Haven't been through the above but it looks like there should be some good stuff there.
Don't forget Edinburgh fest itself, worlds biggest arts festival. about a ton and a half of things going on, and a folk festival is one of them. Last 3 weeks in August approx.
I'm trying to remember which of the Western Isle festivals Ian MacCalman described as 200 drunks hanging on to a rock....it'll come to me
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