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Scotland is renowned for its quality food and drink. We have more than just haggis, seafood, porridge, shortbread and whisky to offer visitors, although there are special events and festivals where you can taste those delicacies! Agricultural shows and Highland Games and are also great opportunities to savour local produce. These are great days out for all the family where you can get a real flavour of the area by sampling its food and drink with plenty of exciting entertainment into the bargain. Farmers' markets are increasingly popular across Scotland too so there's lots of ways you can enjoy Scottish produce from land and sea.
Please check dates with event organisers if you are intending to travel specifically for an event.
Inverclyde Whisky Festival
1 February 2025
In conjunction with the The Whisky Journal, this will be held at the Tontine Hotel in Greenock.
Scottish Festival of Real Bread
15 February 2025, Bowhouse near St Monan's in Fife
Taking place during Real Bread Week 2025 (15 to 23 February), this will include the awards ceremony of the annual Scottish Bread Championship. Enjoy demos, stalls, films and more.
Stay with our B&Bs in Fife
Inverness and Loch Ness Food and Drink Fortnight
22 February - 9 March 2025
Showcasing Highland produce with special events and meal deals.
Fife Whisky Festival
28 February - 2 March 2025, Cupar
Based in the Cupar Corn Exchange, the Fife Whisky Festival brings together over 30 different exhibitors.
Stay with our B&Bs in Fife
Fife Food & Drink Week
8 - 16 March 2025
A celebration of local producers and places to eat.
Stay with our B&Bs in Fife
Highland Shortbread Showdown
8 March 2025, Inverness
Grand final of this year's competition at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness.
Stay at Ardmeanach House in Inverness
St Andrew's Cocktail Week
14 - 23 March 2025
Discounted cocktails and special offers at businesses around this historic town in Fife.
Stay with our B&Bs in Fife
Drinkmonger Spirits Festival
15 - 16 March 2025, Mansfield Traquair in Edinburgh
Over 150 spirits with talks and tastings.
Scottish National Whisky Festival
5 April 2025, Glasgow
Springfest
5 - 6 April 2025, Loch Lomond
Family friendly foodie event with street food, cooking demos and kids entertainment.
Scottish Vegan Festival
6 April 2025, Edinburgh
Charity event at the Assembly Rooms with stalls, talks, food and drink.
Aberdeen Beer Festival
12 April 2025
The first year of this new festival for Aberdeen will be held at the Music Hall in the city centre.
Clackmannanshire's Whisky Festival
12 April 2025
Event held in Alloa Town Hall with a choice of 2 sessions.
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival
30 April - 5 May 2025, various venues
A celebration of Speyside's many whisky distilleries with tours, tastings, talks, live music and much more.
Taste of Nairn
9 - 11 May 2025
Celebrating local food and drink in the seaside resort of Nairn in the Highlands.
Stay at Ardmeanach House in Inverness
Perth Beer Festival
10 May 2025, Perth
Comedy night, Perth Beer Festival, Rugby sevens and Gin Bar
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Stirling Whisky Festival
10 May 2025, Stirling
Sample over 100 of the best whiskies!
World Whisky Day
17 May 2025
Events across the globe every year on the third Saturday in May.
Edinburgh Vegan Festival
17 May 2025
With over 60 stalls at Edinburgh College.
Scottish Wild Food Festival
17 - 18 May 2025
Set at Tir na nOg near Stirling, this unique festival celebrates wild food and foraging with walks, talks, demos, workshops, live music and stalls.
Gordon Castle Highland Games and Country Fair
18 May 2025 near Fochabers in Moray
Events include Heavyweight competitions. Highland dancing, Massed Pipe Bands, plus entertainment in the Country Sports Arena including dogs, ducks, jousting, children's races for all ages and the Gordon Setter Gathering. Trade stands, food vendors, beer tent and the famous Gordon Castle Gin Bar. Children's area with face painting, bouncy castles, pony rides and lots more!
Stay at Brandon Lodge B&B
Campbeltown Whisky Festival
19 - 24 May 2025
A celebration of historic Campbeltown's whiskies including Glen Scotia, Springbank, Glengyle
Knockengorroch World Ceilidh
22 - 25 May 2025
An outdoor music festival in Dumfries & Galloway
Eat & Drink Festival Scotland
23 - 26 May 2025, Glasgow Scotland's favourite food festival at the SEC Glasgow.
Islay Festival Of Music And Malt
23 - 31 May 2025
Enjoy traditional music, ceilidhs, whisky tasting and more.
Fife Show
24 May 2025, Kinloss House near Cupar
A great day out for all the family with events including pedigree cattle, sheep, poultry, wild fowl, heavy horse breeds, show jumping, game fair. Demonstrations of falconry, ferret racing, gun dogs and angling. Pet show, countryside tent with fun activities. Cookery theatre with demonstrations. Food and Drink marquee by Fife's speciality producers.
Stay with our B&Bs in Fife
Scone Palace Garden Fair
30 - 31 May 2025
Scone Palace just outside Perth hosts this annual celebration of Scottish gardening.
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Fyne Fest
30 May - 1 June 2025, Loch Fyne, Argyll
Beer, food and music - what more could you ask for!
Drymen Agricultural Show
31 May 2025, Drymen, Loch Lomond
The Gin To My Tonic Gin, Rum & Vodka Festival
31 May 2025
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Meet the distillers and enjoy live music.
Beltie Beer Festival
7 June 2025, Dumfries
Family friendly event at Park Farm.
Angus Show
7 June 2025 at Brechin
Annual agricultural show with live stock, fun fair, trade stands, craft marquee, horse and hound, tractor pulling, dancing displays, pipe bands and lots more.
Stay at Newton Farm Holidays B&B near Forfar
The Festival of Ballantrae Festival
7 - 8 June 2025, South Ayrshire
A new name this year for the annual food and drink festival.
South of Scotland Horse Trials
14 - 15 June 2025
These nationally affiliated Horse Trials are returning to Dumfries and Galloway and will take place at Valleyfield Farm, Twynholm.
Glasgow Real Ale Festival
19 - 21 June 2025
Organised by CAMRA at The Briggait in the city's Merchant City area.
Royal Highland Show
19 - 22 June 2025 at Ingliston, Edinburgh.
Annual agricultural show with arena attractions, Scottish food exhibition, pedigree livestock, flower show, show jumping, craft fair and much more.
Stay at Arden Country House near Linlithgow
Best of Grampian
22 June 2025, Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire
A new outdoor event celebrating local food and drink in the north east of Scotland.
The Scottish Game Fair
4 - 6 July 2025
Set in the grounds of Scone Palace (Perthshire) with displays, stands, demonstrations. Organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust.
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Doune and Dunblane Show
5 July 2025
Annual agricultural show in Perthshire
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Scottish National Whisky Festival
5 July 2025, Inverness
SummerFest
5 - 6 July 2025, Loch Lomond
Family friendly event with market stalls, street food and entertainment.
Kirkcudbright Country Fair
19 July 2025, Dumfries & Galloway
Spectacular programme of events with guest performers and display teams at one of the region's major annual events.
Kirriemuir Agricultural Show
19 July 2025, Kirriemuir, Angus
Stay at Newton Farm Holidays B&B near Forfar
Sutherland County Show
19 July 2025, Dornoch, Scottish Highlands
Border Union Show
25 - 26 July 2025, Kelso
Annual agricultural show and equestrian event in the Scottish Borders
Stay at Mill House M&B in the Borders
Nairn Show
26 July 2025
Livestock exhibitions, craft fair, food stalls and amusements is held at Kinnudie Farm, Auldearn, near Nairn.
Stay at Ardmeanach House in Inverness
Edinburgh Food Festival
tbc 18 - 27 July, George Square Gardens, Edinburgh
Stranraer Show
30 July 2025
Annual agricultural show.
Perth Show
1 - 2 August 2025
A great day out in Perth for all the family including the Grand Parade of Livestock, local artisan crafts, Perthshire on a Plate with celebrity and local chefs, entertainment, trade stalls and much more.
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Foodies Festival
1 - 3 August 2025, Edinburgh
One of the UK's biggest food festival returns to Edinburgh's Inverleith Park.
Dumfries Show
2 August 2025
Annual agricultural show.
Skye Agricultural Show
2 August 2025, Portree, Isle of Skye
Stay with our B&Bs on Skye: Strathgorm B&B and Cuil Lodge B&B
Lorn Agricultural Show
2 August 2025, Benderloch near Oban
Turriff Show
3 - 4 August 2025, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
This large agricultural show in the north east of Scotland is a great day out for the whole family including one of the largest vintage and classic vehicle displays in Scotland, as well as the pageant, dog show, Pony carriage driving, showjumping, cattle show, sheep show, pipe band, Highland dancing, and much more.
Wigtown Agricultural Show
6 August 2025, Bladnoch Park, Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway
Stay with our B&Bs in Dumfries & Galloway
Black Isle Show
7 August 2025 near Muir of Ord, just north of Inverness.
This is the largest agricultural show in the North of Scotland. It attracts over 2,000 cattle, horse and sheep entries, more than 300 trade stands and over 25,000 visitors to the show each year. There is plenty to see and do, craft fair, food fair, 'On the Farm' exhibition for the kids, agricultural stands, vintage rally and sheep shearing.
Stay with our B&Bs in the Highlands
Moy Country Fair
8 - 9 August 2025, Highlands
Annual field sports activities event on the Moy Estate located between Aviemore and Inverness. Stalls, cookery demos, children's entertainment, birds of prey demonstration, gundog handling demonstrations, pets parade, freestyle mountain bike stunt team and much more.
Whisky Fringe
8 - 10 August at the Royal Mile Whiskies, Edinburgh
Mid Argyll Show
9 August 2025, Kilmory, Lochgilphead, Argyll
Tarland Show
9 August 2025, Aberdeenshire
Galloway Country Fair
9 - 10 August 2025 at Drumlanrig Castle, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway
Grantown Show
14 August 2025, Grantown-on-Spey
An agricultural show with livestock (including Highland Cows), food stands, farmers’ market, tractors and much more. A great day out for all the family.
Stay with our B&Bs in the Highlands
Sausage and Cider Festival
16 August 2025, Camperdown Park, Dundee
With over 30 different ciders and over 20 types of sausages, plus food stalls and live music, this is an exciting day out!
Stay at Newton Farm Holidays B&B near Forfar
The Craft Spirit Show: The Ultimate Gin, Rum & Vodka Festival
22 - 23 August 2025
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Meet the distillers and enjoy live music.
Lochaber Agricultural Show
23 August 2025, Inverlochy Castle Farm, near Fort William
Stay at Ardarroch Cottage B&B near Glenfinnan or Stay at Ardno House B&B near Ballachulish
Balloons & Tunes Scotland
29 - 31 August 2025, Eroll Showground, Perth
This weekend event will include tribute bands, a giant funfair, stunt shows, animal shows, food stalls, fireworks and hot air balloon rides (weather permitting).
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Spirit of Alba Festival
30 August 2025, Kirkintilloch
The 6th annual whisky festival in Kirkintilloch Town Hall, East Dunbartonshire (near Glasgow).
Moffat Show
30 August 2025
Annual agricultural show in Dumfries and Galloway.
Great Perthshire Food & Drink Festival
tbc early September 2025
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Spirit of Speyside Distilled Food & Drink
tbc early September 2025
A celebration of Speyside food and drink.
Dalmally Agricultural Show
6 September 2025
Annual agricultural show in Argyll.
Loch Lomond Food & Drink Festival
6 - 7 September 2025, Loch Lomond Shores
Cooking demos, whisky & gin tasting sessions, stalls and more.
Paws at the Palace
7 September 2025
Scone Palace, Perth
Lots of stalls, doggy games, parades of different breeds, agility classes and lots more in the grounds of historic Scone Palace.
Stay with our B&Bs in Perthshire
Scottish Food & Drink September
tbc September 2025
Variety of events across Scotland.
Stranraer Oyster Festival
12 - 14 September 2025
Celebrating this area's coastal heritage, its people and its local produce.
Scottish National Whisky Festival
13 September 2025, Aberdeen
Tarland Food and Music Festival
19 - 21 September 2025, Aberdeenshire
The Argyll Food Festival
27 - 28 September 2025, Oban
Held at the Corran Halls in Oban, this weekend event offers live music, cookery demonstrations, workshops and artisan stalls plus the Argyll Coffee Festival.
Stay at Ardno House B&B near Ballachulish
Ayrshire Real Ale Festival
2 - 4 October 2025, Troon
Festival with hot snacks and musical entertainment plus around 150 cask ales, 20 real ciders and perries, wine and soft drinks.
Edinburgh's Whisky Festival
11 October 2025
Event held at Murrayfield Stadium with a choice of 2 sessions.
Edinburgh Cocktail Week
3 - 12 October 2025
With a dedicated Cocktail Village at Festival Square in Edinburgh.
World Porridge Making Championship
4 October 2025, Carrbridge, Cairngorms
Keen amateur and professional chefs compete for the title of world porridge making champion.
Glasgow Vegan Festival
18 October 2025
With over 60 stalls at Hutchensons' at Pollok Park.
The Dramathon
18 October 2025, Speyside
Choose to enter the marathon, half marathon, 10K or relay race. The marathon route follows the Speyside Way from Glenfarclas distillery to Glenfiddich distillery. You can pick up the corresponding miniatures at the end of the race.
Scottish National Whisky Festival
25 October 2025, Edinburgh
Stirling SpiritFest
tbc end October - early November 2025, Stirling
Various events featuring Gin and Whisky including the Stirling Gin Festival.
Dornoch Whisky Festival
24 - 26 October 2025, Dornoch, Scottish Highlands
Stirling Whisky Festival
tbc early November 2025
Glasgow Whisky Festival
8 November 2025
Huge event in Glasgow at Hampden Park.
T B Watson Whisky Festival
29 November 2025, Dumfries
Stalls, whisky tastings and a Master Class at Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries. Previously known as the Drambusters festival.
There's lots of tasty Scottish food and drink to be found in Christmas markets in December across Scotland - see our list.
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