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Be Part of the Community Land Festival & Fringe
Get Ready for Scotland's 7th Celebration of Community Landowners.
The Community Land Festival will celebrate community landowners (communities that own land or buildings) and their achievements.
This will be Scotland’s 7th Community Land Festival. The celebration began in 2018 as Community Land Week. In 2023, based on community feedback, the festival was extended from one week to two and under the new banner of Community Land Festival.
This year, the celebrations returns from 17 October to 2 November 2025.
The Festival is coordinated by Community Land Scotland and the Scottish Government Community Land Team, but we also work closely with other membership organisations that support community owners of land and buildings.
Community Land Scotland Assistant Development Manager and Festival Organiser, Meg Taintor, said:
“Community Land Festival is all about people – the communities who make it happen, and the wider public who get to join in and experience what they’ve achieved.
“Now in its seventh year, this is the biggest yet. The Festival continues to feel fresh and exciting because each community brings its own creativity, energy, and ideas to the table.
“That sense of new energy and involvement is incredibly exciting and really shows how vibrant and growing the community land movement is across Scotland.”
The 2025 festival sees a huge range of community activities, including; workshops, play readings and Halloween dress-up parties. Some are using the Festival to celebrate with pumpkin trails, family days and woodland walks, while others are using it to spark conversations about future projects.
“To me, as organiser, that’s the heart of the Festival”, Meg continues, “communities coming together, celebrating what’s already been achieved, and inspiring one another to dream about what comes next.
“The Festival creates a sense of momentum and possibility that lasts far beyond a single festival event, and it’s incredible to witness communities connecting, and inspiring each other to take on new projects. It’s a chance to celebrate the diversity, resilience, and energy of communities across Scotland, and a reminder of the power of people working together to make their places stronger and better.”
