Scotch Hop 2026 Is Coming! This year’s dances in Linlithgow Palace are on 5 Wednesday evenings from 15 July to 12 August. We hope you’ll be able to join us. Tickets are on sale from 5 May from our website.Good news – season ticket prices are less than last year, others not increased. Please put these dates in your diary, and be sure to book soon. Check here, or in Facebook, for updates. Linlithgow Scotch Hop is Scottish Dancing for all. Everyone is welcome, and all dances are called (described while dancing) or demonstrated (before each dance starts). There is no alcohol or bar, but we serve water and juice all evening, with shortbread at the interval. Most of our events are on summer Wednesday evenings in July and August. For these, when possible, we dance in the open air courtyard, or the Great Hall, at Linlithgow Palace. If weather is poor we use an indoor venue nearby. In recent years we have had to change our venues and numbers. Our web pages for individual events show the details. Some of this site may show details from earlier years, to let you see the kind of things we do, while we finalise what we’ll do this year..