January

• 1st - 31st Exhibition of Turner Watercolours, Edinburgh
• 19th - 5th February Celtic Connections, Glasgow
• 25th Burns' Night throughout Scotland
• 25th Up Helly Aa, Shetland

February

• 11th - 27th May Fascinating Mummies, Edinburgh
• 16th - 26th Film Festival, Glasgow

March

• 3rd - 14th Music Festival, Inverness
• 14th - 18th Stanza Poetry Festival, St Andrews
• 16trh March - 1st April Comedy Festival, Glasgow
• 31st March - 13th pril Science Festival, Edinburgh

April

• 14th Rugby Sevens, Melrose
• 20th - 21st Scottish Grand National, Ayr
• 20th - 7th May Visual Art Festival, Glasgow
• 30th Beltane Fire Festival, Edinburgh

May

• 3rd - 6th Folk Festival, Shetland
• 3rd - 7th Whisky Festival, Speyside
• 4th - 6th Folk Festival, Girvan
• 17th - 27th Arts Festival, Perth
• 19th Scottish Pipe Band Championships, Dumbarton
• 25th - 3rd June Festival of Music and Malt, Islay
• 25th May - 4th June Arts Festival, Dumfries and Galloway
• 31st - 3rd June Walking Festival, Angus Glens
• 31st - 3rd June Folk Festival, Or4kney

June

• 1st - 3rd Gardening Scotland, Edinburgh
• 2nd Taste of Grampian, Inverurie
• 9th - 10th Mountain Bike World Cup, Fort William
• 21st - 24th Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh
• 29th - 1st July Scottish Game Fair, Scone Palace, Perth
• 30th British Pipe Band Championship, Annan
• 30th - 13th July Callants Festival, Jedburgh

July

• 2nd - 7th Ceolas Music Festival, South Uist
• 6th - 9th Scottish Open Golf, Castle Stuart, Inverness
• 7th - 8th Scottish Transport Extravaganza, Glamis Castle, Angus
• 11th - 14th Hebridean Celtic Festival, Hebrides
• 28th - 5th August Arts Festival, Pittenweem
• 28th - 6th International Jazz Festival, Edinburgh

August

• 1st - 11th International Youth Festival, Aberdeen
• 3rd - 27th Festival Fringe, Edinburgh
• 3rd - 25th Royal Military Tattoo, Edinburgh
• 6th - 12th Tattoo, Inverness
• 8th - 1st September Speed of Light, Arthurs Seat, Edinburgh
• 10th - 2nd September International Festival, Edinburgh
• 11th - 27th International Book Festival, Edinburgh
• 11th World Pipe Band Championships, Glasgow
• 23rd - 26th International Horse Trials, Blair Castle, Perthshire
• 31st - 2nd September Mela, Edinburgh

September

• 1st Royal Braemar Gathering, Braemar
• 8th RAF Airshow, Leuchars
• 9th - 17th Blas Festival, Highlands
• 20th - 22nd Gold Cup Festival, Ayr
• 21st - 23rd Traditional Music Festival, Dunbar
• 28th - 7th October Book Festival, Wigtown

October

• 26th - 4th November Perthshire Amber, Perthshire
• 27th Glenfiddich Piping Championships, Blair Atholl
• 28th Glenfiddich Fiddle Championships, Blair Atholl
• 31st Samhuinn Festival, Edinburgh

November

• 30th St Andrew's Day, Scotland's Patron Saint

December

• 30th - 2nd January Edinburgh's Hogmanay, Edinburgh
• 31st The Flambeaux, Comrie
• 31st Hogmanay, Throughout Scotland
• 31st Fireball Festival, Stonehaven

Highland Games in 2012

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

• 26th Blackford

June

• 2nd Cornhill
• 2nd Helensburgh
• 3rd Markinch
• 9th Bearsden
• 10th Strathmore
• 16th Oldmeldrum
• 16th Newburgh
• 17th Aberdeen
• 23rd Drumtochty
• 30th Ceres

July

• 1st Cupar
• 4th Kenmore
• 7th Luss
• 8th Stirling
• 14th Loch Lomond
• 14th Alva
• 15th Roseneath
• 15th Stonehaven
• 15th Thornton
• 16th Burntisland
• 17th Inverary
• 19th Mull
• 21st Balquhidder, Lochearnhead & Strathyre
• 21st Tomintoul
• 21st Lochcarron
• 27th Durness
• 28th Halkirk
• 28th Airth
• 28th Dufftown
• 29th St Andrews
• 30th Callander

August

• 1st Killin
• 3rd Dornoch
• 4th Aboyne
• 4th Inverkeithing
• 4th North Berwick
• 4th Newtonmore
• 5th Bridge of Allan
• 5th Montrose
• 8th Isle of Skye
• 9th Ballater
• 9th Tain
• 10th Assynt
• 11th Strathpeffer
• 11th Atholl & Breadalbane
• 12th Perth
• 18th Helmsdale
• 19th Crieff
• 23rd Oban
• 25th Birnam
• 25th Invergordon
• 25th Strathardle
• 25th Lonach
• 26th Grantown On Spey

September

• 1st Braemar
• 2nd Blairgowwrie & Rattray
• 8th Pitlochry
• 15th Invercharron

• 11th Ballater
• 11th Tain
• 12th Assynt
• 13th Atholl and Breadalbane
• 14th Perth
• 20th Helmsdale
• 21st Crieff
• 25th Argyllshire, Oban
• 27th Birnam
• 27th Invergordon
• 27th Lonach
• 27th Strathardle
• 28th Grantown on Spey

September

• 3rd Braemar
• 4th Blairgowrie
• 10th Pitlochry
• 11th Peebles
• 17th Invercharron