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Scotland Arts & Culture Festivals 2022

Updated 17 June, 2022

Scotland Arts & Culture Festivals provide a comprehensive and varied programme of events to cater for anyone wishing to capture the nature and diversity of the country.

Arts & Culture


CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

Possible cancellations or postponements. Please check with the venue/event organiser for updates.


SCOTLAND ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVALS 2022….

A comprehensive and varied programme of Scottish Arts and Culture.

JANUARY

Up Helly Aa
CANCELLED, Lerwick, Shetland

MARCH

Glasgow Film Festival
2nd – 13th March 2022, Glasgow

Braemar Mountain Festival
3rd – 6th March 2022

APRIL

Edinburgh International Harp Festival
8th – 11th April, 2022

Edinburgh International Science Festival
9th – 24th April, 2022

Beltane Fire Festival
TBC

MAY

Ullapool Book Festival
6th – 8th May, 2022

Edinburgh International Children’s Festival
7th – 15th May, 2022

Perth Festival of the Arts
19th – 28th May, 2022

West End Festival
TBC

JUNE

Borders Book Festival
16th – 19th June 2022, Melrose

Solas Festival
17th – 19th June 2022, Scone Palace

JULY

Hebridean Celtic Festival
13th – 16th July 2022, Stornoway

Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival
15th – 24th July, 2022

Merchant City Festival
28th -31st July 2022, Glasgow

Edinburgh Art Festival
28th July – 28th August, 2022

AUGUST

Edinburgh Art Festival
28th July – 28th August, 2022

Edinburgh Military Tattoo
5th – 27th August 2022, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
5th – 29th August 2022, Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival
5th – 29th August 2022

Pittenweem Arts Festival
6th – 13th August 2022, Pittenweem

Edinburgh International Film Festival
12th – 20th August 2022, Edinburgh
The best in British and world cinema is celebrated, showing some of the latest new movies at The Edinburgh International Film Festival. You have the chance to meet some of the artists involved.

Edinburgh International Book Festival
13th – 29th August, 2022

Nairn Book & Arts Festival
23rd August – 3rd September, 2022

Largs Viking Festival
27th August – 4th September 2022, Largs

SEPTEMBER

Nairn Book & Arts Festival
23rd August – 3rd September, 2022

Largs Viking Festival
27th August – 4th September 2022, Largs

Perthshire Open Studios
3rd – 11th September 2022, Perthshire

Wigtown Book Town Festival
23rd September – 3rd October, 2022

OCTOBER

Wigtown Book Town Festival
23rd September – 3rd October, 2022

Edinburgh Short Film Festival
28th October – 13th November 2022, Edinburgh

NOVEMBER

Edinburgh Short Film Festival
28th October – 13th November 2022, Edinburgh

Book Week Scotland
14th – 20th November 2022, various locations

Edinburgh Art Fair
17th – 20th November, O2 Academy, Edinburgh

Oban Winter Festival
18th – 27th November 2022, Oban

Dundee Mountain Film Festival
24th – 26th November 2022


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