Orkney Folk Festival Hits a High Note With Record Ticket Sales

Orkney Folk Festival Hits a High Note With Record Ticket Sales

The 42nd Orkney Folk Festival is off to a roaring start this weekend, with ticket sales smashing previous records and thousands of music lovers descending on the islands for one of Scotland’s most cherished cultural celebrations. With almost 8,600 tickets snapped up before the first fiddle was tuned, this year’s edition promises to be the biggest yet, outstripping 2024’s high and welcoming an extraordinary line-up of 60 acts from across the worl…

Orkney’s Four Day Folk Festival Kicks Off

The Orkney Folk Festival got off to a stonking good start on Thursday 22 May. The four day festival which runs from 22nd to 25th May had, by its opening event, sold 8, 600 tickets. Stromness is the main centre for the festival but events take place throughout the islands including:  Birsay, Deerness, Finstown, Harray, […]