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Meadows Festival
Date	Location
Taking place on the wide green expanse of Edinburgh's Meadows, this festival is dominated by a vast selection of stalls selling everything from sweeties to sculpture. There are also tents set up for live music performance and workshops, and a family-friendly funfair. Samba bands, fire performers, local primary schools football competition, a dog show and more add to the community-based vibe. View full details
2 Jun–3 Jun Times vary	The Meadows, Edinburgh

CAMRA Aberdeen Grampian and Northern Isles Beer Festival
Date	Location
The Campaign for Real Ale's most northerly festival features a range of real cider, perry and bottled continental beers alongside its massive selection of 100 real ales from around the UK. Among the events in the 2012 edition is the Olympic-themed 'Thirst Among Equals' session. View full details
31 May–2 Jun Thu 4pm–midnight; Fri 3pm–midnight; Sat noon–11pm	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

West End Festival
Date	Location
One of the widest-ranging multi-arts festivals in the country, the West End Festival seems to swallow the West End's entire cultural output for the three weeks of its duration. The sterling music line-up (which in 2011 featured The Horrors, Alasdair Roberts and the Fence Collective) and the carnivalesque Festival Sunday are especially noteworthy. On the final Saturday, The Hidden Lane Festival opens the door on the city's creative collective, including open studios and exhibitions . View full details
1 Jun–24 Jun Times vary	West End, Glasgow

Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
Date	Location
A world of music in the hills, this festival features high-profile and emerging Scottish and international artists. It gives emphasis to world, folk and traditional music but includes experimental, urban and electronic music too, this year's typically diverse line-up features Skatalites, DJ Hype, Peatbog Faeries, Red Snapper, Utah Saints, The Shee, Baka Beyond, The Destroyers and many more. Other attractions include a dance tent, a Celtic long-house, cabaret, workshops, storytelling, healing… View full details
31 May–3 Jun Times vary	Knockengorroch Farm, Castle Douglas

Thistly Cross Cider Fest
Date	Location
Camping is available at this weekend of live music, local food, fun and games. Featuring a showcase of the best craft beer and real ales from home and abroad plus the full range of Scottish fruit and traditional ciders. A festival bus runs from Dunbar station. View full details
27 Jul–29 Jul Times vary	Belhaven Fruit Farm and Ices, Dunbar

FyneFest 2012
Date	Location
Located on a working farm an hour outside Glasgow, FyneFest is strongly focused on the local side of food, drink and music. Food comes from the likes of Winston Churchill Venison and Loch Fyne Oysters, with plans for a hog roast in 2012, and beer comes from both the farm's own brewery (Fyne Ales) and microbreweries around the UK. View full details
1 Jun–4 Jun Times vary	Fyne Ales, Cairndow

Hidden Lane Festival
Date	Location
If this particular cobbled Glasgow thoroughfare wants to stay hidden, it's going the wrong way about it – this all-dayer of live bands, open studios, fashion shows, BBQ-ing, market and food stalls and art installations is a sure way to attract attention. Last year's music bill featured a line-up of Glaswegian music acts, and was followed by not one but two after parties at the city's hippest dives. View full details
23 Jun To be confirmed	The Hidden Lane, Glasgow

Aberdour Festival
Date	Location
The picturesque seaside town plays host to an action-packed family-friendly festival. There's something for all ages and all tastes, from a beach day with a sandcastle competition for children and raft race for adults, to food and wine tastings with twinned towns in Italy and France, as well as sports, magic shows, children's activities and live music over the course of ten days. View full details
20 Jul–29 Jul Times vary	Various Venues, Aberdour

Plu Edinburgh
Date	Location
Weekender aimed at parents with kids under 6, offering products, demos, activities from science to sports, theatre, storytelling and music workshops to keep little people busy. View full details
1 Jun–3 Jun Fri–Sun 10am–5.30pm	Leith Links, Edinburgh

T in the Park
Date	Location
From relatively humble beginnings, T in the Park has become the acknowledged behemoth of the Scottish festival scene and one of the UK's largest events. Now host to 85,000 people on an airfield on the edge of Fife, over the course of its weekend it becomes the fifth largest town in Scotland. Headliners this year are the newly resurrected Stone Roses, playing one of only a handful of gigs this year for the Balado masses, plus Snow Patrol and Kasabian. Also announced so far are Florence + the… View full details and ticket info
6 Jul–8 Jul Times vary	Balado Park, Kinross

The Dundee Blues Bonanza
Date	Location
Over 130 local and international blues artists play, and watching is completely free of charge. 2011's highlights included Vigilantes, Three Card Trick, Street Dog Andersen, Doc Brown & The Groovecats, Baby Isaac, Al Hughes and the Black Cat Jook Band. There's also a dedicated junior workshops strand, covering tuition in harmonica, slide guitar, piano, drumming and more. View full details
29 Jun–1 Jul Times vary	Various venues, Dundee

Festival of the Erotic Arts
Date	Location
A new festival for Scotland, specialising in all things naughty and arty. The programme is set to include performance, visual arts and crafts, film and more. View full details
22 Jun–24 Jun Times vary	Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival
Date	Location
Family-focused festival of traditional music, with workshops, ceilidhs, concerts and adult and children's competitions. An attitude of hands-on music making is encouraged. View full details
29 Jun–1 Jul Times vary	Various venues, Newcastleton

Edinburgh International Film Festival
Date	Location
Now 66 years old, the EIFF is facing a period of change, with a new director at the helm and a reputation to regain as one of the most important film festivals in the UK. We don't yet know what format this year's festival will take, but expect UK and international premieres, retrospectives, short film programmes, panel discussions, live talks, educational and training sessions. View full details
20 Jun–1 Jul Times vary	Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Mauchline Holy Fair
Date	Location
A great day out, timed to coincide with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, with live music, stalls and entertainment throughout the village. View full details
2 Jun 11am	Mauchline Town Centre, Mauchline

The Border Gaitherin – Coldstream 2012
Date	Location
The Border Gatherin offers a chance to camp near the River Tweed in Coldstream before taking in a weekend of traditional music and dance. Local talent will be showcased in an open stage competition, plus there are workshops and ceilidhs for those who want to join in the fun. View full details
1 Jun–3 Jun Times vary	Coldstream

The Bruce Festival
Date	Location
Dunfermline, home to the story of Robert the Bruce as well as the legendary king's grave, hosts a weekend of historical activities and re-enactments with a strong family feel. The centrepiece is Bruce Live in the Glen, a medieval village teeming with craftsmen, jesters, soldiers and knights, with storytelling, battle demos and plenty of hands-on activities to get involved with (sticking wounded soldiers back together at the medieval hospital being just one rather gruesome example). View full details
24 Aug–26 Aug To be confirmed	Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline

Downhill Downtown
Date	Location
Two nights of live music as part of UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. Friday features Stanley Odd with more tbc while Saturday sees performances from King Creosote, The Phantom Band, Admiral Fallow, Bwani Junction, The Little Kicks, Homework and more. View full details and ticket info
8 Jun–9 Jun To be confirmed	Nevis Centre, Fort William

Fence Records' Away Game
Date	Location
Boutique Fife label Fence Records goes on its second jaunt to the Isle of Eigg, taking a few hundred lucky music fans with it. The first Away Game in 2010 was roundly accepted as being a magical event, with performances from Slow Club, Cate Le Bon, Francois & the Atlas Mountains, King Creosote, Pictish Trail and Withered Hand – expect more of the same second time around. View full details
20 Jul–22 Jul Times vary	Isle of Eigg, Isle of Eigg

Hawick Summer Festival
Date	Location
A week of family fun, including guided walks, food events, quiz shows and much more, is packed in between the opening event, a fun Hootenanny, and the final hurrah, Party on the Pitch, which is estimated to attract over 4000 revelers. View full details
18 Aug–26 Aug Times vary	Various Venues, Hawick

Lammermuir Festival
Date	Location
Running with the tagline 'beautiful music in beautiful places', the Lammermuir Festival places as much emphasis on its historic venues as it does on the excellent programme of classic music it offers. Performers including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Dunedin Consort and rising Scottish virtuoso guitarist Sean Shibe play in locations such as Lennoxlove House, Winton House and the medieval church of St Mary in Haddington. View full details
14 Sep–23 Sep Times vary	Various venues, East Lothian

Leith Festival
Date	Location
A growing community arts festival in which most participants, artists and performers are Leith-based. Previous years have seen 150 events hosted by around 50 venues within a one-mile radius in Edinburgh's port community, including the Leith Festival Gala Day on Leith Links, as well as the Leith Short Film Festival and tons of walks, talks and tours. View full details
8 Jun–17 Jun Times vary	Leith, Edinburgh

MHOR Festival
Date	Location
A huge array of activities are on offer at this Jubilee weekend festival, themed half around 'A Very British Carry On' and half 'A Right Old Highland Fling'. Accordingly, you can expect a home-built raft race (no motors allowed, and each vessel must have its own Queen on board), two baking competitions (one for bread, one for cakes), a Great British Feast with food prepared by star Scottish chefs, mini olympics with wellie throwing and a tug-o-war, afternoon tea and a ceilidh. In the… View full details
3 Jun–4 Jun Mon noon; Sun 11am	Monachyle Mhor, Lochearnhead

Pittenweem Arts Festival
Date	Location
As part of the art festival's 30th year, over 100 artists from around Britain will be dotted around the village of Pittenweem. Workshops for all ages will cover various artistic skills, while appearances from John Byrne and David Mackay Cook, and Jake Harvey's stone sculptures, which will be presented on the pier, promise to be particular highlights. View full details
28 Jul–5 Aug Times vary	Pittenween (Various Venues), Pittenween

RockNess
Date	Location
You know this one. Awesome line-ups and awesome location make for one of Scotland's favourite music festivals. Acts announced so far for 2012 include headliners Biffy Clyro, Deadmau5 and Mumford & Sons alongside Ed Sheeran, Justice, Metronomy, Friendly Fires, The View, Noah & the Whale, Wretch 32, Death in Vegas, Fresh/Live (aka DJ Fresh), Beardyman, The Drums, Dave Clarke, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Etienne de Crecy, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dave Clarke, Hudson Mowhawke… View full details
8 Jun–10 Jun Times vary	Loch Ness, Dores

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