Event type: Community
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Black Isle Show 2027
The largest agricultural show in the Highlands returns to Mannsfield Showground. The preview evening is on Wednesday 4 August, with showjumping and main-ring displays. The main show day is Thursday 5 August, opening with livestock judging in the morning and ending with the grand parade of livestock. Expect cattle, sheep and heavy horses, sheep shearing,…
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New Year’s Day Ceilidh, North Kessock
Start 2027 on the dance floor: North Kessock Village Hall’s annual New Year’s Day fundraising ceilidh, with live music and dance calling from the Black Isle Ceilidh Band. Times and tickets will be announced by the hall. The band’s public dances usually sell out.
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Black Isle Christmas Ceilidh
The Black Isle Ceilidh Band’s annual Christmas ceilidh at Findon Hall, raising funds for a local mental health charity. In 2024 and 2025 it supported the James Support Group. Expect Strip the Willow, the Dashing White Sergeant and other favourites, with the less familiar dances talked through for newcomers. These dances usually sell out, so…
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Beauly Christmas Lights Switch-On
Beauly’s Christmas lights go on along the High Street, with carol singing and late-night shopping in the village’s independent shops. Timings are confirmed nearer the date. Check Visit Beauly or the Beauly Online Facebook group.
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A Tale of Two Citadels: Recent Work at Burghead Fort
An online talk in Groam House Museum’s 2026 lecture series: Elinor Graham of the University of Aberdeen on recent archaeological work at Burghead Fort, the great Pictish stronghold on the Moray coast. Free to join from home. Booking is through the Groam House Museum website.
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Black Isle Repair Café: Cromarty
The roaming Black Isle Repair Café comes to Cromarty, 1pm to 4pm. Bring broken or worn items and volunteer fixers will try to mend them with you: clothes and sewing, small electricals and computers, bikes, tool and knife sharpening, and general repairs. Repairs are at your own risk. A collaboration between Transition Black Isle and…
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Black Isle Repair Café: Muir of Ord
The roaming Black Isle Repair Café comes to Muir of Ord, 1pm to 4pm. Bring broken or worn items and volunteer fixers will try to mend them with you: clothes and sewing, small electricals and computers, bikes, tool and knife sharpening, and general repairs. Repairs are at your own risk. A collaboration between Transition Black…
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Black Isle Repair Café: North Kessock
The roaming Black Isle Repair Café comes to North Kessock, 1pm to 4pm. Bring broken or worn items and volunteer fixers will try to mend them with you: clothes and sewing, small electricals and computers, bikes, tool and knife sharpening, and general repairs. Repairs are at your own risk. A collaboration between Transition Black Isle…
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Black Isle Repair Café: Culbokie
The roaming Black Isle Repair Café comes to Culbokie, 1pm to 4pm. Bring broken or worn items and volunteer fixers will try to mend them with you: clothes and sewing, small electricals and computers, bikes, tool and knife sharpening, and general repairs. Repairs are at your own risk. A collaboration between Transition Black Isle and…
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Black Isle Repair Café: Cromarty
The roaming Black Isle Repair Café comes to Cromarty, 1pm to 4pm. Bring broken or worn items and volunteer fixers will try to mend them with you: clothes and sewing, small electricals and computers, bikes, tool and knife sharpening, and general repairs. Repairs are at your own risk. A collaboration between Transition Black Isle and…