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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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Christmas services at Inverness Cathedral.
Various events, musical and liturgical, between 30th November and Christmas Day.
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Celtic Christmas at Croy
Croy Village Hall, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th December, 7:30 pm. Live music plus raffle, refreshments, and seasonal homebaking. Entry £16, concessions available.
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Christmas at St John’s Church Rothiemurchus.
Christmas Eve at 4pm, Christmas day at 10:30am. All are welcome.
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La Nativité du Seigneur – Oliver Messaien.
Inverness Cathedral, Friday 2nd January 2026 at 1:15 pm. Philip Berg (organ). Free admission, retiring collection in aid of the Music Fund, Inverness Cathedral.
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Mozart for All: Mozart’s Requiem.
Inverness Cathedral, Saturday 10th January at 7pm. With Gordon Tocher (organ), a full orchestra, a stellar line-up of local soloists, and a chorus of 200. Tickets £15 in aid of Highland Hospice.
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London Bridge Trio
Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Saturday 17th January, 2026 at 7:30pm. Beethoven, Bridge, Schubert.
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RSNO Viennese Gala
Eden Court Empire Theatre, Sun 18 Jan 2026 at 3:00pm. Let us whirl you away to a world full of elegant waltzes, playful polkas and good old-fashioned romance, presented by Scottish tenor Jamie MacDougall and led from the podium by Conductor Derrick Morgan. Tickets £26-£32.50
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The Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
Nairn Community & Arts Centre, Friday 6th February, 2026 at 7:30pm. Mozart, Roukens, Shostakovich.
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Jia Ning Ng
Inverness Town House, Monday 23rd February 2026 @ 7:30 pm. Ning makes a welcome return to Inverness Piano recitals. Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Granados. Tickets £25, concessions available
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Benedetti plays Mendelssohn
Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Sat 28 Feb 2026 at 7:30pm. Overture, The Hebrides Violin Concerto Symphony No.3 ‘Scottish’
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The Brodsky Quartet play Shostakovich at Ardkinglass.
Not exactly “local” (Ardkinglass House is about 150 miles from Inverness!), but I include this as an exceptional musical event which you may not hear of otherwise. Eight Quartets, over three performances, £20 per concert or £55 for all three , pre-booking essential.
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Steven Osborne and Jean Johnson – Piano and Clarinet
Inverness Town House, Monday 23rd March 2026 @ 7:30 pm. Brahms, Schumann, Weir, Verdi, Weber. Tickets £25, concessions available.
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