What's On: Workshops

Join Ceitlin Lilidh for this workshop learning traditional tàladhaidhean (Gaelic Lullabies).

Corthom began Gàidhlig a thogail a bhios air leth feumail timicheal air làrach na Feis!
This is your chance to learn some simple day to day Gaelic and Some essential festival phrases! We can’t promise you will be fluent by the end of the festival but you will have been exposed to one of the worlds’ finest and most poetic of languages.

During HebCelt, relax for a while in the Art Tent at the top of the Castle Green.  You can paint your own Lewis Chessman, similar to the 12th century game pieces discovered in Uig in 1831. Then use your completed chess piece to play the big boardgame where you make up the rules. 

This workshop offers a focus on Hebridean tunes for the fiddle, with particular attention to the stylistic features that give the music its distinctive character.

Come and join Liza Mulholland, one of the songwriters and musicians on the Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey show, for a songwriting session! If you play guitar or similar, feel free to bring it, but ability to play an instrument is not essential. Age 12 to 18.

Join Christine Hanson (cello) & Charlie McKerron (fiddle) for a dynamic workshop focused on exciting new tunes for cello and fiddle.

In advance of ‘Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey’, join Lewis talent Calum Alex Macmillan for an hour-long workshop to learn some Gaelic songs about immigration. Open to all ages and levels of Gaelic fluency. Booking essential.

Puirt à beul meaning ‘tunes from the mouth’ is a traditional form of Gaelic song.  Historically it was used to accompany dancing in the absence of instruments.  This workshop with singer Mischa Macpherson is suitable for both beginners and experienced singers who would like to know more about this unique form.