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Macbeth production

Monday 25 January 2010

The Edinburgh University Shakespeare Society will be staging a production of Macbeth in front of the Castle on Friday 9th April at 7.30pm and on Saturday 10th April at 2pm. More detail to follow....................

 

Online Shopping

Thursday 21 January 2010

From May 1st  2010 there will be an online shopping facility at the Castle. More details will follow shortly.

 

New Slate Garden

Friday 18 December 2009

New for 2010 is the Slate Garden, which is a new development within the Flower Garden. For the last five years Cawdor Castle has had extensive roof works undertaken; re-roofing the whole of the Castle which has not been done for over 250 years. The slates removed from the Castle roof have been made into a slate fountain by a young Scottish artist called James Parker. The slate fountain is a large sphere and the water drops into a bowl made from the lead that has come from the Castle roof. The garden beds are in the shape of the Saltire, the Scottish flag, and are planted with a large variety of shrubs and ferns.

 

New deal to make Cawdor Castle a top North music venue

Friday 18 December 2009

New deal to make Cawdor Castle a top North music venue

The grounds of a 700 year old castle are set to echo to the music of leading bands and singers under a new deal which represents great news for North music fans.

Cawdor Castle, 12 miles east of Inverness, is to become an exciting new entertainment venue under an agreement between the castle owner and CK Events of Inverness, who are fast approaching a total sellout of their Rod Stewart concert at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium next July.

CK Events have signed a five year contract with Cawdor Castle Ltd to stage a series of concerts within the spacious grounds of the castle, historic home of the Thanes of Cawdor.

Local businessmen Les Kidger and Ken Cameron, partners in CK Events, are delighted to have booked exclusive use of the castle grounds for concerts through to the end of 2014.

"It's a spectacular venue, combining a historic atmosphere with a splendid setting and meeting technical requirements to be a thrilling outdoor entertainment hub", said Mr Kidger."It can accommodate concerts for up to 8000 spectators for all genres of music and we think that, once sampled, it will rapidly establish itself as a favourite place to go for fans of such events.

"We first visited the castle several months ago and Ken and I quickly came to the view that it would be a truly superb outdoor music location in beautiful surroundings. We have been in discussion with Cawdor Castle Ltd since and they have been excellent to deal with, while Lady Cawdor has been of particular assistance.

"The contract means this is our preferred venue for staging music shows which are capable of being accommodated here. We aim to be musical 'kings of the castle' and it's suitability makes it an asset which will be invaluable to music fans, for they will now be able to see personalities and groups they would otherwise have to travel to the Central Belt to see.

"Our first event will happen in 2010, probably in the second half of the year. We do not wish to say too much at this stage, for reasons of commercial confidentiality, but we are in dialogue with representatives of a number of big-name artistes spanning rock, mainstream and folk music. It is fair to say the artistes are showing particular enthusiam for playing in a castle grounds."

The Dowager Lady Cawdor commented: "This represents yet another step in the progression of Cawdor Castle Ltd. With 70 per cent of our visitors coming from overseas, it is important that we also provide the local community with a new venue and a wider variety of music.

"We look forward to a fruitful partnership with CK Events whose proven track record fits well with our long term strategy."

Cawdor Castle, built round a holly tree in 1370, is a leading visitor attraction. Its walled garden dates from the 1600s, the flower garden a century later while the wild garden was established almost 50 years ago.

 
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