Diary
The most comprehensive calendar of local events
in Ullapool & District
MAY 2019
24 & 25 Screen Machine in Lochinver
24 & 25 Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club Regatta
24 Daimh. Ceilidh Place venue
25 An Talla Solais Walk and Talk Event 'Stillness & Flow' 2-3pm
25 Ullapool Garden of Reflection Iced Tea in the Car Park, Ferry Car Park 1-3pm
26 Annual Bird Race, Stoer Penisula 11am Assynt Field Club
28 Open Book drop-in at the Community Workshop
28 National Theatre of Scotland "The Cheviot, The Stag & the Black Black Oil" at The Macphail Centre
28 Free Creative Writing at the Community Workshop 2- 4pm
29 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
28 & 29 & 30 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
30 Dundonnell House Garden open to pujblic 2-5pm Teas available
30 & 31 big#litterCUBE performance events on the beach & harbour bandstand. Calculating the cost of marine litter on West Shore St Beach.
31 Mike Vass. Ceilidh Place Venue
JUNE 2019
1 big#litter CUBE performance events on the beach and harbour bandstand
1 Ullapool Primary School Fair 11am -3pm
2 Messy Church family event at Church of Scotland, 4-6pm
4 Grainne Brady. Ceilidh Place Venue
4 & 5 & 6 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
5 Ullapool Wildlife Watch: Rock pooling & crabbing Meet Ullapool Library
5 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
5 Legends 2019, music, at The Macphail Centre
5 & 6 Screen Machine in Ullapool
6 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Butterflies, Ullapool
8 NWH Writers, Ceilidh Place Parlour 11am. All welcome.
8 Ullapool Sea Savers Pirate themed seafood/music party at the Seaforth
11 & 12 & 13 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
12 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
12 Pierre Schryer and Adam Dobres at Coigach Community Hall
12 Budapest Cafe Orchestra. Ceilidh Place Venue
15 Ullapool and District Pipe Band: Highland Games
18 & 19 & 20 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
18 Rab Noakes. Ceilidh Place Venue
18 Free Creative Writing at the Community Workshop 2- 4pm
19 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
20 Ranger Event 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Sunlight, Ullapool
21 Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, music at The Macphail Centre
22 Summer Solstice BBQ, bonfire and ceilidh. Elphin Community Hall
23 Mahler Players at The Macphail Centre
25 & 26 & 27 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
26 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
27 Brogan Beaga Ceilidh Ullapool Village Hall at 6.30pm
29 Coigach Gathering 2019
29 Craig Robertson at the Arch Inn
30 Loch Beannach, Little Assynt for Insects. 11am Assynt Field Club
JULY 2019
1 Cathy Nardeilo - Pianist at the Macphail Centre
2 Eriska. Ceilidh Place Venue
2 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
3 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
3 Ullapool Wildlife Watch event to be confirmed
3 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
4 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
5 End of School Term - start of holidays!
5 North Sutherland: Botanical Odyssey; NWHighlands Geopark Event 7.30pm at the Rock Stop, Kylesku
5 Moishe's Bagel. Ceilidh Place Venue
8 Jack Dee at the Macphail Theatre
9 Rachel Hair & Ron Jappy. Ceilidh Place Venue
9 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
10 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
10 Scottish Ballet: Wee Hansel and Gretal at the Macphail Theatre
10 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
11 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Cloud Watching, Ullapool
11 Snuffbox. Ceilidh Place Venue
11 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
13. Rotary Pier Day
13 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
14 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
14 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
15 Legion Scotland Lochbroom meeting 8pm Arch Inn
16 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
17 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
17 Assynt. Ceilidh Place Venue
17 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
18 Ranger Event. 4-5.30pm Food for Free Foraging Walk, River Blackwater, Garve.
18 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
19 Can You Catch The Killer - Murder Mystery at the Macphail Theatre
19 Craig Robertson at the Arch Inn
20 Rowing the Minch for MS, Soup and Pudding Lunch, Ullapool Village Hall
21 2 Durnamuck Gardens open 12-5 (Scottish Garden Scheme)
23 McKerron, Brechin, O h'Eadhra. Ceilidh Place Venue
23 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
24 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
24 Ranger Event. 2-4pm Schools Out! Young Naturalist, Laide
24 ValMcDermid with Alan McCredie Ullapool Village Hall
25 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Tree Leaves, Ullapool
24 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
25 Alister McCulloch Trio. Ceilidh Place Venue
25 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
26 Museum Vintage Machinery Day
27 - 2 Aug Variations Summer School at the Macphail Centre
28 Laxford River for riverside and woodland flowers 11am Assynt Field Club
30 Hannah Rarity Ceilidh Place Venue
30 Ranger Event. 10am-5pm Mountain Life Coul Mor, Coigach
30 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
31 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
31 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
AUGUST 2019
1 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
2 Golden Eagles & the North West Highlands NWHGeopark Event 7.30pm at the Rock Stop, Kylesku
3 Lochbroom Sheep Dog Trials, Inverbroom Farm
4 Car Boot Sale at Ullapool Golf Club10am - 2pm.
6 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
7 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
7 Routes Quartet, Ceilidh Place Venue
7 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
8 Ranger Event. 11.30-1pm Schools Out! Meet a tree, Lael Forest Garden.
8 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: A wander at Lael.
8 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
10 Rowing the Minch for MS
10 Oddballs Day
11 Lapwyng. Ceilidh Place Cafe/Bar
12-16 Holiday Club 10.30-12.30 Church of Scoltand Hall
13 Westward the Light. Ceilidh Place Venue
13 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
14 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
14 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
15 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
16 Craig Robertson at the Arch Inn
17 Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth Ceilidh Place Venue
17 Ullapool Flower, Craft & Produce Show 2019, Ullapool Village Hall
20 School reopen for winter term
21 Ullapool Wildlife Watch: Fish! 2019 Year of the Salmon
21 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
22 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Maths in Nature, Ullapool
22 Dundonnell House Garden open to the public 2 -5pm (no teas)
22 Baile. Ceilidh Place Venue
22 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
24 Ullapool Angling Competition & Marine Weekend
25 Fungus Foray at Dundonnell House 11am Assynt Field Club
25 2 Durnamuck Gardens open 12 -5 (Scottish Garden Scheme)
27 Vintage Geological Maps; NWHighlands Geopark Event 2pm at the Rock Stop, Kylesku
27 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
28 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
28 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
29 Doghouse Roses Ceilidh Place Venue
29 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
31 The Chosen - Dance at the Macphail Theatre
SEPTEMBER 2019
3 Tannara, Ceilidh Place Venue
4 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
5 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Looking for Fungi, Ullapool
10 Ranger Event. 6.15-8.30 am Seawatch and Sunrise, Mellon Udrigle, Laide
11 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
12 Poet of the Impossible, magic at The Macphail Centre
14 Highland Chamber Orchestra at the Macphail Theatre
18 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
18 Ullapool Wildlife Watch Fungi Walk Meet at Lael Forest Gardens car park
19 Ranger event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Collecting Tree Seeds, Ullapool
20 Ranger Event. 1-4pm Wester Ross Green Volunteers Badentarbet Beach Clean, Coigach
21 Ullapool Sprint Triathlon
21 Scottish Opera at the Macphail Theatre
21 Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente. Ceilidh Place Venue
22 Traligill Valley Inchnadamph: water courses and caves 11am Assynt Field Club
25 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
27/28 Loopallu
OCTOBER 2019
1 Ranger Event. 12-2pm, Foraging Walk, Isle Martin, Ullapool
4,5,6 Ullapool Guitar Festival 2019
7 Legion Scotland Lochbroom meeting 8pm Arch Inn
10 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk with Nature: Colour Changes in Nature, Ullapool
11 Tibetan Monks at the Macphail Theatre
12 Coigach Half Marathon starts 1pm from Achiltibuie playing field
15 Ranger Event. 11am-1pm The Salmon's Journey, Rogie Falls, Garve
16 Ranger Event 10am-4.30pm Over the Hill, Dundonnell-Clachan on the Coffin Route, Lochbroom.
19 Ranger Event. 10am-12 noon. Wester Ross Green Volunteers: Ullapool Hill Path Day
21- 25 Senior Feis at the Macphail Centre
24 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: How does wildlife cope with winter, Ullapool
30 Ullapool Wildlife Watch Survival !: Games and activities
NOVEMBER 2019
5 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
6 Ranger Event. 11am-3pm Around Loch Kernsary, Poolewe
10 Remembrance Sunday
12 Ranger Event. 4.30-7.30pm Full Moon Walk, Ullapool Hill
14 Ranger Event 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature:Feed the Birds, Ullapool
16 Ranger Event 10am-12 Wester Ross Green Volunteers: Riverside Paths, Ullapool
18 Legion Scotland Lochbroom Meeting 8pm Arch Inn
19 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
26 Ranger Event 11am -2pm Tree Walk at Bad an Sgalag, near Gairloch
27 Ullapool Wildlife Watch Trees! National Tree week
28 Ranger Event 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: National Tree Week, Ullapool
30 Rowing the Minch Thank You Ceilidh, Ullapool Village Hall
DECEMBER 2019
3 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
5-8 Christmas Tree Festival at the Church of Scotland
10 Ranger Event. Mountain Life: Inspired by Mountains Gairloch (time tbc)
11 Ranger Event. Mountain Life: Inspired by Mountains Achiltibuie (time tbc)
12 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Festive Plants and Animals, Ullapool
13 Ranger Event. Mountain Life: Inspired by Mountains. Ullapool (time tbc)
15 Service of Nine Lessons and Carols by candlelight 3.30pm St Mary's Church
17 Ranger Event. 11am-1pm Get away from it all! Gruniard Bay.
17 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
18 Santa Float tours Ullapool Village
18 Ullapool Wildlife Watch Christmas presents for nature Meet at Ullapool Library
24 Children's Crib Service 4.30pm at St Mary's Church
24 Midnigth Mass 11.30pm at St Mary's Church
31 Hogmanay Ceilidh Dance, Drams Ceilidh Band, ullapool Village Hall
JANUARY 2020
7 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
18 Ullapool Museum Big Sale
21 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
27 British Legion Lochbroom AGM
FEBRUARY 2020
4 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
18 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
MARCH 2020
3 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
12-15 Ullapool Dance Festival
17 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
MAY 2020
8-10 Ullapool Book Festival
