SEALL is delighted to announce the 2024 edition of its flagship Festival of Small Halls, which promises to be its most extensive yet.
Covering performances across the Skye and Lochalsh region, as well as a first foray across to Lewis and Harris in collaboration with An Lanntair, this year’s festival programme will showcase both a sense of vibrancy and a resounding celebration of our regions’ Small Halls culture. And as the nights draw in, it will once again serve to bring our communities together.
This year’s Festival of Small Halls line-up features the stellar talents of leading Scottish fiddle player Amy Geddes; Shetland pianist and Scottish Album Of The Year Award 2024 nominee Amy Laurenson; An Dannsa Dubs frontman Euan McLaughlin; singer-songwriter and BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 Hannah Rarity; Daimh and Glenelg’s own Murdo Cameron; Lochaber-based harper and pianist Ingrid Henderson; former Elephant Sessions bass player Seth Tinsley;and Elgin singer-songwriter and composer Siobhan Wilson.
A multi-talented 2024 band more than fit to continue the exemplary standard set by artists from previous years – and one that will also highlight what’s possible when musicians from across the full spectrum of traditional and contemporary musical genres come together to create unique sets of music.
The full list of Festival Of Small Halls 2024 dates is as follows:
15 November – Festival of Small Hall Opening Concert: Kyle Village Hall
16 November – Breakish Village Hall
16 November – Braes Village Hall
19 November – Waternish Community Hall
19 November – Plockton Village Hall
20 November – Dornie Village Hall
20 November – An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway
21 November – Kilmuir Community Hall
21 November – Glenelg & Arnisdale Community Hall
22 November – MATINEE – Tarskavaig Community Hall
22 November – MATINEE – Bog Myrtle Café, Struan
22 November – An Crùbh, Sleat
22 November – Glendale Community Hall
23 November – Festival of Small Halls Closing Ceilidh – Portree Community Centre
Jamie Sutherland, Creative Director of SEALL says:
“We are delighted to announce this year’s edition of the Festival of Small Halls, and to be bringing together eight amazing and unique talents to perform across the region for our audiences. We hope to shine a little light and joy into one of the darkest months of the year, and we can’t wait to see what our musicians pull together as part of their residency here.
“I’m also delighted to be taking our Small Halls band for the first time over to Lewis as part of a collaboration with An Lanntair, strengthening our respective island’s shared bond and bringing our communities together.
“Obviously, we couldn’t put any of this festival on without the continued support and funding from Creative Scotland, and at a time of enormous and existential pressure on arts funding across Scotland, we hope to show the value of what this festival means to its local communities. SEALL’s Festival of Small Falls represents a chance for audiences to gather in our community halls, treasured places in which to laugh and dance, share stories and enjoy the magic of live musical performance - something none of us should ever take for granted.”