Here's a Selection of Events in and around Inverness that may be of Interest

Events in 2026:

21 March: annual Inverness Fiddlers' Rally at Eden Court
28 March: Inverness Blues Festival at the Northern Meeting Park
tbc 4 - 5 April: Easter Egg Hunt around Inverness city centre plus Easter activities for kids in the Victorian Market

12 April: LEGO by National Brick Events at Inverness Leisure Centre. Tickets required.
tbc 18 April: Annual Commemoration Service at Culloden Battlefield at 10.30am (280th anniversary of the battle)
26 April: Etape Loch Ness epic cycle race
1 - 3 May: Crime & Thriller Festival at Cromarty on the Black Isle
2 - 3 May: Ultra X ultra marathons around Loch Ness (50km & 100km races)
8 - 10 May: Taste of Nairn celebrating local food and drink
9 - 10 May: Exclusively Highlands Art and Craft market at Wildwoodz near Munlochy (10 miles north of Inverness)

Beauly Buzz music festival

Inverness Classic Vehicle Show

tbc 17 May: Inverness Performance Car Show with up to 1000 cars on display at Dores
24 May: Vintage Day with classic / vintage cars, buses, tractors and more at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore
30 May: The Gathering trad music festival in Inverness at the Northern Meeting Park
30 May: Ardersier Gala Classic Car Show and Parade
31 May: Race for Life in Inverness
1 - 7 June: Inverness Festival of Walking and Wheeling
6 June: Highland Pride march through Inverness city centre and LGBTQ+ entertainment/stalls at Eden Court
6 June: Outlander Day at the Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore
6 - 7 June: Make it Beauly - local arts & crafts plus gin and whisky producers at Beauly Holiday Park
tbc early June: The Loch Ness Classic and Vintage Car Tour starting and finishing in Inverness
tbc mid June: Woodzstock music festival on the Black Isle
19 - 20 June: Inverness Provincial Mod - annual Gaelic competitions at Eden Court Theatre
26 June: Bluesy Beauly music festival at the Beauly Holiday Park
27 June: Beauly and Western music festival at the Beauly Holiday Park
tbc 27 June: Armed Forces Day Parade led by the Inverness Royal British Legion Scotland Band
early July - late August: Under Canvas - live music and DJ sets on the lawn at Eden Court Theatre. This is a family-friendly event in stretch tents with a bar serving pizzas, local beers, gins, whisky, etc.
11 July: Nairn Triathlon
11 July: Inverness Highland Games at Bught Park
30 July - 1 August: Belladrum - Tartan Heart Festival huge music festival on the Belladrum Estate, near Beauly.
1 August: Nairn Show - livestock exhibitions, craft fair, food stalls and amusements.
6 August: Black Isle Show at the Showground, Muir of Ord. This is the largest agricultural show in the North of Scotland. It attracts over 2,000 cattle, horse and sheep entries, more than 300 trade stands and over 25,000 visitors to the show each year. There is plenty to see and do, craft fair, food fair, 'On the Farm' exhibition for the kids, agricultural stands, vintage rally and sheep shearing.
7 - 8 August: Moy Country Fair (between Aviemore and Inverness).
8 August: Strathpeffer Highland Gathering in the grounds of Castle Leod.
8 - 9 August: Celebration of the Centuries at Fort George near Inverness - re-enactment event depicting over 2000 years of Scottish history
15 August: Sausage and Cider Festival including live music from tribute bands at Bogbain Farm just outside Inverness.
15 August: Nairn Highland Games
21 August: Been 'n' Bands 'n' Beauly music festival at the Beauly Holiday Park
22 August: Truckness at the Black Isle Showground, Muir Of Ord.
22 August: Glenurquhart Highland Gathering & Games at Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness
29 August - 6 September: Nairn Book & Arts Festival
4 - 12 September: Blas Festival ceilidhs and concerts across the Highlands.
tbc early September: Kirking of the Council - civic procession from Inverness Town House to Ness Bank Church
3 - 4 September: Northern Meeting Piping Competition at Eden Court
tbc mid September: Doors Open Days around Inverness
19 September: Wheels of Nairn - classic and modern vehicle show
27 September: Loch Ness Marathon plus 5K and 10K River Ness fun runs.
tbc end September: Highland Archaeology Festival
28 September - 4 October: Inverness Festival Fringe - new for 2026
tbc early October: NessBookFest is the Inverness book festival
tbc 3 October: World Porridge Making Championship at Carrbridge
tbc mid to late October: Loch and Land Festival - outdoor activities, taster sessions and more at this new local festival
31 October - 1 November: Exclusively Highlands Autumn Craft market and food stalls at Wildwoodz near Munlochy (10 miles north of Inverness)