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Top Annual Events Scotland

Below is a list of the top annual events taking place in Scotland in 2021.

Highland Games - July - September there is normally at least one event each weekend

January Cancelled? - Viking Festival at Lerwick on the Shetland Isles. Map.

Feb & March - Rugby 6 Nations - at least 2 matches played Murryfield Stadium in Edinburgh

April 17th - Scottish Grand National horse race jumps at Ayr southwest Scotland

May 9th - Stirling Scottish Marathon full and half marathon at Stirling in central Scotland

May 14th - Scottish Islands Peaks Race Sailing and Fell Running teams the West Coast

May 29th - 30th - Edinburgh Marathon for professionals & amateurs in the city Edinburgh

July - TRNSMT Festival - music festival at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Map

July 4th & 5th - Tough Mudder at Dalkeith Country Park 9 miles southeast of Edinburgh, Map

July 7th - 11th - Scottish Open golf tournament at The Renaissance Club 23 miles east of Edinburgh. Map

July 18th - Scottish Car Show at Ingliston Royal Highland Centre by Edinburgh, Map

August 6th - 28th - Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo spectacular entertainment in Edinburgh

August 26th - 29th - Blair Castle Horse Trials at Blair Castle 34 miles north of Perth, Map

Aug 28th - Sept 5th - Largs Viking Festival at Largs 33 miles west of Glasgow.

Sept 16th - 18th - Ayr Gold Cup, Scotland's top horse race flat meeting Ayr southwest

October 3th - Great Scottish Run - 10k&half marathon in Glasgow / George Square

October 3rd - Loch Ness Marathon - starts from Bught Park on the south side of Inverness. Map

October 9th & 10th? - Scotland's Boat Show - at Kip Marina in Inverkip 32 miles west of Glasgow. Map

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