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January Calendar of UK Festivals and Events

New Year's Festivals, Hogmanay, Fire Festivals in Scotland, plus food and drink and lots more. Find out what's happening in January. Read about What's On Where in the United Kingdom during January.
January Festival and Events Roundup
UK Festivals and Events for January. Read about Hogmanay - the Scots New Year's Eve celebrations, fire festivals, music festivals, winter ales and more.
Hogmanay In Scotland, Where New Year's is Four Days Long
Hogmanay In Scotland - New Year's Celebrations in Scotland last for days and include Ancient Traditions, Fire festivals and lots of partying. Find out how Scotland Welcomes the New Year at Hogmanay.
Edinburgh Hogmanay
Edinburgh Hogmanay is four days of celebration for the New Year. Find out what's happening in Edinburgh for Hogmanay and how you can take part.
The Best Hogmanay Celebrations in Scotland
Read about where to find the best Hogmanay Celebrations in Scotland
Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival - Up Helly Aa
Shetland’s Viking Fire Festival,Up Helly Aa is a blazing spectacle and a 24 hour party at the end of January, in Lerwick, the main port of Shetland.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Biggar Bonfire
Scotland, Fire Festivals -The Biggar Bonfire is a New Year's Eve Tradition in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Weird and Wacky Folk Traditions - The Haxey Hood
The Haxey Hood is one of England's oldest tussles, a weird and wacky 700 year old game played once a year on Twelfth Night.
UK Fire Festivals - The Allendate Tar Barrel - A Ritual of Flames and Guts
UK Fire Festivals - The Allendale Tar Barrel is a bizarre UK midwinter fire festivals, in celebration of the new year. During this UK Fire Festival, strong and fearless villages carry flaming tar barrels on their heads.
The Best Winter Fire Festivals in Scotland
Combine the primitive impulse to light up the long nights, the ancient idea that fire purifies and chases away evil spirits and the natural Scottish impulse to party to the wee small hours and you end up with some of the best mid-winter fire celebrations in Europe.
Scotland Fire Festival - Stonehaven Fireball Festival
Scottish Fire Festivals - The Stonehaven Fireball Festival is an exciting and terrifying annual event for New Year's Eve in Scotland.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Burning of the Clavie
The Burning of the Clavie is a strange New Year's Fire Festival and bizarre ritual in Northeast Scotland.
Auld Lang Syne - All the Original Lyrics
Here are all the words to Auld Lang Syne in the original Scots Dialect as written by Robert Burns.
Scotland's Fire Festivals - The Comrie Flambeaux Procession
Scotland Fire Festival - The Comrie Flambeaux Procession is a fiery tradition that goes back hundreds of years.
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