Edinburgh International Harp Festival

21/05/2026

19/04/2026

🗣We’d love to hear what you thought about EIHF 2026.
Whether you joined us at a concert, took part in a course or workshop, tuned in online via Zoom, or simply dropped by the festival - we read EVERY single piece of feedback you give us.

👉 Share your thoughts here: https://tinyurl.com/FEEDBACKEIHF2026

Your feedback genuinly helps shape our festival. Here are just a few changes we made this year thanks to your suggestions:

⭐️ More opportunities for teens - we hosted two teen workshops in 2026.
⭐️ More slow sessions - We introduced daily lunchtime sessions Last concert back in assembly hall - it returned!
⭐️Offer the festival orchestra course - reintroduced this year.
⭐️Have something happening between dinner and the evening concerts - we hosted the Harpy Hour Open Mic from 6–7pm.
⭐️Improve outside signage - new yellow road signs were placed around campus.

Thanks for being part of EIHF!

16/04/2026

🚨LOST PROPERTY🚨
Anyone forget a harp repair/lever regulation kit?
We found one in one of the harp stores, get in touch with us if it’s yours.

Everything else seems to have been claimed… we won’t tell you which EIHF team member got a call from the school to say they’d forgotten, erm, their harp 🙈🤣

15/04/2026

What an incredible 45th Edinburgh International Harp Festival!

🌍 We welcomed visitors, artists and tutors from over 32 countries … sharing much music, learning and making unforgettable memories along the way.

🙏 To everyone who came along, performed, taught, helped, exhibited or simply soaked up the atmosphere THANK YOU!

EIHF 2026 in numbers…
🎶 147 hours of workshops & courses
🫶 51 incredible volunteers
⭐️17 exhibitors
🪉9 amazing concerts
🎵 8 sessions
🤝 6 youth & community outreach events
🎤 2 harpy-hour open mics

Now for the big question…
👉 Anyone want to guess how many harp strings were tuned over the festival?! 🤣

We remain grateful to our 2026 funders, sponsors and supporters:

Festival Funder:
Creative Scotland

Principal Sponsors:
Camac Harps
Edinburgh Branch of the Clarsach Society
The London and South East Branch of The Clarsach Society
David & Brenda Lamb

Supporters:
An Comunn Gàidhealach
Consulate General of Ireland, Edinburgh
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London
Institut français d'Ecosse
Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo
Jack Hayward Insurance
Pilgrim Harps
Salvi Music London
Saltire Harp Centre
The Glasgow Branch of The Clarsach Society
The Isle of Lewis Branch of The Clarsach Society
The Royal Celtic Society
United Kingdom Harp Association

14/04/2026

😭 Our final
1 - View from the desk… the fantastic Hands in Harmony concert ensemble concert this afternoon
2 - Behind the scenes… The Clarsach Society NE Scotland Branch playing at the Hands in Harmony concert
3 - The fantastic festival foyer welcome committee… Vincent & Pauline!
4 - Lots of fun dancing at the ceilidh last night
5 - How cute is this fairy? The prize in the EIHF scavenger hunt

14/04/2026

It’s the last day of the Edinburgh International Harp Festival but we’re not crying yet as we’ve some amazing things happening!

We’ve 3 workshops this morning -
👉 Electro-chromatic harp with Laura Perrudin
👉 Percussion and pop-arranging for harp with Amy Turk
👉 Gaelic singing with EIHF’s own Calum Macleod!

🎶The afternoon concert is a special one as it’s our harp ensemble concert, Hands in Harmony: Moods and Memories

🎶It’s best to say goodbye with friends eh? Well that’s why we have Park Stickney playing our finale concert, and well he *might* just be joined by some special pals!

Oh and don’t forget it’s last day of the harp exhibition, the slow session and, ach I’m sure we’ll have a tune in The Gathering Space at the end of the night!

13/04/2026

How is it Monday already? time!
1 - The awesome Amy Turk one half of a truly epic, emotion filled concert last night
2 - Late night sessions were in full flow last night
3 - ❤️ Ava and Charles’ bar has the best accessories!
4 - Residents of a local care home enjoyed performances today by Wan Xing
5 - Let them eat cake! 95 years of The Clarsach Society

13/04/2026

It’s day 3 and how epic has our lighting been this year ?💡We are so privelaged to have Jamie as our lighting engineer again.

Today we’ve 3 workshops and a concert from Anna McLuckie and Marianne Gubri Harpist (3pm Music School Auditorium).
Then at 8pm it’s time to get your dancing shoes on 💃🕺 as it’s the EIHF family ceilidh!

Remember to “Come and Meet The Clarsach Society” (from 630pm) as we share a post dinner/pre ceilidh drink in the Assembly hall and celebrate John H***e of Pilgrim Harps, who founded our festival. It will be followed by the AGM.

12/04/2026

Sunday night and time for our
1 - Stage is set for Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black and Wan Xing
2 - An inspiring teenager workshop with Park Stickney
3 - Harp tasting with Sunita Staneslow and Elinor Evans Music playing the harpmakers’ harps and the audience hears them without visual bias. Great fun guessing which was which!
4 - The harpmakers’ exhibition is in full flow. Telynau Vining Harps have an excellent selection of Camac Harps.
5 - Pilgrim Harps have been busy providing servicing for pilgrim owners as well as selling new harps.

12/04/2026

Ahhh so the music continued following last nights concert with the Juanjo Corbalán quartet and Catrin Finch with Aoife Ní Bhriain… wonderful times with Juanjo, Aoife and festival friend Diego Laverde Rojas at the late night sessions 🎶