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*SATURDAY 23rd MAY OPENING Rachel Bride Ashton has now officially installed her Solo Show ‘FECUNDITY’ and we are absolu...
18/05/2026

*SATURDAY 23rd MAY OPENING Rachel Bride Ashton has now officially installed her Solo Show ‘FECUNDITY’ and we are absolutely thrilled to see it up 🤩! We cannot wait to celebrate this with you all this Saturday the 23rd of May from 18:00-21:00 ❤️❤️❤️

There will be vinyl from .gould, many thanks for that 🤩and also some complimentary refreshments for the first hour Prosecco/Beer/Soft drinks ❤️

‘Rachel Bride Ashton is a Scottish multi-disciplinary artist, writer and musician who lives off-grid in Aberdeenshire. Having made her living as a painter for over twenty years, she returned to formal education in Dundee in 2019 and is the recipient of the Freelands Painting Prize 2022. Graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a first-class honours degree in 2022, she won the Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) Award, Generator Projects Prize and the James Guthrie Orchar Prize for her degree show installation which featured female empowered birth practices, separation compost toilets and good bacteria. She is currently completing a master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Aberdeen and is working on a novel set in a world full of sentient fungi.

Rachel’s work (and life) blurs the lines between where we stop and the land begins. She is concerned with honouring a ‘multispecies alliance’, moving away from the fetishising of nature, and challenging the problematic nature of the word ‘Green’.
This group of paintings explore earthly bodies – our fraught relationship with flora, fauna and our own microbiota. Celebrating fertility cycles through the interweaving of flesh with the fecundity and vigour of burgeoning spring and summer lushness to the dying of all things - the constant process of returning everything to the earth.
Rachel’s work has been shaped by the magical illustrations of children’s picture books from the seventies and the painters of the Art Nouveau, Symbolist and Surrealist periods. Despite the Utopian appearance of these paintings, there is often an acknowledgement of the anxiety and threats from which we are never free, creating a tension between dark and joyful.’

15/05/2026

New show announcement! Our first Jazz Weekend is proving so popular, that we're still adding to it! 🔥We're thrilled to announce 'Jazz in the Wine Bar' - an early evening show on Sun 31 May in Perth's fabulous wine bar La Cave à Vin.

Our weekend jazz sets are packed with local talent featuring the brilliant Tayside Jazz Quintet and Michael Ellacott on Sunday 31 May.

On the Saturday you can catch the incredible sounds of Kimberley Tessa - Musician and ZZ Bop in osteria Bau Bau

Entry is FREE. Come along, explore great music and keep the jazz vibe going in the city! 🎶

*SATURDAY 23rd MAY OPENING NIGHT*We have yet another great Artist ready to bring the osteria walls to life, we can’t wai...
13/05/2026

*SATURDAY 23rd MAY OPENING NIGHT*

We have yet another great Artist ready to bring the osteria walls to life, we can’t wait to welcome and her fascinating Solo Show ‘FECUNDITY’ to Perth a week on Friday 🤩!

We hope you can all make it to help us celebrate this stunning & unmissable exhibition in the usual fashion ❤️

‘Rachel Bride Ashton is a Scottish multi-disciplinary artist, writer and musician who lives off-grid in Aberdeenshire. Having made her living as a painter for over twenty years, she returned to formal education in Dundee in 2019 and is the recipient of the Freelands Painting Prize 2022. Graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design with a first-class honours degree in 2022, she won the Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) Award, Generator Projects Prize and the James Guthrie Orchar Prize for her degree show installation which featured female empowered birth practices, separation compost toilets and good bacteria. She is currently completing a master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Aberdeen and is working on a novel set in a world full of sentient fungi.

Rachel’s work (and life) blurs the lines between where we stop and the land begins. She is concerned with honouring a ‘multispecies alliance’, moving away from the fetishising of nature, and challenging the problematic nature of the word ‘Green’.
This group of paintings explore earthly bodies – our fraught relationship with flora, fauna and our own microbiota. Celebrating fertility cycles through the interweaving of flesh with the fecundity and vigour of burgeoning spring and summer lushness to the dying of all things - the constant process of returning everything to the earth.
Rachel’s work has been shaped by the magical illustrations of children’s picture books from the seventies and the painters of the Art Nouveau, Symbolist and Surrealist periods. Despite the Utopian appearance of these paintings, there is often an acknowledgement of the anxiety and threats from which we are never free, creating a tension between dark and joyful.’

12/05/2026

It’s now just over 7 weeks until our event celebrating 45 years since Crass and Poison Girls played in Perth Lesser City Hall. Join us over a full day and night of events to reflect on this night of anarchy and what it means for us today.

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10am - osteria Bau Bau

Perth Psychogeographic Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Perth to explore the natural and cultural landscape of the City. This walk is approximately 1hr 45mins and will be led by Steven ‘Duncs’ Duncan.

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12.30pm - osteria Bau Bau

Critical University Debate

In the spirit of the 1968 French student movements we invite you to present a 5-10 minute idea under the umbrella of Liberation/Autonomy/Freedom/Punk. Each idea will be followed by a short discussion.

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2.30pm - Ropemakers

Crass: The Sound of Free Speech Film screening & Q&A with Brandon Spivey & Andy T

This powerful film takes us inside Crass, and the making of their first single, Reality Asylum. The documentary won 1st place at Soundwatch Music Film Festival 2024 in Berlin. Director Brandon Spivey will be joining us with poet and performer Andy T and taking your questions. We will be asking for a suggested donation of £5 for this event.

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5.30pm - osteria Bau Bau

Interactive Theatre from Theatre of The Oppresses Scotland

Created in partnership with Theatre of The Oppressed Scotland this interactive theatre performance meets two old punks who reflect on their lives and what the passions of their younger selves mean today.
The performance will take place outside the Lesser City Hall.

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7.30pm - 8.30pm Saints Supporters Club

Spoken Word

Stand up and pay attention as Partners in Rhyme (Rana Marathon and Mark Richardson), Andrew Thornley, Andy Jackson, Stephen Watt and Ace V!s!on give us an equal dose of reality and inspiration with their spoken word performances.

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8.30pm - Midnight

Live Music

Get lively with performances from Ta**ra, The Tolerated, The Curtains, & Akapo, Terminal Boredom DJs will be on duty to ensure everything goes groovily. This event will be charged at £10 on the door, with all profits going to the bands.

Perth Philosophy are back again tomorrow 30th May for the second monthly Philosophy evening (every last Thursday of th...
29/04/2026

Perth Philosophy are back again tomorrow 30th May for the second monthly Philosophy evening (every last Thursday of the month) between 18:30-20:30. Doors open at 18:00, last month was 30+ people so we suggest getting here early to get a seat & settled etc. Really relaxed fun atmosphere, no previous knowledge/experience required 😉

This Friday 1st of May we have the gang back playing some more amazing music 😎🎶 , , Alan Sutherland and Kev Smith will ...
29/04/2026

This Friday 1st of May we have the gang back playing some more amazing music 😎🎶

, , Alan Sutherland and Kev Smith will be back to gift us with another of their infamous Jazz nights and we can’t wait!!

The music starts at 18:30 however as usual we strongly advise getting here early to get a seat & settled before these guys start working their magic!

See you soon 🔥

Friday 3rd April 18:30-20:30 Why not make Good Friday a brilliant Friday and join us for an evening of live jazz from th...
28/03/2026

Friday 3rd April 18:30-20:30

Why not make Good Friday a brilliant Friday and join us for an evening of live jazz from the usual suspects 😎🔥 , Alan Sutherland & Kev Smith ❤️❤️❤️❤️

We will be open all day for this so usual recommendation to get here early for a seat & to settle still stand 🤗😎

NEW OPENING HOURS Spring is here 🥳 and with it comes a sense of re-birth! After working 75+ hours a week ( minimum) for ...
24/03/2026

NEW OPENING HOURS

Spring is here 🥳 and with it comes a sense of re-birth! After working 75+ hours a week ( minimum) for just over a year now we feel like it was time to re think our opening hours.

We decided not to be open late every Friday & Saturday nights as the 15 hour shifts have been really starting to take a toll on us…it turns out we are mere humans after all 😅! However we will still be opening later for special occasions like Jazz & exhibition openings etc.

We hope this frees up some time and energy to develop our workshops ( life drawing etc), our menu and everything really 😎.

The new hours take immediate effect!

Thanks so much to everyone for all your support over this past year we couldn’t have survived so long without you …we are deeply grateful! Here’s to another year ❤️

In other news we have invested in some outdoor seating 🥳

*SATURDAY 21/03/26 18:00-21:00* Opening EventWe are excited to announce that we have scooped another great Contemporary ...
12/03/2026

*SATURDAY 21/03/26 18:00-21:00* Opening Event

We are excited to announce that we have scooped another great Contemporary Artist to exhibit here !!!

Solo Exhibition ‘[ INSULATION/ISOLATION ]’ will open here on the 21st of March 18:00-21:00! There will be the usual free glass of Prosecco/Beer or soft drink for the first hour, music from the notorious 🤩😎! More details to follow!!

Yunior Aguiar Perdomo (1984, Havana, Cuba)

Bio
Yunior Aguiar is a contemporary artist and educator, Cuban born and now based in Scotland. He is interested in cultural processes of integration and assimilation. His work focuses on material culture in relation to memory, displacement, identity and history.
His practice is research and process led, using material methods, found objects and contemporary art resources as tools for analysis and reflection. Yunior’s work transits across media, including moving image/time based, drawing, printmaking and installation. It incorporates elements of seriality, found objects and text, both as a vehicle for content and a symbolic tool.
He is also one half of the collective Celia-Yunior since 2004, his work as part of this creative duo has been exhibited across the world in different events such as solo and group exhibitions, major biennales and film festivals. Their works have been included in key publications focused on contemporary Cuban and Latin-American art and culture, as well as being part of collections in the Americas and Europe.

Next Howl is this Sunday , 1st of February, 15:00-17:00 😎❤️What better way the celebrate January being over than to come...
29/01/2026

Next Howl is this Sunday , 1st of February, 15:00-17:00 😎❤️

What better way the celebrate January being over than to come join us for an afternoon of inspiring, spoken word with in what has become a much loved monthly staple 🤗😎❤️

If you are interested in performing please get in touch with the organisers or email [email protected], alternatively sign up on the day!

We advise everyone to get here early to get seated, settled, satiated and the fun will kick off 15:00 sharp 😎🙏❤️

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11 South St John’s Place
Perth
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Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
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