Entertainment in Inverness
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Eden Court Theatre
The Highlands’ main cultural venue, with theatre, art-house cinema and conference centre, Eden Court stages a busy program of drama, dance, comedy, music, film and children’s events, and has a good bar and restaurant. Pick up a program from the foyer or check the website.
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Bar Pivo
This Czech-themed pub – half of the industrial-chic bar area is made up to look like a Prague metro station – offers no fewer than three Czech beers on draught, plus another six in bottles, as well as Scottish-made Belhaven real ales. Gay friendly.
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Hootananny
Hootananny is the city’s best live-music venue, with traditional folk- and/or rock-music sessions nightly, including big-name bands from all over Scotland (and, indeed, the world). The bar is well stocked with a range of beers from the local Black Isle Brewery.
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Scottish Showtime
From June to early September the Inverness Suite at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel stages ‘Scottish Showtime’, an evening of traditional Scottish music, song and dance aimed squarely at the tourist market. Tickets available from the tourist office.
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Phoenix
This is the best of the traditional pubs in the city centre, with a mahogany horseshoe bar, a comfortable, family friendly lounge, and good food at both lunchtime and in the evening. Real ales on tap include the rich and fruity Orkney Dark Island.
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Clachnaharry Inn
Just over a mile northwest of the city centre, on the bank of the Caledonian Canal just off the A862, this is a delightful old coaching inn (with beer garden out back) serving an excellent range of real ales and good pub grub.
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Johnny Foxes
Stuck beneath the ugliest building on the riverfront, Johnny Foxes is a big and boisterous Irish bar, with a wide range of food served all day and live music nightly. Part of the premises, The Den, is now a smart cocktail bar.
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Castle Tavern
Under the same management as the Clachnaharry Inn and with a tasty selection of real ales, this pub has a wee suntrap of a terrace out the front, a great place for a pint on a summer afternoon.
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Ironworks
With live bands (rock, pop, tribute) and comedy shows two or three times a week, the Ironworks is the town’s main venue for big-name acts.
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Vue Cinema
This is a seven-screen multiplex cinema way out on the eastern edge of the city, just south of the A96 to Nairn.
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