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The 2010 Inverness Winter Festival opens on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th October with our spectacular action packed family Halloween Show on Ness Islands - MALICE IN WONDERLAND .
MAD MORAG (The Mad Hatter's Mother) has been summoned by the KING AND QUEEN OF TARTS to the Highlands to help them solve the mystery of the disappearance of the WHITE RABBIT.
Rumour has it that something very strange has happened to young ALICE who just does not seem to be herself these days but nobody has been brave enough to approach her for some time now.
The biggest Halloween Show in the Scottish Highlands invites you to dress up in your finest Halloween costumes and help over 100 performers from Eden Court Theatre's Arts Education team solve the biggest mystery of the year in a magical wonderland created by Arts in Motion and the Highland Council's Lighting Department on Haunted Ness Islands.
Gates open at 6pm. Show starts at 6.30m. Show ends at 8.30pm
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] Headlined by Scotland's favourite Hogmanay Party band The Red Hot Chilli Pipers and featuring special guests Blazin Fiddles and Peatbog Faeries, it really doesn't get any better than this when it comes to a line up for a Hogmanay show.
The Gates will open at 20:00 and the show will open at 20:30 with the award winning winning group, Blazin Fiddles , who will showcase the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the Highlands and Island in a fiery blend that is guaranteed to get the party off to a rousing start.
Blazing Fiddles will be followed by The Red Hot Chilli Pipers who went down a storm at the 2008 Inverness St Andrew’s Days celebrations.
Winners of BBC one primetime show ‘When Will I be Famous’ and voted ‘Live Act of the Year 2007’ at the Scots Traditional Music Awards, The Red Hot Chilli Pipers have a huge following in the Highlands and are guaranteed to ensure that Northern Meeting Park is bouncing.
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers are performing in the middle of our show by popular demand in order to give some of the younger citizens of Inverness the chance to experience the sights and sounds of a band that have to be seen to be believed.
Taking us to the bells and the Fireworks display that will explode over Northern Meeting Park to welcome in 2011 will be the Skye based Peatbog Faeries who are one of Scotland’s best known names in contemporary folk music.
Councillor Glynis Sinclair of the Inverness Festivals Working Group said “We are absolutely delighted to have signed up The Red Hot Chilli Pipers , Blazin Fiddles and the Peatbog Faeries for our Hogmanay Party.All three bands are guaranteed to ensure that Inverness is going to have one of the most enjoyable traditional Hogmanay parties staged in Scotland this year and we are really looking forward to what should be a tremendous night with a Red Hot Hogmanay Party atmosphere”.
Hope to see you all in Northern Meeting Park Arena for an unforgettable night.
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All the major outdoor events in the 2010 Inverness Winter Festival are sponsored by the Inverness Common Good Fund and are free of charge .
You don't need to get a ticket in advance to get in to our free events.
All you need to do is dress up warmly and turn up with a smile.
Naturally if you have seriously overdone the pre-event cocktails, we reserve the right to refuse admission to you or the friend you are holding up.
All our events are family friendly gatherings and for those of you who are joining us for the first time we hope that you will help us ensure that the younger members of our community have a great time.
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The award winning Inverness Grand Bonfire and Fireworks Display will be held on 5th November at Bught Park.
One of the highlights of the Inverness Winter Festival the party will start with the lighting of the bonfire at 7.30pm with the Fireworks Display starting approximately 20 minutes later.
Our bonfire is one of the largest constructed in the UK each year and this year's monster will be no exception.
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Some of the best parts of the Inverness Winter Festival have been created by somebody simply saying "Wouldn't it be fun if ....?"
An example of that would be "Wouldn't it be fun if we projected lights on to the beautiful buildings and brought them to life?"
If you have an idea for a new event - or a suggestion how we could improve an existing event - please let us know.
The Festival Team
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