An Lanntair
An award-winning hub for creativity and the arts in the Outer Hebrides. We're a multi arts venue – at one and the same time a contemporary art gallery, theatre, cinema, dance studio, concert hall, platform for poetry & literature, studio and cafè/bar.
- Huge thanks to artist Ana Parrodi for this generous letter of support for An Lanntair. As an international student who helped curate the 2019 exhibition, Testimony from the Rocks, Ana’s words are a timely reminder of the importance of An Lanntair for young artists. #SAVEISLANDARTS
- Let’s all 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗣 for Island Arts 🎨 Join our Creative Campaign to secure core council funding for arts & culture in the Western Isles. Share a post, video, song, poem — however An Lanntair has shaped you. Your voice matters. #SAVEISLANDARTS
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- Join Theatre Tots for fun, interactive drama sessions starting TOMORROW, Thursday 29 Jan! 🎭 Explore stories, songs, movement & colourful props together, while boosting confidence, creativity, and connection with your little one. 🎟️ Book here: lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🚨 Last remaining tickets now on sale! Very limited tickets left for Paul Riley’s comedy tour, coming to An Lanntair — grab yours while you can. 🗓 Fri 20 Feb 🎟 Book now: lanntair.com/.../paul-ril... #AnLanntair #PaulRiley #TooSmartToBeNice
- Arts & culture in the Western Isles are at risk 🚨 From April 2026, proposed CnES funding cuts could threaten An Lanntair and other island organisations. 📣 Have your say in the CnES budget survey ⏰ Closes: Fri 23 Jan 2026 👉 Click link in comments #SaveIslandArts
- Here come the voices of Here Come the Girls 🎤🔥 Featuring Eleanor Mackay, Leah Devlin, Anna MacSween and Sarah Macaskill performing the biggest hits by the world’s most iconic female artists - backed by an all-star house band. 🗓️ Sat 31 Jan 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event...
- ✨ The cast have arrived! ✨ Step into the enchanted world of Beauty and the Beast panto, starting from TOMORROW! 🥳🥀 Fun, magic and laughs for the whole family - don’t miss it! 🎟️ Book now: lanntair.com/.../event/be...
- 🎭🎨 Saturday Clubs are BACK – starting TOMORROW! 🎨🎭 Our Saturday Drama Club and Saturday Art Club for primary school–aged children are returning with fun, creative workshops every Saturday during term time. ✨ 🔗 Find out more and book here: lanntair.com/events/categ...
- ✨🎬 Our February cinema screenings are here - expect adventure, unmissable big-screen experiences, and special screenings! Get your tickets now - lanntair.com/events/categ... #AnLanntairCinema
- 🎄✨ Christmas Card Competition Winners ✨🎄 Congratulations to Joni Ellis (10) and Starla Ellis (12) - the winners of our Christmas card competition! We’re delighted to be featuring their artwork on An Lanntair’s Christmas card this year. Well done to you both 👏🎨
- Kick off the new year with unforgettable cinema!❄️🍿 January’s line-up delivers pulse-pounding action, edge-of-your-seat thrills, powerful theatre, and spectacular cinematic worlds to kick off 2026 in style. 🎥✨ 🎟️https://lanntair.com/events/category/onscreen/
- 🥧✨ Mince pies are here! ✨🥧 Get into the festive spirit with a homemade mince pie, now available in our café bar - the perfect treat to have with a cuppa. 🎄☕
- ✨ Daily Mystery Hotel Feature: Reception ✨ Created by P6 pupils from Stornoway Primary School: David Buckley, Frank Karklins, Euan Bamber, Jesse Macdonald, Aaron Macdonald, Akim Karpovs, John Macleod & Samuel MacDonald 🌟 👉 Part of Doll’s Houses: The Art of the Miniaturist by Tom Hickman
- @scottishopera.bsky.social is back on the road, with a new show filled with (office) drama. Whether you’re a seasoned opera lover or just curious, this show is designed to surprise, delight, and entertain. 🗓 Sat 21 Feb, 7.30pm 📍 An Lanntair 🎟 lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🎄 Our NEW Christmas Menu is here! 🎄 Warm up with festive favourites including pigs & blankets in a roll, seasonal soup, festive sandwiches/toasties, and more delicious winter treats - plus our new lasagne, chips and salad special! ✨🍽️
- To mark #ScotlandHighlights2025 and St Andrew’s Day, we’re joining the nationwide celebration of the people, creativity and moments that have made Scotland shine this year.
- 🧡 Our tower is lit orange for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The theme, ‘All Together to Prevent and End Violence Against Women and Girls’, reminds us that change takes all of us. #AllTogether #EndVAWG #16DaysOfActivism
- ✨ Festive drinks have arrived! ✨ Warm up with our Gingerbread Hot Chocolate or cosy Caramel Hot Chocolate - the perfect winter treats. 🎄
- 🧡 From 25 Nov–10 Dec, we’re joining organisations across Scotland raise awareness of The National Violence Against Women Network’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Our tower will be lit orange for the full 16 days to raise awareness and stand in solidarity.
- 🎄✨ Get ready for the festive season with our Christmas Workshops! We’ve got something for everyone - adults, kids, and the whole family. Expect arts, crafts, storytelling, games and plenty of festive fun! Explore all our December workshops here: lanntair.com/events/categ...
- ✨ Christmas Baubles Drop-In! ✨ Join us during Stornoway’s Christmas light switch-on for a FREE festive craft session. Make your own special bauble decoration — all ages welcome! 📅 Tues 25 Nov ⏰ 5.30pm–7.30pm 📍 An Lanntair Art Room
- THIS SATURDAY! A Face The West double bill — Family Ceilidh in the afternoon + Evening Gig! Don’t miss it 👉 lanntair.com
- Are you an artist with skills to share? An Lanntair is seeking proposals for adult classes starting early January. All art forms welcome — no teaching experience required. 🗓 Deadline for submissions: Fri 12 Dec 🎨 £34 p/h 👉 More info: lanntair.com/proposals-teach-adult-evening-class/
- ✨ Only a few days to go until the big Christmas Lights Switch-On in town! Keep the celebrations going with Clann an Drumma live at An Lanntair straight afterwards. 🎟️ Still some tickets left — grab yours here: lanntair.com/events/event/clann-an-drumma/
- 🧟♂️ 28 Years Later — THIS WEEKEND at An Lanntair! The rage virus isn’t done yet... Survivors on a quarantined island face a terrifying new mutation. 🎥 Fri 01 & Sat 02 Aug 🎟️ Get tickets: lanntair.com/events/event... 👀 Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYGG... #28YearsLater #AnLanntair #HorrorMovie
- 🌿 Join Claire O’Neil for a somatic movement workshop exploring body, place & creativity — ending in joyful Balfolk dancing with live music by Anne Wood! 🗓 Fri 29 Aug | 📍 South Bragar Machair 🎟 lanntair.com/events/event/embodying-soma-nomadacy-and-balfolk-dancing-with-claire-oneil/
- 🎶✨ What a week at HebCelt! A huge thanks to: 🎤 The incredible musicians who lit up our stage and led inspiring workshops 🙌 Everyone who filled the venue with energy 👏 The amazing An Lanntair team 💡 Our funders for their support And of course — the HebCelt team for an unforgettable festival!
- 🎉 It’s HebCelt week! 🎶 We’re buzzing for the festival to kick off – and there’s plenty to really get your teeth into at An Lanntair. Concerts, late-night ceilidhs, club nights, workshops, and even our own Arts Tent on the main HebCelt site! ✨ 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/category/hebcelt-2025
- Reposted by An LanntairA song of Crotal and White, which I think was the first colour programme made it BBC Scotland, on the big screen at @anlanntair.bsky.social last night. Magical #tvhistory #archive #finlayjmacdonald #bbcalba
- 🌊🎨 We lucked out with the weather for our Clàr: Crossing the Sound residency! 6 young artists spent 3 days on Pabaigh Mòr exploring photography, painting, found materials — and even built fire sculptures 🔥 Catch the exhibition opening at An Lanntair’s Mezzanine Gallery on Wed 16 July, 6pm!
- 🎶 HebCelt After Hours is happening all week at An Lanntair! 💃 Wed 16 & Thurs 17 July – Ceilidh dancing with live music 🌙 Fri 18 & Sat 19 July – Late-night Festival Club with DJs & live sets 🎟 Grab your tickets: lanntair.com/events/categ...
- Next stop: An Lanntair! We can't wait for the Postive Stories for Negative Times Festival to come to Lewis! Find out more and book tickets here: lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🎬 July at An Lanntair Cinema 🎬 From Kurosawa to animation, Gaelic heritage to action thrillers – our July line-up has something for everyone. 🎥 Ran, Lilo & Stitch, The Salt Path, Ballerina, Falling Into Place, How to Train Your Dragon & more! 🎟️ lanntair.com
- 🎤✨ Erin Scott: Artist Talk – THIS THURSDAY! Join artist Erin Scott for an evening of poetry, drag, videopoems + Gaelic identity. Currently on residency in Lewis + PhD student at UBC Okanagan 🇨🇦 🗓️ 19 June, 7–8pm 📍 An Lanntair 🔗 lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🎬 Two epic films at An Lanntair this Saturday! 🚴♂️ Make It to Munich – Inspiring doc about a 1,200km cycle to Euro 2024 💣 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Ethan Hunt vs rogue AI 📍 Sat 14 June 🎟️ Book: lanntair.com/events/categ...
- The TopGuns lit up An Lanntair on Saturday night with an incredible set of 80s classics in celebration of our 40th Anniversary! 🎶🔥 It was a night to remember — epic outfits, throwback tunes, and retro magic. 📸 Photos by Ralph Tonge - Photography #AnLanntair40
- 🎨 Michele Marcoux Artist Talk – TOMORROW! Don’t miss this evening’s talk with RSA Residency artist Michele Marcoux, sharing insights into her creative process and current work on the Isle of Lewis. 📅 Wed 04 June | 🕖 7–8pm 📍 An Lanntair, Community Room 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🎶 Mòd Ionadail Leòdhais 2025 Thigibh còmhla rinn airson seachdain de cheòl is cultar! Gaelic music, song, and storytelling in Stornoway, 3–6 June 🎤🎻 📍 An Lanntair 🔗 lanntair.com/events/event... #ModLeodhais #LewisMod2025 #GaelicCulture #AnLanntair
- ✏️ Untutored Life Drawing – Weekly from This Wed! Relaxed sessions with a live model—build skills, explore your style, all levels welcome. 📅 4 June–9 July | 🕖 7–9pm 📍 An Lanntair | 💷 £8.30/£7.50 🔗 lanntair.com/events/event... ✨ A few more sign-ups needed to keep it running!
- 🎤 Artist Talk: Michele Marcoux Hear about her RSA Residency on the Isle of Lewis, exploring memory, landscape & domestic archaeology. 📅 Wed 4 June, 7–8pm 📍 An Lanntair, Community Room 🔗 lanntair.com/events/event... #ArtistTalk #MicheleMarcoux #RSAResidency #ScottishArt
- 🌟 Huge congratulations to our own Alex MacDonald, Head of Performing Arts at An Lanntair, on her induction into the HebCelt Festival Hall of Fame! 🎶🏆 From Hebridean Women to Between Islands, Alex’s creativity and dedication have shaped the cultural life of the Outer Hebrides — and us. 💛
- 🐄 Holy Cow – A tender French drama full of heart (and cheese!). Teenager Totone fights to save his family farm and win a Comté cheese contest in the Alps. 🧀🎬 🗓️ Thurs 29 May | 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event/holy-cow #HolyCowFilm #FrenchCinema #AnLanntair #IndieFilm
- 🎉 In celebration for turning 40 — we're throwing a totally rad 80s-themed Family Day to celebrate! 🗓️ Sat 7 June from 10am | 🎟️ Free entry 🎨 Crafts, 🎶 live youth music, 🎮 UV Tron, 🍰 cake, 🍧 Octopod treats & a big birthday disco! Dress 80s + join the fun!
- 🎨 Over 60 and living in the Western Isles? Join Creative Connections: Landscape Sketchbooks — a free, 6-week online art course with artist Sandra Kennedy. 📅 Mondays, 9 June–14 July (Zoom) 🖌 Materials + tech support provided 🎟 Book now: lanntair.com/.../creative...
- 🚨 It’s HERE! Scott C Park's new album Crossing the Line just dropped on all streaming platforms! 🎧🔥 Catch him live at An Lanntair as he celebrates the release! 📍 Sat 31 May | 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event... #ScottCPark #NewMusic #LiveMusic #CrossingTheLine
- 🐔🎬 Things got a little wild at our A Minecraft Movie screenings over the weekend! A surprise Minecraft chicken made a cameo during the film and even posed for photos in the foyer after! 😂📸 Did you snap a pic with our feathered guest? We’d love to see them - tag us in your posts!
- 🌍 Touki means “journey” in Wolof — and their music is just that. 🎶 Plastic Man, recorded at Real World Studios, blends West African fables, banjo grooves & global rhythms to explore climate & spirit. 🎧 Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvMK... 📆 Just 3 days to go! 🎟 lanntair.com/events/event...
- 🎶 “An intoxicating mix… verging on the essential.” – RNR Magazine Touki bring their powerful fusion of West African roots + folk to Stornoway this Mon 19 May! Born from a busking encounter, 10 years in the making. 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event/touki-plastic-man/ #Touki #PlasticMan #LiveMusic
- 🎸 Tomorrow! Join us for a Magical Mystery Evening of Beatles covers & re-imaginings at An Lanntair’s Open Mic Night 🎤 Hosted by Scott C Park – bring your guitar, voice or tambourine and Let It Be unforgettable! 📆 Wed 14 May, 8pm 🎟️ lanntair.com/events/event... #MusicalMay #AnLanntair
