Pitlochry Festival Theatre opened in 1951, originally situated in the current location of the Pitlochry Curling Rink as a tent. The current building dates from 1981.

It is a wonderful venue built overlooking the River Tummel with stunning acoustics and lighting, great views from the spacious foyer spaces and imaginatively landscaped outdoor gardens.

Perth Concert Hall is Scotland's newest concert hall: it opened in 2005. Built as a millennium project, it has a dazzling glass-fronted foyer and copper-topped dome hall with a stunning 1200 capacity auditorium and elegant studio. The foyer area is home to Glassrooms cafe bar and the unique Threshold artspace for digital new media art.

They host a busy year-round programme of concerts, comedy, dance, musicals, new media art, film, talks, arts workshops and hire out our spaces for conferences and events.

Blair Castle is the ancient seats of the Dukes and Earls of Atholl and holds an important place in Scotland's history. Strategically located in the Strath of Garry, whoever held Blair Castle was gatekeeper to the Grampian mountains and the route north to Inverness. It was twice besieged, by Cromwell's army in 1652 and by the Jacobites in 1746, just before the disaster of Culloden. It has also been much visited by royalty.

This spectacular sixteenth century castle, restored by the Menzies Clan Society was the seat of the Chiefs of Clan Menzies for over 400. Importantly situated, it was involved in the turbulant history of the Highlands and here Bonnie Prince Charlie rested on his way to Culloden in 1746. Architecturally fascinating, it is a splendid example of the transition between earlier rugged fortress and later mansion house.

This is definitely the most intimate concert venue of the festival! Seating only 30 people this reconstruction of an iron age wooden dwelling is suspended over the waters of Loch Tay...with beams of light filtering through the thatched roof and a wood fire in its centre it's so atmospheric.

A crannog is a type  of ancient loch dwelling found throughout Scotland and Ireland. Most are circular structures that seem to have been built as individual homes to accommodate extended families. The authentic crannog reconstruction which forms the focal part of the Scottish Crannog Centre was built by the Scottish Trust for Underwater Archaeology which was formed to promote the research, recording and preservation of Scotland's underwater heritage.

We first held a concert at this unusual venue in 2009 for Dougie's first "Fiddle Concert" and we all fell in love with the place!

... so luckily we find that
another atmospheric venue is added to the Perthshire Amber Festival list!

Arriving at the Edradour Distillery feels like stepping back in time and you'll love the Malt Barn, the tasting room and the newly built hospitality area where our first ever "Farewell Bash" will take place.

Another first for Perthshire Amber 2010 is the inclusion of the fine old Blairgowrie Town Hall as a venue. Dougie went to high school in Blairgowrie and in the early 70s was involved in running a thriving folk club there (along with Ewen Sutherland, Andy M Stewart and Martin and Kenny Hadden). He has always been interested in the town which has grown from mills and berry farms...with a rich seam of musical history. We wanted the festival to reach out to other parts of Perthshire and have been welcomed by Blairgowrie.