Midlothian

A festival for harp enthusiasts, featuring courses, concerts, workshops, a harp exhibition, sessions, and a ceilidh.

Edinburgh TradFest – Dun Eideann is Edinburgh’s only multi-arts festival dedicated to traditional culture and folk arts. The programme includes music, song, storytelling, dance, folk drama, arts and crafts, literature, architecture, film, and multimedia. It features traditional music from Scotland and around the world.

Traditional flutes and whistles in Scotland. FluteFling classes, workshops and weekends provide opportunities for people to learn and develop traditional skills on the whistle and flute in a Scottish setting. Not quite a festival, but a significant event for those interested in traditional flute music.

The Scots Fiddle Festival is three days of unforgettable concerts, daytime recitals, workshops, talks, festival clubs, ceilidhs and the Fiddle Walk. There is a programme of free events including ‘Come and try fiddle’ workshops, a ‘Come and try Gaelic’ workshop, the Open Stage, all day music sessions and stalls as well a folk church service on the Sunday morning.