Shetland folk festival in top 10 Scotland attractions
The Shetland folk festival has established a strong international reputation for the quality of performances.The annual Shetland folk festival, which is the most northerly folk festival in the United Kingdom, has achieved the remarkable feat of being listed within the top ten attractions in Scotland, and is the only music festival to be included in the top ten.
The list of top forty Scottish attractions has been published by the respected travel companion Rough Guide, where the Shetland folk festival achieves its top ten placement. The folk festival takes place around the end of April each year, and an established international reputation means that the festival attracts top quality performers from around the world, and that tickets for the events at the festival are always in great demand.
In spite of the distance of the Shetland Islands from the Scottish mainland, it is possible to get to the festival quickly from the Scottish capital, with flights being operated to Shetland Islands Sumburgh from Edinburgh, which is home to possibly the most famous international Scottish festival of all. The flights to Shetland Islands Sumburgh from Edinburgh help to consolidate the associations between these two great festival locations, providing quick and simple travel between the two destinations.
Visitors to the Shetland Islands will find that there are plenty of other music festivals to enjoy in the area as well, from the August ‘Fiddle Frenzy’ to the September Blues Festival and the October Accordion and Fiddle Festival.
