Events

Scotland offers a huge variety of opportunities for seeing and participating in all sorts of events throughout the year. Check out the monthly calendars on our web pages using the drop down menu of Events.

We also have some new pages on our web site giving you information about Book Festivals in Scotland and Winter Lights (special events with illuminations!).

Traditional Highland Games are held all over Scotland throughout the summer months from the small village events to the huge and historic Highland Games like the Lonach and Braemar Gatherings where famous celebrities watch the march of the Lonach men or the Queen and her family at Braemar. They all have opportunities for all the family to join in the fun.

Golf tournaments abound across every area, as well as food fairs and farmers’ markets in many towns throughout the year. The Royal Highland Show near Edinburgh or the more local shows like Turriff in the North East are held during the summer months.

There is something for everyone with food and whisky festivals; music events; art exhibitions; walking festivals and the enjoyment of traditional languages like the Gaelic Mod every October.

2018 has been designated in Scotland as the Year of Young People and will focus on cultural and educational events and activities, co-designed with young people themselves.