Tickets go on sale as Perth Festival of the Arts looks to celebrating its 50th year

Jools Holland is coming back to the Fair City to celebrate 50 years of Perth Festival of the Arts.

The festival committee recently revealed the performers and shows already booked for the return of Perth Festival of the Arts in 2022 and with more announcements in the following weeks, ticket sales are off to a good start.

Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra will perform at Perth Concert Hall on May 20.

And there's just been the announcement too that British comedian and Never Mind The Buzzcocks TV presenter Simon Amstell is booked to entertain Perth with his quirky show Spirit Hole on May 18.

English comedian and television presenter Simon Amstell will bring Spirit Hole to the May festival (Loughborough Echo)

There is a musical parody of the hit TV series Friends on May 21, BBC Big Band do the music of James Bond... and Beyond on May 25, Opera Bohemia performs Madam Butterfly on May 26 and 27 and Perth is graced with a visit from the Russian Philharmonic of Novosibirsk on May 28.

Tickets are available from Horsecross Arts box office, 01738 621031 or online at www.horsecross.co.uk