The Inter Varsity Folk Dance Festival (IVFDF) has been running since 1951 and is the country's longest continually running folk festival.

The Festival is particularly aimed at students, but it is open to everyone and caters for a wide range of ages and interests with numerous ceilidhs and workshops covering a wide range of dance styles - Scottish Country, Highland, Morris, Rapper Sword, Irish, and Playford are typical examples, with plenty of more exotic workshops varying from year to year.

IVFDF is a non-stop weekend based (fairly broadly) around traditional forms of music and da