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Monday
16 November
Featured · 13 November to 19 November
Inverness Film Festival 2026
A week at the cinema is a good way to spend a November in Inverness, and the film festival at Eden Court gives you a good reason for it.
InvernessTuesday
17 November
Featured · 17 November
The Tailor of Inverness in Aboyne
Matthew Zajac's The Tailor of Inverness has been seen by more than 40,000 people, in big city theatres and tiny village halls, and on Tuesday 17 November you can see it in a church hall in Aboyne.
AboyneWednesday
18 November
Featured · until 19 November
Signature Food Festival
Some of the UK's most celebrated chefs are heading north this November, and you don't need a trip to London to taste their cooking.
AberdeenThursday
19 November
Featured · 19 November to 28 November
Festival of Small Halls 2026
Every November, SEALL takes a band of top folk and jazz musicians round the village halls of Skye, Raasay and Lochalsh, and this year's Festival of Small Halls runs from 19 to 28 November.
Isle of SkyeFriday
20 November
Featured · 13 November to 20 December
Oban Winter Festival
The Oban Winter Festival opens on 13 November at 5pm with a parade through the town and the switch-on of the creel tree.
ObanSaturday
21 November
Featured · 21 November
World Shortbread Championships
Shortbread is about as Scottish as a biscuit gets, and this November Inverness is crowning the best in the world.
InvernessSunday
22 November
Featured · until 12 December
Alyth Arches Tours
The Alyth Arches, the ruins of the town's medieval church, are usually padlocked; guided tours now take visitors inside.
AlythOn for weeks
On now · CeilidhsUntil 17 NovemberCafe CeilidhFree drop-in sessions of traditional music, song and stories on the Royal Mile.EdinburghOn now · FamilyUntil 17 NovemberFamily Lego ClubWoodburn Primary School, DalkeithOn now · WorkshopsUntil 17 NovemberFolk Music Evening Classes (In-Person)The Iona Gallery,, KingussieOn now · WildlifeUntil 18 NovemberMunlochy - Arts in NatureThe Allangrange, MunlochyOn now · TalksUntil 18 NovemberCelebrating 200 years of the Ramshorn Kirk - talk seriesThe Ramshorn, GlasgowOn now · BooksUntil 18 NovemberOpen Book Inverness Creative Writing GroupInverness LibraryOn now · WorkshopsUntil 18 NovemberCrystal Weaving Workshop | Create Your Own Forest-Inspired NecklaceO&E ART CRAFT STUDIO, GlasgowOn now · WorkshopsUntil 19 NovemberFloating Sound Meditation at the Old Course HotelKohler Waters Spa, St AndrewsOn now · SportUntil 19 NovemberSilent Disco 5k fun runQUEENSPARK GATE Next to Brodies, Glasgow
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The big ones this season
Exhibitions, festivals and gatherings we have been to and photographed, with their dates.
More info3 April to 17 JanuaryV&A Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion ShowDundee
More info22 August to 15 NovemberFrance-Lise McGurn: The Charm OffensiveDundee
More info1 September to 26 NovemberDrawing InspirationGlasgow
More info5 September to 30 NovemberJohn Bellany: AnchoredAnstruther
More info18 September to 21 NovemberClann-Nighean an Sgadain / Following the FishStornowayMore info26 September to 12 DecemberAlyth Arches ToursAlyth
More info1 October to 31 DecemberMagic on Main Street TrailGlasgow
More info3 October to 18 NovemberCitizens Theatre heritage building toursGlasgow
More info20 October to 14 NovemberMunro Legacy ExhibitionGlencoeMore info3 to 19 NovemberSignature Food FestivalAberdeen
More info10 NovemberDesigning a Universe: Science, Art and Imagined WorldsDundee
More info12 NovemberGreyfriars@12: Magnus Turpie and FriendsEdinburghMake a day of it
Days Out plans the rest of the day around where you are going: somewhere to eat, a walk or a castle on the way, written by people who live there.
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