Scotland’s Arts Festivals

I’ve been trying to keep track of what is going on when in the Scottish arts scene, and in the process I created a month-by-month list of all the festivals I know of that are taking place around Scotland. This list is not exhaustive, and I’ve only included ones that most people would be interested in/would have heard of. Hope this helps when planning what to see and when!

The festivals in blue are the ones I have taken part in or been involved with in some way.

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January

Celtic Connections (19^th Jan- 5^th Feb, Glasgow)

Fife Festival of Music (30^th Jan-12^th Feb)

February

Fife Jazz Festival (3-5th Feb)

Lentfest (21st Feb-15th April, run by Archdiocese of Glasgow Arts Project)

March

StAnza (14-18^th March, St Andrews)

Niel Gow Scottish Fiddle Festival (Perthshire, 16-18^th March)

Edinburgh International Harp Festival (30^th March-4^th April)

April

Eye o’ the Dug (14^th-15^th April, St Andrews)

On the Rocks (16-22^nd April, St Andrews)

Beltane Fire Festival (Calton Hill, Edinburgh, 30^th April)

May

Shetland Folk Festival (3-6^th May)

Fifesing (11-13th May, Fife Animal Park)

Perth Festival of the Arts (17-27^th May)

June

Horsecross Youth Arts Festival (6-30^th June)

Culross Music and Arts Festival (1-3^rd June)

St Magnus International Festival (22-27 June)

The Cottier Chamber music project (1-22nd June, part of Glasgow’s West End Festival)

East Neuk Festival (27^th June-1^st July)

July

Mendelssohn on Mull (2-7 July)

Crail Festival (18-28^th July)

Music at Paxton (13-22^nd July, Borders)

World Saxophone Congress (10-15^th July, St Andrews)

August

Pittenweem Arts Festival (28^th July-5 Aug)

Edinburgh International Festival (9^th Aug-2^nd Sept)

Edinburgh Fringe Festival (3-27^th Aug)

Aberdeen International Youth Festival (1-11^th Aug)

Auchtermuchty Festival (10-12 Aug)

September

Lammermuir Festival (14^th-23^rd Sept)

St Monan’s Community Arts Festival (14-16^th Sept)

October

Blazin’ in Beauly (15-19th Oct)

St Andrews Voices (18-21^st Oct) NEW

Sound (Aberdeen, 26^th Oct- 18^th Nov)

November

St Andrews Festival (30^th Nov-2^nd Dec)

Fiddle 2012 (16^th-18^th Nov, Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh)

December

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay (30^th Dec- 2^nd Jan)

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