Dumfries and Galloway
8 events in Dumfries and Galloway
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Heritage and Gardens Free

"A day of riding the marches, fair-crying and emblems of thistle and heather in this Dumfriesshire town."

Langholm Common Riding

31 Jul 2026
Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Country Shows see site

"A cherished one-day agricultural show in the spa town of Moffat in the Southern Uplands, celebrating hill farming traditions and Dumfries and Galloway livestock with a strong local community spirit."

Moffat Show

29 Aug 2026
Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Food and Drink Admission applies

"A celebration of Scotland's last remaining wild and native oyster bed in Loch Ryan, with celebrity chef demos, the Scottish Oyster Shucking Championships, live music and a vast oyster bar on Stranraer Harbour."

Stranraer Oyster Festival

11 Sept to 13 Sept 2026
Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Arts and Performance Free and ticketed events

"Scotland's National Book Town hosts its 25th festival across ten days and 200 events in this Galloway village of fifteen bookshops, where authors, musicians and artists fill the town hall, bookshops and gardens with literature, music and theatre."

Wigtown Book Festival

25 Sept to 4 Oct 2026
Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Village Sports Free

"The Dumfriesshire ploughing match rotates between farms in the Nith valley and the surrounding upland country each autumn, where the deep red sandstone soils and the wide skies of southwest Scotland give the competition its own distinct and unhurried character."

Dumfriesshire Ploughing Match

3 Oct 2026
Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Folk and Music Festival and event tickets

"A not for profit autumn gathering in a Galloway market town that champions young traditional musicians with concerts, sessions and dancing at a converted bank turned arts centre."

Autumn Trad Festival

16 Oct 2026
Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Folk and Music Returns yearly Free

"Dumfries's ancient riding of the marches custom sees hundreds of horses gather at dawn to ride the burgh boundaries before the crowning of the Queen of the South and an afternoon parade of floats through the town."

Dumfries Guid Nychburris Day

Expected Jun 2027
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Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
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Folk and Music Returns yearly Free

"Annan's traditional boundary-riding custom sees a mounted procession ride the ancient marches of this Solway coast burgh, upholding one of Dumfriesshire's oldest civic ceremonies."

Annan Riding of the Marches

Expected Jul 2027
Date to be confirmed
Annan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland