Events diary

DIARY We are happy to take details of any events (albeit on the understanding that there may be changes). Email: editorial@theullapoolnews.co.uk If you have visited The Ullapool News site to find out what’s on in the area via the link from Welcome Ullapool, you can return here:   https://www.ullapool.com Our weekly paper published each Friday holds a full guide. AUGUST 2026 11 NHS Deaf Services Drop-in Clinic Macphail 10-12 12 Stillness St Mary’s Church 8-8.30 am 12 Elphin Market 10-4 Elphin Community Hall 13 SWT Working Party 10-4 Inverbroom 13 Dundonnell Garden Open Day 2-5 14 Assynt Highland Games 14 UHS Duke of Edinburgh group fund raiser 15 Oddballs Day & DJs at Rhidorroch Distillery 7-10pm 15 RANT Fiddles Ceilidh Place Venue 16 Assynt Field Club, Taylor’s Shore, Drumbeg 18 Clachan Church open 2-4pm 19 Back to school 19 Elphin weekly market 10-4 Elphin Community Hall 20 SWT Working Party 10-4 Inverbroom 21 Tarran Ceilidh Place Venue 21 Brad’s Music Bingo Rhidorroch Distillery 8.30 - late 22 25th Anniversary Ullapool Flower, Craft and Produce Show. 22 soups baking at the flower show Fairtrade. 25 Gallery Toots An Talla Solais 10-11 26 Elphin Weekly Market 10-4 Elphin Community Hall 25 Clachan Church open 2-4pm 26 Geopark Knockan tour 11-1 27 SWT Working Party 10-4 Inverbroom 27 Ullapool Short Mat Bowls Club restarts 2pm Ullapool Village Hall 29 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3 29 Ullapool Angling Competition 29 Ape House Ceilidh Place Venue 29 Mairearad Green on tour, Coigach Community Hall 30 Ullapool Reading Group Ullapool Library 2.30 SEPTEMBER 2026 1 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macphail Theatre matinee 2 Open Book Creative Writing Ullapool Library 2-4pm 18+ 3 Open Book Creative Writing Coigach Hall 11-1 18+ 3 An Dannsa Dub The Ceilidh Place Venue 4-13 An Talla Solais Art Week 4-13 Jan’s Open Studio, Elphin 10-4 5 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3 5 The Tailor of Inverness Macphail Theatre 4pm Matinee 6 Green Screen Art Week Film, Ullapool Ferry Terminal 7.30pm 10 BLAS event at the Macphail Theatre 12 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3 19 Lochbroom 12K Fundraiser 21 Fairtrade Fortnight begins 24 Scottish Dance Theatre 'RAY' Macphail Theatre 25 Scottish Dance Theatre 'Little Ray' (3-5yrs) Macphail Theatre Matinee 25 & 26 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 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 10 Coigach Half Marathon 1pmCoigachHall 10 'Do not pass go' Macphail Theatre 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 17 Ullapool Village Hall Market 11-3 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 7 Soup & Pudding Lunch for Gino’s Cantina Ullapool Village Hall 13 Ruby Warblers/Held on a high wire Macphail Theatre 7.30pm 21 Nov- 6 Dec Winter Windfall Sale Jan’s Studio 11-3 Elphin 27 Winter Lights and Creel Tree Switch-on West Shore Street. 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 16 Santa Float tours the village with Lodge St Martin