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.
SCOTLAND ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVALS 2020….
A comprehensive and varied programme of Scottish Arts and Culture Festivals.
JANUARY 2020
Up Helly Aa
28th January 2020, Lerwick, Shetland
FEBRUARY 2020
Glasgow Film Festival
26th February – 8th March 2020, Glasgow
Braemar Mountain Festival
RETURNS 2021, Braemar
MARCH 2020
Glasgow Film Festival
26th February – 8th March 2020, Glasgow
Braemar Mountain Festival
RETURNS 2021, Braemar
Glasgow International Comedy Festival
12th – 29th March 2020, Glasgow
Aye Write! – Glasgow’s Book Festival
12th – 29th March 2020, Glasgow
APRIL 2020
Edinburgh International Harp Festival
TBC, Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Science Festival
4th – 19th April, 2020, Edinburgh
Beltane Fire Festival
30th April 2020, Edinburgh
MAY 2020
Ullapool Book Festival
8th – 10th May 2020, Market Street, Ullapool
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair
15th May 2020, Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival
20th – 31st May 2020, Edinburgh
Perth Festival of the Arts
21st – 30th May 2020, Perth
Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
22nd – 31st May 2020, Dumfries & Galloway
West End Festival
TBC, Glasgow
JUNE 2020
West End Festival
TBC, Glasgow
Borders Book Festival
11th – 14th June 2020, Melrose, Scottish Borders
Edinburgh International Film Festival
TBC, Edinburgh
Solas Festival
19th – 21st June 2020, Errol, Perthshire
JULY 2020
Hebridean Celtic Festival
15th – 18th July 2020, The Hebrides
Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival
17th – 26th July 2020, Edinburgh
Merchant City Festival
TBC, Glasgow
Edinburgh Art Festival
30th July – 30th August 2020, Edinburgh
AUGUST 2020
Edinburgh Art Festival
30th July – 30th August 2020, Edinburgh
Pittenweem Arts Festival
1st – 8th August 2020, Pittenweem
Edinburgh Military Tattoo
7th – 29th August 2020, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
7th – 31st August 2020, Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Festival
7th – 31st August 2020, Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Book Festival
15th – 31st August 2020, Edinburgh
Largs Viking Festival
29th August – 6th September 2020, Largs
SEPTEMBER 2020
Largs Viking Festival
29th August – 6th September 2020, Largs
Perthshire Open Studios
TBC, Perthshire
Nairn Book & Arts Festival
8th – 13th September 2020, Nairn
Wigtown Book Town Festival
25th September – 4th October 2020, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway
OCTOBER 2020
Wigtown Book Town Festival
25th September – 4th October 2020, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway
Ness Book Fest
TBC, Inverness
Bookmark Book Festival
2nd – 4th October 2020, Blairgowrie Community Campus
The Royal National Mod
9th – 17th October, Inverness
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
TBC, Edinburgh
Samhuinn Fire Festival
31st October 2020, centre of Edinburgh
NOVEMBER 2020
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
TBC, Edinburgh
North East of North (NEoN) Digital Arts Festival
TBC, Dundee
MacMillan Art Show
TBC, Edinburgh
Oban Winter Festival
TBC, Oban
Dundee Mountain Film Festival
26th – 28th November 2020, Dundee
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