16th June 2009 - Eric Bogle & John Munro

We are pleased to announce that Eric Bogle and John Munro will be in Shetland as part of their "Waltzing Matilda No More Tour" on Friday 14th August. They will play at the Lerwick British Legion with local support, doors 7.30 for an 8pm start. Tickets can be purchased from High Level Music from Monday 22nd June and will cost £11 for all SFFS members and £13 for non-members. This is their last ever tour so don't miss them!

7th May 2009 - Time for bed!

The 29th Shetland Folk Festival is now over and the official countdown for our 30th extravaganza can now begin. This year’s Festival has been truly fantastic so thanks a million to all the artistes (both visiting and local), the Nordic Tone project participants, all our sponsors and funders, all the volunteers, all the accommodation hosts, the brilliant staff at Islesburgh as well as at the Clickimin, Lerwick Legion and Shetland Hotel, all the Community halls we used this year, the lighting and PA folks, Sonny Priest and the Lerwick Boating Club bar staff... and for everyone who purchased tickets! We simply couldn't do this Festival without you.

Sue Wilson has already published a couple of great reviews in The Scotsman and HI-ARTS which give a feel of the 29th party!

Keep an eye on our MySpace site www.myspace.com/shetlandfolkfestival and our photo galleries page on this site as we’ll upload some Festival memories as and when we get them from the photographers!!

Best wishes and see you next year,

28th April 2009 - Festival Shop

The Festival Shop at 5 Burns Lane is now closed and will re-open at the Festival Club at Islesburgh Community Centre between 11am and 5pm on 30th April. These are the opening times on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd too.

The SFFS shop number at Islesburgh will be 01595 745101 and one of our volunteers will be there to answer it during Festival shop opening hours, but please be patient as the shop can be very busy with face-to-face sales.

We still have some tickets left for the concerts in the Festival Club (members only), Mossbank, Saturday Clickimin, Walls and Baltasound but you'll have to be quick!!

Have a great Festival!!

3rd April 2009 - Ticket Booking Form

This years ticket booking form is now available. Due to the advance membership there are already number of venues already sold out. Update All Sunday night Foys are sold out.

23rd March 2009 - Nordic Tone

The Festival Committee are excited to announce the inclusion of a trans-nordic educational project as part of this year's Festival. For more more information, please visit our Nordic Tone page.

View the press release

27th February 2009 - Programme of Concerts available

Coming to you a bit earlier than normal we're happy to make available the concert line-ups (Adobe PDF) for this years festival. A webpage version of the information will appear over the weekend.

27th February 2009 - Advance Memberships

Advance Memberships are now closed for 2009.

6th January 2009 - Lineup Announced

Well, a number of changes have been made to the website. Most importantly, you can now find out who is provisionally booked to appear at the 29th Shetland Folk Festival, read their bios and hear a sample of their music! The photo galleries are back but in a new format. Photos from the 2008, 2007 and 2006 Festivals, kindly supplied by various photographers, have been uploaded. You can also now see which venues/country halls are provisionally booked for a concert and essential dates for the purchase of memberships and tickets. Enjoy!! Only 114 days to go – Yippee.

P.S. If you are interested in sponsoring the 29th event, please click here! The Festival relies on the kind generosity of our sponsors every year for the quality and diversity of the event and the many benefits it brings to communities throughout Shetland.