Author: Andrew Campbell

Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.   View this email in your browser Music & Storytelling Ceilidhs Tues 5 Dec, 6.30pm at An Lanntair (Addittonal venues/times are available) Free, but booking essential Lend your experiences to an album of music and stories commissioned as part of the forthcoming Western Isles Covid Memorial. Musician Alastair Caplin… More…

Lend your experiences to an album of music and stories commissioned as part of the forthcoming Western Isles Covid Memorial. Musician Alastair Caplin will lead a session where we share songs, stories, music and memories of our experiences, both positive and negative, from the pandemic. Bring your voice or an instrument if you play one… More…

An Lanntair’s creative workshop programme, funded by the Gannochy Trust for 14-25 year olds, Clàr, has announced 2x commissions for a visual artist and a musician to create new works as part of our 23/24 programme. The successful applicants are vocalist Iona Mairead Davidson from Lewis and visual artist Calum Ferguson from North Uist. Course… More…

  View this email in your browser Finlay Macleod Obituary With the passing of Calum Ferguson, John Love and now Finlay Macleod, late 2023 has been a rough period for Gaelic culture. Each passing has felt like a body blow, and each deserves a proper eulogy. But the debt of gratitude An Lanntair owes Finlay… More…

With the passing of Calum Ferguson, John Love and now Finlay Macleod, late 2023 has been a rough period for Gaelic culture. Each passing has felt like a body blow, and each deserves a proper eulogy. But the debt of gratitude An Lanntair owes Finlay Macleod goes back to our genesis in late 1984, when… More…

Work Continues on Catering Pod Artist Jon Macleod has recently been tasked with giving An Lanntair’s catering pod a much-needed makeover! With the sun shining down on us this week, Jon has been making good use of the good weather. With the pod’s decorative theme being the ocean, Jon is painting a large Octopus for… More…

New Solar Panels on the Way! You may have noticed that scaffolding has begun to grow outside An Lanntair this week! We are pleased to announce that there are 30 new solar panels on their way to the corner of South Beach and Kenneth Street, and will then be fitted to An Lanntair’s roof very… More…

The Bough Breaks (12A) Thur 28 Sept, 7pm Adult £8, Member £7.50, Teen/Student £6.50, Child £5 Exploring the work of visionary conservationist, Alan Watson Featherstone to restore Scotland’s ancient Caledonian forest, and ‘Rewilding’ as a model of restoration in the fight to save our broken planet. Now we ‘ve got to learn to do something… More…

Family Ceilidh Sat 23 Sept, 3pm-5pm £5/£3 Come and celebrate the inaugural Scottish Folk Music day with us! Join us for an entertaining afternoon of ceilidh dancing that is suitable for all ages and abilities. Jane Hepburn Macmillan, Willie Campbell, and Andy Yearley will provide the musical accompaniment, so you’ll be able to dance the… More…

Is there a more ludicrous comedian in Britain?’ (THE TIMES) Tim Vine – Breeeep! Tim Vine returns with his brand new stand-up show Breeeep!, prompting The Times newspaper to ask: “Is there a more ludicrous comedian in Britain than Tim Vine?”. Expect a mountain of nonsense. One-liners, stupid things, crazy songs, and wobbly props (plus… More…