Historic Kilmun

16/06/2026

Join our singalong with the @ Historic Kilmun this Sunday from 7.30pm! Free entry / donations gratefully received / refreshments upon arrival

15/06/2026

Join us for a wonderful stroll around and find out all about the historical characters who called this place home...the next walk takes place this Saturday from 11am...book your place (£5 pp) by visiting Bookpoint Dunoon or call 01369 702377

13/06/2026

Grab a second hand book or two and then settle back and listen to a wonderful water organ recital...from 12.30pm today!

Kilmun Half-hour Organ Serenade, Saturday 13/6/26 at 14.30
Organist: Philip Norris, B.Mus, - Organist at St John’s Church, Gourock.

Programme:*
1 ‘Praise Him’ (alla Handel) (Sigfrid Karg-Elert)

2 Trumpet Voluntary in D (John Stanley)

3 Scottish Dance (Air) (Malcolm Arnold)

4 Bolero de Concert (Louis Lefebure-Wely)

5 St Kilda (Ben Kelly/arr Kitchen/ P N)

6 Minuet (from Music for the Royal Fireworks) (G.F. Handel)

7 Improvisation on Kelvingrove (P. Norris)

8 Sortie in C (Christopher Tambling)

9 Fiat Lux (Theodore Dubois)

*This programme may be subject to change at any time. The organ is water-powered and was built in 1909 by Norman & Beard (Norwich). It was restored in 2007, and in 2022 remedial work was carried out. It has 2 manuals and pedals, with 16 stops and 7 couplers.

11/06/2026

The Oakbank hosts the final talk in the 'Colourful Characters of Cowal' series with the spotlight on the remarkable life of medical pioneer and social changemaker Elizabeth Blackwell...this Sunday from 6pm to 8pm...free entry, donations to the Oakbank Community Inn gratefully received

09/06/2026

Historic Kilmun’s famous water-powered Norman & Beard organ will be centre stage again at the next recital on Saturday June 13th at 2.30pm, when organist Philip Norris will be playing an attractive and varied programme showcasing the organ’s remarkable versatility, in the church’s wonderful acoustic.

The programme will be light and bright, including the rather zany Bolero by French composer Louis Lefebure-Wely, a prelude called Praise Him (in the style of Handel) by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, as well as English composer Christopher Tamblings’s light and
entertaining Sortie, and the exhilarating Fiat Lux ( Let there be light) by Theodore Dubois.

There will also be a Trumpet Voluntary by John Stanley, and 2 new arrangements of some well known Scottish melodies as well as an arrangement of a beautiful Air by Malcolm
Arnold, which comes from his ‘Four Scottish Dances’.

Entry to the Saturday organ recitals at Kilmun is free, though donations are very welcome and can greatly assist with the upkeep of the building, as well as the organ. Refreshments
will be available. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal and all are very welcome!

09/06/2026

There's a singalong with the @ Historic Kilmun on Sunday 21st June from 7.30pm! Free entry / donations gratefully received / refreshments upon arrival

01/06/2026

A great showcase of some of the things that our Cowal peninsula has to offer from Scottish adventurer Ruth Aisling

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31/05/2026

29/05/2026

The weather might be a bit 'dreich' today but you can cheer yourself up tonight with some classic Scottish tunes (including a special Harry Lauder set!) from Greenock-born singer and guitarist Carl Peterson who is over here from his home in Pennsylvania...at the Oakbank Community Inn Sandbank

An evening of classic Scottish tunes with singer and guitarist Carl Peterson...
tonight at the Oakbank from 8pm!

29/05/2026

The distinctive and rare water organ at Historic Kilmun was installed in 1909...find out all about it with a visit to our heritage museum this weekend!