Though most are modern revivals, they often have roots in more ancient traditions. The Fire Festivals: From the longest night, in mid-December throughout the month of January, the Scots, much like all Northern Europeans, encourage the return of the sun with fantastic fire festivals.If you're lucky you could join a group of locals for First Footing. All round the country, local Hogmanay celebrations are colorful, noisy and well oiled with plenty of good Scotch. In Edinburgh it includes a torchlight parade, a variety of concerts, spectacular fireworks around Edinburgh Castle and a dip in the Firth of Forth on New Year's Day known as the Loony Dook. New Year's Means Hogmanay: The Scots celebrate New Year's with a big three or four day blow-out known as Hogmanay.The Queen and royal family attend the Braemar Gathering while staying at Balmoral. Sample the Highland Games: If you fancy watching mammoth-sized men throwing telephone poles (they call it tossing the caber) and other big, heavy objects, or watching kilted young girls in diamond patterned knee socks dance nimbly around swords, you'll love the traditional Highland Games, held around the country from late August through October.
You can easily dip in and out of the Edinburgh excitement and then relax over good steaks and cocktails or Vietnamese street food in Scotland's second city.
If you are keen to attend the Fringe, stay in Glasgow instead of Edinburgh. Go in July to explore the outstanding Scottish museums, eat terrific Scottish seafood (the North Sea stays cold enough to produce it even in the summer months) and cruise the lochs in relative peace. That means that Edinburgh is very crowded throughout the month. A book festival, a film festival, a military festival ( the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo) and a food festival also cram into the busy August calendar.
It runs alongside the Edinburgh International Festival, a curated selection of world theater, dance, music and opera. August is Festival Time in Edinburgh: Nearly the whole month is given over to the Edinburgh Fringe, an unjuried multi-arts celebration of plays, cabaret, comedy, music and children's shows that fills the whole city.
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