Shetland Folk Festival 2026 by Elana Leask
Folk Festival 2026 by Elana Leask
The 44th Shetland folk festival 2026 will take place from Thursday 30th April to Sunday 3rd May. The Shetland Folk festival is the UK’s most northern Folk Festival and welcomes hundreds of visitors each year. Shetland Folk Festival is organized by a volunteer committee who work hard to make the festival as exciting and unique as possible. The concerts are held throughout the islands and will show you all our communities big and small.
Watch this video to help guide you about the Shetland folk festival: https://youtu.be/KCxHFXD5GV8
Visting Acts:
- The Chair – Orkney
- The Onlies – Washington, USA
- The Foreign Landers – North Carolina, USA & Northern Ireland
- Jake Vaadeland & the Sturgeon River Boys – Saskatchewan, Canada
- Los Vega – Veracruz, Mexico
- The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter – Nashua, USA
- Hannah Rarity – Scotland
- Ross Miller Band – Scotland
- HUIPPU – Finland
- The Tumbling souls – Isle of Lewis, Scotland
- Will pound and Jenn Butterworth – England & Scotland
- Tim Kliphuis Trio – Scotland & The Netherlands
- Les Fils Canouche – France
- Isla Ratcliff – Scotland
- Megan McGinley, Nia Byrne & Marty Barry – Ireland
Local Acts:
- Maggie Adamson
- The Revellers
- Barry Nisbet
- Shetland’s Heritage Fiddlers
The Shetland folk festival is a great place to discover new music and cultures and to meet new people. I would definitely recommend the Shetland folk festival and can’t wait to go!
