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MacMoray Festival: Can you spot yourself in our photos of the Elgin event?

2 days ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Jonny Clark

Thousands of music-lovers descended on Cooper Park at the weekend for MacMoray Festival. Our photographer Daniel Forsyth couldn’t quite capture every singe one of the 10,000 happy faces that attended each day of the event. But he did his best. MacMoray Music Festival - Cooper Park, Elgin 2025.Picture: Daniel Forsyth. Below is a selection of pictures he grabbed of you all out there, having the best time and living your best lives.
Forres group Be Like Pablo are playing The Carlton Hotel with Tony Hawk’s Pro Soundsystem

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A local indie band that has performed at the biggest festival in the north of Scotland is returning to its roots on the weekend after next. ‘Power pop’ five-some, Be Like Pablo (BLP), are lining up alongside covers specialists Tony Hawk’s Pro Soundsystem at The Carlton from 7pm on Saturday, April 26. BLP lead singer and guitarist, Ewen Watson, is looking forward to more hometown shows, having toured latest album ‘A World Apart’ across the north last summer.
Forres Mini Cans football team accepts donation from Forres Country Music Club

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

More young players at the town’s biggest football club are being kitted out thanks to a generous donation from a local music group. Forres Country Music Club has donated £250 to the under-10s at Forres Mechanics FC - AKA the ‘Mini Cans’ - to be invested in new football strips. Head of youth development, Allan Frisken, is delighted to see further backing from the community.
Dallas community plan for outdoor gym and pitch on hold due to Moray Council tax bill for derelict site

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A plan to provide a rural village with recreational facilities on the site of two derelict buildings is being held up by red tape. Last November, Dallas Community Development Trust applied to demolish an unused shop and house to build a fenced pitch, area with outdoor gym equipment and parking space.
Forres Community Council heard from Mannachie Rise Residents Association about traffic issues in their area

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

Calls are being made for road safety measures to be introduced on a housing estate before it’s too late. Mannachie Rise Residents Association (MRRA) member, Dave Brown, told attendees at the last meeting of Forres Community Council about traffic issues between Sanquhar and Mannachie Road. He explained: “There is one way in and out via Mannachie Avenue onto Mannachie Road.
Forres business The House of Automata is loaning humanoid Nancy to Design Museum Den Bosch

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A very special 140-year-old Forres resident is taking part in a design event in the Netherlands. Nancy - an automaton with 16 different movements owned by The House of Automata at 32 High Street - has been loaned for six months to Design Museum Den Bosch. Michael Start runs the shop with his wife Maria and their son Hector. He explained: “Nancy will be a working exhibit in the ‘Women as Technology’ exhibition with female robots from Japan and America.
St Laurence Forres Trust being established after closure of the kirk by the Church of Scotland

1 week ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A charity is being founded to ensure future use of a historic building in the centre of town. Author of pamphlet ‘Forres Parish Church of St Laurence: eight centuries of Christian worship’, Norman Thomson, and five other volunteers with a broad range of interests have applied to register St Laurence Forres Trust (SLFT) as a charity following the kirk’s closure by the Church of Scotland and their call for a working group to come up with a viable alternative for its community use.
Findhorn Ecovillage focus of Scottish Government’s Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

2 weeks ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A committee from the Scottish Parliament has visited Moray’s ecovillage to see how environmentally sound heating systems work. The Local Government Housing and Planning Committee visited The Park, Findhorn ahead of expected scrutiny of legislation on heating and climate change.
Forres Academy pupil Alana Coutts thrilled to represent Scotland in international bowls tournament at Jim Baker Stadium in Antrim

2 weeks ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Craig R. Christie

A schoolgirl has celebrated an international bowls victory after being selected to represent her country. Forres Academy pupil Alana Coutts travelled to Northern Ireland with the Scotland under-18 team to take part in the annual international series tournament. She was part of a 16-strong team that defeated Ireland to lift the trophy. “Bowls is a huge part of my life,” said the 17-year-old.
Finderne litter pick is part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean Scotland campaign

2 weeks ago | forres-gazette.co.uk | Garry McCartney

A call is going out for help to keep the local countryside beautiful. The residents of Rafford, Burgie, Califer Hill, Logie, Dunphail and Edinkille are being invited to take part in the fifth annual Finderne Litter Pick, coinciding with Keep Scotland Beautiful’s Spring Clean Scotland. Organiser and Rafford resident, Lisa Wolff, confirmed the Finderne litter picks started during lockdown when more people on its beautiful walks started noticing the litter problem.

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MacMoray Festival: Can you spot yourself in our photos of the Elgin event?

Forres group Be Like Pablo are playing The Carlton Hotel with Tony Hawk’s Pro Soundsystem

Forres Mini Cans football team accepts donation from Forres Country Music Club

Dallas community plan for outdoor gym and pitch on hold due to Moray Council tax bill for derelict site

Forres Community Council heard from Mannachie Rise Residents Association about traffic issues in their area

Forres business The House of Automata is loaning humanoid Nancy to Design Museum Den Bosch

St Laurence Forres Trust being established after closure of the kirk by the Church of Scotland

Findhorn Ecovillage focus of Scottish Government’s Local Government Housing and Planning Committee

Forres Academy pupil Alana Coutts thrilled to represent Scotland in international bowls tournament at Jim Baker Stadium in Antrim

Finderne litter pick is part of the Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean Scotland campaign

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Becky Saunderson

Garry McCartney

Joe Millican

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