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Musical Memories of Martyn Bennett at Birnam Arts
Sat 3 Oct
Musical Memories of Martyn Bennett | Auditorium
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Sunday 25 October 2026 at Birnam Arts

Birnam Book Festival at Birnam Arts

Birnam Book Festival

23 Oct - 25 Oct 2026
Various | Auditorium
Our book festival is an inclusive event for all ages, with workshops, lively discussions, inspiring authors, and great music. A warm welcome awaits you.
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Creative Storytelling Workshop at Birnam Arts

Creative Storytelling Workshop

with Debra Murphy
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
10:00 - 11:00 | Studios
Children and their carers will love this creative storytelling workshop, exploring the magical adventures of Florence, the black and white Border Collie.
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Kate Leiper - Arty Workshop For All (Morning Session) at Birnam Arts

Arty Workshop For All (Morning)

With Kate Leiper
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
10:00 - 11:30 | Studios
Don’t miss a chance to join the festival illustrator to draw, paint, scribble, glue, and stamp as we create a community artwork.
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Tickets for Arty Workshop For All (Morning)

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Culture Perth & Kinross presents: Bookbug Meets Peter Rabbit at Birnam Arts

Bookbug Meets Peter Rabbit


Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
10:30 - 11:00 | Reading Room
Interactive session encouraging parents, carers and children to share stories and rhymes.
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Tickets for Bookbug Meets Peter Rabbit

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David MacPhail - Velda and the Wild Unicorn Chase at Birnam Arts

Velda and the Wild Unicorn Chase


Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
11:00 - 12:00 | Auditorium
Meet Velda the Awesomest Viking in her latest fierce and funny adventure, this time to track down a magical unicorn horn.
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Tickets for Velda and the Wild Unicorn Chase

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Culture Perth & Kinross presents: Gaelic Storytelling at Birnam Arts

Gaelic Storytelling


Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
11:15 - 11:45 | Reading Room
Sgeulachd Pheadair Rabaid (The Tale of Peter Rabbit) and other stories told in Gaelic.
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Debra Murphy - Beatrix The Time Travelling Collie at Birnam Arts

Beatrix The Time Travelling Collie


Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
11:15 - 12:00 | Studios
Stories are healing, sometimes for their writers. Hear how a Dalguise puppy walked beside Debra as she recovered from life-saving surgery.
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Tickets for Beatrix The Time Travelling Collie

Tier 1 (£8)

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£10.00

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£12.00

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Make Your Own Textured Silver Ring with Kristina Merchant at Birnam Arts

Make Your Own Textured Silver Ring

Kristina Merchant

Sun 25 Oct 2026
12:00 - 15:30 | Studios
Create your own one-of-a-kind sterling silver ring in this relaxed, beginner-friendly jewellery workshop.
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Make your own textured silver ring with Kristina Merchant

£120.00

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Colleen Nicoll-Johnston with RSD Singers - 'Tails' of Birnam at Birnam Arts

'Tails' of Birnam

with Colleen Nicoll-Johnston and RSD Singers
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
13:00 - 14:00 | Auditorium
Step into the enchanting world of Beatrix Potter through original songs, written by pupils from the Royal School of Dunkeld.
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Royal School of Dunkeld - 'River Of Words' Book Launch with Maria Navarro Pimentel and Jane Archer at Birnam Arts

'River Of Words' Book Launch

with Maria Navarro Pimentel and Jane Archer
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
14:15 - 15:00 | Auditorium
Working with community Writer in Residence Elizabeth Kostova of Asheville, North Carolina, children at the Royal School of Dunkeld wrote poetry about the River Tay.
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Kate Leiper - Arty Workshop For All (Afternoon Session) at Birnam Arts

Arty Workshop For All (Afternoon)

With Kate Leiper
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
15:00 - 16:15 | Studios
Don’t miss a chance to join the festival illustrator to draw, paint, scribble, glue, and stamp as we create a community artwork.
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Janis MacKay - On A Northern Shore at Birnam Arts

Janis MacKay - On A Northern Shore

with Fiona Valpy
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
15:15 - 16:15 | Auditorium
In her first novel for adults, the award-winning children’s author shares a Scottish folklore-inspired tale set at Hogmanay.
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Tickets for Janis MacKay - On A Northern Shore

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Festival Farewell and News! at Birnam Arts

Festival Farewell and News!

with patrons, sponsors, Birnam Arts partners, and festival friends
Part of Birnam Book Festival

Sun 25 Oct 2026
16:15 - 16:45 | Auditorium
Join us to reflect on our 5th Birnam Book Festival.
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Tickets for Festival Farewell and News!

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Barre and Port de Bras for Adults at Birnam Arts

Barre and Port de Bras for Adults

Every Monday
18:00 - 19:00 | Studios
The Barre and Port de Bras for Adults class is a welcoming space for adult dancers of all ages and abilities with a focus on classical ballet exercises at the barre.
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Adult Ballet for Wellbeing at Birnam Arts

Adult Ballet For Wellbeing

Every Monday
10:30 - 11:30 | Studios
Our 'Ballet for Wellbeing' sessions are friendly basic ballet classes for adults via Zoom, focusing on poise, posture, strength, balance and flexibility.
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Ballet Classes at Birnam Arts

Ballet Classes

Mondays - Thursdays
16:00 - 19:00 | Studios
The Birnam Arts Ballet School has been running since 2003 and has grown to offer classes to children and adults, Monday to Thursday evenings.
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General Ballet for Adults at Birnam Arts

General Ballet for Adults

Every Thursday
19:00 - 20:00 | Studios
Our Adult General Ballet sessions are friendly, basic-ballet classes with a focus on poise, posture, strength, balance,and flexibility.
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Knitting and Fibre Arts Club at Birnam Arts

Knitting and Fibre Arts Club

Every third Tuesday
19:00 - 21:00 | Studios
Join us for some cozy fun at the Knitting and Fibre Arts Club—bring your yarn and chill with new friends!
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Blow & Blast Workshops at Birnam Arts

Blow & Blast Workshops

Dates and times vary
13:00 - 17:00 | Studios
Blow and Blast offers a variety of group music-making opportunities for late starter and rusty ‘returner’ wind players, from entry-level upwards.
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Dunkeld & Birnam Traditional Youth Music Group at Birnam Arts

Dunkeld & Birnam Traditional Youth Music Group

Every Monday
16:00 - 20:30
We run classes for whistle, guitar, fiddle, and accordian with an emphasis on learning traditional Scottish music. 
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Just Singin' Community Choir at Birnam Arts

Just Singin' Community Choir

Every Wednesday
19:30 - 21:30 | Studios
We are a friendly, mixed Community Choir, where everyone is welcome! No experience, no solos, and definitely no auditions.
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Pilates at Birnam Arts

Pilates

Every Friday
9:30 - 10:30
Join Liz as she brings her extensive experience to Birnam Arts on Fridays 9:30 - 10:30am.
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Ashtanga based yoga with Caroline at Birnam Arts

Ashtanga based yoga with Caroline

Santosha Yoga Perthshire

Every Friday
18:00 - 19:15 | Studios
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Beatrix Potter™ Perthshire Experience at Birnam Arts

Beatrix Potter™ at Birnam Arts

Open Daily
10:30 - 15:30 | Beatrix Potter Experience
Come along to Dunkeld and Birnam's exclusive Beatrix Potter™ Perthshire Experience at Birnam Arts!
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Handbuilding with Shona Leitch at Birnam Arts

Handbuilding with Clay

Shona Leitch

Every Tuesday
10:00 - 14:00 | Studios
Classes are relaxed and informative with everyone working at their own pace
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Handbuilding with Shona Leitch at Birnam Arts

Handbuilding with Clay

Shona Leitch

Every Wednesday
10:00 - 14:00 | Studios
Classes are relaxed and informative with everyone working at their own pace
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Birnam & Dunkeld Film Society 26/27 Season at Birnam Arts

Birnam & Dunkeld Film Society 26/27

30 Aug - 11 Apr 2027
Various | Auditorium
Birnam & Dunkeld Film Society runs a varied series of screenings on the second Sunday of the month from September to April.
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MADE 2016 - PRESENT: Prints / Objects / Photographs at Birnam Arts

MADE 2016 - PRESENT

Mark Hunter

11 Sep - 7 Nov 2026
9:00 - 17:00 DAILY | Gallery
Mark Hunter (b.1969) is an artist and music maker who works at DJCAD Printmaking Workshops.
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We have great memories of our Wedding day at Birnam Arts. Brilliant venue.

Gemma Strachan   |   Crowdfunder #savebirnamarts 2020

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Welcome to Birnam Arts, a boutique multi-purpose arts, conferencing and entertainment venue.

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Pop in to the Foyer Cafe for breakfast, grab a delicious coffee with a selection of our homemade baking or enjoy a light lunch whilst browsing on the free WiFi. Wander upstairs to view the latest of our monthly art exhibitions before visiting the world of Beatrix Potter, or the Gift Shop to purchase a special gift for your loved ones or yourself!

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We had not planned to present a hybrid festival, however that changed when one of our main authors tested positive for Covid. I greatly appreciated how the team worked with us to pivot and present remotely in part, making full use of your enhanced video conferencing equipment. As a result, we were able to deliver quite complex events with several elements all showing on screen simultaneously. The audio-visual quality was excellent, and our audiences were delighted that these events could still go ahead, in spite of Covid. The author in question was really pleased that he could join us on screen and remarked that he had not been so well supported in this way at any other festival.

Fiona Ritchie   |   Birnam Book Festival 2022

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Lovely wee cafe with amazing service. Been here 3 times now and always notice how friendly and upbeat the staff are. The coffee and cake is top notch also. Will definitely be back the next time I head to Dunkeld!

Marcus Sheridan   |   Google Reviews

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