August Scottish Music Festivals

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland's award-winning Gaelic College, is a unique learning environment.

The Courses are structured around an ‘open format’, which does not restrict participants to a single class subject..

The Festival brings together and presents the best young performers and performing companies.

Folk Music at the Edinburgh Fringe.

A much-loved event which is always great fun there are concerts, ceilidhs, competitions, workshops singarounds, openair music, pub gatherings, childrens events.

A magical music festival in a stunning setting - Italian Gardens, Belladrum, Beauly, Inverness-shire.

Common Ground, Scotland is a Summer School for The Traditional Arts. It is much more than a series of workshops, or masterclasses, or concerts, or dances, or festival - although it will be all of these and more.

Dunure Inn & Legacy's August Music Festival

The world's largest celebration of the arts, the annual Edinburgh International Festival Fringe, is a massive explosion of cultural and artistic expression centred around the official festival.

Annual event as part of the Edinburgh Fringe

The Festival is organised by the Scottish Bluegrass Association and takes place the idyllic village of Guildtown in rural Perthshire.

A lovely festival set amongst the rolling hills of the Scottish Borders.

A week long event in the Scottish Borders town of Langholm covering all forms of entertainment including traditional music.

Irvine Folk Club which meets every second Wednesday in The Golf Hotel, Irvine, Ayrshire is also responsible for putting together the Marymass Folk Festival.

This is an exciting festival with lots of action, outdoor events, kids stuff, parades, beer tent as well as top notch concerts and ceilidhs & workshops.

New for 2007! A new Celtic Music Festival for the Fort Augustus area.

Glasgow's annual piping extravaganza

Friendly festival in a beautiful Harbour village cradled at the foot of rocky cliffs looking across 22 miles of the Irish Channel to Donaghdee.

Beat the Drum will take the form of a day-long music fest with an exciting supporting roll call of complementary bands and artistes.

Shetland undeniably has a unique heritage and culture. This is especially true of our traditional music. We are often asked how this unique tradition has evolved in Shetland.

Speyfest takes place in the picturesque Moray village of Fochabers in the north-east of Scotland . The festival site is at the playing fields on East Street , at the eastern end of the village.

World Pipe Band Championships take place annually in Glasgow. Pipes and drums from almost every continent descend onto Glasgow Green with one goal - to be World Pipe Band Champions 2007.

A spectacular calendar of events will mark Scotland's first ever Homecoming year. So, whether you're a Scot, of Scottish descent, or simply love Scotland, you're invited!

Brilliant Scottish traditonal music tasking place throughout the Highlands each summer.