ONLINE – #KeepRuralArtsLive : Spotlight Sessions

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August.  A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]

FREE

ONLINE – #KeepRuralArtsLive : Spotlight Sessions

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August.  A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]

FREE

ONLINE – #KeepRuralArtsLive : Spotlight Sessions

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August.  A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]

FREE

TIBETAN MONKS FROM TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY – THE POWER OF COMPASSION

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Tibet – the Land of Snows: eight Buddhist monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery perform ‘The Power of Compassion’, presenting chant, mantras, music and dance, opening a magical window on to a world of reincarnation and mysticism.  From the contemplative chant of Buddhist texts to dramatic ritual dances accompanied by Tantric musical instruments (horns made from […]

Traditional concert with the legendary Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hearrd; Mike Russell, Glasgow Herald In 1988, two members from two of Scotland's leading bands, The Boys of The Lough and Silly Wizard, came together to work on a television series; You could say the rest is history. Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham enjoyed performing […]

£22

Chamber Notes: Scottish Ensemble with Matthew Hunt clarinet

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Chamber Notes; Quintet with Matthew Hunt, clarinet Scottish Ensemble explore the clarinet quintet of Mozart and Brahms: Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A major; Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor; John Luther Adams The Wind In High Places (movement 4). Mozart and Brahms wrote just one clarinet quintet each, both in the final years of their […]

£15

Adam Sutherland Band

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Adam Sutherland is a fiddler, composer and teacher from Errogie on the south side of Loch Ness. After a twenty year career touring the world with Session A9 , Treacherous Orchestra and Peatbog Faeries, Adam has become one of the most well known fiddler players in Scotland. He was named Composer of the Year at the […]

£18

Anxo Lorenzo: maestro of the Galician gaita

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Anxo Lorenzo is a virtuoso award-winning galician piper who has toured extensively throughout the major European festival circuit, having featured in WOMAD, Cambridge Folk Festival, Celtic Connections, Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Festival do Mondo Celta de Ortigueira, Schottish Weekend, Willian Kennedy Piping Festival, to name but a few.His exceeding high octane, mesmerizing performances have left […]

£18

Saltfish Forty traditional duo from Orkney

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Orcadian duo Douglas Montgomery on fiddle and viola, and Brian Cromarty, songs, guitar and mandola, combine the rich traditional music of Orkney with original compositions. The powerhouse partnership has won a devoted following throughout the UK and beyond, brilliantly transcending the duo format's conventional confines.

£15

Charlie McKerron in concert with guest Marc Clement

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Charlie McKerron, fiddle, with Marc Clement, guitarInternationally regarded as one of Scotland’s finest fiddle players, Charlie McKerron leads his summer fiddle camp this week, so is a regular visitor to Fèis an Eilein, always packing our venue.Charlie is a key member of the highly successful Capercaillie and has collaborated with many other musicians, and played […]

£15

Inner Sound in concert

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Inner Sound, under the direction of Anne Lampard MBE has brought together and trained many younger and odler singers in Skye and the Western Highlands. In the summer she direct them in their annual Gilbert and Sutherland tour of the Highlands. Tonight various individuals and groups sing their favourite arias, excerpts from light opera and […]

The Kelvin Ensemble Orchestra

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

The Kelvin Ensemble was founded in 1991 by a group of students at Glasgow University.

£12

George Egg: Anarchist Cook

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

A surreal and absurd mix of stand-up comedy and striking innovation.

£14

Ímar with Mairead Stewart and Ewen Henderson

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Ímar’s formation also embodies a more personal reconnection with its members’ formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow’s justly celebrated session scene.

£14

TMSA Young Trad Musicians of the Year

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

The Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland head to Skye with the finalists of the BBC Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2015.

£12

The boy who bit Picasso

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

When Picasso comes to stay anything can happen....

£6

Mungo Park Arts/Dogstar Theatre

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Travelling to Africa in 1795, Scottish doctor and Enlightenment figure Mungo Park became the first European to reach the central portion of the Niger and determine in which direction it flowed.

£12

The Wee Theatre Festival

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

5 short 15 minutes specially commissioned plays at an evening theatrical gathering. Expect a smorgasbord of theatrical delights.

£10

Diptesh Bhattacharya, Indian Sarod

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

A very welcome return for Diptesh Bhattacharya, a rising star in the galaxy of Indian Classical Music.

£12

Martha

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

‘Martha‘ is a warm and funny show about a stubborn and eccentric woman who lives on her own by the sea and doesn’t want any friends. But one day a mischievous goose turns up and Martha’s life is never the same again.

£6

Blas Festival: Mary Ann Kennedy commission concert

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Set alongside world events and cutting-edge science, retro-astro-nostalgia and exquisite Gaelic music and song. Bring your telescopes and viewmasters!

£12

SKYE FESTIVAL: BLAZIN FIDDLES

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

A group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

£14.00

SKYE FESTIVAL: BLAZIN FIDDLES

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

A group of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

£14.00

Skye Festival: A Celebration of Scottish Piano Music

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

A piano concert of Scottish composers and music, with a lot of folk music and a particular emphasis on the work of the late, great Ronald Stevenson. Born in Scotland in 1986, Christopher Guild studied piano and violin locally before entering St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh aged 13. He took top honours in the Moray […]

£14

SKYE FESTIVAL: TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Charlie McKerron, Marc Clements and Mairi MacInnes, Sophie Tradbeats.

£14.00

SKYE FESTIVAL: INNER SOUND ‘IOLANTHE’

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Inner Sound, the area’s legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of ‘Iolanthe’.

£12.00

SKYE FESTIVAL: INNER SOUND ‘IOLANTHE’

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Inner Sound, the area’s legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of ‘Iolanthe’.

£12.00

Skye Festival: Big Band Jazz

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

£14.00

Skye Festival: Jazz & Film Night

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

The Jazz Ambassadors

£8.00

Withering Looks

SEALL at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Main Hall Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Sleat, Isle of Skye, Highland

Withering Looks takes an “authentic” look at the lives and works of the Bronte sisters – well, two of them actually, Anne’s just popped out for a cup of sugar.

£12
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