26 upcoming events in Shetland Islands · page 1 of 2
October 2026
Folklore Family Fun Day
Free drop-in family fun day exploring Shetland folklore.
Hands on Heritage 'Vikings'
Free drop-in Viking heritage activity session.
November 2026
Voe Social Club Craft Morning
Community social morning at Voe Public Hall for knitting, reading and chat.
Country & Western Night, Mareel
Country and western themed live music nights at Mareel Auditorium in Lerwick.
Wylde Britain, Mareel
Live musical journey through the British Isles, performed at Mareel Auditorium, Lerwick.
Singer Songwriter Night, Mareel
Open showcase night for singer-songwriters at Mareel Auditorium, Lerwick.
December 2026
Lerwick Christmas Parade
Santa arrives by Lerwick Lifeboat before a festive parade through Lerwick town centre, culminating in the Christmas lights switch-on.
Christmas Craft Fair, Whiteness & Weisdale
Annual Christmas craft fair at Whiteness & Weisdale Public Hall.
Hogmanay at Mareel
Shetland's Mareel arts centre in Lerwick hosts a New Year's Eve celebration to see in 2027 with music and entertainment.
January 2027
Scalloway Fire Festival
One of Shetland's rural Up Helly Aa fire festivals, featuring a torchlit procession and galley burning in the village of Scalloway.
Taste of Shetland at Up Helly Aa
Food and drink showcase at Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick, celebrating local producers alongside Up Helly Aa festivities.
Lerwick Up Helly Aa
Shetland's largest Viking fire festival, with around 1,000 guizers parading through Lerwick before torching a replica longship.
Lerwick Up Helly Aa 2027
Shetland's famous Viking fire festival, culminating in a torchlit procession through Lerwick and the burning of a replica longship.
February 2027
Nesting and Girlsta Up Helly Aa
Rural Up Helly Aa fire festival held in the Nesting and Girlsta district of Shetland's Mainland, with torchlit procession and galley burning.
Uyeasound Up Helly Aa, Unst
Unst's own Viking fire festival at Uyeasound, with a torchlit procession and a galley burning. A far smaller, more local alternative to the big Lerwick event.
Northmavine Up Helly Aa
Rural Viking fire festival held in the Northmavine area of Shetland's North Mainland, featuring guizers and a galley burning.
Cullivoe Up Helly Aa, Yell
Yell's community fire festival at Cullivoe, with squad costumes, a torchlit procession and the traditional galley burning on a winter night in the north isles.
March 2027
Bressay Up Helly Aa
Bressay, across the water from Lerwick, holds its own Up Helly Aa with a torchlit procession and galley burning, one of the later fire festivals of the Shetland winter.
Norwick Up Helly Aa, Unst
Britain's most northerly fire festival, held at Norwick on Unst, with a small-scale procession and galley burning in a remote setting.
South Mainland Up Helly Aa
The South Mainland community lights up its own Viking fire festival with a torchlit procession and galley burning, part of Shetland's winter-long Up Helly Aa season.
Delting Up Helly Aa
The last of the season's Up Helly Aa fire festivals, held in Delting with a torchlit march and galley burning for a Viking-style finale to the winter.
April 2027
An ABBA Dream, Mareel Auditorium
ABBA tribute concert at Mareel Auditorium in Lerwick.
Shetland Folk Festival
The 45th Shetland Folk Festival brings traditional and contemporary folk musicians to venues across Lerwick and rural Shetland.
June 2027
Simmer Dim Rally, Shetland
The UK's most northerly motorcycle rally, timed for midsummer's long light nights, bringing riders from across the country to tour the islands' roads.