Festival Dates for 2026

Please find below festival dates for 2026
Regards Liz and the team

Festival Dates for 2026
While Correct at time of printing please check with festival for any update and ticket availability before attending
Start Date	End Date
January		Festival
14-Jan	31-Jan	Celtic Connections
26-Jan	26-Jan	Up Hella Aa
February
TBA		TMSA The Muckle Sing – Edinburgh
TBA		Inverness  Music Festival -1st weekend
March
12-Mar	21-Mar	Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival
05-Mar	07-Mar	Inverness  Music Festival -1st weekend
17-Mar	19-Mar	Lochwinnoch Arts Festival
14-Mar	14-Mar	TMSA Aberdeen Competitions Day
20-Mar	22-Mar	Neil Gow Annual Scottish  Fiddle Festival
27-Mar	29-Mar	Flute Fling
April
10-Apr	14-Apr	Edinburgh International Harp Festival
17-Apr	18-Apr	Northern Stemes Festival
TBA		Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin’
23-Apr	24-Apr	Mull Music Festival
May
30-Apr	03-May	Shetland Folk Festival
01-May	03-May	Girvan Traditional Folk Festival
01-May	11-May	Tradfest Edinburgh
01-May	03-May	Live In Loch Goil
08-May	10-May	Moniaive Folk Festival
07-May	09-May	Sky Live
15-May	17-May	Fife Traditional Singing Weekend:
21-May	26-May	Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
21-May	24-May	Orkney Folk Festival
21-May	01-Jun	Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
30-May	30-May	The Gathering
June
01-Jun	28-Jun	Glasgow West End Festival
05-Jun	07-Jun	Arran Folk Festival
05-Jun	07-Jun	Portsoy Music Festival 16th Haal
11-Jun	14-Jun	Eden Festival
12-Jun	14-Jun	Scottish Traditional Boat Festival
13-Jun	14-Jun	Keith TMSA Festival
19-Jun	20-Jun	Oban Shanty Festival
19-Jun	21-Jul	Transmt
19-Jun	21-Jun	Solas Festival
20-Jun	20-Jun	The Reeling
20-Jun	20-Jun	Killin Music Festival
20-Jun	20-Jun	The Reeling
27-Jun	28-Jul	Heartland Festival
TBA		Falkland Traditional Music Festival
July
01-Jul	05-Jul	East  Neuk  Festival
03-Jul	04-Jul	WOMAD
03-Jul	05-Jul	Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
05-Jul	05-Jul	Ceolas Music Summer School
09-Jul	12-Jul	Dalry Folk Festival
10-Jul	12-Jul	Stonehaven Folk Festival
10-Jul	12-Jul	Furness Tradition
10-Jul	12-Jul	Rothbury Traditional Music Festival
10-Jul	12-Jul	Tiree Muisic Festival
14-Jul	16-Jul	Lossiemouth Folk Festival
16-Jul	18-Jul	HebCelt
18-Jul	18-Jul	Glenfarg Folk Day
22-Jul	01-Aug	Crail Festival
25-Jul	27-Jul	Cullerlie Traditional Singing Weekend
24-Jul	26-Jul	Speyfest
30-Jul	01-Aug	Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
30-Jul	02-Aug	Wickham Festival
August
03-Aug	08-Aug	Shetland Fiddle Week
08-Aug	09-Aug	Party at The Palace – Linlithgow
09-Aug	14-Aug	Piping Live
13-Aug	16-Aug	Milwaukke Irish Fest
19-Aug	23-Aug	Mull of Kintyre Music Festival
14-Aug	16-Aug	Innerleithen Music Festival
26-Aug	29-Aug	Tonder Folk Festival
September
04-Sep	07-Sep	Kirriemuir Festival,
04-Sep	07-Sep	Portpatrick Folk Festival
09-Sep	10-Sep	Linlithgow Folk Festival
17-Sep	20-Sep	Ceol Cholsa
25-Sep	27-Sep	Dunbar Traditional Music Festival (The Belhaven Best)
25-Sep	27-Sep	Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival
30-Sep	04-Oct	Glasgow Americana
October
09-Oct	17-Oct	Celtic Colours
November
05-Nov	08-Nov	Denholm Festival
While Correct at time of printing please check with festival before attending