Events in Borders
This is a list of traditional folk customs and scheduled yearly events.
In other words, it doesn't change from year to year.
To add an event to this list please email full details.
March
- Borders Banquet - Food Festival, Various venues - Hawick to Eyemouth and Selkirk to Peebles
- Easter Eggstravaganza, Floors Castle, Kelso
- Hawick Reiver’s Festival , Various venues , Hawick
- Notorious Night Run - Mighty Deerstalker, Traquair House, Innerleithen
April
- Craft Fair, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunday 1st
- Easter Bunny Day, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Easter Sunday
- Marie Curie Annual Daffodil Walk, Melrose
- Needlework at Traquair, Traquair House, Innerleithen
May
- Antiques Fair , Mellerstain House, Gordon, 11 - 13
- Needlework at Traquair, Traquair House, Innerleithen
- Point to Point Horse Racing , Galashiels
- The Scottish All Rover Rally, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
June
- Borders Book Festival, Melrose
- Common Riding, various locations, Hawick
- Ettrick Forest Archers, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Late June
- Historic Motoring Extravaganza, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, First weekend in June
- Melrose Festival , Melrose
- Paxton House Vintage Rally, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunday 22nd June
- Peebles Beltane Sports, Peebles
- Shakespeare at Traquair, Traquair House, Innerleithen
- Tweedbank Agility Show, Kelso
July
- British Motorcycle Federation Scottish Festival, Border Union Showground, Kelso
- Eyemouth Herring Queen, Harbourside, Eyemouth
- Jethart Callant's Festival, Jedburgh
- Lauder Live, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
- Merida Mountain Bike Marathon, Selkirk
- Music at Paxton Festival, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Late July
- Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival, Newcastleton, Early July
- Sound Festival, Scott Park, Galashiels, Early July
- St Ronan's Games Week , Innerleithen, Third week in July
August
- Coldstream Civic Week, Coldstream
- Dogs Allowed , Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, Mid August
- Hawick Summer Festival, Various venues , Hawick
- Innerleithen Music Festival, Various venues , Innerleithen
- International Horse Trials, Thirlestane Castle , Lauder
- Lauder Common Riding, Lauder
- Massed Pipe Bands Day, Floors Castle, Kelso
- Melrose Pipe Band Championships and Highland Dance Contest, Melrose
- Norham Summer Scarecrow Festival, Norham
- Peebles Arts Festival, Peebles
- Scottish Horse Show, Kelso
- Traquair Fair, Innerleithen
September
- Annual Fungus Foray, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunday 30th
- Borders Festival of Jazz & Blues, Hawick
- Peebles Arts Festival, Peebles
- Peebles Highland Games, Haylodge Park, Peebles
- Scottish Borders Festival of Walking, Jedburgh
- Selkirk VVVS & Classic Vehicle Show, Selkirk
- St James' Fair, Kelso
- Thirlestane Castle Run, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
October
- Craft Fair, Paxton House, Gallery & Country Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunday 7th
- Hallowe'en Experience, Traquair House, Innerleithen
December
- Scotts Selkirk Georgian Christmas Market, Market Place, Selkirk, First Saturday in December
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