Developing festivals in Scotland

Most development work relates to new features which enhance existing festivals. However, recent new festivals include:

• Big in Falkirk, which is a two-day weekend festival with street theatre, music, dance, crafts and fireworks
  
• Discovery, a new festival of children’s film
  
• The Triptych pop music festival in Glasgow

Investment in festivals

We invest around £3 million in festivals across Scotland.  About £1.2 million goes to the major festivals – International, Book, Jazz and Fringe – to reflect the high quality of work shown and the large audience they attract.  However, we also support scores of smaller festivals in both urban and rural settings, ranging from £1,000 for the Butelive festival on the Isle of Bute to almost £70,000 for the St Magnus Festival on Orkney, plus festivals run by enthusiastic volunteers, particularly for folk music, storytelling and drama.