The Great Scottish FireFest
13-15 October 2023

With a love of wood seems to come a love of fire, so join us at our brand new FireFest to celebrate charcoal making, blacksmithing, and more hot and smokey stuff.

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The event

Wood

Charcoal is a great way to reduce waste and create a useful resource. We'll learn about traditional and current methods.

Metal

If you've not done any metal working before, this will be a real treat. We'll have one of the best blacksmiths there is.

Loads of other crafts - from bronze casting to glass to pottery - all rely on fire. We'll include these in our programme.

Social

FireFest wouldn't be the same without a campfire to gather round, and ours stays lit all the time!

What your ticket includes

Your ticket includes entry to this small-but-perfectly-formed weekend event, access to range of workshop sessions and demos with our expert trainers, discussions, food for the whole weekend, and camping. We kick off with a Friday-night social and go from there! Food is prepared by our team onsite and we source from local providers wherever possible, meaning you get to eat some of the best Scottish produce available. As well as all that, you can say you've become part of the Great Scottish Hoolie family!

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Meet the trainers

Mary Carr

Spend some time with me as I teach an introduction into the traditional craft of blacksmithing. I’m a trained artist blacksmith and toolmaker, and I make tools for other crafts – especially green woodworking. It’s my joy to indulge in the elemental, transformative process of hot forge work and I hope to share some of that with you. Find me by the forge at Fire Fest and have a go yourself!

The Great Scottish FireFest 13-15 October 2023