The eight day music festival CITYJAM2007, organised by Inverness City Centre Management and in conjunction with Highland 2007’s InvernessFest, collected over £650 for local charity the Highland Hospice throughout the 8 days of the music festival.

Thanks to CITYJAM main organiser Irene Fraser, all the performers, venues Hootenanny’s and Highland Councils Town House and to the main sponsors of the festival, Highland 2007.

Events that took place throughout the eight days of the festival included live music to comedy, jugglers to jacobites! 

Forthcoming ‘SUMMER IN THE CITY’ street culture events not to miss includ:

• ‘Summer in the City’ Youth Festival – Saturday (28 July) with performances on the High Street Stage from the Zenwing Puppet Company, Happi the Clown, Face-painting in the Victorian Market, Storytelling at the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery and aliens and roaming mascots around the city centre!
• War of the World’s - Breaking away from the traditional Highland Culture street culture, Puppet Lab, an Edinburgh based theatre company are in the city centre from the 15 to the 29 of July providing a “War of the Worlds” Street Parade every day.  Look out for giant stilt walking aliens and other such crazy creatures who will be parading around the city centre during the day!
• Inverness Rediscovered – Inverness City Photography exhibition @ Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (18 July – 7 August)
• Battlescar Historical Re-enactments & Tours – Every Saturday in July & August. Tours leave Tourist Information Steps at 12pm & 2pm.
• Highland Dancers & Piper every Thursday evening in July & August (6-7pm)

For more information on the ‘Summer in the City’ Street Culture Programme visit: www.invernessccm.co.uk,  www.myspace.com/invernesscitycentre and www.invernesscityjam.com