WHAT’S ON

2026

FRI 22 MAY 7:30pm Orkney Folk Festival. Strings Over the Shore. Rebecca Hill & Charlie Stewart and Erika Shearer and Andrew Dennison. £18. Book through Orkney Folk Festival here.

FRI 05 JUNE details tbc Opening event for the new stained glass windows designed by the pupils of North Walls Community School and created by artist Carole Robinson. Funded by the OIC Culture Fund.

FRI 12 JUNE 6:30pm Reels & Jigs with Mabel and Craig Mainland and his band. £8 adults / £2 children. Refreshments and raffle. Booking required – email mabel.besant775 {at} btinternet.com or call on Orkney 791359

FRI 26 JUNE 6:45pm Community Heritage Night celebrating the new book by Bryce Wilson ‘Hoy & Waas’. Free with soup and refreshments and raffle. Supported by the Coop Community Fund.

SUN 28 JUNE 2pm St Magnus Festival. An Accordion Odyssey with Neil Sutcliffe. Can be booked as an full excursion with transport, tour and lunch (£65) or concert only for (£15/ £13) Book through St Magnus Festival here, concert only tickets will also be available on the door (cash only).

MON 13 JULY. Seaweed art and foraging workshops with artist Jemima Hall. Moaness. 11:00am-1:00pm Seaweed sculpting workshop on the shore / 2:00-4:00pm Seaweed foraging at low tide. Places limited to 8 on each session. Free but must be booked. Contact Hoy Heritage Centre here to book. Supported by the Coop Community Fund.

FRI 17 JULY 6:30pm Reels & Jigs with Mabel and Craig Mainland and his band. £8 adults / £2 children. Refreshments and raffle. Booking required – email mabel.besant775 {at} btinternet.com or call on Orkney 791359

FRI 04 SEPT 6:30pm Orkney International Science Festival. Free. Details to be announced.

OCT Harvest Home tbc

2025

Orkney Folk Festival / St Magnus Festival & Orkney International Festival events, Reels & Jigs16 May / 13 June / 01 Aug

2024


REELS & JIGS with Mabel and music from Craig Mainland and his band.

2024 sessions: Friday 10 May / Friday 14 June / Friday 19 July



2023

2022

coming up

Friday 22 July – Creative writing workshop with Yvonne Gray

Wednesday 10 August – Shore explore & wild food foraging with Katy Firth & Fiona Sanderson

All free but must be booked email us here

PAST EVENTS 2022

PAST EVENTS 2021

https://oisf.org/fest-event/a-hoy-and-rackwick-evening/

Hoy Heritage Centre events are programmed between April and September but the Hoy Kirk is available as a venue all year. Hoy Heritage Centre is NORMALLY open all year with archive materials to browse.

2020 Due to the COVID19 lockdown we had to close this exhibition early and the programme for 2020 is on hold.

PAST EVENTS

2020

LowResHOYHMSPheasantExhibitionPoster
2019
Berriedale walk Rowan
The Boy Friend
InTheStepsOfTheIceBearHoy
OldManWalk19JulyPoster
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ST MAGNUS Hoy POSTER

Berry, Harry, 1905-1994; Longhope Lifeboat 'TGB'
LONGHOPE LIFEBOAT EXHIBITION CURATED BY LONGHOPE LIFEBOAT MUSEUM AT HOY KIRK MARCH – MAY 2019  image:Harry Berry
Hoy story stack project

2018

Johnny Pottinger's scrapbook poster
Eagle Tales poster2
fest brochure
Science Fest Hoy 2018
HoyHoolieHoyKirk2018
Hoy Express webposter
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Rackwick Renga
Hoy Sound Hoy Kirk
hoy-night-may-2018jpg

2017

Tuesday 20 June 2pm St Magnus Festival

performance at Hoy Kirk

by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices.

Repertoire included a piece with particular connections to Rackwick, Hoy – 

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ Lullaby for Lucy. More details here.

HOYMAXposter

More on the Hoy Max events here.

HarryBerrySeaviewposter copy

2016

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frankies-night-colour
Neil Leask poster

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Thurso-aurora-under-in-full-moonlight-Stewart-Watt.
Friday 2 Sept 2016 Orkney International Festival

HoyHirkRSPBfilmposter

2015 and earlier

hoy5050sale

Hoy craft show 2014
OftideandtimeA4poster
father's hands poster
HOYFOY
Mavis.Strudwick.poster
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