Musicians praised for part in Southern Fried and High 5 festivals in Perth.

ONE of the things I love about live music is the odd magic moment when something unexpected or exceptional happens.Read

Perth Festival shop window competition

THE organisers of Perth Festival fo the Arts, in conjunction with the Perthshire Advertiser, are running a Shop Window Competition for this year’s festival, which takes place between May 19 and 30.Read

Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol

Snow Patrol to headline gig at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park

INDIE rockers Snow Patrol are set to play a special one-off outdoor gig in Glasgow this June.Read

Music nights at Perth pub

A PERTH pub had its birthday plans tempered after an application for extended opening hours was refused.Read

Movie Review: Invictus, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman

BASED on the true story of Nelson Mandela’s struggle to reunite South Africa after the end of apartheid, Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial outing puts the famous former president’s reign into fresh focus.Read

Stuart Cosgrove attends Perth film festival

SCOTTISH TV and radio personality Stuart Cosgrove will be among the audience at Perth Film Society’s first festival.Read

London punk bank Krakatoa set to play Perth

ATTITUDE-INFUSED rock ‘n’ roll is expected to erupt in Perth next week when London punks Krakatoa (main picture) arrive in town.Read

Perth debut for Edinburgh band Broken Records

CULT Scots band Broken Records are going down a storm across Europe - and now they’re focused on conquering Perth.Read

Live and Unsigned looking for Scottish acts

ASPIRING musicians from Perthshire are being given a chance to impress in a national competition for new acts.Read

Deadstring set to rock at the Tams

COUNTRY rockers Deadstring Brothers (left) will make their Perth live debut this weekend.Read

Redrooms gigs off and running

A NEW season of gigs at Perth Theatre’s Redrooms was launched last night by Glasgow-based troubadour Alasdair Roberts.Read

Music venue is all set to rock and roll

A PERTH music venue under new ownership will host the first in a series of gigs on Saturday.Read

Sounding off at the Balado band feast

ANYONE who says there was nothing worth seeing at T in the Park should give up on live music now!Read

Gigs at the double for trio

FOLKSTERS Tarneybackle will play a brace of Perthshire gigs this weekend.Read

Capital stage for Artspace exhibition

A CREATIVE Perth charity is preparing to take its work to Holyrood.Read

Band plan fundraiser for cancer charity

A CHARITY ball in the Fair City will raise money for Myeloma UK.Read

Fringe regular takes to Perth stage

SCHOLARLY comedian Bruce Fummey is clearly a man on a mission.Read

Mic night off at Greyfriars

TOMORROW’S scheduled open mic night at Perth’s Greyfriars Bar has been cancelled.Read

Top stars lined up for the Southern Fried Festival

IN the week when Booker T Jones was special guest of music guru Jools Holland on his BBC TV Live with Jools Holland show, it was announced that the US soul superstar is one of the headline acts for Perth’s second annual Southern Fried Festival this summer.Read

The Windows are open to partying all day long!

AS the full line-up of PKAVS Party in the Park performers is announced this week, organisers are billing the charity event as Perth’s hottest attraction for 2009.Read

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