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.
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Possible cancellations or postponements. Please check with the venue/event organiser for updates.
SCOTLAND ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVALS 2021….
A comprehensive and varied programme of Scottish Arts and Culture.
JANUARY
Up Helly Aa
Returns 2022, Lerwick, Shetland
FEBRUARY
Braemar Mountain Festival
CANCELLED
Glasgow Film Festival
24th February – 7th March 2021, Glasgow
MARCH
Glasgow Film Festival
24th February – 7th March 2021, Glasgow
Aye Write! – Glasgow’s Book Festival
3rd March 2021, Glasgow
APRIL
Edinburgh International Harp Festival
9th – 12th April, 2021 (Online)
MAY
Ullapool Book Festival
CANCELLED
Perth Festival of the Arts
20th – 29th May, 2021
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival
25th May – 6th june 2021
West End Festival
CANCELLED
JUNE
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival
25th May – 6th june 2021
Edinburgh Short Film Festival
4th – 6th June 2021, Edinburgh
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
11th – 27th June 2021, Glasgow
Edinburgh International Science Festival
26th June – 11th July 2021
JULY
Edinburgh International Science Festival
26th June – 11th July 2021
Merchant City Festival
8th – 11th July 2021, Glasgow
Hebridean Celtic Festival
14th – 17th July 2021, Stornoway
Edinburgh International Jazz & Blues Festival
16th – 25th July, 2021
Edinburgh Art Festival
29th July – 29th August, 2021
AUGUST
Edinburgh Art Festival
29th July – 29th August, 2021
Edinburgh Military Tattoo
6th – 28th August 2021, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
6th – 30th August 2021, Edinburgh
Pittenweem Arts Festival
7th – 14th August 2021, Pittenweem
Edinburgh International Festival
7th – 29th August, 2021
Edinburgh International Book Festival
14th – 30th August, 2021
Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair
20th – 22nd August, 2021
Solas Festival
21st – 22nd August 2021, Scone Palace
Largs Viking Festival
28th August – 5th September 2021, Largs
SEPTEMBER
Largs Viking Festival
28th August – 5th September 2021, Largs
Perthshire Open Studios
4th – 12th September 2021, Perthshire
Nairn Book & Arts Festival
CANCELLED
Wigtown Book Town Festival
23rd September – 3rd October, 2021
OCTOBER
Wigtown Book Town Festival
23rd September – 3rd October, 2021
NOVEMBER
Borders Book Festival
2nd – 7th November, 2021
Book Week Scotland
15th – 21st November 2021, various locations
Edinburgh Art Fair
18th – 21st November 2021, Edinburgh Corn Exchange
Oban Winter Festival
TBC, Oban
Dundee Mountain Film Festival
25th – 27th November, 2021
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