Findhorn Bay Arts

07/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - Graeme Roger, Wildbird | Small Halls Artist Residency (SHARP)

📅 Friday 25 September
🕚 8pm – 10.30pm
📍Burghead Community Hall
Free. Drop in.

Our Small Halls Artist Residency Programme (SHARP) places artists in rural communities to work collaboratively with local residents, using village halls as spaces for creative engagement, exchange and shared making that reflects the unique heritage, culture and everyday life of the community.

Visual artist Graeme Roger spent time with the Burghead community, using contemporary visual storytelling to uncover its history, identity and the stories that matter most to local people.

06/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - Hamish Napier | The Hill

Findhorn Bay Festival proudly presents the premiere of The Hill, the latest musical adventure from Strathspey composer, multi-instrumentalist and Festival Musician-in-Residence Hamish Napier.

“Scintillating…brilliantly vivid” - ★★★★★ The Scotsman

📅 Sunday 4 October
🕙 4pm
📍Universal Hall Promotions

Find out more and book tickets here: https://findhornbayfestival.com/whats-on/2026/hamish-napier-2

Creative Scotland VisitScotland Hamish Napier Music

Hamish Napier premieres The Hill, celebrating Highland hill terms and mountain landscapes through reels, jigs, Gaelic song and piobaireachd.

05/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - We Will Hear the Angels | Magnetic North

Magnetic North returns with a poignant celebration of sad music, following five neighbours quietly struggling with heartbreak and healing.

📅 Wednesday 30 September
🕚 7.30pm
📍Universal Hall Promotions

Audience Information:
60 Minutes
Suitable for ages 14+

Find out more info and book tickets here: https://ow.ly/yc4H50ZIMIE

Magnetic North Creative Scotland VisitScotland

04/09/2026

Three weeks to go until Findhorn Bay Festival! We're absolutely delighted to see that some shows are starting to sell out. 🎉

Don’t worry if you missed out on a certain day/time… there are still other dates and times available for some shows and there's plenty of other shows available that might be of interest 👀

SOLD OUT shows:

When Billy Met Alasdair | Alan Bissett

📅 Sunday 27 September, 2pm-3:30pm
🎟️ SOLD OUT

Remaining Dates / Times include:
Sat 26 Sep 2026 | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Sun 27 Sep 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

📷 Photography by GICF / Tommy Ga-Ken Wan

Where Wild Geese Gather | A Walk at Dawn

📅 Sunday 27 September, 6.30am
🎟️ SOLD OUT

However there is another walk you can book 👇

Explore Divie Viaduct with Hamish Napier

📅 Thursday 1 October, 12pm
📍Edinkillie Village Hall Car Park

Sand, Silt and Flint

📅 Thursday 1 October | 12pm
🎟️ SOLD OUT

Remaining Date / Time include:
Thu 1 Oct 2026 | 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

LIMITED AVAILABILITY:

The Sailmaker's Palm

📅 Sunday 4 October, 3pm
📍Findhorn Kirk

Balfour Reparations | Farah Saleh

📅 Friday 2 October, 2pm-4pm
📍 Universal Hall

04/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - Celebrating Celtic Traditions with Hamish Napier and Jordan Neil, Zoë Conway and John Mc Intyre and Amy Geddes and Alison Carlyle

A relaxing afternoon of Celtic music and stepdance, celebrating connections with Ireland through fiddle, flute, guitar and Gaelic song.

📅 Friday 2 October
🕙 1pm
📍Forres Town Hall

Audience Information:
Relaxed Performance.
Bar service and soup for lunch available.

Creative Scotland VisitScotland Hamish Napier Zoë Conway Amy Geddes Alison Carlyle Stepdance

Find out more info and book tickets here 👇

A relaxing afternoon of Celtic music and stepdance, celebrating connections with Ireland through fiddle, flute, guitar and Gaelic song.

03/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - Life within the Findhorn Eco Village | Keiran Perry

📅 Friday 25 September – Sunday 4 October.
🕙 Open Daily 10am – 5pm.

📍Phoenix Cafe Findhorn
Free. Drop in.

Photographer Keiran Perry spent two years living within the Findhorn Eco Village, capturing an intimate, observational glimpse of life within the community.

Creative Scotland VisitScotland

03/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - CULTURE DAY FORRES
Saturday 26 September 2026 | 11am - 4pm

Our Culture Day Map & Listings have arrived! 🎉

We'll be getting them out to local shops and businesses over the next coming days, you can also pick one up from our office if you'd prefer at:

📍98 High Street, Forres, IV36 1NX
🕚 Office Opening Hours: Tuesday - Thursday | 10am - 4pm

02/09/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - Beach of Dreams | A Silk Pennant Installation

📅 Sunday 4 October
🕙 10am – 4pm
📍Findhorn Beach
FREE

Building on our Beach of Dreams project in 2025, Beach of Dreams Silks is a dynamic installation created by artists Eve Mosher and Amy Neville in collaboration with local communities.

Made from naturally dyed silk pennants, each piece carries a personal story – reflecting individual relationships with the coast, the sea and the changing world around us. Together, these pennants form a shifting tapestry of voices. A shared expression of hope, memory and imagination – woven into a collective vision for our future coastlines.

We also have a reflective coastal walk that you can book onto with Ali 👇

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - The Act of Walking

Join Ali Pretty, founder of Kinetika and creator of Beach of Dreams, for a reflective coastal walk carrying hand-painted silk pennants created by local artists and participants. Guided by a series of thought-provoking questions, the walk invites participants to consider our evolving relationship with the coast and our shared responsibility to care for it.

📅 Sunday 4 October
🕚 10am
📍Findhorn Village Centre and Hostel
🎟️ Book tickets here: https://findhornbayfestival.com/whats-on/2026/the-act-of-walking

📷 Mark Richards Aurora Imaging - Findhorn



Creative Scotland VisitScotland Ali Pretty Kinetika Naturally Useful

01/09/2026

23 days to go! 🎉

✨ Book Online or Visit Us In Person! ✨

You can buy online from the comfort of your home: https://findhornbayfestival.com/whats-on

Or if you’d prefer to come and see us in person, you’re welcome to visit our office at:

📍98 High Street, Forres, IV36 1NX
🕚 Office Opening Hours: Tuesday - Thursday | 10am - 4pm

⚠️ Limited capacity available!

We look forward to seeing you! 💫

31/08/2026

FINDHORN BAY FESTIVAL - LVII: Independent Photographers Collective | Flow Photofest

This salon-style exhibition explores River Connections: Logie and its environs and brings together photographs by collective members, featuring established, early-career and emerging fine art photographers.

It is presented as part of the 100th anniversary of Logie Steading – a visual celebration of place, landscape and local history.

Dates and Opening Times:
📅 Friday 25 September – Sunday 4 October
🕚 Open Daily 10am – 5pm | Free. Drop in.
📍Logie Steading & Estate

Presented in partnership with Logie Steading, Flow Photofest is a biennial festival celebrating photography in all its forms across the Highland and Islands that aims to raise the profile of photography as a creative medium.

FLOW Photofest Creative Scotland VisitScotland