Author: Andrew Campbell

An Lanntair has secured significant new funding from The National Lottery Young Start fund, supporting an expanded programme of youth arts activity for children and young people across Lewis and Harris. A £93,392 grant from The National Lottery Young Start fund will support a three-year programme of Youth Arts Projects, providing young people aged 12–25… More…

An Lanntair has been awarded funding from the Youth Music Initiative (YMI) Access to Music Making fund to support SOUNDWAVES – TONNAN-FUAIME, an ambitious new project designed to increase access to high-quality music-making opportunities for children and young people aged 0–25 across Lewis and Harris. This newly secured funding marks a significant expansion of An… More…

An Lanntair’s Creative Connections project is set to continue throughout 2026/27, following a £4,000 grant from the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults, provided by the Scottish Government and delivered by Third Sector Interface Western Isles. Since its launch in 2020, the project has delivered an impressive 327 free creative workshops, supporting the… More…

Dear Councillors, We are writing to you openly, following recent CnES sub-committee discussions and the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar public budget consultation, to set out our concerns and to ask clear questions about the future. The recent budget consultation findings demonstrated a clear public position, with 45% of respondents identifying the protection of arts and… More…

From 25 Nov–10 Dec, we’re joining organisations across Scotland raise awareness of The National Violence Against Women Network’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This year’s theme, “All Together,” emphasises that preventing violence against women and girls requires collective action from every sector of society. Our tower will be lit orange for the full… More…

Subscribe to our Newsletter here   View this email in your browser Django’s Journey Sat 11 May, 12pm £8.50 Who’s up for a jazz-pedition with our favourite feline and his intrepid band of musicians? Come and join Children’s Classic Concerts to discover how gypsy jazz began… This inspiring, interactive and inventive concert is perfect for… More…

Subscribe to our Newsletter here   View this email in your browser Hello! We’d like to thank everyone who completed our short survey about our newsletter updates, two weeks ago. The results of which, we will be taking into account moving forward – and so we will now be sending our newsletter every fortnight rather… More…

Subscribe to our Newsletter here   View this email in your browser Dàimh Fri 21 June, 8pm £17.50/£15 Taking their name from the Scottish Gaelic word for kinship, ‘Gaelic Supergroup’ Dàimh (pronounced dive) are a 5 piece band based in Lochaber in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland; an area as much renowned for its… More…

Subscribe to our Newsletter here   View this email in your browser UHI Gala Concert Thur 25 April, 7.30pm £10/£5 A multi-genre feast of music showcasing the talent from the University of the Highlands and Islands BA (Hons) Applied Music degree. Pipes, fiddles, singer songwriters and Jazz. This award-winning degree includes many musicians who have… More…

*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*Subscribe to our Newsletter here   View this email in your browser Afghanistan is Not Funny Thur 23 May, 8pm £15 Multi-award-winning global hit ‘Afghanistan Is Not Funny’ comes to An Lanntair! A close shave with landmines, abducted by the Mujahideen and nearly shot by the Americans: this is the extraordinary, true story of a… More…