Welcome to the official website for Up Helly Aa, which takes place in Lerwick, Shetland, on the last Tuesday in January every year. Up Helly Aa day involves a series of marches and …

The History of Up Helly Aa. Up Helly Aa is a relatively modern festival. There is some evidence that people in rural Shetland celebrated the 24th day after Christmas as “Antonmas” or “Up …

About Up Helly Aa. Guizer Jarl and Jarl Squad; Up Helly Aa Day; The Bill; The Procession; Songs; The Galley; The Torches; The Committee; Former Jarls; Junior Up Helly Aa; History; …

About Up Helly Aa. Up Helly Aa is a tradition that originated in the 1880s. Since then the festival has been an annual occurrence in the Shetland calendar. The festival is cancelled by …

Up Helly Aa 2025. Up Helly Aa 2025 is on Tuesday 28th January 2025. Jarl Squad Timetable. Outlined below is the outline timetable for the Jarl Squad for Tuesday morning: 08:15 Leave …

For the first time in 2023, Up Helly Aa guizers will be able to manage their squads in keeping with the spirit of the festival, with no gender restrictions. The decision to relax the long-standing …

By 1914, when Up Helly Aa was stopped for six years due to the Great War, the Galley was taking the lines of the present day shape and was being built by carpenters and the boat builders …

The Exhibition contains information on the history of Up Helly Aa with many photographs documenting the event. The Jarl Squad suits for the previous 10 years are on display along …

The manufacturing of the suit begins in the February before Up Helly Aa, by this time the Jarl Squad suit design is well progressed. As it is made and adjusted the final product should be …

The Junior Up-Helly-Aa was established in 1956 for the purpose of introducing young people to, and prepare them for participating in main Up-Helly-Aa fire festival. It is without doubt that the …