A Storytelling Landscape
- The Peedie Folk O’ Hill & Mound – The Happening August 8, 2025The Orkney Storytelling Centre is delighted to partner with the St Magnus International Festival for “The Peedie Folk O’ Hill and Mound – The Happening,” a sold‑out, immersive performance, blending Orcadian folklore and storytelling. As part of this collaboration, you can still listen to the companion piece. This Trowie podcast and the wider Midsummer Magic project would not have […]
- The Islands' Winter Solstice Story February 22, 2023‘Everything was not always as it is now - We forget, you know, that things weren’t always the way they are now…and everything begins Somewhere…Somewhere… This story begins, one Winter Solstice, on The Islands Of Orkney…’ We invite you on a magical journey through our Orkney Islands’ Storytelling Landscape. View here
- A Storytelling Landscape - The Islanders' Harvest Time - The Muckle Supper November 2, 2022We invite you on a magical journey through our Island Storytelling Landscape. The latest instalment is from the time of The Autumn Equinox when the islanders reaped the Harvest of their hard toil on the land. Discover the Muckle Supper celebrations of past island crofters and their relationship with the lands around their Toonships. Listen […]
- Midsummer Magic in the Orkney Islands - The Happening June 15, 2022We may not have sat for long Winter evenings listening to the spontaneous flow of old tales, but we hope that you enjoy listening to our 'Midsummer Magic in the Orkney Islands - The Happening Podcast . Those Island Tellers of Tales from Orkney's past days had no doubt that their fireside hearers believed in […]
- A Storytelling Landscape - The Folk O' Hill & Mound - An Island Crofter's Calendar (Episode 2) February 25, 2022A Storytelling Landscape - The Folk O' Hill & Mound - An Island Crofter's Calendar. Our second episode, The Folk O' Hill & Mound - An Island Crofter's Calendar, featured Barbara Wick of Easter Voy Farm. A big thanks to Barbara for taking part! We would also like to thank the estate of George Mackay […]A Storytelling Landscape
- A Storytelling Landscape - Orkney YuleTide and Auld Neu' Year Customs (Episode 1) January 11, 2022The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre & the Mill Of Eyrland launches ‘A Storytelling Landscape’ to enrich the visitors' and local peoples' Orkney Islands' experiences through the Islands' Oral Heritage, ancient traditions of storytelling alongside 'The Story of Place' experiences. The first episode 'Yuletide and Auld Neu' Year Customs' features a poem by George Mackay […]A Storytelling Landscape
- A Storytelling Landscape - Orkney YuleTide and Auld Neu' Year Customs (Clip) January 6, 2022The Orkney Folklore and Storytelling Centre & the Mill Of Eyrland launches ‘A Storytelling Landscape’ to enrich the visitors' and local peoples' Orkney Islands' experiences through the Islands' Oral Heritage, ancient traditions of storytelling alongside 'The Story of Place' experiences. This is a clip from the first episode 'Yuletide and Auld Neu' Year Customs' with […]A Storytelling Landscape
You will see the range of Orkney Storytelling and Heritage events, courses and workshops that are on offer for all ages of visitors, local people, families, school groups, community groups as well as bespoke Orkney storytelling and traditional Island events for private parties.
To find out more, please visit The Orkney Folklore & Storytelling Centre website.