Festival 2026

Wind Phones for Absent Friends

Organised by groups and individuals around Scotland in collaboration with Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief

1-7 November 2026

Leith Walk Policebox, Edinburgh (Sunday 1st November, 11-4 drop in)

St Vincent’s Hospice, Howwood

Wild Meadows Eco Cemetery, Kinghorn

Perth

“Because my thoughts couldn’t be relayed over a regular phone line, I wanted them to be carried on the wind.” - Itaru Sasaki, creator of the original Wind Phone, Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

This year, as part of the To Absent Festival, Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief is supporting four Scottish communities to create Wind Phones.

This November will see Wind Phones appear in Edinburgh, Howwood, Kinghorn and Perth.

Every Wind Phone is different. That’s part of their charm. If you see one, pick up the receiver. Dial a dead loved one’s number, or speak into it, or just listen.

Photo credit: Anne Spratt via Unsplash