Set in the stunning surroundings of the Cairngorms, Braemar Folk Festival is a celebration of folk and traditional music, bringing together artists and audiences for a memorable weekend of live performances, community and culture each October.
Get ready for an intimate weekend of music in the heart of the Cairngorms this autumn.
Braemar Folk Festival returns with packed mainstage concerts in the atmospheric surrounds of St Margaret’s, while cosy venues throughout this quintessential highland village come alive with foot-stomping jam sessions, bespoke workshops and informal acoustic sets.
Braemar Folk Festival returns with packed mainstage concerts in the atmospheric surrounds of St Margaret’s, while cosy venues throughout this quintessential highland village come alive with foot-stomping jam sessions, bespoke workshops and informal acoustic sets.
The Braemar Folk Festival is back with headliners including Dougie MacLean OBE, Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle, BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2022 Eryn Rae and Northern Ireland Music Awards ‘Best Album’ winner, Joshua Burnside.
Shortlisted for ‘Best Album of the Year’ 2020, amongst others, Project Smok have blasted onto the Scottish neo traditional scene and are fast becoming known for seamlessly blending trad music with contemporary new-age pop influences.
Join the charismatic Peggy Seeger – singer, songwriter, feminist, icon – and her son Calum MacColl, an exceptional musician in his own right, as part of Peggy’s ‘First Farewell’ tour.
