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Full day by day August Events listings
Full day by day September Events listings
Every Sunday until 7th September
Aviemore Highland Show Doors open at 7.30pm, curtain up at 8pm. Tickets are priced at £12 for adults
£8 for children under 16. Under 3's go free. ****Special group offer - buy 9 get one free!****
Half Price Tickets available at the box office in resort
What are you waiting for? Get your tickets at www.aviemorehighlandshow.com or phone 0844 847 1684.
Some highlights over the Summer
August
Thunder in the Glens (Harley Davidson Rally) 22nd-25th August
Annual fundraising Auction Sale in the Boat of Garten Community Hall at 1 pm. Good quality furniture, paintings, bric a brac, books, etc. For further details contact Lorraine MacPherson on 831506. 30th August
Carrbridge Gathering, Scottish Chainsaw Championships 30th August. The sixth annual Carrbridge Gathering and Scottish Open Chainsaw Carving Championship this year sees a record number of 20 competitors from as far afield as the USA, Australia and Germany who have four hours to create a winning sculpture from an eight foot-long log of Sitka Spruce. The event is sponsored by the Landmark Forest Theme Park which is offering a 10 per cent discount on admission over the weekend to chainsaw championship visitors.
September
Motor Mania, Grantown on Spey 7th September
Cairngorms Farmers Market, Grantown on Spey at Motor Mania
The Osprey Music Society, Boat of Garten Community Hall, Thursday 11th September
Loch Insh Highland Splash In, Kincraig Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September
YOUNG TRAD TOUR 2008, Carrbridge Village Hall, Friday September 19th @ 8pm, Tickets available from Old Bakery Shop Carrbridge, £8/£6 T: 01479 841211 and www.thebooth.co.uk
A showcase concert of the cream of the new generation of Scottish musicians featuring the five finalists of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award. The line up includes Carrbridge musician and 2008 Young Traditional Musician of the Year, Ewan Robertson (guitar and vocals), Amy Lord (Scots Song), Robert Menzies (accordion), Steven Blake (pipes and whistle), Ailie Robertson (clarsach) and James Duncan MacKenzie (pipes and whistle). They will be joined by Catriona Watt (Gaelic song and 2007 winner) and Innes Watson providing fiddle and guitar accompaniment.
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Cycle Cairngorms, Coylumbridge and around the National Park, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st September
Boat of Garten Book Festival, Community Hall, Friday 26th and Saturday 27th September
October
World Porridge Making Championship 2008, Carrbridge Sunday 12th October
The annual World Porridge Making Championships is followed with interest by connoisseurs of the traditional national dish across the globe. Cairngorms Farmers Market, pipeband parade of judges and competitors, the official Toast to the Porridge, live music, product tastings and street entertainment. Also incorporating the Carrbridge Challenge 5km & 3km Forest Run with fund raising for Maggie's Highland.
Cairngorms Farmers Market, Carrbridge Porridge Festival, Sunday 12th Oct
The Cairngorm Charmer, Saturday 25th October
December
Cairngorms Farmers Market, Grantown on Spey, 10am - 4pm, 6th Dec
Cairngorms Farmers Market, Aviemore, 10am - dusk, 14th Dec
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