Events & Festivals
Children participate in many festivals
Ploughing Matches - In early spring ploughing matches are held all over the Mainland with modern and old fashioned tractors and ploughs.
Orkney Jazz Festival Late April - Based at the Stromness Hotel, this is a weekend of mainly traditional jazz by visiting and local performers, which includes the Annual Jazz Festival Service of Praise on the Sunday St Magnus Church, Birsay, which was led by Bill Salmond’s Louisiana Ragtime Band in 2005. Contact the Stromness Hotel, Tel (01856) 850298
www.stromnesshotel.com
Orkney Folk Festival
and much more...
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