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The Barn

Name: The Barn
Address: Burn o Bennie, Banchory, AB315QA, GB
Telephone: +441330825431
Price range: Not applicable

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We’re the Barn - a multi-arts venue providing access to performing and visual arts in Banchory. To learn more about venue hire, contact our team.

Here for our communities, and working with nature as our partner. The Barn is a registered charity SC022620 Live music, theatre, comedy, film, dance, creative workshops, children's events, a wonderful wild garden and a venue for weddings. We are the multi-arts venue in Aberdeenshire, based in Banchory. Have you been yet?

01/11/2026

Next week at the Barn | Brush Making Workshop with Simon Cooper

Sunday 8 November @ 11am

Join Simon Cooper, The Bumbling Basketeer for a hands-on introduction to the traditional craft of hand-bound brush making.

Using natural fibres and simple tools, participants will learn the techniques used to create durable household brushes that are both practical and beautiful. Guided step-by-step through the process, you will make your own hand-bound brushes to take home and use every day.

Book in via the Barn's website.

29/10/2026

Makers highlight - Ploterre

Creating limited edition prints and a small runs of knitwear, the designs within Ploterre’s work tells a story about a curiosity within the natural world. First, researching topics and analysing data, patterns are then created to tell stories through design.

Ploterre says they create “artwork inspired by the natural world crafted with data”

Visit flock at the Barn from 20 – 22 November to shop from Ploterre plus over 45 independent creatives.

29/10/2026

Next week at the Barn | National Theatre Live: Golden Boy

Thursday 5 November @ 7pm

1930's New York, at the height of the Depression. Joe Bonaparte is a gifted young violinist with a future in music, until a chance at fame and fortune lures him into the brutal world of professional boxing. He must confront what he’s willing to sacrifice, who he’s willing to become and how to find his place in a world that demands he choose a side.

Book in via the Barn's website.

28/10/2026

Next week at the Barn | The Phantom of the Opera with Live Score

Wednesday 4 November @ 7:30pm

Join us for a special screening of one of cinema’s earliest horror masterpieces The Phantom of the Opera, accompanied by a live score by Scottish musicians Andrew Wasylyk and Tommy Perman. Expect live music with a contemporary approach, navigating opera, neo-classical, acoustic and electronic instruments with elements of sound design. Brought to the Barn in collaboration with Belmont Cinema.

Tickets available via the Barn's website.

26/10/2026

New to flock this year – Obair

Decorative, handcrafted home & tableware combining wood carving, forging, and illustration, Obair’s work is shaped by a close relationship with nature & a shared devotion to making.

When we asked about the why behind the business, Obair say they make “to embrace creative flow, freedom & nature.”

Visit flock at the Barn from 20 – 22 November to shop from Obair plus over 45 independent creatives.

25/10/2026

Next week at the Barn | Juliette Lemoine & Chris Amer

Sunday 1 November @ 7.30pm

Two exceptional and accomplished new voices on the Scottish music scene, Juliette Lemoine (cello) and Chris Amer (tenor guitar) together explore traditional Scottish music with originality, energy and depth.

Join us at the Barn next week for this exciting new show - tickets available via our website.

23/10/2026

Unfortunately, due to the wild weather expected over the weekend, the decision has been made to cancel the Sat, Oct 24th 2pm closing event and performance of "Health of the Sublime" by Carrie Fertig.

The exhibition will still be open from 12-4pm on Saturday, should you be able to safely visit.

23/10/2026

Makers highlight – Kelda Young

Rooted in a strong connection to materials and the physical act of making, Kelda works with abstracted forms drawn from the Scottish landscape, photographs, and small, fleeting moments, translating these into considered compositions. Over time, their work has become more simplified and abstract, allowing them to focus on balance, proportion, and the relationship between form and surface within each piece.

Kelda says “I make jewellery because there's nothing more rewarding than creating pieces that hold deep personal meaning. I value the individuality of hand fabrication, where subtle variations ensure that no two works are ever the same. This sense of uniqueness is central to my approach and one of the aspects of making I find most rewarding.”

Visit flock at the Barn from 20 – 22 November to shop from Kelda Young plus over 45 independent creatives.

23/10/2026

Next week at the Barn | Concerned Others

Friday 30 October @ 7.30pm

A intimate tabletop performance, from award-winning theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell, Concerned Others presents the stories of critically underheard voices, accounts that paint us as a nation struggling to recognise a deadly culture of shame, ignorance and misunderstanding surrounding substance dependence and drug-related death.

Intricate miniature worlds unfold in front of the audience’s eyes, creating detailed, confronting microcosms of contemporary Scotland, placed halfway between dream and cold reality.

Book in via our website

Address

Burn O Bennie
Banchory
AB315QA

Opening Hours

Thursday	12pm - 4pm
Friday	12pm - 4pm
Saturday	12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+441330825431

Website

https://linktr.ee/thebarnarts

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