Shetland has 12 annual winter festivals where our communities celebrate the return of lighter days, our Norse heritage and the end of the Yule season.
The largest and most well-known is Lerwick Up Helly Aa, held on the last Tuesday of January.
But the first annual festival happens in just a few days, Scalloway Fire Festival on Friday 10 January 2020, and from there festivals run throughout our islands and local communities until mid March.
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