This is how you run a 鈥楩yre鈥� festival 鈥� take note Billy McFarland
30 January 2019
You may have heard of Fyre Festival. Billed as a luxury music festival scheduled to take place in 2017 on a beautiful Bahamian island with various supermodels. According to a recent Netflix documentary called "Fyre" - this island festival didn't fare too well.
But wait! There already is a fire festival in Scotland and 2019's was lit! In stark contrast, Up Helly Aa is 140 years old, takes place every year on the Shetland Isles and appears to have thousands of happy campers. Although to be fair we suspect it might have been a fair bit colder.
Up Helly Aa lights up the skies
Up Helly Aa lights up the Shetland skies
Europe's Biggest Fire Festival
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The origins of Up Helly Aa in Lerwick.
Visitors from across the world gather for the event, which is held on the last Tuesday in January.
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Immerse yourself in the Viking festival of Up Helly Aa!
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Up Helly Aa in 1927
We look back at the festival in 1927 and some rather astonishing costumes.
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Up Helly Aa lights up the Shetland sky
A Viking longboat has been torched in the culmination of Shetland's annual fire festival.
What was Fyre Festival?
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