Fèis Rois turn 30 years old in 2016. Originally set up in 1986 by visionary people the organisation has gone on to be a leading cultural organisation setting examples for us all to follow. They will be presented with Hands Up for Trad’s Landmark Award on Saturday 30th April. Read about their history below.
A family trip to Barra in 1981 set in motion a series of events that have resulted in Fèis Rois becoming a hub for traditional music learning that benefits hundreds of students every year, has a reach that extends nationally and internationally and produces an annual turnover of more than £1 million.
Barra in 1981 was the scene of the first fèis, which originally translated from Scottish Gaelic as festival or feast but has now come to mean a tuition festival, mostly for young people, celebrating the music and song culture connected with the Gaelic language. Today more than forty fèisean flourish throughout Scotland.
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