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Scotland Music Festivals 2022

Updated 21 May, 2022

Scotland music festivals provide us with a cultural treat, from traditional Celtic music to classical and pop music, in widespread venues the length and breadth of the country.

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SCOTLAND MUSIC FESTIVALS 2022…

This year’s calendar is as diverse and exciting as always, and all the old favourites are there, including some good folk and jazz festivals. If you appreciate good music, you’re guaranteed to find something to your liking here, whatever your taste in music may be.

JANUARY 2022

Celtic Connections
20th January – 6th February 2022
Celtic music, Glasgow.

FEBRUARY 2022

Celtic Connections
20th January – 6th February 2022
Celtic music, Glasgow.

Inverness Fiddlers Rally
12th February 2022
Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness.

MARCH 2022

Niel Gow Festival
18th – 20th March 2022
Fiddle festival, Dunkeld & Birnam, Perthshire.

Sterophonics
20th – 21st March 2022
Aberdeen, Glasgow, plus various venues around the UK.

Fèis an Eilein Skye Festival
22nd March – 10th May 2022, Isle of Skye
Scottish traditional music spiced up with Jazz, Theatre & more.

Counting Crows – Butter Miracle Tour
29th March 2022
O2 Academy, Glasgow.

Dumfries Jazz Festival
TBC, Cairndale Hotel, Dumfries
Includes dinner and entertainment each night.

APRIL 2022

Glenfarg Folk Feast
8th – 10th April 2022
Traditional Folk music, Kinross.

Mull Music Festival
21st – 24th April 2022
Folk-rock bands, fiddle, accordion, dance and ceilidh bands, Isle of Mull.

Shetland Folk Festival
28th April – 1st May 2022
Traditional Folk music, Shetland.

Girvan Traditional Folk festival
28th April – 2nd May, 2022
Traditional Folk music Family Festival, Girvan.

Bonfest
29th April – 1st May 2022
International Bon Scott Rock Festival, Kirriemuir, Angus.

MAY 2022

Fèis an Eilein Skye Festival
22nd March – 10th May 2022, Isle of Skye
Scottish traditional music spiced up with Jazz, Theatre & more.

Shetland Folk Festival
28th April – 1st May 2022
Traditional Folk music, Shetland.

Bonfest
29th April – 1st May 2022
International Bon Scott Rock Festival, Kirriemuir, Angus.

Girvan Traditional Folk festival
28th April – 2nd May, 2022
Traditional Folk music Family Festival, Girvan.

Skye Live Festival
13th – 14th May 2022
2 days of live music (small campsite), Portree, Isle of Skye.

March Into Pitlochry Festival
20th – 22nd May 2022
Charity event over two days, with twenty bands and a mixture of genres of music.

Erasure
24th May 2022
P&J Live, Aberdeen.

The Script
26th May 2022
P&J Live, Aberdeen.

Orkney Folk Festival
26th – 29th May 2022
Traditional Folk music, Orkney and Caithness.

Midstock Music Festival
27th – 28th May 2022
Local music, food and fun, Dalkeith Country Park, Dalkeith (near Edinburgh).

Islay Festival
27th May – 4th June 2022
Diverse programme featuring traditional music, ceilidhs, Gaelic lessons, golf, bowling and whisky tasting.

JUNE 2022

Islay Festival
27th May – 4th June 2022
Diverse programme featuring traditional music, ceilidhs, Gaelic lessons, golf, bowling and whisky tasting.

Glasgow Riverside Festival
2nd – 4th June 2022
Bank holiday weekender, Glasgow.

Oban Live Festival
TBC
Biggest live music festival in the Argyll & Bute region.

Kirkcudbright Jazz Festival
9th – 12th June 2022
Kircudbright, Dumfries & Galloway.

Arran Folk Festival
10th – 12th June 2022
On the beautiful Isle of Arran.

The Big Top
11th – 25th June 2022
The Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh.

Let’s Rock Scotland
18th June 2022
Retro Festival, Dalkeith Country Park.

Eagles
22nd June 2022
BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh.

JULY 2022

Primal Scream
Ist & 2nd July 2022
Queen’s Park Recreation Ground, Glasgow.

Red Hot ChiIi Peppers
Ist July 2022
Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

Calvin Harris
2nd July 2022
Hampden Park National Stadium, Glasgow.

Cantilena Music Festival
3rd – 8th July 2022
A week of chamber music on the island of Islay.

TRNSMT
8th – 10th July 2022
Glasgow Green.

Stonehaven Folk Festival
8th – 10th July 2022
Traditional Scottish folk music festival, Stonehaven.

Newton Stewart & Minnigaff Traditional & Acoustic Music Festival
8th – 10th Juy 2022
3 days of music and dance, Newton Stewart.

Tiree Music Festival
8th – 10th July 2022
Isle of Tiree.

Hebridean Celtic Festival
13th – 16th July 2022
Traditional Folk & Celtic music, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival
15th – 24th July 2022
Edinburgh.

The Script
16th July 2022
Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh.

Rewind Festival: Scotland
22nd – 24th July 2022
Expect iconic performances from musical legends, Scone Palace, Perth.

Speyfest
22nd – 24th July 2022, Fochabers, Moray
Celtic rock and ceilidhs with musicians from all over the world.

Simply Red
23rd July 2022
Slessor Gardens, Dundee.

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
28th – 31st July, 2022
Rock & Pop, Belladrum Estate, Beauly, Inverness-shire.

ButeFest
29th – 31st July 2022
3 days of live music on the Isle of Bute.

AUGUST 2022

Mugstock Music Festival
5th – 8th August 2022
Music and merriment across 4 days, Mugdock Country Park, Milngavie.

Piping Live
6th – 14th August 2022
International Piping Festival, Glasgow.

Edinburgh Summer Sessions
7th – 14th August 2022
Edinburgh, Princes Street Gardens.

Tom Jones
10th – 11th August 2022
Edinburgh, Princes Street Gardens.

Party At The Palace
13th – 14th August 2022
Rock & pop, Linlithgow.

Coldplay
23rd August 2022
Hampden Park, Glasgow.

Connect Festival
26th – 28th August 2022
Royal Highland Centre.

SEPTEMBER 2022

Mendelssohn on Mull
17th – 23rd September 2022
Classical & Opera festival, Isle of Mull.

Dunoon Jazz Festival
TBC
Vibrant programme of exciting acts from across the jazz spectrum.

Callander Jazz & Blues Festival
30th September – 2nd October, 2022
Live jazz, blues, soul and boogie. From solo artists to big bands, over 200 musicians ensure a long weekend of great music in the autumn splendour of the Trossachs.

OCTOBER 2022

Callander Jazz & Blues Festival
30th September – 2nd October, 2022
Live jazz, blues, soul and boogie. From solo artists to big bands, over 200 musicians ensure a long weekend of great music in the autumn splendour of the Trossachs.

Bute Manouche Jazz Festival
21st – 23rd October 2022, Isle of Bute
Bute Jazz presents Bute Manouche, Scotland’s Gypsy Jazz Festival.

NOVEMBER 2022

Westlife
17th November 2022
P&J Live Aberdeen

Westlife
19th November 2022
OVO Hydro, Glasgow

Rod Stewart
29th November 2022
OVO Hydro, Glasgow


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PLEASE NOTE: Many of the festivals take place on our Islands, so if travelling from the mainland and you need some help on how to get to any of these locations, check out the Travelling in Scotland page where you’ll find links to ferry services in Scotland.



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