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Scottish Music Festivals
This is a small select list of some of the festivals and events taking place in Scotland in 2006. Please note that information on this list is correct at the time of collating the list but Taigh na Teud does not accept responsibilty for any events which are cancelled or changed. Please check details with the contacts given with each event listing.
If you would like your event to be added to the list please contact us at christine@scotlandsmusic.com
January
Celtic Connections www.celticconnections.com
Glasgow Fringe Festival www.glasgowfringe.co.uk
February
Inverness Music Festival www.invernesmusicfestival.co.uk
March Benmore, Argyll, Music in the Castle www.cultural-connections.co.uk
Milnathort Music Festival hometown@aol.uk/crackinceilidh
Dunkeld Neil Gow Festival www.musicinscotland.com
Orkney Dance Festival www.orkneydancefestival.co.uk
Stirling Traditional Dance Festival www.stdt.org
Musselburgh Accordian & Fiddle Fest postmaster@naafc.fs.net.co.uk
Stirling The Blend www.theblendfestival.com
April
Aberdeen Rootin Aboot www.lemontree.org
Edinburgh Intn Harp Festival www.harpfestival.co.uk
Shetland Folk Festival www.shetlandfolkfestival.com
Edinburgh’s Ceilidh Culture www.ceilidhculture.co.uk
Girvan Folk Festival macmags21@hotmail.com
Border Gaitherin www.bordergaitherin.com
Edinburgh’s Youth Gaitherin www.eyg.org.uk
Ullapool Fèis Rois Inbhich www.feisrois@feisean.org
Grantown-on-Spey Strathspey in May www.strathspeyinmay.com
Oban Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival www.obanfestival.org
Glenrothes Lang Spoon Festival www.rotheshalls.org.uk
Skye World Music Festival www.seall.co.uk
May Buchan heritage Festival marlene@low344.fsnet.co.uk
Doune & Dunblane Fling www.dunblanefling.com
Islay Malt & Music Festival www.islayfestival.org
Galloway Folk Festival phyllismartin56@hotmail.com
Ayrshire Burns an a’ that! www.burnsfestival.com
Skye Accordion & Fiddle Festival www.skyemusic.co.uk
Isle of Rum Music Festival freebhost.com/isleofrum
Glendale International Storytelling www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk
June
Inverness The Highland Festival 2007 www.highlandfestival.org.uk
Highland Year of Culture Keith Festival www.keithfestival.btinternet.co.uk
Glasgow West End Festival www.westendfestival.co.uk
Knapdale Dalriada Festival www.dalriadaproject.org
Isle of Skye Music Festival www.skyemusicfestival.co.uk
Loanhead Music Festival www.loanheadfest.co.uk
Lanark Celtic Festival www.lanarkcelticfestival.co.uk
Arran The Big Session www.arranfeisfest.org.uk
Buckie Festival www.buckiefestival.co.uk
July
South Uist - Ceòlas www.ceolas.co.uk
Stornoway Hebridean Celtic Festival www.hebceltfest.com
Lossiemouth Folk Club Festival www.lossiefolkclub.co.uk
Edinbane Festival www.edinbane-festival.com
Stonehaven Folk Festival www.stonehavenfolkfestival.co.uk
Skye Festival Feis an Eilein www.feisaneilein.com
Great Taste of Skye and Lochalsh www.tasteskye.co.uk
Lomond Folk Festival www.lomondfolkfestival.com
Bute Live Music & Arts www.butelive.co.uk
Barra - Feis Bharraigh www.bharraigh@feisean.org
Angus - The Hairst www.thehairst.co.uk
Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival www.newcastleton.com
Aberdeen - The North Atlantic Fiddle Convention www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/nafco
Kintyre - Mull of Kintyre Music Festival www.mokfest.com
Ayr Common Ground Festival www.commongroundscotland.com
Auchtermuchty Festival www.auchtermuchty-festival.org.uk
Innerleithen Music Festival www.innerleithenmusicfestival.org
Langholm & Eskdale Music Festival www.langholmfestival.co.uk
Glasgow- Piping Live! Festival www.pipingfestival.co.uk
Shetland Fiddle Frenzy www.shetland-arts-trust.co.uk
Edinburgh Festival Fringe www.edfringe.com
Beauly Belladrum Tartan Heart Music Festival www.tartanheartfestival.co.uk
Ross-shire Fèis Rois Cèilidh Trail www.feisrois@feisean.org
September
Gigha Music Festival www.gigha.org.uk
Linlithgow Folk Festival www. llfaenquiries@hotmail.com
Portpatrick Folk Festival www.stranraer.org/portfest
Tarbert (Argyll) Music Festival www.tarbertmusicfestival.com
The Isle of Skye Highland Games www.skye-highland-games.co.uk
Blas Festival www.blas-festival.com
Dunbar Traditional Music Festival www.dtmf.dunbar.org.uk
Galloway - Hairth o’ Knokrach www.knockengarroch.org.uk
Glenelg Music Festival wwww.dramsinthefield@hotmail.com
Jura Music Festival www.theisleofjura.co.uk
Aberdeen - The Doric festival www.thedoricfestival.co.uk
October
Beauly - Blazin’ in Beauly www.blazininbeauly.com
Royal National Mod www.the-mod.co.uk
Ullapool Guitar Festival www.ullapoolguitarfestival.com
Ayrshire -Darvel Music Festival www.darvelmusicfestival.org
Biggar Little Festival www.biggar-little-festival.com
Selkirk Sessions www.selkirksessions.com
November
Edinburgh - Fiddle Festival www.scotfiddlefestival.com
Skye Jazz Festival www.seall.co.uk
The Carrying Stream www.carryingstream.org.uk
Denholm Folk Festival www.denholmfolkfest.co.uk
Strathspè Away sandra@dannsa.com
Partick Folk Festival jane.cowie@theannexehlc.org
Burnsong Live! www.burnsong.com
Howe Festival www.aberdeenshirearts.org.uk
