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Aberfeldy Festival
Date	Location
A bigger and better version of previous years, with plans to expand the literary strand of this community affair. Saturday features a Family Fun Day and Traders Market, while the rest will be curated by a special guest, following up the work of last year's ideas man: Ian Rankin. View full details
2 Nov–3 Nov Times vary	Various Venues, Aberfeldy

Aboyne and Deeside Festival
Date	Location
A diverse programme from the wee festival, which has covered theatre, comedy – last year featuring Hardeep Singh Kholi – with exhibitions, workshops, music and film all included. Planned acts include the Bingham Quartet and an appearance from children's author Mairi 'Katie Morag' Hedderwick. View full details
13 Jul–29 Jul Times vary Deeside Theatre will act as main venue, but some events will take pace around Deeside.	Various Venues, Aboyne & Deeside

African Drumming Village
Date	Location
Scotland's only festival dedicated to drumming, with African beats echoing around the landscape of Glenisla. With the emphasis on friendly, relaxed fun, workshops are provided for all the family to learn how to sing, play and dance African style. View full details
31 Jul–4 Aug Times vary	Glenisla, Perth

Arran Folk Festival
Date	Location
The island known for being Scotland in miniature presents a weekend of folk, with sessions, concerts and ceilidhs centred in Brodick. View full details
14 Jun–17 Jun Times vary	Isle of Arran (various), Isle of Arran

Auchinleck's Alive and Kicking Festival
Date	Location
Concerts by mainstream folk and rock and pop covers bands and a dinner dance in the evenings are complemented at this local festival by a daytime programme of art exhibitions, craft fairs, a football tournament and a funfair. View full details
27 Jul–29 Jul Times vary	Auchinleck, Auchinleck

Auchtermuchty Festival
Date	Location
A selection of formal and informal traditional music events, including ceilidhs, competitions, concerts and workshops set around the historic village of Auchtermuchty. Events include a pageant, featuring local children and a Grand Open Air Dance to end the festival with a whirl. View full details
10 Aug–12 Aug Times vary	Auchtermuchty, Auchtermuchty

Barrafest
Date	Location
Scotland's most westerly music festival boasts two nights of top quality traditional music. View full details
27 Jul–28 Jul Times vary	Various Venues, Barra

Big Tent
Date	Location
Three-day event mixing entertainment with environmentally-minded education. With creative workshops, puppet shows and storytelling for children, exhibitions, displays and debates for adults, and a festive ambience provided by world music artists, the festival will provide serious fun for all ages. This year's line-up includes Karine Polwart, The Treacherous Orchestra, Breabach, The Proclaimers, Alex Reid & Rob van Sante, The Horndog Brass Band and many more. View full details
21 Jul–22 Jul Times vary	Big Tent, Falkland

Blas Festival
Date	Location
Attracting thousands of festival-goers for its authenticity, the Blas festival celebrates the culture of traditional music and Gaelic in the Highlands of Scotland, with international, national and local performers in venues across the region. The festival, which includes a school and community programme, delivers up to 80 events, while also giving opportunities for young musicians and communities in remote areas to experience live music. View full details
7 Sep–15 Sep Times vary	Highlands, The Highlands

Blazin' in Beauly
Date	Location
The brainchild of Blazin' Fiddles, designed to immerse visitors in the music of the Highlands and Islands through concerts, sessions, talks and workshops - making this one of the finest fiddle festivals around. View full details
15 Oct–19 Oct Times vary	Beauly, Beauly

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

Ceol Cholasa
Date	Location
With a population of only 120, the island of Colonsay is one of the most secluded areas in Scotland, so it makes sense that it should be the setting for an extremely intimate folk festival. Artists who have performed here in the past include Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Karine Polwart, John McCusker, Kris Drever, Roddy Woomble and Heidi Talbot. View full details
13 Sep–16 Sep Times vary	Colonsay, Isle of Colonsay

Crail Festival
Date	Location
A series of events around the fishing village of Crail. This year promises an abundance of activities for children, a full workshop programme, a jammed concert series and a bit of open air Gilbert and Sullivan to counterbalance the planned ABBA night. View full details
18 Jul–28 Jul Times vary	Crail, Anstruther

Crail Food Festival
Date	Location
A celebration of food from Fife, including local producer’s markets, food sampling, cookery demonstrations and workshops. The thing that raises this above other food fests of its ilk, though, is the top-notch musical entertainment that takes place in the evening – 2011 featured local lad (and Mercury Prize nominee) King Creosote. View full details
15 Jun–17 Jun Times vary	Crail, Anstruther

Culross Festival
Date	Location
A varied, classy festival set in the grounds of a historic family home – a fact which seeps into the cosy family feel of the programming, which crosses from opera to blues with a sidestep at theatre and a medieval fair. View full details and ticket info
1 Jun–3 Jun Times vary	Abbey House, Culross

Denholm Folk Festival
Date	Location
A wee folk festival for a wee village. The weekend's programme includes evening concerts, workshops and an open stage competition. The main events are joined by continual sessions for uninterrupted foot-tapping. View full details
2 Nov–4 Nov Times vary	Various Venues, Denholm

Douglasdale Folk Festival
Date	Location
Small-scale festival celebrating all varieties of acoustic music, with a competition for up and coming artists (winners get a guaranteed slot on the main stage in 2013). There are also workshops in various instruments and more intimate pub sessions. The 2012 line-up includes the Tannahill Weavers, Pilgrim's Way, Heather Young and 2011 Open Stage winners The Daddy Naggins and Gordon Neil. View full details
14 Sep–16 Sep Times vary	Douglas, Douglas

Doune the Rabbit Hole
Date	Location
Boutique music festival with a lovely woodland setting and additional forays into theatre, comedy and spoken word performances. 2012's line-up includes King Creosote, Hidden Orchestra, The Phantom Band, Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat, JD Twitch (Optimo), Malcolm Middleton, Kid Canaveral, Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard, Pram, Josie Long, Withered Hand, The Lovely Eggs, Three Blind Wolves, The Cosmic Dead, The Stagger Rats, Loch Awe, Sophie Ramsay, Pumajaw, John Knox Sex Club, Laura J Martin… View full details
24 Aug–26 Aug Times vary	DunCarron Fort

Dumfries Folk 'n Ale Festival
Date	Location
Bringing together two of Scotland's finest exports, the cheekily named Folk'n'Ale festival infuses the erstwhile CAMRA Beer Festival with music and song from around the country. As well as over 50 cask ales being sold in bars around Dumfries, there's a street folk concert, a busking competition and several music sessions in the pubs themselves. View full details
13 Jul–14 Jul Times vary	Various venues, Dumfries

Dunbar Traditional Music Festival
Date	Location
As it approaches its silver anniversary, the DTMF has a back catalogue filled with some of Scotland's best loved music names, including Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain, Sandy Legget and Ian Davidson. A range of trad music to suit most tastes, with a family concert on Sunday afternoon and workshops for all ages. View full details
28 Sep–30 Sep Times vary	Dunbar, Various venues, Dunbar

Dundee Flower and Food Festival
Date	Location
A delicious staple in the Dundee calendar, with food and drink tastings, chef demonstrations, live music and competitions including the World Jampionships. Once they've had enough to eat, shows and face-painting are on hand to entertain the kids. View full details
31 Aug–2 Sep Times vary	Camperdown Country Park, Dundee

Dundonald Music Festival
Date	Location
A folk/rock weekender with a concert each night and performances from Penetrations, Fu' Pelt and Stone Pony. There are also music workshops and competitions for children and camping with a bonfire where festivalgoers enjoy themselves into the night. View full details
22 Jun–24 Jun Times vary	Dundonald, Dundonald

Dunfermline Folk Weekend
Date	Location
Run by a folk club that's been in existence now for over 50 years and attracting dozens of ceilidh bands, fiddle groups and solo artists from all over Scotland, this festival appeals to a mixture of club regulars and families. As well as sessions, ceilidhs, concerts and songwriting workshops, there are family stories and songs often with a Hallowe'en theme. View full details
26 Oct–28 Oct Times vary	Dunfermline, Dunfermline

The Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Date	Location
On the floodlit esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, the annual Tattoo puts on three weeks of glittering military entertainment, and this year promises to be extra special as the assembled armed forces celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Top of the bill are the sensational percussionists of Switzerland's Top Secret Drum Corps, who are joined by the Norwegian Armed Forces, performers from Australia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as pipers, drummers and dancers from closer to home. View full details (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Fri 9pm; Sat 7.30pm & 10.30pm	Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh

Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail
Date	Location
Young Scottish trad musicians take to the road for a four-week tour of gigs of all types (indoor, outdoor, ceilidhs, music festivals) across the country. View full details
16 Jul Mon 1–2pm & 2.30–3.30pm	St John's Castle, Stranraer
17 Jul Tue 1–2pm & 2.30–3.30pm	County Buildings, Wigtown
17 Jul 7.30pm	The Whithorn Trust, Whithorn
18 Jul Wed 1.30–2.30pm & 3–4pm	Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Ayr
18 Jul 7.30pm	Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
19 Jul Thu 1–2pm & 2.30–3.30pm	National Museum of Costume, Dumfries
19 Jul 7pm	Harbour Square, Kirkcudbright
20 Jul 7.30pm	The CatStrand, Castle Douglas
31 Jul Noon	Discovery Point, Dundee
31 Jul 3pm	Verdant Works, Dundee
1 Aug 1.15pm	Wighton Heritage Centre, Dundee
2 Aug Thu noon–12.30pm, 1–2pm & 2.30–3.30pm	Glamis Castle, Glamis
10 Aug Fri 1.30–2.30pm & 3–4pm	Stirling Castle, Stirling
11 Aug 7.30pm	Kellie Castle & Garden, Pittenweem
12 Aug Sun 1–2pm & 2.30–3.30pm	National Museum of Rural Life, East Kilbride

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