Festival Dates 2023
Please check with festival before attending for ticket availability. For any changes – ammendments or additions to their programme
Jan-23 19-Jan 05-Feb Celtic Connections
February
11-Feb 11-Feb The Muckle Sing
24-Feb 26-Feb Inverness Music Festival
March
06-Mar 11-Mar Galloway Music Festival
11-Mar 11-Mar Glasgow St Patrick’s Festival – Family Fun Day
17-Mar 19-Mar Neil Gow Annual Scottish Fiddle Festival
24-Mar 16-Mar Hawick Reivers Festival
April
07-Apr 12-Apr Edinburgh International Harp Festival
22-Apr 22-Apr Glenfarg Folk Feast
23-Apr 23-Apr Flute Fling – Edinburgh
25-Apr 01-May Costa Del Folk – Ibiza
28-Apr 08-May Tradfest – Edinburgh
27-Apr 30-Apr Northern Streams
27-Apr 30-Apr Shetland Folk Festival
28-Apr 30-Apr Girvan Traditional Folk Festival
30-Apr 02-May Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin’ |
May
05-May 07-May Moniaive Folk Festival
12-May 14-May Fife Traditional Singing Weekend:
19-May 20-May Strichen Festival
11-May 13-May Skye Live
25-May 28-May Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
25-May 28-May Orkney Folk Festival
26-May 03-Jun Islay Festival
20-May 29-May Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival
25-May 25-May The Gathering
June
02-Jun 04-Jun Portsoy Folk Festival
02-Jun 25-Jun Glasgow West End Festival
03-Jun 04-Jun Blazin’ in Biggar
08-Jun 11-Jun Eden Festival
Oban Live tbc
09-Jun 11-Jun Arran Folk Festival
09-Jun 11-Jun Keith Festival TMSA
10-Jun 11-Jun The Reeling – Glasgow
16-Jun 18-Jun Killin Music Festival
16-Jun 18-Jun Solas Festival
23-Jun 25-Jun Oban International Shanty Festival
30-Jun 03-Jul Kelburn Garden Party
30-Jun 02-Jul Scottish Traditional Boat Festival – Portsoy
July
30-Jun 02-Jul Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
01-Jul 01-Jul Sma Shot Day. – Paisley
07-Jul 08-Jul Doonfest
07-Jul 09-Jul Stonehaven Folk Festival
07-Jul 09-Jul Newton Stewart & Minnigaff TMDF
07-Jul 09-Jul Furness Tradition
07-Jul 09-Jul Tiree Music Festival
Lossiemouth Folk Festival rba
14-Jul 16-Jul Rothbury Traditional Music Festival
12-Jul 15-Jul Heb Celtic Festival
21-Jul 23-Jul Cullerlie Traditional Singing Weekend
21-Jul 23-Jul Speyfest
21-Jul 23-Jul Doune The Rabbit Hole
26-Jul 30-Jul Fiddlers Green Festival – Rostrevor
27-Jul 29-Jul Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival
27-Jul 29-Jul Eilean Dorcha Festival
27-Jul 30-Jul Cambridge Folk Festival
28-Jul 30-Jul Butefest
28-Jul 30-Jul Ugi Folk Festival |
August
03-Aug 06-Aug Wickham Festival
03-Aug 06-Aug Ballyshannon Folk Festival
04-Aug 07-Aug Mugstock – Milngavie
|04-Aug 11-Aug Sidmouth Folk Festival
06-Aug 11-Aug Shetland Fiddle Frenzy
07-Aug 27-Aug Acoustic Music Centre -Edinbrurgh
09-Aug 13-Aug Mull of Kintyre Music Festival
11-Aug 13-Aug Fresh Folk Ayr Fest
12-Aug 13-Aug Party at The Palace
12-Aug 13-Aug Falkland Traditional Music Festival
12-Aug 20-Aug Piping Live
Innerleithen Music Festival tba
17-Aug 20-Aug Milwaukee Irish Festival
19-Aug 25-Aug Whitby Folk Week
20-Aug 21-Aug Marymass Folk Festival
24-Aug 27-Aug Tonder Folk Festival
September
01-Sep 03-Sep Kirriemuirfe Festival,
01-Sep 03-Sep Kelso Folk Festival
01-Sep 09-Sep Blas
02-Sep 04-Sep Portpatrick Folk Festival
08-Sep 10-Sep Airdersier Folk Festival – Invernesshire
14-Sep 17-Sep Linlithgow Folk Festival
14-Sep 17-Sep Ceol Cholasa
Douglasdale Folk Festival tba
Shawfest – Glasgow tba
22-Sep 24-Sep Dunbar Traditional Music Festival
22-Sep 24-Sep Jura Music Festival
22-Sep 24-Sep Moniaive Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival
30-Sep 30-Sep Moniaive Guitar Festival
October |0
5-Oct 08-Oct Shetland Fiddle & Accordion Festival
06-Oct 08-Oct Ullapool Guitar Festival
06-Oct 08-Oct Hartlepool Folk Festival
06-Oct 14-Oct Celtic Colours
04-Oct 10-Oct Costa Festival – Portugal 1
3-Oct 30-Oct Scottish International Storytelling Festival – Edinburgh
16-Oct 20-Oct Blazin In Beauly
27-Oct 30-Oct Perth All Scotland Accordion & Fiddle Fest
Novembr
Perthshire Amber Festival tba
02-Nov 05-Nov Denholm Folk Festival
11-Nov 11-Nov The Carring Streams Festival – Edinburgh
17-Nov 19-Nov Scottish Fiddle Festival – Edinburgh
Please check with festival for ticket availability, amendments, alterations or additions before attennding the festival
Get out and hear the music
Liz