January

• 1st - 31st Exhibition of Turner Watercolours, Edinburgh
• 13th - 31st Celtic Connections, Glasgow
• 25th - Burns' Night
• 29th - 7th February Winter Words Festival, Pitlochry
• 26th Up Helly Aa!, Shetland

February

• 1st-16th March Scottish Snowdrop Festival
• 18th - 28th Glasgow Film Festival
• 24th - 6th March Edinburgh Festival of Music, Speech and Dance

March

• 1st - 21st New Territories, Glasgow
• 6th - 17th Inverness Music Festival
• 11th - 28th Glasgow International Comedy Festival
• 17th - 21st StAnza, St Andrews

April

• 3rd - 17th Edinburgh International Science Festival
• 9th - 11th Orkney Ceilidh Weekend
• 10th Melrose Rugby Sevens
• 11th - 17th Golf Week, St Andrews
• 16th - 3rd May Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art
• 16th/17th Scottish Grand National, Ayr
• 29th - 3rd May Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival
• 29th - 2nd May Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival
• 29th - 2nd May Shetland Folk Festival
• 30th Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh

May

• 1st/2nd Perth Festival of the Arts
• 21st - 29th Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival
• 22nd - 30th Islay Festival of Malt and Music
• 28th - 30th Orkney Folk Festival
• 29th/30th Edinburgh Rugby Sevens

June

• 3rd - 6th Angus Glens Walking Festival
• 4th - 6th Gardening Scotland, Edinburgh
• 5th/6th Mountain Bike World Cup, Fort William
• 6th-13th Arran Folk Festival
• 11th - 13th Rock Ness, Loch Ness
• 14th -27th Hamefarin, Shetland
• 17th - 27th Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 18th - 23rd St Magnus Festival, Orkney
• 24th - 27th Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh

July

• 4th - 9th Ceolas Music Festival, South Uist
• 8th - 11th Scottish Open Golf, Loch Lomond
• 10th/11th Scottish Vintage Vehicle Extravaganza, Glamis Castle
• 12th - 17th Hebridean Maritime Festival, Stornoway
• 15th-18th Golf Open Championship, St Andrews
• 26th-31st Tattoo, Inverness
• 29th - 7th August Youth Festival, Aberdeen
• 30th Folk Festival, Loch Lomond
• 30th - 8th August International Jazz and Blues Festival, Edinburgh

August

• 6th/7th Tartan Heart Festival, Beauly
• 6th - 28th Royal Military Tattoo, Edinburgh
• 6th - 30th Festival Fringe, Edinburgh
• 7th-15th Arts Festival, Pitenweem
• 9th-15th Piping Live, Glasgow
• 9th-15th Creative Connections, Shetland
• 13th - 5th September International Festival, Edinburgh
• 14th-30th Edinburgh International Book Festival
• 14th - 31st October Gaelforce, Dumfries and Galloway
• 14th World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow
• 26th-29th International Horse Trials and Country Fir, Blair Castle

September

• 3rd-11th Blas Festival, Highlands
• 11th RAF Leuchars Air Show, by St Andrews
• 24th - 3rd October Traditional Music Festival,Dunbar
• 24th-3rd October Book Festival,Wigtown
• October
• Accordian and Fiddle Festival, Shetland
• 8th-16th Royal National Mod, Inverness
• 29th-7th November Perthshire Amber Music Festival, Perthshire
• 30th/31st Piping and Fiddle Championships, Blair Atholl

November

• 27th - 25th December Edinburgh's Christmas
• 30th St ndrew's Day

December

• 29th - 1st January 2011 Edinburgh's Hogmanay
• 31st The Flambeaux, Comrie
• 31st-1st January Glasgow's Hogmanay
• 31st Fireball Festival, Stonehaven

Highland Games in 2010

You may like to include a visit to a traditional Highland Games into your tour itinerary.The Games feature the heavy events eg tossing the caber, putting the shot, throwing the hammer, tug of war and also highland dancing, athletics and piping amongst many other events.The Games often also have stalls selling Scottish crafts, knitwear, kilts and local produce.

May

• 9th Gourock
• 29th Blackford
• 29th Bathgate and West Lothian
• 30th Blair Atholl

June

• 5th Cornhill, Aberdeenshire
• 5th Shotts
• 6th Markinch
• 12th Bearsden and Milngavie
• 12th Helensburgh and Lomond
• 13th Ardvaser
• 13th Strathmore
• 19th Lesmahagow
• 19th Newburgh
• 19th Oldmeldrum
• 20th City of Aberdeen
• 20th Hawick
• 26th Ceres
• 26th Drumtochty
• 27th Chatelherault
• 29th Carrick (Girvan)

July

• 3rd Gairloch
• 3rd Glengarry
• 3rd Luss (Loch Lomond)
• 4th Cupar (Angus)
• 7th Kenmore
• 10th Alva
• 10th Forres
• 11th Stirling
• 11th Barra
• 17th Lewis
• 17th Lochcarron
• 17th Balloch (Loch Lomond)
• 17th Morvern
• 17th Tomintoul
• 17th Taynuilt
• 18th Roseneath and Clynder
• 18th Stonehaven
• 19th Burntisland
• 20th Inverary
• 21st South Uist
• 22nd Mull
• 23rd North Uist
• 24th Airth
• 24th Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre
• 24th Inverness
• 25th St. Andrews
• 28th Arisaig
• 28th Killin
• 30th Durness
• 31st-1st August Callander
• 31st Dufftown
• 31st Halkirk
• 31st Kilmore and Kilbride
• 31st Lochaber
• 31st Strathconnan

August

• 1st Callander
• 1st Malaig and Morar
• 1st Montrose
• 6th Daornoch
• 6th Aboyne
• 7th Brodick, Isle of Arran
• 7th Dundonald
• 7th Newtonmore
• 7th North Berwick
• 7th Strathpeffer
• 8th Bridge of Allan
• 6th-9th The Border Gathering, Dumfries
• 8th Mey
• 12th Ballater
• 12th Tain
• 13th Assynt
• 14th Abernethy
• 14th Atholl and Breadalbane
• 14th Nairn
• 14th Glenfinnan
• 15th Perth
• 15th Caithness
• 15th Cortachy
• 20th Glenisla
• 21st Bute
• 21st Helmsdale
• 22nd Crieff
• 22nd Grantown-on Spey
• 26th Argyllshire (Oban)
• 26th Cowal
• 28th Birnam.(World Haggis Eating Championship and Kiltie Dash)
• 28th Invergordon
• 28th Lonach
• 28th Strathardle

September

• 4th Braemar
• 5th Blairgowrie
• 12th Peebles
• 13th Invercharron