Jethart Callants Festival

Jethart (Jedburgh) Callants Festival marked by several traditional Common Riding and other local events, culminating in Festival Day on Friday. The first Rideout on Sunday afternoon commemorates the town’s alliance with Kelso during the troubled times of the Border Reivers. The fifth Queen’s Ride follows the route that Mary Queen of Scots took to visit the wounded Earl of Bothwell at Hermitage Castle. On Festival Day itself here is a final Rideout to Ferniehurst Castle.