Welcome

 

Fèis (plural Fèisean) is the Gaelic word for a festival or feast. However, over the past few years the word has become synonomous with the Fèis movement; a group of Gaelic arts tuition festivals, mainly for young people, which now take place throughout Scotland.

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A Fèis is an opportunity for individuals to come together to develop skills in the Gaelic arts – song, dance, drama, and traditional music on a wide range of instruments. Tuition is accessible and fun, but professional and effective.​

 

Fàilte

 

Thairis air na beagan bliadhnaichean a chaidh seachad tha am facal air a thighinn gu bhith a’ ciallachadh gluasad nam Fèisean; grunnan fhèisean a bhios a’ teagasg nan ealain ann an Gàidhlig, gu h-àraid do dhaoine òg, ‘s a tha nis a’ dol air adhart air feadh Alba. 

'S e a th’ ann am Fèis ach cothrom do dhaoine tighinn còmhla gus na sgilean aca sna h-ealain Gàidhlig a leasachadh– òrain, dannsa, dràma, agus ceòl traidiseanta air iomadh seòrsa ionnsramaid.  Tha fàilte chrìdheil air a h-uile duine!

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Fèis Latharna is based in Oban and provides:

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• weekly term time classes for over 90 participants with 6 tutors, in clàrsach, accordion, fiddle, pipe band drumming, whistle, chanter, bagpipes and guitar.

• Easter Fèis for about 160 participants with 27 tutors covering sound production, film making, groupwork, in clarsach, accordion, fiddle, pipe band drumming, whistle, chanter, bagpipes, guitar, percussion, drama, shinty, Gaelic song, arts and crafts, Highland dancing and step dancing

• Monthly Sunday Sessions for about 18 secondary school musicians, giving the opportunity to play in a group with a variety of instruments.

• Argyll Cèilidh Trail, a paid opportunity for 6 young musicians aged 16-25 years to receive training in putting together sets, using PAs, Gaelic language and go on an annual summer tour playing across Argyll & the islands.

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Fèis Latharna is a Scottish registered charity SCIO 53345 and is financially supported with class fees, local fundraising events, and extensive funding from:

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig,

• Creative Scotland,

• The William Grant Foundation,

• Fèisean nan Gaidheal,

• Argyll and Bute Council,

• The Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust,

• The Rotary Club of Oban

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It is because of the generous funding that we are able to offer tuition and events at an affordable rate, and have the capacity to offer a small number of supported spaces.

 

Many of our participants have gone on to study traditional music full-time and are professional performers and teachers or working in the creative industries.

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