Scottish Smallholder Festival 2024

Join Smallholding Scotland at The Royal Highland Centre for the 13th running of the Scottish Smallholder Festival!

The Festival will be held on the 19th October at the Highland Hall. Doors will open at 9AM, and you are invited to join us for our annual celebration of the Smallholder.

The festival has a lot to do:

• You will be able to see a Livestock competition for sheep, goats, and pigs. This year we will once again be featuring the RBST Scottish Championships.
• There will be a Show and parade of native breed equines, alpacas, and other equines and camelids of interest to smallholders.
• There will be a showcase of cattle breeds
• You will have the opportunity to talk to breed societies and work out which breed is right for you.
• You can join our seminar and demonstration programme, which will be taking place over five different venues across the site. Upstairs you can find seminar rooms 1, 2 and 3. Seminar room 1 will host a smaller producer showcase with businesses recounting their stories. Seminar room 2 will host a series of talks on the theme of “starting out”, whilst Seminar room 3 will be focused on diversification and adding value.
• The Cookery Theatre will host a range of cooking demonstrations and a unique taste test.
• The SRUC Theatre will give you lots of practical relevant information, including Goat and Sheep “MOT’s”
• The new craft zone, run by 3D2D will be in the main hall
• The commercial area has been rethought and you can find the layout here.
• You will be able to view our Garden, Craft and Food competition and visit many stands featuring produce made on the smallholding.
• And you will be able to learn new skills at our Rural skills exhibition.