The Kingdom of Fife is beautiful in any weather; which is just as well considering the amount of rain that we've had this summer.  Last weekend I was out distributing leaflets for the Original St Andrews Witches Tour, and I found this scene in the town.  It was the weekend of the Big Tent Festival, Fife's eco-festival.

So, given that this month's #scotlandhour on Twitter is a discussion about Scotland's festivals, I thought it might be useful for visitors to Fife (and, indeed, Fifers themselves to be aware of just how many festivals the Kingdom hosts.

In January Burns Night is celebrated on the 25th with whisky, haggis and the Bard's poems.  Cupar in Fife is reputed to be the largest Burns' Club and there is a waiting list to attend their Burns' Night, but many hotels in Fife host Burns' Night celebrations that anyone can attend.

For music-lovers the Fife Jazz Festival is celebrated in many of the Kingdom's towns.  This year it was held on the 3rd to the 5th of February.

The Snowdrop Festival in Cambo lets you celebrate the joys of Spring in February and March, while March is also the time for St Andrews famous StAnza Poetry Festival and the relatively new St Andrews Golf Festival.

St Andrews Student Arts Festival "On the Rocks" was on 16-22nd April this year, and Crail Food Festival is held in June, as is the East Neuk Festival.  Further south in Fife, the Culross Festival is also held in June.

July brings T in the Park and St Andrews Inside Out Theatre and Outdoor Performance Festival which is held on the streets of St Andrews on July 27th - 29th.

Pittenweem's famous Arts Festival takes place on the 28th July - 5th August and, for those who love traditional Scots music the Auchtermuchty Festival takes place on the weekend10th - 12th of August. Dunfermline's Bruce Festival on the 25th -26th of August is a great famly event celebrating the town's history.

Autumn brings the new St Andrews Voices Festival which takes place on the 18th -21st October, and, of course, we on the Original St Andrews Witches Tour go a little crazy celebrating Halloween in October (and all year round for that matter)

The St Andrews Festival takes place on the 30th November to the 2nd December and marks the start of the lead up to the Festive season and, of course, Hogmanay, and if that lot hasn't tired you out, the cycle begins again with Burns Night the next year.

Oh, and who could forget the Highland Games that take place throughout the summer?  Ceres in Fife holds the oldest free Highland Games in Scotland.

I hope this helps you plan your visit to Fife so that you can see and experience some of what the Kingdom has to offer.

You may find details of other festivals elsewhere in Scotland if you check out #scotlandhour on the last Wednesday of the month on Twitter