The Shetland Folk Festival is a non-profit, volunteer driven organization dedicated to presenting the best folk music from around the globe to the local community and visitors alike.
 
19th June 2008
BBC Radio Shetland will be broadcasting a 2008 Folk Festival review programme on Thursday 26 June at 6.10pm which will feature a selection of recordings made at this year's festival. If you can't get to your wireless then, don't worry - it will be available online after the broadcast. We'll post the link when we have it!
 
22nd May 2008
We still have a small selection of 2008 Festival T-shirts available (Womens & Bairns sizes only). If you are interested please contact Christine Fordyce on 01595 692882 during office hours.
 
We also still have some lost property from the Festival club at Islesburgh. If you misplaced something over the weekend at the club, contact Christine on the above number to see if we have it
 
7th May 2008
Well folks, that's it for another year. BOO HOO! It really was a fantastic Festival though. Thanks to all the artistes (both visiting and local), all our sponsors, 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.

Today, there is a really good review of the Festival in the Scotsman which you can find here.

On our MySpace site - www.myspace.com/shetlandfolkfestival - we've put up a few photos that Lieve Boussauw has sent through already but there will be plenty more photos to come from both her and other Shetland based photographers.

Keep an eye on our Festival archives page for more links related to Festival coverage.

Take Care and we'll see you in 2009. The dates for the 29th Festival are 30th April to 3rd May.

Best wishes