
Free talk by adventurer and presenter Lise Wortley on resilience and the pioneering female explorers she celebrates with her project Woman with Altitude.

Historian Alistair Moffat talks about the often-overlooked stories of ordinary people who fought the Nazis from home during the Second World War.

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.

Talk by Mike Gloistein about more than three decades of work with the British Antarctic Survey, with booking essential.

Workshop led by glass artist Catherine Lowe to cut and fuse glass into a unique Christmas ornament, with all tools and materials provided.

Free drop-in family day with art and illustration activities, including a storytelling session at 14:00.

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'.

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.

Screening of the documentary 'I Swear', the true-life story of Tourette's campaigner John Davidson, directed by Ken Jones.

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.

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.

Pop-up craft shop with 18 Perthshire artisans, meeting the makers and buying locally made craft items, delivered by UNESCO Perth City of Craft.

Three-day festive weekend with the Christmas lights switch-on, live music, street performances, a Christmas market, a funfair and a drone show.

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.

A 50-minute musical and dance tribute to Bob Marley with singing dancers and a cellist, aimed at children from 0 to 7.

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.

Screening of Isaac Julien's film 'Young Soul Rebels', about the lives of young black men in 1970s London, rated 15.

Brass band championship with around 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland, part of the Scottish Brass Band Championships.

Period-instrument concert in which soprano Nardus Williams embodies the 18th-century London operatic rivals Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, with BSL interpretation.

Live-to-film concert screening of the Christmas romcom 'The Holiday' with its score played by a full concert orchestra.

Screening of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot at Strathearn Arts in Perth.

A local Scottish pantomime that reimagines the Sleeping Beauty tale with dazzling sets, sparkling costumes and toe-tapping songs.

Hands-on floral workshop to make a festive wreath with locally sourced foliage and flowers, led by Helen of The Greenshed Flower Studio.

The largest festival of brass music in the UK, with around 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland.

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.

Festival of brass music with about 1,500 musicians from senior and youth bands across Scotland and beyond.

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.

The 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra plays its annual festive swing show with big-band-and-strings arrangements of Christmas classics.

Del Amitri play the Perth Concert Hall on their Past To Present tour, celebrating forty years of songs, stories and live shows.

Charity Christmas concert with carols and popular classics performed by local children and young people from the Perth & Kinross Instrumental Music Service, supporting Childline.

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.

Paleontologist Professor Steve Brusatte explains how birds evolved from raptor dinosaurs in a Friday evening lecture of the Curious Minds series.

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.

Annual Scottish Ensemble concert in which strings play by candlelight inside the historic St John's Kirk in Perth.

Free pop-up exhibition of outfits recreated from survivors' stories to challenge the myth that clothing is responsible for sexual violence.

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.

The Perth Choral Society, with the City of Perth Sinfonia and four professional soloists, brings Handel's Messiah to Perth Concert Hall.

Lunchtime concert by double bassist Will Duerden with pianist Svitlana Kosenko, with works by Schumann, Ravel, Fauré and Bottesini.

Talk for adults held at Comrie Library in Perth, with booking essential.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra play Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' with pianist Rafał Blechacz, conducted by Samy Rachid.

Celtic music band Skipinnish, from the Scottish Highlands and Islands, plays the Perth Concert Hall.

The Proclaimers, twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, play Perth Concert Hall with their 2026 tour, a show for over-14s.

Scottish singer-songwriter Callum Beattie brings his fan-selected Winter Tour show to the Perth Concert Hall.

Stripped-back trio show by Scottish singer-songwriter Horse, with songs from her back catalogue, rare B-sides and new songs.

Annual Christmas Concert from Morrison's Academy, with festive performances from across the school community.

Christmas concert with the Band of the Royal Regiment Scotland and the Perth Choral Society, held in support of the Armed Forces charity SSAFA.

A live band plays Christmas classics, from festive anthems to heart-warming ballads, in Perth Concert Hall's Christmas show.

The Robin Chapel choir performs a festive programme of choral music and carols in the candle-lit main hall of Perth Museum.

A Christmas show by the ABBA tribute act Abbamania, running through the band's hits from 'Waterloo' to 'Dancing Queen'.

UK premiere festive show with comedy, Christmas crooner classics and a Big Band swing from the creators of the comedy act Crooners.

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.