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Three peaks weekend trek secures £3k for heart charity

October 7, 2018 by Forres Local

A hardy team of walkers have scaled three of the UK’s highest peaks between leaving work on Friday night and coming back on Monday morning. Workers from AES Solar in Forres took their friends and family members on a weekend trip to try and scale the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales in less … Read more

Three peaks weekend trek secures £3k for heart charity

February 19, 2019October 7, 2018 by Forres Local

Festival counts successes with footfall of more than 10,000

March 1, 2019October 3, 2018 by Forres Local

It is estimated that more than 10,000 people attended more than 100 events in the third Findhorn Bay Festival which ended on Monday 1 October. Reasonably warm weather and mostly dry skies meant that outdoor events were well-attended and comfortable. Staged in unexpected spaces and scenic locations around the Forres area over six days, the … Read more

Findhorn Bay Festival – Secret Studio Tour (Review)

March 1, 2019September 30, 2018 by Forres Local

Moray Art Centre was a fitting pick-up point for a tour of artists’ studios and art exhibitions during Findhorn Bay Festival. The three destinations in our ‘Secret Studio Tour’ were geographically dispersed, so with every attention to detail, our transport was no less than a cultural trip back to the sixties in a vintage Bedford … Read more

More evidence of early settlers found on Cluny Hill

September 30, 2018 by Forres Local

An archaeological dig that started last year has found more evidence of an early settlement on Cluny Hill. A team from the National Museum of Scotland and the University of Glasgow visited Forres in September to continue their research on what appears to be remains of a hill fort on Cluny Hill above Forres. This year’s … Read more

Culture Day Forres in Pictures

October 11, 2018September 29, 2018 by Forres Local

A picture round-up of just some of the colourful activities going on around Forres for Culture Day on Saturday as part of Findhorn Bay Festival. Pictures by Marc Hindley

The Buke of the Howlat (Review)

March 1, 2019September 28, 2018 by Forres Local

Brodie Castle, World Premiere 26.09.18 Good books always end up as a film or theatre production, but 600 years is a long wait for The Buke of the Howlat, written in Older Scots in the 15th century by Richard Holland. As I walked away from the world premiere of the theatre adaptation of this cautionary … Read more

Duncan Chisholm: The Gathering – Findhorn Bay Festival

Duncan Chisholm: The Gathering (Review)

March 1, 2019September 27, 2018 by Forres Local

St Laurence Church, Forres – 26.09.18 It’s nearly 200 years since German composer Felix Mendelssohn famously visited the west coast island of Staffa and was so inspired by it that he wrote an overture which arguably personified the Hebrides. Scottish fiddler Duncan Chisholm recently visited remote Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland and was similarly inspired to … Read more

Festival in a Day

March 1, 2019September 26, 2018 by Forres Local

The Findhorn Bay Festival is about to descend on the Forres area for the third incarnation of the arts and culture spectacular. With more than 100 events lined up for its six-day run, we asked festival director Kresanna how to make the most of the cultural menu. “Everyone can enjoy the Festival from their doorstep … Read more

Forres area set for week of arts and culture

March 1, 2019September 26, 2018 by Forres Local

Picture: caption: Scottish fiddle player Duncan Chisholm and his band The Gathering with Findhorn Bay Festival director Kresanna Aigner at St Laurence’s Church in Forres ahead of their opening concert. Picture: Marc Hindley The third Findhorn Bay Festival will spring into life today – a spectacular six-day celebration of arts and culture running from Wednesday 26 September … Read more