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.
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