Activities

The Islay Festival, or 'Fèis Ìle' as it's called in Gaelic, offers distillery tours, loads of live music, a food fair, fishing and bowling competitions and even Gaelic lessons for those who want to embrace the culture of the most famous island in the world of whisky.

Join the Ranger service for fun nature activities in this wild, adult-free day out. Ages 8–12. Booking is essential.

Make your own dinosaur mask and look around the huge prehistoric specimens.

A fun choral group open to all levels to learn different styles and techniques to improve their voices. Ages 18+.

Massive motorcycle show with custom and road bikes, large trade area, club displays and entertainment with live music.

An exciting opportunity for children aged 7–12 to join the Forest Ranger and learn about the natural world. Refreshments provided; outdoor clothing necessary.

Travel backwards through time as you learn about kings and queens of days gone by, before making your own jewel-encrusted goblets (nb: 'jewels' may not be genuine precious stones …).

Take a walk in the park with Scotland's Kings and Queens and learn how each of them left their mark on the park's landscape. Booking is essential.

Help clear the Spey Bay reserve of litter on this monthly cleaning effort.

Let's go fly a kite (weather permitting) after a family workshop constructing your kite from recycled materials.

Make your own kite and take it for a test flight, wind permitting.

Construct your own kite or paper aeroplane and take it for a test flight.

Lively and fun drama and arts sessions for ages 12–18.

Learn how the 16th century ladies of the court dressed and the French influence on fashion.

Take home your own handmade Hallowe'en paper lantern. All materials provided. Booking is essential.

Learn more about your photography with landscape snapper Laurie Campbell.

A weekend of talks, demonstrations and activities that investigate our relationship to the natural world as explored through writing, in celebration of the Year of Natural Scotland. Speakers include Sir John Lister-Kaye, TC Smout, Esther Woolfson, Ian Edwards and Fi Martynoga.

Make your own purse pouch or wristband at this leatherworking workshop.

Now in its third shimmying and sparking year!!! Come and enjoy the hospitality of leith, the vibrancy of Cairo and the sparkling bellydance performances of dancers from Leith and beyond. Admission free, but please make a donation on the night by buying a ticket for our raffle to raise money for "Just Because", a…

Annual Leithers' answer to that big noisy thing up at the castle – expect massed pipes and drums, appearances from Leith Community Concert Band, highland dancers and guests. Part of Leith Festival.

Learn all about bats during this nocturnal wander around the estate.

Get the know-all behind why people dress up and paint their faces, before doing exactly that yourself. Like Hallowe'en, but four months early! Ages 3–5.