Event date
Event details
The 33rd Scottish Annual Traditional Boat Festival is being held again this year in the historic 17th Century Harbour town of Portsoy on the Aberdeenshire coast
on 13-14th June 2026
For 20 years the Coracle Society has supported the Festival by running coracle events over the weekend in the Old Harbour.
The original Society team are now no longer able to participate due to old age and infirmity,and are looking for help from the Coracle Fraternity to support the event and to carry on the continuity of Coracle activities by coming along with their coracles and putting on a show as part of your committee's current Coracle Resurrection Project .
Contact details
Any Coracle Society or Facebook User Group members who are able to participate on either or both days can obtain complimentary entry passes and concessionary Camping passes( Camping and caravan park now filling up fast!) by contacting : Richard Thorne, Development Manager, at Portsoy Community Enterprise from Monday to Thursdays, email :richard@portsoy.org, mobile : 07796 692801.
For more information ,see their web site, or contact Dave Purvis of the Coracle Society, email dave,purvis@googlemail.com.
Location
Festival parking is located on the west side of Portsoy. Carparks will be clearly signposted from both sides of the town. Parking is £5 per car, which includes the use of the shuttle bus service; this can be paid with cash or card. The car park is around 10-15 walk from the festival site.