Outside Edinburgh in August, Scotland is remarkably well-resourced in festivals of all types, and covering all cultural sectors.

These range from the major multi-form festivals such as the Merchant City Festival, Glasgay! and Burns an' A' That! to sector-specific festivals devoted to music, theatre, visual arts, film, literature and multimedia work.

Performing arts festivals include the Aberdeen International Street Festival, Big in Falkirk, the National Festival of Youth Theatre, Dràma na h-Alba - Scotland's International Theatre Arts Festival and Forum, and the Puppet Animation Festival.

From the St Magnus Festival to the Edinburgh Mela, music is particularly well provided for on the Scottish festivals circuit. Traditional music festivals include Am Mòd Nàiseanta Rìoghail - The Royal National Mod, Fèis an Eilein - Skye Festival, the Hebridean Celtic Festival, the Shetland Folk Festival, Fiddle, and the Celtic Chaos Traditional Music Festival; jazz and blues are showcased at the Glasgow International Jazz Festival, the Starbucks Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival, the Aberdeen Jazz Festival, the Lockerbie Jazz Festival, the Dundee Jazz Festival, the Black Bottle Islay Jazz Festival and the Orkney Blues Festival; country and roots headline at the Creetown Country Music Festival; and more contemporary sounds are featured at free radiCCAls, Instal, s▪o▪u▪n▪d, The Blend, The Hairth World Music Festival, the World Ceilidh, Yellow's on the Broom International Music and Arts Festival, Celtic Connections, Triptych, the Wicker Man Festival, Rootin' Aboot and T in the Park, to name but a few.

Multimedia work is presented at a number of fora including New Territories - Scotland's International Festival of Live Arts, Kill Your Timid Notion and the Celtic Media Festival.

The visual arts are featured at many multi-form festivals, but are specifically the focus of a range of events, including the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art and the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art Annual Exhibition.

Apart from the world-renowned Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland also boasts several regional film festivals, including the Glasgow Film Festival, the Discovery Film Festival, the Deaf Focus Film Festival and the Highland Mountain Film Festival.

Finally, Scotland hosts numerous literature festivals, including Word: University of Aberdeen Writers' Festival and its sister festival Wordfringe, the Isle of Bute Poetry Festival, the Scottish Book Town Festival in Wigtown, Aye Write! Glasgow's Book Festival, the Cromarty Book Festival, the Inverness Book Festival and The Word's Out! in Perth.

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