Girvan Traditional Folk Festival

04/06/2026

Girvan Folk Festival committee member Jen plays at the fantastic Festival of Ballantrae this coming weekend. Then in a couple of weekends time our friends at Biggar Django Festival have an amazing weekend of Gypsy Jazz and Swing coming up in bonnie Biggar nestled amidst the Southern Uplands.

Evening shows, jam sessions, workshops you name it! Make a day or the full weekend of it. All details on their website https://www.biggardjangofestival.org.uk.

27/05/2026

A fantastic weekend's entertainment to be had in Girvan coming up courtesy of our friends at Girvan Arts Festival.

So much on, why not make the full weekend of it!

🎨 We have a BIG, brilliant weekend ahead!

From Friday through Sunday, the Girvan Arts Festival will be in full swing with creativity, performances, exhibitions, music, and plenty to see and do across Girvan ✨

What are you most looking forward to this weekend? 👀
Are you planning to visit a particular event, artist, or performance?

Learn more below!
https://girvanartsfestival.com

04/05/2026

🌞 Good morning folky folks! 🌞

What a blast it has been!! Thank you all for being a part of the chaos, and safe journey home. If you have any photos & videos please send them our way, and we'd love to hear your feedback.

Until next year! 🪕🎻🪗

03/05/2026

"Happy are we all together" indeed here at Girvan Traditional Folk Festival!!

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Featured: Len Graham singing in Kirkoswald during our Ballad Bus tour

03/05/2026

Back at Girvan Fest 2012 we set up a wee radio studio with UWSRADIO and spent an afternoon with the festival guests chatting and singing with an audience listening and contributing - a great day it was.. this is the radio edit from that afternoon...

03/05/2026

Standard Saturday afternoon at the friendliest folk fest in the west.

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Girvan Traditional Folk Festival at the The Vaults.

02/05/2026

The line "rural joy is free to all" must undoubtedly be referring to the range of free events we are hosting throughout the weekend, right?! 🤔

🎥: A snippet of Janice Burns & Jon Doran's take on The Echo Mocks the Corncrake

02/05/2026

A collaboration spanning generations and countries 🌍 Just when you thought the festival couldn’t get any better, we’ve gone and done it again (if we do say so ourselves! 😜)

There's plenty still to come - tomorrow's schedule is absolutely jam packed with events you don't want miss!!!

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Featured here: Robyn Stapleton, Tim Edey, Tim Liebert & Christina Lutter, and Girvan Community Choir

02/05/2026

A chorus I suspect some of us will be revisiting come Monday morning... 🍻💃🕺

In this clip: A Wheen O' Wimmin