Activities

We love to share Scotland’s musical heritage - one of the foundations of our identity and culture. We’re lucky in Highland Perthshire to have a wealth of musical talent connecting us to the places and memories we cherish. Here at The Birks, we are proud to provide a place for musicians of all levels to gather and play together on a weekly basis. 

Join us every Thursday from 7-10pm - with or without an instrument!

Our acoustic music sessions feature Celtic classics, traditional tunes and renditions of many all-time favourite melodies on the cafe mezzanine level (fully accessible).

Local performers are joined by guest musicians for laid-back evenings of music and song. Feel free to bring your instrument and join in, or come to watch and listen. 

Our Cafe Bar is open for you to enjoy a drink or light bite during the session

No booking needed - just turn up - entrance is free! 

The Beer Social is a chance to meet up with fellow beer enthusiasts on the second Friday of every month and enjoy some beer together. We'll have free samples of our new beers  and welcome you to bring any beers you'd like to share with others (100% optional).

Beer Club members can also pick up their monthly beer box at this time.

Anyone aged 18+ and who is interested in tasting / learning about beer is very welcome to come along!

Do you love playing board games? If so, come along on a Friday night and try out our games selection or bring your own favourite and teach us. It’s a great place for people who enjoy meeting friends, family, new folk or colleagues to share fun.

So far we’ve tried classics like dominoes and backgammon and some new ones like:

- Rummikub: Tile combinations are placed on a board with the goal of being the first player to run out of tiles

- Bananagrams: a word game where lettered tiles are used to spell words

- Exploding Kittens: A card game with kittens, explosions, laser beams and sometimes goats!

- Pandemic: A cooperative board game based on the premise that four diseases have broken out in the world, each threatening to wipe out a region

Also look out for:

- Miniature wargaming: players enact battles between opposing military forces that are represented by miniature physical models

- Ticket to Ride: Build tracks between cities before others block the way

- Sequence: an abstract strategy board-and-card game

Football Memories is an award-winning national project supported by former St Johnstone player, and one of football’s most successful managers, Sir Alex Ferguson.

With the use of player picture cards, team photos and other memorabilia, participants’ memories of footballing days gone by are encouraged to be reignited.

The programme is aimed at helping people who would benefit from social interaction - for example, those living in isolation or with a condition such as dementia or recovering from a stroke. 

Please get in touch if you know of a relative, friend, or colleague who would enjoy coming along to Football Memories.

Online activities which you can enjoy from home can be found HERE.

Kindly supported by Saints in the Community

• Our monthly Gaelic Café offering the chance to learn and practice the language by mixing with speakers of all ages and abilities in a relaxed atmosphere over tea and biscuits
• Live literature events and talks linking language, culture and traditions
• Gaelic-related film screenings and more! 

Our Lego Animation Club for youngsters with Additional Support Needs is a popular after-school creative activity.

Led by experienced practitioners and supported by enthusiastic adult and young volunteers (aged 15-17) – trained in animation skills by Edinburgh’s Animation Jam team – the group is helped to bring their ideas to life using Lego models and ipads.

… And the finished animations will be enjoyed by cinemagoers on the big screen – hopefully inspiring some future movie animators!

Please note this activity is held during term time only.