The Johnsmas Foy Shetland's summer festival

Thursday 18th June Johnsmas Foy 2009 - Opening Ceremony The Johnsmas Foy 2009 will be officially opened on Thursday 18th June by the Convenor of Shetland Islands Council Sandy Cluness. 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

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

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 - 28th June 2009 Displays of Viking Books and more... Throughout the Johnsmas Foy both The Shetland Times Bookshop and Shetland Library will be displaying a range of fiction and non-fiction books centered around Viking themes. read more

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 Islesburgh Photographic Club Exhibition - 'Our Viking Heritage' Shetland's long established amateur photographic club hold their annual Johnsmas Foy exhibition with a range of photos true to this years Foy theme. read more

18th - 28th June 2009 Sails in St Magnus - Exhibition Orkney's dramatic Sails in St Magnus exhibition comes to the Shetland Museum and Archive to coincide with this year's Johnsmas Foy and its Viking theme. 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

All Season Lerwick Up Helly Aa Exhibition Visit the Lerwick Galley Shed to immerse yourself in all things relative to Lerwick's world famous Viking fire festival - Up Helly Aa. read more