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Up Helly Aa 2027

Lerwick town centre, Shetland · Scotland

The Viking galley ablaze at night, watched by silhouetted onlookers
Burning the galley, Up Helly Aa, Lerwick — Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0

About this event

Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa fire festival is on Tuesday 26 January 2027 — the last Tuesday in January.

The Guizer Jarl’s squad marches and makes visits through the day from 8.15am. In the evening the torch-lit procession lights up at 7.30pm on the Hillhead, below the Town Hall, and ends with the burning of a galley.

Organised by Up Helly Aa Committee

Listed by EventHome. Date and timetable from the official Up Helly Aa Committee website (uphellyaa.org), corroborated by Promote Shetland (shetland.org); checked 3 October 2026. Details can change — please check with the organiser before you travel.

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