Islay Festival - Feis Ile - Programme 2009
May is festival month on Islay and hopefully the weather will be as pleasant as previous years and not only on Sunday. The festival will officially start on Saturday 23rd of May with a disco and will end on 30 May. If you can't wait that long for the festivities and want to get a wee taste of things to come you can also visit the Spirit of the West festival at Inveraray Castle where you can find all your favourite Islay Distilleries and others that are part of Whisky Coast. For more info and a programma of the Spirit of the West Festival visit www.spiritofthewest.co.uk.
Here is the 'official festival weather forecast' for the last week of May (source BBC monthly outlook). The pressure pattern for this period is indeterminate, there is no favoured outcome although there is some signal for high pressure to move in from the south at times. At the moment, rainfall, sunshine amounts and temperatures look normal although it could get quite warm in the north. Fingers crossed :-)
Brewery Open Day 2007
Below is a list of events for the Islay Festival of Malt and Music (Feis Ile) 2009. These events can be subject to change. Always check with the Official Festival Website for the latest updates and changes.
Continue to the Islay festival programme
Date | Title | time | |
23 May | Festival Disco | First day of the Festival | 10pm - 1am |
23 May | Lagavulin Distillery Open Day | Open day | all day |
23 May | Art Exhibition | open for the week of the Feis Ile | all week |
24 May | Grand Opening | Friends of Laphroaig Museum | 8pm |
24 May | Clootie Dumpling Ceilidh | At Bruichladdich Hall | 8pm - 1am |
24 May | Bruichladdich Distillery | Open day | all day |
25 May | Whisky Tasting Ceilidh | At The Ramsay Hall, Port Ellen | 7.30pm-1am |
25 May | Caol Ila | Open Day | all day |
26 May | Port Ellen Maltings | Tours | 1.30pm |
26 May | Ceilidh | At Laphroaig Distillery | 8pm - 1am |
26 May | Laphroaig Distillery | Open Day | all day |
27 May | Gaelic song and Traditional Music | Gaelic College, Bowmore | 8pm |
27 May | Islay Ales | Open Day | afternoon |
27 May | Bowmore Distillery | Open Day | all day |
28 May | Homecoming 2009 Parade | A day of Homecoming Celebrations | |
28 May | Kilchoman Distillery | Open Day | all day |
28 May | Jura Distillery | Open Day | all day |
29 May | RSPB Black Grouse Walk | at the Gruinart RSPB Reserve | 1pm |
29 May | Family Ceilidh | At The Ramsay Hall, Port Ellen | 7pm - 12am |
29 May | Bunnahabhain Distillery | Open Day | all day |
30 May | Final Fling | At The Ramsay Hall, Port Ellen | 10pm-1am |
30 May | Feis Ile 2009 Celebrations | on the Vilage green, Port Ellen | 3pm |
30 May | Ardbeg Distillery | Open Day | all day |
Ceilidh at Bruichladdich Open Day
Source: Official Festival Website
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