Blas Festival 2009 -

Moladh na Gàidhealtachd!

What a great festival and we have the numbers to prove it! Thanks to our sponsors, the artistes, the promoters, the volunteers, our young performers, the Blas team, and above all, each and every person who bought a ticket and came along to one or more of our events!

We have bucked the credit crunch and can report a 25% rise in ticket sales when compared to 2008. We sold out half of our gigs and 80% of all available seats. Fantastic news. Read more.

So well done everyone, and here's to enjoying Blas even more in 2010!

2010 Dates are Friday 3rd to Saturday 11th September

Blas Broadcasts on BBC Alba

Saturday 24 October 10pm  (Repeated Friday 30 October 10pm)
A selection of songs and tunes from Blas 09’s ‘Family Ties’ concert, featuring Seonaidh & Calum Alex MacMillan, Duncan and Iain MacGillivray, Dagger & Neil Gordon, and Gerry & Donal O’ Connor.

Saturday 31 October 10pm (Repeated Friday 6 November 10pm)
Highlights from a stunning show celebrating our national drink, ‘whisky’, recorded in Ben Nevis Distillery, in Fort William. Produced by the accomplished Glenfinnan musician, Iain MacFarlane, and featuring Ingrid Henderson and Ewan Robertson, there’s a promise of   great songs, & tunes and fantastic craic! Cheers!  

Saturday 7 November 10pm (Repeated Friday 13 November 10pm)
Highlights from Blas’s Grand Finale Concert from a packed Eden Court in Inverness, and what a night! Amongst the international stars who were appearing – the Canadian supergroup, the Barra MacNeils with their fantastic mixture of songs, tunes and step dancing! And uniting the rich musical and dance traditions of Ireland, Scotland, and Canada – the exciting new group Tread. Scottish stars, Blazin’ Fiddles, also took centre stage with their unique brand of high energy fiddle tunes; and with a nod to what the future holds for Scottish traditional music, the local young talent of the Caledonian Ceilidh Trail also wowed the audience with their own vibrant youthful take on the traditional! Phew!!!!