The Johnsmas Foy Shetland's summer festival

18th - 28th June 2009 Historic Lerwick Guided Walk Join local historian and registered tour guide Douglas Sinclair on a two-hour guided walk of old Lerwick. read more

18th - 28th June 2009 Sixareen Trips around Lerwick Harbour Take part in a rowing trip around Lerwick harbour in a traditional Shetland sixareen, a direct descended from a Viking boat design. read more

18th - 21st June 2009 Walhalla Viking Re-enactments Old Scatness Broch and Iron Age Village is a pristine Iron Age time capsule. Now in its consolidation phase, this site has unearthed fascinating finds and even changed expert opinion on Scottish history. read more

18th and 25th June 2009 Ranger Guided Walks - Mousa RSPB Reserve Look for wild flowers, breeding birds and seals, and visit the ancient Mousa Broch. read more

19th June 2009 Johnsmas Cup - Round Trondra Yoal Rowing Race A team based rowing race using traditional design Shetland yoals, which will follow a course around the isle of Trondra, south of Scalloway on Shetland's Westside. read more

23rd June 2009 Ranger Guided Walks - Noss National Nature Reserve View the island's spectacular seabird colony and the Pony Pund. read more

20th June 2009 Fetlar Foy The 11th Fetlar Foy boasts another jam-packed line up of live music and many other fun-filled events, including football tournaments plus other 'sporting' events and challenges, BBQ's and a licensed bar (photo ID will be required) – you name it and it's likely to be happening in Fetlar. Session musicians are also welcome to entertain visitors throughout the day read more

22nd - 24th June 2009 Sail on the 'Swan' LK243 A unique opportunity to undertake a three-hour trip on Shetland's magnificently restored fishing 'Fifie' 'Swan' and to experience what life would have been like on such a vessel in the early 20th century. read more

18th and 25th June 2009 Ranger Guided Walks - Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve Discover some of Shetland's rarest flowers, including the endemic Edmondston's Chickweed. read more

24th June 2009 Ranger Guided Walks - Hermaness National Nature Reserve Visit Shetland's finest seabird cliffs and view the UK's most northerly lighthouse. read more

28th June 2009 Mavis Grind Foy Another Foy within a Foy, this one taking place in the north mainland of Shetland at Mavis Grind, the narrow istmus of land where the North Sea almost meets the Atlantic. read more

21st and 28th June 2009 Viking Unst: Belmont Longhouse Dig - Open Days Shetland's most Northerly Isle, Unst, has the highest concentration of rural longhouse sites anywhere in the world, making it the ideal place to interpret Shetland's Viking past. read more

23 June 2009 Ranger Guided Walks - Sandwick, Unst A scenic costal walk exploring the natural environment and 2,000 years of human occupation. read more