Festival Programme 2018
Monday 6th Aug - 13th Aug
Something of the Sea - COAST Exhibition
Old Pavilion, Lamlash
11am - 4pm Daily
Free Entry
Music Arran presents a double bill
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Friday 24th August
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Joana Gama concert pianist from Portugal, and friends. Sandie Bishop and Alex Maxwell on violin, Rose Reid on cello, supported by Graeme McKinnon on piano
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Community Theatre, Lamlash
7.30pm
£10
Saturday 25th August
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SWING 2018 with John Russell, guitar and vocals, Stephen Coutts on guitar, Roy Percy on double bass, and special guest Seonaid Aitken, voted Best Jazz Vocalist at the Scottish Jazz Awards.
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Whiting Bay Hall
7.30pm
£10
Friday 31st August
Sinead Morrissey
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Arran Theatre and Arts Trust presents for the first time on Arran, poet Sinead Morrissey.
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An evening with Sinead Morrissey: the judge of this year's McLellan Poetry Competition reads from her own poems and introduces the winners.
Music with Arran Dawn, Arran's famous harp and whistle duo.
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Corrie and Sannox Hall
8pm
£10 Children and young people at school free
Saturday 1st September
Poetry Workshop
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A Breath of Fresh Air: Sinéad Morrissey leads a workshop designed to let new ideas take wing. Whether you have been writing for many years or are new to it, come along, shake off the dust and begin - or begin again.
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Corrie and Sannox Hall
11am - 3.30pm
£10 including lunch
Booking Essential
Cicely Gill 01770 700464 or cicelym39@gmail.com
Famous Festival Ceilidh
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Live music from The Drambusters, and local artists Angus Adamson and Tim Pomeroy. Always a great night of live music, dancing and food.
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Whiting Bay Hall
7.30pm
£12 including light supper. BYOB
Children and young people at school free
Sunday 2nd September
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McLellan Arts Festival at Corrie Church
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Sacred music and service with the talented music students from The Royal Northern College of Music attending this year's summer school.
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Corrie Church
12 noon
Free Event
James McEnaney
'A Scottish Journey'
Writer, lecturer and journalise James McEnaney talks about his 1500 mile trip around Scotland based on Edwin Muir's famous book of the 1930s, 'A Scottish Journey'.
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Brodick Library
3pm
Free event
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Monday 3rd September
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Film Night
in association with Corrie Film Club.
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Tommy's Honour
Based on a powerful true Scottish Story, Tommy's Honour recounts the life of Old Tom Morris (Peter Mullan), and his son Tommy (Jack Louden) forging the story of modern gold. Also starring local actor Paul Tinto.
Film run time 108mins
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Corrie and Sannox Hall
8pm
Entry by donation
Tuesday 4th September
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An Arran Clamjamfry: Memories, Pictures and Song
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Arran resident, chairman of COAST, and winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2015 for Europe, Howard Wood talks about images that have inspired him
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A fascinating evening of memory, biography and music.
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Arran Lodge at Altachorvie, Lamlash
8pm
£12 - Children and young people at school free
Thursday 6th September
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A Scots Hairst
McLellan Arts Festival with The Saltire Society
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A celebration of the Scots tradition in music, song and verse from North East to South West. The three performers from the North East are renowned Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer Paul Anderson, traditional singer Shona Donaldson and Bothy ballad specialist Geordie Morison. With local performers Sheila Gilmore and John Cruickshank.
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Whiting Bay Hall
8pm
BYOB
£12 - Children and young people at school free
Friday 7th September
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Opera Gala Night
McLellan Arts Festival with Arran Summer School
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A night to remember with the outstanding young musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music.
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Community Theatre, Lamlash
7.30pm
£12 - Children and young people at school free
Saturday 8th September
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Drama Live
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New and exciting work from On the Verge Festival 2018.
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Corrie and Sannox Hall
8pm
£12 - Children and young people free
Sunday 9th September
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Puccini - Messa di Gloria
Vaughn Williams - Serenade to Music
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Beautiful choral music with solo performances from The Royal Northern College of Music and McLellan Arts Festival Community Chorus.
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Community Theatre, Lamlash
7.30pm
£12 - Children and young people at school free