The turn of the year has welcomed lots of fresh Fèisean activity including February-break island Fèisean on Mull and Islay. Between them Fèis Mhuile and Fèis Ìle provided traditional music sessions for over 120 youngsters.

Beautiful weather was an added bonus for the twelve teenagers involved in our Turas project, connecting musicians from Ireland and Scotland who gathered at An Gearrannan in Lewis 14-17 February to share tunes and songs of the Gàidhlig/Gaeilge tradition.

Seachdain na Gàidhlig – World Gaelic Week, 24 February-2 March, is embracing the theme of ‘ceanglaichean gun chrìch’ – building connections – and Fèisean nan Gàidheal is getting involved with one-off ambassadorial talks from a young Gaelic speaking Fèis participant currently spending his third year of University in Hong Kong where he is examining polylingualism in education and media, visits to school to examine An Guth, The voice (using body props, Gaelic song, and drama), premiere streamings of some Blas Festival concerts as well as the continuation of our regular Fèisgoil and Fèisean activity.

Easter Fèisean will be running in Skye, Oban and Lorn, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Ness in the far north of the Isle of Lewis. In addition, our cultural experience week for Gaelic speaking teenage musicians with an additional interest in traditional crafts and connections to crofting and weaving will be running once again on the west side of Lewis. Look out for information on Fèis an Earraich, Fèis Latharna, Fèis Ghàidhlig Ghlaschu, Fèis Obar Dheathain, Fèis Taigh Dhonnchaidh and 5Latha on the Fèisean nan Gàidheal website www.feisean.org