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Scottish Opera present La Boheme (audio described)
Eden Court, Inverness, 8 November 2025, 5pm. This heartbreaking masterpiece, brought to life through Puccini’s enchanting score, continues to captivate loyal enthusiasts while drawing in a new generation of opera-goers. Tickets £15 to £67.50
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CarmenCo (Nairn)
Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Saturday 8th November, 2025 at 7:30pm. A concert of Spanish and Spanish inspired music arranged for soprano, flute and guitars, presented as a play which roughly follows the story of Bizet’s opera Carmen, but told from her point of view. Tickets £19, under 25 £3.50.
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Inverness Music Festival 2026 – amateur performance opportunity.
Register now to participate. The Festival (March 5th – 15th 2026) offers a platform for performers of all ages and stages: traditional, contemporary or classical. Applications open until 20th December.
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The New Groove Collective presents The Roaring Forties (Nairn).
Nairn Community and Arts Centre, Friday 7th November at 7:30 pm.The Collective, an 18 piece Highland based Big Band are celebrating the anniversary of the end of World War 2 with two nights of music from the 40s. People are advised to get their dancing shoes on. Tickets £15/£10.
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Scottish Opera present La Boheme
Eden Court, Inverness, 6 November 2025, 7.15pm. This heartbreaking masterpiece, brought to life through Puccini’s enchanting score, continues to captivate loyal enthusiasts while drawing in a new generation of opera-goers. Tickets £15 to £67.50
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Scottish Opera Autumn Tour: Opera Highlights 2025.
Nairn Community and Arts Centre, Tuesday 4th November at 7 pm. Opera Highlights unites four singers, a pianist, and a selection of operatic extracts from many eras and styles woven into an original narrative celebrating all facets of the human experience.Tickets £21.84 (£6.96 under 26)
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How to Stage an Opera: Free Workshop
Nairn Community Centre, 1st November 2025 at 2pm. Suitable for anyone interested in amateur dramatics or music. Open to all ages, no previous experience required. Free, but advance booking is required.
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Reekie to Rothiemuchus.
St John’s Church, Rothiemuchus, Friday 31st October, 7pm for 7.30. Bach, Sweelink,Tomkins, Vivaldi and Scottish traditional music. Admission free retiring collection.
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Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir & Antoine Préat (Cello & Piano)
The Stables, Cromarty, on Sunday, October 26th 2025 at 15:00. Cellist Geirþrúður Anna is joined by her duo partner Antoine Préat to bring us a programme with a Scandinavan feel, featuring music by the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, Finnish Jean Sibelius, and Icelandic composer Jon Nordal. Tickets £15.
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Scottish Ensemble – Shifting Patterns
Eden Court One Touch Theatre, Sat 25 Oct, 7:00pm. Pairing new arrangements of Anna Meredith’s joyful and energetic works with Henryk Górecki’s emotionally charged Quasi una Fantasia, Scottish Ensemble will create an evening that is both electrifying and meditative. Tickets £25, concessions available.
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Professional Support for Chamber Music Groups, October 25 2025.
Ian Sharp is offering 3 hour sessions on October 11 and 25th 2025 10am- 1 pm in Inverness where he will listen and help 3 groups make the best music you can! Read more for booking instructions.
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Dunedin Consort presents: Handel, Biber, Bach: Inverness Cathedral.
Inverness Cathedral, Saturday, October 18 , 7:30 pm. Tickets £22.38, concessions available.
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Dunedin Consort presents: Handel, Biber, Bach: Findhorn.
Universal Hall, Findhorn, Friday, October 17 , 7:30 pm. Tickets £18, concessions available.
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Nikita Lukinov with RCS ensemble
**Correct date now shown! ** Inverness Town House Monday October 13th 2025 @ 7:30 pm. After his performance to a capacity audience last season, Nikita Lukinov returns with a septet from the RCS to play solo works in the first half followed, after the interval, by the popular Grieg piano concerto. Tickets £25, concessions available.
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Three of a Kind: Mezzo-soprano, Clarinets and Piano.
Inverness Cathedral, Sunday 12th October at 3pm. Wagner, Schubert, Berlioz, Fauré and Massanet. Part of the popular Cake and Concert series. Admission programme £12 at the door.
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Professional Support for Chamber Music Groups, October 11 2025.
Ian Sharp is offering 3 hour sessions on October 11 and 25th 2025 10am- 1 pm in Inverness where he will listen and help 3 groups make the best music you can! Read more for booking instructions.
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Maxwell String Quartet
Nairn Community & Arts Centre. Friday 10th October, 2025 at 7:30pm. The Maxwell Quartet is now firmly regarded as one of Britain’s finest young string quartets, with a strong connection to their Scottish folk music heritage. Haydn, Maxwell Quartet, Brahms. Tickets £19, concessions available.
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Event postponed: Three’s Company: Soprano, Piano and Clarinets.
In view of Storm Amy, this event, previously scheduled for St Anne’s Episcopal Church, Strathpeffer at 7:30 on 3rd October 2025, has been postponed until November
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Event cancelled: Showcase!
This event, previously scheduled for St John’s Church Rothiemurchus, Friday 3rd October 2025 at 7pm for 7:30, has been postponed due to Storm Amy, The next concert in this series will be on 31st October. Further details will be circulated when available.
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Ashok Klouda (cello) and Irina Botham (piano)
Boat of Garten Community Hall at 7.30 on Tuesday 30 September 2025. Schubert, Natalie Klouda, Schumann, Beethoven. Tickets £18, no charge for students and schoolchildren,
