Fabulous four days of music featuring top international artists set against the backdrop of the glorious Gaelic culture and Hebridean heritage.
What makes this festival more special than your average festival is that it is true reflection of the culture and heritage of its homebase; the Hebrides. Outward looking and inclusive as all Hebrideans are, this event is brought to you by a number of dedicated enthusiasts. Staged around Lewis and Harris the festival team are assisted by community groups and organisations, businesses and individuals throughout the area making this truly a community event.
The reputation of the festival is now legendary, a fantastically warm and enthusiastic audience who welcome home family and friends for the festival makes this event the biggest homecoming party of the year!
FESTIVAL 2008 PROGRAMME - TICKETS ONLINE FROM WWW.HEBCELTFEST.COM
Festival Mainstage
This year’s programme has been designed for maximum impact:
Thursday: Julie Fowlis Band ~ Four Men & a Dog ~ Red Hot Chilli Pipers
Friday: Griff ~ The Chair ~ The Saw Doctors
Saturday: Bodega ~ Seth Lakeman ~ Shooglenifty
An Lanntair evening concerts:
Wednesday: Mary Ann Kennedy & Na Seòid with Skipinnish
Thursday: Hunger Mountain Boys
Friday: Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson Trio
Saturday: Karine Polwart Trio with Iain Morrison & Sleepy Cafe Band
An Lanntair afternoon concerts:
Wednesday: Julie Fowlis with Mary Smith
Thursday: Saltfishforty
Friday: Damien O’Kane with Shona Kipling
Saturday: Calum Alex MacMillan with Alasdair White
Free family concerts running Wednesday through to Friday, Street performances, workshops and general mayhem, Pipe Bands, Music Workshops, Sessions, Busking and our Late Night Festival Club
NOUVEAU!!!! Disponible sur Myspace! Un morceau extrait du nouvel album du groupe Maltavern "Douce Tornade" Sortie prévue le 28 Juin 2008 Bonne écoute! A bientôt Et bon vent... Christo pour Maltavern
Hi,I am glad to be add. as a Friends off HEBCELTFEST.I am looking forward to visit Stonoway and the festival for the first time, I am beg for a good weather. We has be in Scotland number off times and...it has always be good!good weather ore not(what is good weather?)even last year on "banks off the Ness"to the great Runrig concert. Winnie
Thanks so much for adding me back after the disaster of losing my profile (and everything that sailed in it)! Hope all your preparations for Hebcelt are all going well. Exciting to have it all ahead of you!!
Interesting to see that you have the Sleepy Cafe Band at your festival this year.
I had them as part of the Lewis & Harris Night which I organised for Celtic Connections (perhaps that's where you heard them first). Lovely lads, all of them and I remember them chatting to you at the Festival Club after our gig.
But we're bringing a peedie bit o Orkney to you :)
Besides, you're far too busy - you've got a festival to organise!
Aye, its a really great line-up this year in May - don't know how the heck we'll accomodate them all. Bob is currently wrestling with a room plan of the Stromness Hotel ..... and greetin.
Can't wait for July - it suddenly seems no that far off! Hope its all coming together.
