Diary
The most comprehensive calendar of local events
in Ullapool & District
JULY 2019
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
20 Kevin Fraser 10pm at The Seaforth
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 Val McDermid with Alan McCredie Ullapool Village Hall
24 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch
25 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
25 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Natu Calmac Car park 7.30pm.
25 Fairtrade Pop-up Shop 11 - 1 Church of Scotland Hall
25 Knockan Crag NNR Open Day with walks at 12pm and 2pm
25 Marine Protected Areas Drop-in Session, Stornoway 2-8pm
25 Ullapool and District Junior Pipe Band
25 Alister McCulloch Trio at The Ceilidh Place Venue
25 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
26 Vintage Tractor Parade starting at 11.15am
26 Museum Vintage Machinery Day 12 noon Ullapool Village Hall
26 Johnny Cash Duo at The Seaforth 10pm
27 - 2 Aug Variations Summer School at the Macphail Centre
27 Edinburgh Quartet: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven at the Macphail Theatre
27 Willie Campbell10pm at The Seaforth
28 Laxford River for riverside and woodland flowers 11am Assynt Field Club
29 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
30 Qigong session, Macphail Centre 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
30 Hannah Rarity Ceilidh Place Venue
30 Ranger Event. 10am-5pm Mountain Life: Cul Mor, Coigach
30 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
31 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
31 Knockan Crag Walk at 3pm NWHighlands Geopark Event
31 Edinburgh Quartet: Beethoven, Francaix, Dvorak at the Macphail Theatre
31 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
AUGUST 2019
1 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
1 Ullapool and District Junior Pipe Band Calmac car park 7.30pm
1 Kim Richards in concert, Ceilidh Place Venue 8.30pm
1 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
2 Art Workshop Coastal Papier Mache 2-4pm An Talla Solais
2 Kim Richards in concert, Coigach Community Hall 7.30pm
2 City Limits 10pm at The Seaforth
3 Lochbroom Sheep Dog Trials, Inverbroom Farm
3 Chris Henderson 10pm at The Seaforth
4 Car Boot Sale at Ullapool Golf Club10am - 2pm.
5 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
5 Ullapool and Distirct Junior Pipe Band Calmac car park 7.30pm
6 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
6 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
7 Knockan Crag Walk at 10.30am NWHighlands Geopark Event
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 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
8 TMSA Young Trad Tour, Macphail Theatre, Ullapool
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
8 Johnny Cash Duo 10pm at The Seaforth
9 Assynt Highland Games, Lochinver
9 Sons of the Soil 10pm at The Seaforth
10 Rowing the Minch for MS
10 Oddballs Day
10 Lapwyng. Ceilidh Place Cafe/Bar
10 CallumMacPhail, Sean Cousins 10pm at The Seaforth
12 Map and compass skills. 11 - 2pm. John Muir Trust event
12 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
12-16 Holiday Club 10.30-12.30 Church of Scotland Hall
13 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
13 Westward the Light. Ceilidh Place Venue
13 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
14 Knockan Crag Walk at 10.30am. NWHighlands Geopark Event
14 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
14 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
15 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
15 Ullapool and District Junior Pipe Band Calmac car park 7.30pm
15 Dance with Ruairidh Maclean at Coigach Community Hall
15 Johnny Cash Duo at the Seaforth 10pm
16 Keith Robinson at the Seaforth 10pm
16 Craig Robertson at the Arch Inn
17 Great Wilderness Challenge, Poolewe
17 Ryan Young & Jenn Butterworth Ceilidh Place Venue
17 Ullapool Flower, Craft & Produce Show 2019, Ullapool Village Hall
17 Scott Ramsay at The Seaforth 10pm
19 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
20 School reopen for winter term
20 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
20 Ruaraidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
21 Knockan Crag Walk at 3pm NWHighlands Geopark Event
21 Ruaraidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
21 Ullapool Wildlife Watch: Fish! 2019 Year of the Salmon
21 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
21 Ullapool Fairtrade Group meeting 7.30pm Committee Room, Ullapool Village Hall
22 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
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 Ullapoool and District Junior Pipe Band Calmac car park 7.30pm
22 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
23 Soul Feeder at the Seaforth 10pm
24 Ullapool Angling Competition & Marine Weekend
24 The Side at the Seaforth 10pm
25 Fungus Foray at Dundonnell House 11am Assynt Field Club
25 2 Durnamuck Gardens open 12 -5 (Scottish Garden Scheme)
26 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
27 Vintage Geological Maps; NWHighlands Geopark Event 2pm at the Rock Stop, Kylesku
27 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
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 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
29 Ullapool and District Junior Pipe Band Calmac car park 7.30pm
29 Doghouse Roses Ceilidh Place Venue
29 Ruairidh Maclean at the Arch Inn
30 Johnny Cash Duo at the Seaforth 10pm
31 The Chosen - Dance at the Macphail Theatre
31 Kevin Fraser at the Seaforth 10pm
SEPTEMBER 2019
2 Walking in the Wild. Learn basic survival skills. 11am - 3pm. John Muir Trust event
2 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
3 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
3 Tannara, Ceilidh Place Venue
4 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
5 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
5 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: Looking for Fungi, Ullapool
6 Gareth Bryant at The Seaforth 10pm.
7 Isle Martin Open Day
7 Lazy Jam Duo 10pm at The Seaforth
9 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
10 Ranger Event. 6.15-8.30 am Seawatch and Sunrise, Mellon Udrigle, Laide
10 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
11 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
12 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
12 Poet of the Impossible, magic at The Macphail Centre
13 Chris Henderson at The Seadforth 10pm
14 Elphin Chicken Day Starts at 1pm Elphin Community Hall.
14 Highland Chamber Orchestra at the Macphail Theatre
14 Andy Duncan at The Seaforth 10pm
16 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
17 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
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
19 Ullapool History Walk, 11am, starts at Ullapool Museum
20 Ranger Event. 1-4pm Wester Ross Green Volunteers Badentarbet Beach Clean, Coigach
20 Keith Robinson at The Seaforth 10pm
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
23 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
24 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
25 Elphin Craft and Food Market 10am-4pm Elphin Community Hall
27 Willie Campbell at The Seaforth 10pm
27/28 Loopallu
OCTOBER 2019
1 Ranger Event. 12-2pm, Foraging Walk, Isle Martin, Ullapool
1 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
4,5,6 Ullapool Guitar Festival 2019
5 Fairtrade 25 year Anniversary Coffee Morning, 10.30am - 12.30pm, Church of Scotland Hall
7 Legion Scotland Lochbroom meeting 8pm Arch Inn
7 Walking in the Wild. Learn basic survival skills. 11am - 3pmJohn Muir Trust event
7 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
8 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
10 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk with Nature: Colour Changes in Nature, Ullapool
11 Tibetan Monks at the Macphail Theatre
11 Susie McCabe 'Born Believer' at the Ceilidh Place
12 Horse Macdonald, The Ceilidh Place Venue
12 Coigach Half Marathon starts 1pm from Achiltibuie playing field
14 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
15 Ranger Event. 11am-1pm The Salmon's Journey, Rogie Falls, Garve
15 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
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 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
21- 25 Senior Feis at the Macphail Centre
22 Ullapool Museum soup and sandwich lunch, Ullapool Village Hall
22 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
24 Ranger Event. 2-3pm A Wee Walk to Nature: How does wildlife cope with winter, Ullapool
26 Hallowe'en Fancy Dress Disco in aid of Gino's Cantina 3pm
27 Clocks change
28 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
29 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
30 Ullapool Wildlife Watch Survival !: Games and activities
NOVEMBER 2019
1 Community Bonfire and Fireworks
4 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
5 Museum soup and sandwich lunch
5 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
6 Ranger Event. 11am-3pm Around Loch Kernsary, Poolewe
10 Remembrance Sunday
11 Taichi session, Macphail Theatre. 6 - 7.30pm, everyone welcome
12 Ranger Event. 4.30-7.30pm Full Moon Walk, Ullapool Hill
12 Qigong session, Macphail Centre, 5.45 - 6.45pm, everyone welcome
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
28 Winter Lights Switch On
29 & 30 & 1 Dec Winter Weekend Festival
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
1 The Ceilidh Place Ne'er Day Gig!
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
APRIL 2020
10 Joseph Peach and Charlie Grey The Ceilidh Place Venue
11 Rant The ceilidh Place venue
18 Old Blind Dogs The Ceilidh Place Venue
25 Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin The Ceilidh Place Venue
MAY 2020
8-10 Ullapool Book Festival
16 Jenny Sturgeon The Ceilidh Place Venue
JUNE 2020
11 Karen Marshalsay The Ceilidh Place Venue
JULY 2020
11 Fergus Mccredie Trio THe Ceilidh Place Venue
18 Tim Edey THe Ceilidh Place Venue
