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DIARY
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SEPTEMBER 2026
9 Elphin WeeklyMarket ElphinCommunity Hall 10-4
10 BLAS event at the Macphail Theatre
12 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3
12 Fairtrade Garden Party UllapoolGarden of Reflection
13 Assynt Field Club Ravens Rock Gorge and nature Trail Rosehall
16 Elphin Weekly Market Elphin Community Hall 10-4
19 Lochbroom 12K Fundraiser
21 Fairtrade Fortnight begins
24 Scottish Dance Theatre 'RAY' Macphail Theatre 7.30pm
25 Scottish Dance Theatre 'Little Ray' (3-5yrs) Macphail Theatre Matinee 2pm
25, 26 , 27 Mearl-Herring Festival celebrating MPA
26 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3
27 Mearl- Herring Festival afternoon and evening events
28 Ullapool Reading Group Ullapool Library 2.30pm
29 Gallery Toots An Talla Solais 10-11
30 Elphin Weekly Market Elphin Community Hall 10-4
30 Open Book Creative Writing Ullapool Library 18+
OCTOBER 2026
1 Open Book Creative Writing Coigach Hall 11-1 18+
2,3,4 Ullapool Guitar Festival
3 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3
3 Health and Well-being day Coigach Community Hall
7 Elphin Weekly Market, Elphin Commipunity Hall 10-4
10 Coigach Half Marathon 1pmCoigachHall
10 'Do not pass go' Macphail Theatre 7.30pm
10 Final Book Festival Event Ullapool Ferry Terminal
12-15 Kinder Croft Autumn Holiday Club
13 NHS Deaf Services Dropin Clinic Macphail Centre 10-12
14 Elphin Weekly Market ElphinCommunit hall 10-4
17 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3
21 Elphin Weekly Market ElphinCommunity Hall 10-4
26 Ullapool Reading Group Ullapool Library 2.30
28 LAST Elphin Market of the season Elphin Community Hall 10-4
31 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3
NOVEMBER 2026
3 Scottish Opera Macphail Theatre
4 Open Book Creative Writing Ullapool Library 18+
5 Open Book Creative Writing Coigach Hall 11-1 18+
6 Ullapool Bonfire and Fireworks, West Terrace Ullapool
6/7 Ulluminate Main Festival
7 Soup & Pudding Lunch for Gino’s Cantina Ullapool Village Hall
13 Christmas Fair Ullapool Village Hall 1-7pm
13 Ruby Warblers/Held on a high wire Macphail Theatre 7.30pm
14 Christmas Fair Ullapool Village Hall 10am-3pm
21 Nov- 6 Dec Winter Windfall Sale Jan’s Studio 11-3 Elphin
27 Winter Lights and Creel Tree Switch-on West Shore Street.
27 Christmas Market Ullapool Village Hall with Santa 3-8 pm
28 Christmas Market Ullapool Village Hall 10-3
28 Fairtrade Winter Bazaar Inverness TownHouse.
30 Ullapool Reading Group Ullapool Library 2.30
December 2026
2 Open Book Creative Writing Ullapool Library 18+
3 Open Book Creative Writing Coigach Hall 11-1 18+
8 NHS Deaf Services Drop-in Clinic Macphail Centre 10-12
11 Tractor Night Ullapool Garden of Reflection 10-3
16 Santa Float tours the village with Lodge St Martin
