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SeanPaulO’Hare Ceannard,AnLanntair y y bothwithinourislandsandbeyond.JulybeginswithKirstyLaw–Scotland UnsungandthenwehaveScotlandsfavouritecomedianGaryFaulds'hilariou PanicattheMidlifeDisco.
SAT 4 JULY, 8PM
£12 / £10
Far from a nostalgic trip, this is a reclamation.
Law uses folk tradition not as a museum piece, but as a living archive a way to tell difficult truths, create safe spaces, and explore Scotland as a place of radical ideas, resilience, and transformation.
A show made up entirely from Scots traditional tales and songs – like you’ve never heard.
SAT 11 JULY, 8PM
£25.50
Join Gary Faulds, the Glaswegian comedian who’s survived every type of life crisis imaginable, in Panic At The Midlife Disco. With his kids getting older and the looming reality of mortality getting closer, Gary’s having a hilarious meltdown – and you’re invited to the party. From desperate attempts to stay “cool” with his kids to grappling with his rapidly growing waistline and crumbling youth, Gary’s journey through midlife is anything but graceful. Expect gut busting stories, sharp wit and a brutally honest look at the chaos of growing up, getting old and trying to keep it together while everything falls apart. It’s a comedy show that proves the only thing more awkward than a midlife crisis is trying to laugh about it.
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combines the talents of Norrie Maciver, Calum Alex Macmillan, Alasdair White, James Duncan Mackenzie & DC Macmillan, who are well known locally, but also to national and international audiences as members of a remarkable list of bands including Manran, The Battlefield Band, Breabach and Face the West. It’s a don’t miss!
There is also local talent on show on Thursday, when we see the Wester Isles Trad Orchestra make their HebCelt debut. Led by Jane Hepburn Macmillan (Face the West), this fun ensemble will be undertaking an afternoon family show, as we will be following a slightly different format to previous years on that day. Therefore, there will be no early evening show on Thursday, but having left you all space to attend the opening festivities at the main area, its back to An Lanntair to party into the wee small hours with the Beinn Lee Ceilidh Band.
The Hebridean theme continues in our evening concerts on both Friday & Saturday, when we present two very special shows that premiered at thi year ’ s Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Firstly, Oran Ur is a celebration o new Gaelic songwriting, with an impressive lineup of singers and musicians - Gillebride Macmillan, Isobel Ann Martin, Ewen Henderson, Mairi Macmillan, Seonaidh Macintyre, Innes White and Alice Macmillan.
Then on Saturday Maggie Macinnes presents The Kalokerinos Tapes, a show that is based on original arrangements of songs recorded by her mother, the late Flora MacNeil of Barra. Flora was one of the Hebrides most respected tradition bearers and appeared at An Lanntair many times, so we are delighted to be staging the show as part of HebCelt. Maggie will be accompanied by Calum Park, Conal McDonagh, Wendy Weatherby, Dan Brown and Alex Palmer.
Don’t forget that in addition to the main concerts you can also take the opportunity to attend workshops with tutors incl. Peatbog Faeires Ross Couper, piper James Duncan Mackenzie and Old Man Luedecke. Or you could join in with our Gaelic Language Taster Sessions, attend the late-night clubs, take a look around our exhibition or just sit back and soak in the sights and sounds of Festival Week in our café bar. Whatever you choose to do, we look forward to seeing you in An Lanntair during Heb Celt week.
Alex Macdonald Head of Performing Arts/Cultural Projects
5 H E B C E L T @ A N L A N N T A I R C E Ò L & T A C H A R T A S A N
ATLANTIC BLAST ATLANTIC BLAST ATLANTIC BLAST
Featuring Alasdair White, Norrie Maciver, James Duncan Mackenzie, Calum Alex Macmillan & DC Macmillan, ATLANTIC BLAST first came together over a decade ago as part of An Lanntair’s HebCelt programme. Since then, these Lewis musicians have become leading figures in traditional music through their solo careers and work with bands including Mànran, The Battlefield Band, Face the West and Breabach This special reunion brings the original line-up back together for a celebration of their shared musical journey.
WESTERN ISLES WESTERN ISLES WESTERN ISLES
TRAD ORCHESTRA TRAD ORCHESTRA TRAD ORCHESTRA
Join us for their HebCelt debut!
THUR 16 JULY 3PM - 4PM
Rooted in traditional music, the Western Isles Trad Orchestra brings together talented musicians of all ages and backgrounds; fiddles, melodeons, accordions, clàrsaichean, pipes, whistles and rhythm with brand new arrangements from Jane Hepburn MacMillan.
BEINN LEE CEILIDH BAND BEINN LEE CEILIDH BAND BEINN LEE CEILIDH BAND
LATE NIGHT CEILIDH LATE NIGHT CEILIDH LATE NIGHT CEILIDH THUR 16 JULY 11PM - 2AM
Join us for a ceilidh with Beinn Lee, a six-piece band from Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
Look out for our brand-new Songwriting Festival this September – a celebration of creativity, music, and original talent. Don't miss your chance to be part of something special!
FESTIVAL CLUB FESTIVAL CLUB FESTIVAL CLUB FRI 17 JULY 11PM - 2AM
Internationally acclaimed singer, musician, and composer Maggie MacInnes performs original arrangements of songs from a previously unreleased private archive recorded by her mother, Flora MacNeil from Barra.
Captured in the 1950s and 60s by Australian folklorist Dr James Kalokerinos, the source collection includes rare gems alongside traditional songs that Flora helped make popular during her lifetime.
Now, with the assistance of Creative Scotland, Maggie has developed this show as a tribute to her mother and those other tradition bearers who passed on songs to her as she grew up. She is accompanied by several of Scotland’s finest musicians – Calum Park, Conal McDonagh, Wendy Weatherby, Dan Brown & Alex Palmer.
FESTIVAL CLUB FESTIVAL CLUB FESTIVAL CLUB
Does the festival end when the main stage goes quiet on Sat night? Oh no! Celebrate one last time at the Festival Club, where late-night energy meets great music Catch a performance you may have missed, discover emerging artists, and enjoy sets from festival favourites
LEWIS PIPE TUNES WITH LEWIS PIPE TUNES WITH LEWIS PIPE TUNES WITH JAMES DUNCAN MACKENZIE
JAMES DUNCAN MACKENZIE
JAMES DUNCAN MACKENZIE
Come and learn some pipe tunes from the Lewis Piping tradition. With specific focus on tunes by Pipe Major Donald Macleod and Pipe Major Peter R Macleod, two of the island’s most prolific composers of pipe music.
FIRED UP SHETLAND FIDDLE
FIRED UP SHETLAND FIDDLE FIRED UP SHETLAND FIDDLE
TUNES WITH ROSS COUPER TUNES WITH ROSS COUPER TUNES WITH ROSS COUPER
Come and learn fired up Shetland fiddle tunes from Ross Couper! This class is best suited for intermediate to advanced SAT 18 JULY 2PM - 3PM
SONGWRITING WITH SONGWRITING WITH SONGWRITING WITH OLD MAN LUEDECKE OLD MAN LUEDECKE OLD MAN LUEDECKE
Come hang out and learn songwriting techniques and skills with the five string banjo We’ll discuss moods, tunings and rhythms to bring shape & accompaniment to our wildest complaints and passions. Bring your banjo or other stringed instrument if you like, and maybe we’ll write a song.
Drop in to the Art Lanntair art tent a green for some creative fun. Create animals and sea creatures to popul landscape. You can also add to the artworks by painting animals on pan led by An Lanntair arts workers.
GAELIC TASTER SES GAELIC TASTER SES GAELIC TASTER SES
FESTIVAL FESTIVAL READY?
READY?
S TRAD SESSIONS with Jane MacMillan
WED 5 AUG
7PM
WED 26 AUG
7PM
£10 Adults
£8 Concessions
FAMILY SILENT DISCO
WED 12 AUG, 2PM - 4PM with No Noisense
£4 Adults / £3 Under 18s
THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU
THUR 2 JULY, 7PM
With the Empire defeated but Imperial warlords still at large, the New Republic turns to legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu to help protect the galaxy.
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
FRI 3 JULY, 6PM
The Sword of Power leads Prince Adam back to Eternia, now ruled by Skeletor. With Teela and Man-At-Arms, he must embrace his destiny as He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe.
THE FALL OF SIR DOUGLAS WEATHERFORD
FRI 10 JULY, 7PM
Kenneth McKay (Mullan), a widowed tour guide in Arberloch, is devoted to preserving the legacy of his supposed ancestor, Sir Douglas Weatherford. When a hit fantasy TV show overshadows Sir Douglas’s fame, Kenneth will stop at nothing to protect his place in history.
TOY STORY 5
FRI 24 JULY, 6PM
SUN 26 JULY, 2PM
THUR 30 JULY, 3PM
Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang ' s jobs get exponentially harder when they go head-to-head with a new threat to playtime.
DISCLOSURE DAY
SAT 25 JULY, 6PM
THUR 30 JULY, 7PM
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to eight billion people.
SUPERGIRL
FRI 31 JULY, 6PM
SAT 1 AUG, 5PM
When an unexpected and adversary strikes too clos Supergirl reluctantly joins unlikely companion for an journey of vengeance & ju
BACKROOMS
SAT 1 AUG, 8PM
A strange doorway appe basement of a furniture s leading to an endless ne interconnected rooms wh bends and the only thing scarier than getting lost is the sense that something is lying in wait.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
SAT 6 AUG, 7PM
Don and Lina are accomplished silent film actors who have often worked together. However, with the gradual transition of silent films to talkies, they face their share of struggles.
THE ODYSSEY
FRI 7 AUG, 7PM SAT 8 AUG, 7PM
After the Trojan War, Ody dangerous voyage back meeting creatures like th Polyphemus, Sirens, and the way.
NT LIVE: THE PLAYBO THE WESTERN WORLD
THUR 13 AUG, 7PM
Pegeen Flaherty’s life is tu down when a young man her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…
MINIONS & MONSTERS
FRI 14 AUG, 6PM SAT 15 AUG, 4PM
Follows the Minions in 1920s Hollywood as they search for frightening creatures for their monster movie, partner with a green creature, and must save the planet after unleashing monsters.
JACKASS: BEST AND LAST FRI 21 AUG, 7PM SAT 22 AUG, 8PM
Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final big-screen adventure. Featuring new stunts, classic hits, and the biggest laughs from the past 25 years, Jackass: Best and Last is a wild celebration of the camaraderie and chaos fans have come to love. Grab your buddies and raise a glass for one last theatrical experience that promises unforgettable laughs.
anlanntairfilmclub presents:
THUR 27 AUG, 7PM
Travis, an ex-marine and Vietnam veteran, works as a taxi driver in New York City. One day, he decides to save an underage prostitute from her pimp in an effort to clean the city of its corruption.
Part of An Lanntair’s Top 100 Season. Introduced by our Cinema Programmer: Kevin Smith.
MOANA SAT 29 AUG, 6PM SUN 30 AUG, 2PM
Leaving her island for the first time, young Moana embarks on an epic seafaring adventure to restore prosperity to her people. The live-action adaptation of a modern Disney classic.
MOTHS & BUTTERFLIES OUT & ABOUT WORKSHOPS
MON 29 JUNE – THURS 9 JULY
10am – 12pm: Age 5 – 8, 1pm – 3pm: Age 9 – 12
£10/£8
DRAWING ADVENTURE WALKS
WED 22 & FRI 24 JULY
10.30am – 12pm: Age 5 – 8 1pm – 2.30pm: Age 9 – 12
Lews Castle Grounds
£5 / £4
Explore nature on a drawing adventure in Lews Castle Grounds Children will make drawings and rubbings, collect interesting finds, and document their adventure.
TUES 28 JULY
2pm – 4pm
Education Room, An Lanntair
Suitable for age 8 – 12
£5/4
The session will be led by Eilidh Young, an arts worker, music teacher & pipe-band drummer.
Explore the rich and diverse world of rhythm across musical genres and cultures. This interactive class will take you on a journey through music from around the world, discovering how different communities use rhythm to express identity, tradition, and creativity. You’ll learn about the history, sound, and notation of a variety of rhythmic styles, building both understanding and practical skills.
A LANDMARK
MURAL FOR CHANGE COMING TO AN LANNTAIR
7-14 JULY, ALL DAY FORECOURT, AN LANNTAIR
MON 3 – FRI 7 AUG
For 14-25 year olds
No experience necessary
FREE - booking essential
THURS 23, MON 27 & THURS 30 JULY, 10am – 3pm
Education Room, An Lanntair Suitable for: age 12 - 16
Join us for a fun, creative week of dance led by an experienced YDance tutor – Beth Gildea. Learn a variety of styles including Jazz, Street, Contemporary, creative and more and finish the week with a sharing on the final day.
AWARDINDANCE LEADERSHIP DANCETEACHING CLPL
TUES4–SAT8AUG& MON12–THURS15OCT 1.30am–4.30pm
Auditorium,AnLanntair
Suitablefor:age12–18 FREE-bookingessential
TUES4AUG 9.30am–12.30pm
Auditorium,AnLanntair
Suitablefor:adults FREE-bookingessential
This fun and practical 3hr course will give teachers and youth workers the confidence, skills and knowledge to deliver dance sessions that develop creativity and basic movement skills with their young people.
Deljeem is a Nepali photographer based between Glasgow and his home of the Isle of Lewis. His work has been exhibited throughout the UK and has been awarded the British Journal of Photography Portrait of Britain Award for 2022, 2023 and 2025. He was a finalist in the Scottish Portrait Awards in 2023 and his selected work was exhibited throughout Scotland in prestigious galleries such as the Scottish Art Club Edinburgh, Kirkcudbright Gallery in Dumfries and Galloway and The Glasgow Art Club.
WILDLIFE FESTIVAL ART EXHIBITION
£6 / £5
The Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival is an annual celebration of the incredible wildlife & natural heritage of the Outer Hebrides. Come along and marvel at the works of local artists
MAR A BHA E: HEBRIDEAN YESTERDAYS MARGARET MACLEAN
6 JULY - 15 AUG
Portraits and imagery of the people of the Hebrides, as they were, defined and shaped by hard manual work: peat cutting, fishing, weaving, harvesting. 17 AUG - 2 OCT
THEN AND NOW YASMIN DAVIDSON
Yasmin is from the Isle of Bernera and studied Fine Art in Dundee. She specialises in oil painting, and over the past five years, has had exhibitions at Taigh Chearsahagh in North Uist. These images depict aspects of traditional life and work that hold a sense of community, still evident today.
Through UistFilm’s digitised 8mm archive from the FAODAIL | FOUND Archive Film project, she has compiled old film stills alongside her modern-day life images.
SONGWRITERS CIRCLE
DrumRoom,AnLanntair
ARTIST GATHERING
DrumRoom,AnLanntair
Lean seo gu bùthan-obrach FilmG le luchd-dèanamhfhilmichean proifeasantaionadail, Ruairidh Urpeth agus Tormod MacLeòid, a thug taic do phròiseas clàraidh is deasachaidh nan fhilmichean. Bumhathleinn cuideachdtaingmhòrathoirtdo sgiobaFaoghlamsa-bhlar-a-Muigh ComhairlenanEileanSiar(CNES) airsonantaicluachmhorathugiad seachadleisanfhilmaithriseach,‘An t-Eilean(ChaluimChille)’ .
Chaidh tachartas sònraichte a chumail airson a’ chiad sealladh dhen na fiolmaichean a thaisbeanadh do phàrantan agus thidsearan. Bha an tachartas seo air leth soirbheachail, a’ toirt àrd-ùrlar don h-uile duine òg a bha an sàs ann airson an sgeulachdan fhèin innse nan coimhearsnachd fhèin agus nan taigh-dhealbh fhèin. Às dèidh bhòt bhon phoball agus sgrùdadh le pannal eòlaichean, tha dà fhilm às a’ chòig air an ainmeachadh air liosta ghoirid ,a-mach à 60 film a chaidh a chuir a steach. Tha ‘Bhlad: An Oifigear Corp-orra’ air ainmeachadh airson am Film Comadaidh as Fheàrr agus ‘An t-Eilean (Chaluim Chille)’ airson am Film Aithriseach as Fheàrr, an dà chuid anns na roinnean fo-18. Tha sinn a’ guidhe gach soirbheachas dhaibh agus iad a’ dèanamh air duaisean FilmG aig an SEC ann an Glaschu air an 11mh latha dhen tÒgmhios! Gur math a thèid leibh!
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I am constantly inspired by the coast and moorland, the amazing skies and the rich palette of colours here in the Outer Hebrides The light constantly changes as does the weather, presenting a myriad of possibilities for new work
