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Pitlochry Festival Theatre 2024 Summer Season
World class theatre – in the heart of Scotland.
Founded in 1951, the Pitlochry Festival Theatre is one of the finest attractions in the local area. Audiences visiting the Theatre in the Hills expect shows that are joyful, entertaining, reflective, ambitious and diverse.
The Pitlochry Festival Theatre Summer Season offers a unique theatrical experience, with multiple productions in daily repertoire. No other UK theatre attempts this extraordinary feat and nowhere else in the UK can you experience such a large resident ensemble of actors, drawn from far and wide, performing multiple roles in multiple shows six days a week.
In addition to these shows, there's always the usual Summer season events of Sunday Concerts, Active Arts Workshops, Master Classes, Tours and Talks!
The 2024 season runs from May to September.
For further details and ticket sales: View Website
Atholl Gathering and Games
The Atholl Gathering takes place at nearby Blair Castle on Sunday, with the Atholl Highlanders officially opening the Highland Games on Saturday with a ‘March On’, led again by the sound of their pipes and drums.
Date: 26th May 2024
Etape Caledonia Cycle Sportive
Over 5000 cyclists annually descend upon Pitlochry when Perthshire's only closed-road cycle challenge - the Etape Caledonia comes to town. The 81-mile course will start and finish in Pitlochry, winding around Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel, with a total ascent of 1,949m.
Date: 12th May 2024
Pitlochry Enchanted Forest
The Pitlochry Enchanted Forest, the renowned outdoor sound and light show, set to delight the senses once more when it returns to the Faskally Woods from 3rd October – 3rd November 2024. For more details please visit the Enchanted Forest website
Pitlochry Highland Games
A traditional Highland Games with competitors coming from all over Scotland and further afield to participate. A fantastic entertaining sporting event, the Pitlochry Highland Games takes place on Saturday 14th September 2024 at the Recreation Ground venue in Pitlochry, Perthshire.
New Year's Day Street Party
Pitlochry has a New Year's Day street ceilidh, every year outside of Fisher's Hotel in the centre of town. Everyone is welcome to this friendly shindig, bringing locals and visitors together for a ceilidh in the street on the first day of 2025.
Place: Atholl Road, Pitlochry
Time: 1pm-4pm
Cost: Free
Highland Open Tournaments
Once described as "the Switzerland of Scotland", Pitlochry Golf Course offers the visitors to the course the chance to play one of Perthshire's most scenic and visually appealing layouts. Mens, Juniors, and Ladies competitions throughout May to September. See website for dates.
Blair Castle Horse Trials
The Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country Fair is Scotland's leading equestrian event, running over four days in August each year and attracting in excess of 40,000 visitors. Olympic medalists compete alongside amateurs in the four International event classes.
Date: 22th-25th August 2024
Thunder in the Glens Rally
The annual Dunedin Chapter gathering of the Harley Davidson Owners Group. Over 10,000 Harley Davidson motorcycles arrive in Speyside and the highland town of Aviemore for a weekend of riding and relaxing.
Dates: 23rd-26th August 2024
Pitlochry Highland Nights
Every Monday evening from 7:00pm — May to September 2024
Check The Vale of Atholl Pipe Band's Facebook page for exact dates.
Presented by the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, Highland Night is an evening of traditional entertainment, full of Scottish Music and Dance. An outdoor production that is performed weekly during the summer months by local artists.
Saltire Classic Rally
Over 15 stages through forests, across farm tracks and over different terrains with a handful of regularities thrown in to keep the navigators on their toes.
Date: 9th November 2024