Events in Orkneys | Add Free Entry
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
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January
- The Ba' , Kirkwall, 1st January
March
- Scarecrow Festival , Various venues , Kirkwall
April
- Orkney Ceilidh Weekend, Various venues , Kirkwall
- Orkney Jazz Festival, Stromness
May
- Orkney Folk Festival, Stromness
June
- Orkney Fine Wine Festival, Various venues , Kirkwall
- St Magnus Festival, over Midsummer
August
- Festival of the Horse and Boys Ploughing Match , South Ronaldsay
- Kirkwall Sailing Regatta , Kirkwall
- Orkney Beer Festival , Stromness
- Orkney International Science Festival, Various venues , Kirkwall
- Riding of the Marches, Kirkwall
- The County Show , Kirkwall
- The East Mainland Show, Tankerness
- The Hope Show, South Ronaldsay
- The Sanday Show, Sanday
- The West Mainland Show, Dounby
September
- Blues Weekend, Stromness
- Orkney International Science Festival, Various venues , Kirkwall
- Orkney Middle Distance Triathlon , Various venues , Kirkwall
October
- Harvest Homes Annual Celebration, Various venues
December
- Hogmanay Celebrations , Stromness, 31st
- Northern Lights Festival, Various venues
- The Ba' , Kirkwall
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