The Flyting
Carrying Stream Festival/Fèill Sruth an Eòlais 2026
(Thu 12 Nov: 7pm)
Enlightenment Edinburgh. Robert Burns and Walter Scott meet only once, at a salon in the Sciennes home of Adam Fergusson. Or so history tells us.
In the School of Scottish Studies archives, a Scottish Traveller recounts another version; a fantastical gathering of 'all the great writers', locked in poetic flyting – until tragedy strikes.
Scots folksinger Kirsty Law weaves together documented fact, imagined rivalry and a childhood memory of hearing the tale in the very building where it happened. A meditation on truth and fiction, and on the ordinary people who quietly carry on Scotland's living tradition.
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This autumn, explore the changing world of the traditional arts and the legacy of the great Scottish folklorist, songwriter and activist Hamish Henderson. Audiences, writers and traditional artists of all kinds will come together as part of the Carrying Stream Festival 2026 for gatherings, talks, sessions, workshops and performances.
The ethos of the festival is to celebrate and encourage the Carrying Stream; the organic route by which music, song, spoken word and all manner of culture, is passed on from person to person and from generation to generation. The Festival originated with the Edinburgh Folk Club and SSC is delighted to be part of its revival this year along with friends and partners across Edinburgh.
As t-fhoghar seo 's e saoghal ealan thraidiseanta agus dìleab Hamish MhicEanraig a tha romhainn. Bidh iomadh seòrsa duine a’ cruinneachadh aig Fèill Sruth an Eòlais 2026 - bho sgriobhaidearan gu seinneadairean is luchd-èisteachd ealanta nam measg gus còmhraidhean, seiseanan, bùthan-obrach agus taisbeanaidhean a chumail.
’S e amas na fhèille a bhith a’ comharrachadh agus a’ brosnachadh an ‘Carrying Stream’ (beul oideachas/beul aithris, sa Ghàidhlig) – an t-slighe nàdarrach anns a bheil ceòl, òrain, sgeulachdan agus cultar gan toirt seachad bho dhuine gu duine agus bho ghinealach gu ginealach. Thòisich an fhèill gu tùsail aig Edinburgh Folk Club, agus tha an SSC air leth toilichte a bhith an sàs san ath-bheothachadh aice am-bliadhna, còmhla ri caraidean is com-pàirtichean Dhùn Èideann.
With thanks to Jeni Ní Fhlannagáin & Eideard MacCoinnich for translation support.
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Storytelling
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£14.00 -
13 November 2026 -
60 minutes -
19:00 -
Scottish Storytelling Centre -
Netherbow Theatre -
12+
