of the Perth Film Society programme.
Charity Christmas concert with carols and popular classics performed by local children and young people from the Perth & Kinross Instrumental Music Service, supporting Childline.
Del Amitri play the Perth Concert Hall on their Past To Present tour, celebrating forty years of songs, stories and live shows.
Chris Difford, co-founder of Squeeze, plays classic songs, tells stories and reads from his new book in an intimate evening.
The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Steven Mercurio, with piano soloist Alon Kariv and trumpeter Jan Hasenörhl, closes the classical programme of the 2027 Perth Festival of the Arts.
Fairport Convention mark their 60th anniversary with a landmark concert at Perth Concert Hall, part of the Perth Festival of the Arts 2027.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, plays Brahms' Double Concerto with Nicola Benedetti on violin and Philip Higham on cello, closing the 2026/27 Perth Concert Series.
Solo show of jazz guitarist Martin Taylor MBE, with fresh arrangements of classic tunes from the Great American Songbook.
The Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Alpesh Chauhan with cellist Johannes Moser, plays Beethoven's Coriolan Overture, Dvořák's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
Orchestral tribute show to the music of James Bond, presented by Q The Music Show and hosted by Caroline Bliss, who plays Miss Moneypenny.
Wildlife photographer and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan brings his live show recounting encounters with pandas, grizzlies, tigers and jaguars.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Sanderling with cellist Raphaela Gromes, plays Elgar's Cello Concerto and Bruckner's Third Symphony.
Ukrainian National Opera presents Puccini's thriller 'Tosca', the production of the Dnipro Opera of Ukraine, with a full live orchestra and English surtitles.
Concert by the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Theodore Kuchar, with pianist Mark Bebbington, in the Gannochy Trust Auditorium.
A night of traditional and contemporary Scottish music with songs, reels, strathspeys, jigs, marches and slow airs, led by conductor Blair Parham.
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Søndergård, plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Walton's 'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue and Lutosławski's Cello Concerto with Sistema Scotland.
Pop dance show in which the Queenz take on hits from more than 20 legendary divas with powerhouse vocals, choreography and costumes.
Intimate live evening in which actor James Cosmo shares stories from his acting career and holds an audience Q&A.
A New Year's concert of Johann Strauss's waltzes, polkas and romances by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by Celia Llácer with soprano Emma Morwood.
UK premiere festive show with comedy, Christmas crooner classics and a Big Band swing from the creators of the comedy act Crooners.
A Christmas show by the ABBA tribute act Abbamania, running through the band's hits from 'Waterloo' to 'Dancing Queen'.
A live band plays Christmas classics, from festive anthems to heart-warming ballads, in Perth Concert Hall's Christmas show.
Scottish folk Christmas show with Eddi Reader, Karen Matheson, John McCusker and the Scottish Christmas Songbook Brass Ensemble.
Stripped-back trio show by Scottish singer-songwriter Horse, with songs from her back catalogue, rare B-sides and new songs.
The Proclaimers, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, play Perth Concert Hall with their 2026 tour, a show for over-14s.
Celtic music band Skipinnish, from the Scottish Highlands and Islands, plays the Perth Concert Hall.
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra play Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' with pianist Rafał Blechacz, conducted by Samy Rachid.
Lunchtime concert by double bassist Will Duerden with pianist Svitlana Kosenko, with works by Schumann, Ravel, Fauré and Bottesini.
Annual winter weekend with open studios, a festive market, an exhibition and a pop-up cafe, run by local artists.
The Perth Choral Society, with the City of Perth Sinfonia and four professional soloists, brings Handel's Messiah to Perth Concert Hall.
Annual Scottish Ensemble concert in which strings play by candlelight inside the historic St John's Kirk in Perth.
Evening of archive readings about First World War soldier Alexander Mann, a three-course meal and live music at The Black Watch Castle and Museum.
Free talk by adventurer and presenter Lise Wortley on resilience and the pioneering female explorers she celebrates with her project Woman with Altitude.
Three-day festive weekend with the Christmas lights switch-on, live music, street performances, a Christmas market, a funfair and a drone show.
Creative poetry writing workshop led by Alison Phipps and Tawona Sitholé, inspired by the Perth Museum exhibition 'Lessons of the Hour'.
Lecture by Dr Peggy Brunache on how history is remembered, interpreted and shared, focusing on slavery and Perthshire.
Informal, free-roving museum encounter exploring Frederick Douglass and his visit to Perth, part of the 'Lessons of the Hour' exhibition.
The Robin Chapel choir performs a festive programme of choral music and carols in the candle-lit main hall of Perth Museum.
Free pop-up exhibition of outfits recreated from survivors' stories to challenge the myth that clothing is responsible for sexual violence.
Scotland's National Gardening Show with exhibitors, expert talks, practical demonstrations, children's activities, the Scottish Garden Design Competition and the Perth Farmers' Market.
Annual car show on the Scone Palace gravel forecourt and Lime Tree Avenue, raising funds for the restoration of the palace's historic horse-drawn carriage.
Free drop-in family day with art and illustration activities, including a storytelling session at 14:00.
Hands-on floral workshop to make a festive wreath with locally sourced foliage and flowers, led by Helen of The Greenshed Flower Studio.
Screening of Isaac Julien's film 'Young Soul Rebels', about the lives of young black men in 1970s London, rated 15.
Historian Alistair Moffat talks about the often-overlooked stories of ordinary people who fought the Nazis from home during the Second World War.
Opening day of the Christmas Lights Switch-On Weekend with a free-to-enter festive market along King Edward Street and High Street and Santa's Grotto at Horsecross Plaza.
Friday evening lecture by Dr Carl Strathearn on the challenges of deploying AI-driven humanoid robots in the real world, part of the Curious Minds series.
The 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra plays its annual festive swing show with big-band-and-strings arrangements of Christmas classics.
Festival of brass music with about 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland and beyond.
The largest festival of brass music in the UK, with around 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland.
A local Scottish pantomime that reimagines the Sleeping Beauty tale with dazzling sets, sparkling costumes and toe-tapping songs.
Live-to-film concert screening of the Christmas romcom 'The Holiday' with its score played by a full concert orchestra.
Period-instrument concert in which soprano Nardus Williams embodies the 18th-century London operatic rivals Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, with BSL interpretation.
A 50-minute musical and dance tribute to Bob Marley with singing dancers and a cellist, aimed at children from 0 to 7.
Brass band championship with around 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland, part of the Scottish Brass Band Championships.
Concert in which Dame Evelyn Glennie and harpist Catrin Finch perform the new work ReConnection by composer Jill Jarman, exploring themes of healing and reconnection.
The Perth Symphony Orchestra opens its second season with Hamish McCunn's 'Land of the Mountain and the Flood', Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 with soloist Karolina Csathy and Dvorak's 9th Symphony 'From the New World'.
Lute concert by Samrat Majumder with works by John Dowland and JS Bach, a new commission and historic Scottish melodies.
Retrospective of over 35 works by Scottish expressionist Lys Hansen, including a new painting and sculptures, marking her 90th birthday.
Museum Shop Sunday, a global campaign day with 20% off over £50 and a free gift over £10 at the Perth Museum and Perth Art Gallery shops.
