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



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









2018










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.

More on the Hoy Max events here.

2016






2015 and earlier











