Island Tales and Ales - May - September 2012
8.30pm Wednesday and Sunday
- Enjoy a complimentary Orkney drink around our peat fire in the Still Room whisky bar
- Listen to island folklore, legends and music
- £10 per person, booking essential.
Visit the website www.orkneyattractions.com
An evening of Orkney Fayre and Island storytelling
for your own personal group booking
Click here for details and menus.
Orkney Jazz Festival - 13, 14, 15 April 2012
The Jazz Festival is held in the
Stromness Hotel, and showcases local jazz musicians as well as jazz musicians
from the jazz scene within the UK.
Orkney Folk Festival - 31 May, 1, 2 & 3 June 2012
The Folk Festival offers ceilidhs, workshops and pub sessions based in Stromness.
Visit
- www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
St Magnus Festival - 22-27 June 2012
The St Magnus Festival is held over the midsummer with a feast of music, art,
literature and drama concerts and performances.
Visit - www.stmagnusfestival.com
Stromness
Shopping Week - 15-21 July 2012
A summer celebration in Stromness featuring
sports, art, music, dance and of course the Shopping Week Queen and her
attendants.
The County Show - 11 August 2012
The first
week in August is the agricultural show week in Orkney with the final being
the County Show. All of the shows are a great family day out, where the finest
of the islands' livestock compete for "Best
in Show".
- Sanday - 3 August 2012
- East Mainland - 4 August 2012
- Shapinsay - 7 August 2012
- St Margarets Hope Show - 8 August 2012
- Dounby Show - 9 August 2012
Orkney Science Festival - 6-12 September 2012
This international science festival features demonstrations, talks,
field trips and visits, and evening ceilidhs and concerts.
Blues Weekend -21 - 23 September 2012