Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival joins forces with Skye Live, The Gathering, HebCelt, Eilean Dorcha Festival (EDF), Tunes By The Dunes and Black Isle Calling to launch a landmark fundraising collaboration.
For the first time in history, Scotland’s festival community have come together to launch the Scottish Festival Mega Giveaway, a unique collaborative fundraising initiative aimed at supporting food banks across the country during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
Led collectively by Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, alongside Skye Live, The Gathering, HebCelt, Eilean Dorcha Festival (EDF), Tunes by the Dunes and Black Isle Calling, the initiative sees each festival donate a pair of tickets to their 2026 events, creating one standout prize celebrating the breadth and diversity of Scotland’s live music scene.
Festival fans and music lovers can enter the competition by making a minimum £10 donation online via the newly launched Crowdfunder with all funds raised split between food banks local to each participating festival, helping to support communities across Scotland.
Launching on Friday 16th January 2026 at 5pm across participating festivals social media channels and running for four weeks, the Scottish Festival Mega Giveaway aims to highlight the power of collaboration within the events sector, while raising much needed funds for organisations supporting those most affected in local communities by rising living costs.
At a time when festivals and local communities alike are facing increasing pressures, the initiative demonstrates a shared commitment to giving back and reinforces the role these festivals play not just as cultural events in the events calendar, but as active contributors to their local areas.
By pooling resources, audiences and platforms, the participating festivals hope to raise as much as possible for food banks while also shining a light on the incredible events that Scotland is fortunate to host.
“This collaboration is about coming together as one festival community to support the places and people that support us. Live events are rooted in their local areas, and this is a small but meaningful way for some of Scotland’s festivals to give something back while celebrating the strength of our collective scene.” Dougie Brown – Belladrum Festival Producer