Hootananny
A lively pub on Church Street in Inverness with live traditional music every night in its ceilidh bar, hearty Scottish food and a Saturday afternoon ceilidh.
Halfway down Church Street, a dark frontage glows with purple light behind big arched windows, and gold letters across the top spell out one word: Hootananny.
It is the place in Inverness for traditional music, and there is live music here every night of the week.
The ceilidh bar on the ground floor is high-ceilinged and wooden-floored, with a small stage where fiddlers, pipers, singers and bands play to crowded tables; on a good night the room ends up dancing. On Saturday afternoons there is a ceilidh too. Upstairs there are more rooms and bars, and the kitchen serves steak and ale pie, haggis, and bangers and mash, with Scottish ales on tap.
The family-run venue was named Scotland's Best Live Music Venue in 2019. It gets busy: book a table, ideally a day ahead, and arrive early for a seat near the music.
Open every evening from 5pm, from 4pm on Saturdays, until late, in Google's current record.
Book a table a day ahead for a seat near the music.
- Where
- 67 Church Street, Inverness, IV1 1ES.
- Music
- Live, every night.
- Book
- A day ahead.
On Church Street in the centre of Inverness, IV1 1ES.
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Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
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