What’s on
There is always a surprising amount happening in this area with events for cycling , running , arts, culture and historic festivals.
Dawyk Botanic Gardens and Kailzie Gardens are local and well worth a visit and often have extra displays linked with them.
There are various popular classes to suit a wide variety of interests including chocolate, pottery, photography, gin making, etc, etc ask us for more details.
Car based guided tours can be booked in advance to suit your interests and highly regarded.
Or book a history walk of Innerleithen departing from the front door. Discuss options with our local guide.
Edinburgh has various Festivals and shows throughout the year and new attractions include the largest man made surf center in Europe and the Alpine Roller Coaster.
For a local night out, the Eastgate Theatre in Peebles has a wide range of entertainment including films .
We advise you to confirm and check timings and dates just in case we have missed something or things have changed in the list below.
7-31 August 2026 – Culture – Edinburgh Fringe
15 August 2026 – Farming/day out – Peebles Agricultural Show
14-16 August 2026 – Music – Innerleithen Music Festival
29 August 2026 – Culture – Beyond Borders Book Festival
4-12 September 2026 – Walking – Scottish Borders Walking Festival
5 September 2026 – Trail running – Borders 8 hour challenge – CANCELLED
6 September 2026 – Road Cycling – Tour of the Borders
5 September 2026 – Family – Peebles Highland Games
16-20 September 2026 – Family – Sheepdog World Trials
26 September 2026 – Hill Running – Two Breweries Hill Race
October/November 2026 (date tbc) – Family – Halloween at Witch Corner, Abbotsford House
10-12 October 2026 – Wild Swimming – Harvest Festival Wild Swimming Weekend
24-25 October 2026 – Family – Peebles Wood market weekend
16-25 October 2026 – Arts – Biggar Little Festival
1 November 2026 – Family – Halloween Fun Day at Traquair
November 2026 (date tbc) – Family – Peebles Fireworks Display
November 2026 (date tbc) – Trail running – Glentress half marathon, 10k night run and Tweed Valley Ultra
November/December 2026 (date tbc) – Family – Christmas at Abbotsford House
28-29 November 2026 – Family – Traquair House Christmas opening
29 November 2026 – Family – Peebles Christmas light switch on & market
December 2026 (date tbc) – Family – Innerleithen Christmas light switch on
February 2027 (date tbc) – Trail running – High Terrain 10k, 21k and 42k trail marathon at Glentress
April 2027 (date tbc) – Family – Easter Fair at Traquair
April 2027 (tbc) – Enduro – Scottish Enduro Series Tweed Valley
April 2027 (tbc) – Dowhill MTB – Scottish Downhill Association Innerleithen
22-25 April 2027 – Walking – Galashiels weekend walking festival
May 2027 (tbc) – Gravel riding – Muck n’fast fest
May 2027 (date tbc) – Rugby – Melrose 7s
May 2027 (date tbc) – Motor Racing – Jim Clark Rally
May 2027 (date tbc) – Family – Traquair Medieval Fair
May/June 2027 (date tbc) – Culture – Shakespeare at Traquair
May 2027 (tbc) – MTB – Glentress 7
June 2027 (tbc) – Trail Running – The Hop Run
une 2027 (tbc) – Running – Rowan Boland 5k
10-13 June 2027 – Culture – Borders Book Festival
20-26 June 2027 – Culture – Peebles Beltane Festival
June 2027 (date tbc) – Hill running – Eildon Hill Race
June 2027 (date tbc) – Road Cycling – Tweed valley sportive (formerly the Tour of Tweeddale cycle sportive)
July 2027 (date tbc) – Culture – Innerleithen St Ronan’s Games Week
July 2027 (date tbc) – Family – A dogs’ day out at Traquair
July/August 2027 (date tbc) – Rugby – Peebles Summertime Sevens Festival
August 2027 (date tbc) – Gravel riding – Selkirk Gravel classic – Durty Events
August 2027 (date tbc) – Trail running – Durty Events Trail and Ale weekender