Perth 2021 Community Celebration Day

The event on 20 November will see over 30 culture Clans from across Perth and Kinross coming together to back Perth's bid to be UK City of Culture 2021 and perform in different venues across the city centre, Everyone can join in and try out new ways to show off their creativity. 

There's something for everyone at this event, with all ages and talents welcome.

From 12 noon, 'clans' of artists, musicians and creative groups of all types will perform, entertain and inspire audiences at stages, stalls and venues across the city centre.

The grand finale at 5pm will see the culture clans pledge their backing for the City of Culture bid at the main stage on Tay Street in a mass group performance. Groups so far signed up to take part include Perthshire Creates, Perthshire Arts Association, Perthshire Photographic Society, Crieff High School Pipe Band, local bands Longstay and We Came From Wolves, Simply Inspired Creative Writing Club, Fairfield Angels Lunch Club Singers and many more. 

Stewart Methven leads a Cigar Box Guitar Building workshop which will be demonstrating their work on the day. He's very excited to be taking part as it is an opportunity to bring awareness of the work that Churches Action for the Homeless and other organisations do and to bring all sections of the community together through music.

Pupils from the Polish Saturday School in Perth will be performing a traditional dance and are truly delighted and honoured to be dancing for the host community of Perth. 'Krakowiak' is one of the most popular and loved Polish folk dances amd they hope you will like it too!

Perth and Kinross has a huge, rich culture and has always been a meeting point and gathering place.  This event on the 20th November will really celebrate that aspect, with groups from across our communities joining forces. We want to show that culture is for everyone. Come and join us!

Twelve great venues

1. Perth Museum and Art Gallery
2. Tay Street Stage
3. 2 High Street and George Street
4. The Fair Maid’s House
5. Horsecross Plaza Stage
6. St John Street
7. City Hall Stage
8. High Street / City Centre
9. King Edward Street
10. Story-telling yurt on High Street
11. Fergusson Gallery
12. Norrie Miller Walk

Venue 1 Visual Arts and Creative at Perth Museum and Art Gallery (PMAG):
1.00pm - 4.30pm

From 1.00pm PMAG will feature visual arts and creative workshops. The Gutenbergs, the Dunkeld supergroup, will provide the music and artists and creatives will be exhibiting and demonstrating their crafts. Museum staff will be on hand to show you the collections and help you to create your own work of art.

• Perthshire Arts Association and their 64th Annual Art Exhibition
• Perthshire Creates
• Gaelic Community Showcase
• The Cigar Box Guitar Project workshop – learn to build and play your own instrument
• Perthshire Visual Arts Forum exhibit
• Perthshire Open Studios interactive photo workshop
• Light and laser drawing – draw a picture in light to celebrate the ‘River of Light’ theme of the City of Culture bid
• Arts and crafts will feature decoupage, tiffany glass painting, knitting and sculpture 

Venue 2 Perth College UHI and Friends at Tay Street:
12.00 noon - 3.30pm
Musical Director Lorenz Cairns, Perth College UHI

Venue 3 Community Art at 2 High Street and George Street

2 High Street will feature art exhibitions and community artists and groups. Crieff School Pipe Band will play on the street and there will be Kyocushin Martial Arts and Kaiko Drums demonstrations.

Photographer Gary Brown will be exhibiting work, with support from The Courier, in the window of the Courier office at 27 George Street.

Venue 4 Tippermuir Books Ltd - Readings at The Fair Maid’s House

Tippermuir Books Ltd is an independent publishing company based in Perth, Scotland. It was founded in 2009 by Rob Hands and Dr Paul S Philippou. It publishes books on a range of subjects including local history, wider history, novels and plays, but generally has a local (Perthshire) orientation. Places are limited at this event: go to www.perth2021.com to book.

Venue 5 Song, Dance and Performing Arts at Horsecross Plaza Stage:
12 noon – 4.00pm

Musical Director Victoria Rice, Ad-Lib Theatre

Venue 6 Ice Sculpture and Zuppa Competition at St John 

Street: 12.00 noon – 4.00pm

Hot soup and freezing ice – it’s a match made in heaven! Come along and vote for your favourite Perthshire soup and try your hand at sculpting ice.

Venue 7 Music at Perth City Hall: 

12.00 noon - 4.30pm

Musical Director Anna Davis, Perth & Kinross Council

Venue 9 Winter Festival at High Street / City Centre

The Winter Festival is in full swing in Perth High Street with a funfair, ice rink, silent disco, face-painting, a petting zoo and other fun activities. Art and photographs will be projected on prominent building in the city centre and look out for our video screens featuring the Fairfield Singers Lunch Club, photos and videos from around Perth and Kinross.

Venue 10 Scotland’s Outdoor Festival of Chocolate and food stalls at King Edward Street

Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the chocolate festival, whether it’s to pick up Christmas presents for the chocoholics in your life or simply a sweet treat for yourself! You will also find food stalls and our Perth 2021 Information stall in this area.

Venue 11 Storytelling and Poetry at the Yurt on High Street:
12.00 noon – 4.00pm

The spoken and written word take precedence in our atmospheric yurt: come and listen to stories and poems. Check www.perth2021.com for exact timings.

• Bookbug Sessions in Gaelic and English for 0 to 3 year olds
• Poetry featuring the Corbenic Poet Trail Poets
• Storytelling from the gypsy traveller community

Venue 12 The Draw of France and Fergus and Meg at The Fergusson Gallery:
1.00pm – 4.00pm

Take a break from the city centre buzz and enjoy some quiet time at the gallery.

The Draw of France

This exhibition focuses on France as a place of great inspiration to the artist JD Fergusson and the dance pioneer Margaret Morris. The couple met in Paris in 1913 and the selection of works on show chronicle Fergusson’s stylistic development from pre-War modernist paintings to one of his last ever pictures in the late 1950s, the colossal ‘Two Nudes’.

Fergus and Meg

This exhibition explores the work of JD Fergusson and his partner, the dance pioneer Margaret Morris.  It includes oil paintings, sketches, sculpture and costume.

Venue 2 Gathering of the Clans and Grande Finale at Tay Street

5.00pm – 6.00pm

Musical Director Debra Salem, Horsecross Arts Featuring Provost Liz Grant, Dougie Maclean OBE, and show-casing a fusion of the best that Perthshire has to offer. This hour-long finale is your opportunity to show your support for Perth’s UK City of Culture 2021

Check Out www.perth2021.com for more Information on this fantastic celebration.

For more information on the culture bid check out Nicki's #PerthLoveFest Join The Perth Clan story. MORE >>>

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Perth’s Winter Festival runs from November 2016 to January 2017. It has a range of must-see festive celebrations with a fantastic line-up of sensational acts, Santa Runs, Chocolate Festivals and St Andrews Day Celebrations taking place in the Fair City.

Perth 2021 Community Day is part of the wider Perth Winter Festival. MORE >>>