Islay Festival - Feis Ile - Programme 2009

Monday, 04 May 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 :-)

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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.

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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