Nairn Book & Arts Festival

Nairn Festival will be even bigger than ever this year. A very busy week will feature writers such as Christopher Brookmyre, William Dalrymple, Dr Christopher Duffy, Janice Galloway, Isla Dewar, Bernard McLaverty, Lesley Riddoch, Cameron McNeish, Professor Robert Crawford and Professor Tom Devine.

Nairn Book & Arts Festival, however, offers much more than prestigious writers: as you will see in this programme there will be a greater emphasis on the visual arts with exhibitions, competitions and workshops for all ages.

We will be hosting two well-known stand-up comedians, Jeremy Hardy, and Andy Hamilton, both regulars on the BBC and at the Edinburgh Festival, and dramatic and musical performances by local and international artists. We will be featuring traditional Scottish musicians such as the Vass Twins, Anna Massie and Julie Fowlis and her band who recently won a BBC Folk Music award and now have an international reputation. The Carducci Quartet and James Barralet will bring international standard chamber music.

The impressive new Community Centre and refurbished Court House along with our traditional venues will offer audiences some excellent acoustics and comfortable settings in which to enjoy the Festival.

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