HebCelt Festival welcomes ‘game-changing’ Creative Scotland funding

View of HebCelt festival looking down from Gallows Hill

Organisers of the award winning HebCelt Festival have hailed a new three year funding deal announced by Creative Scotland as “game-changing”. It has been awarded £270,000 over the next-three years - the first time multi-year funding has been allocated to the festival this way. They will receive allocations of £90k each year, taking them to …

HebCelt Festival delivers vital £12million economic boost to Western Isles over three years

The award-winning Hebridean Celtic Festival has provided a vital £12 million economic lifeline to the Western Isles over the past three years since the COVID-19 pandemic while helping secure dozens of jobs, organisers have revealed.  Analysis highlights a £4.1 million boost to the local community from the 2024 festival alone, marking an increase of £600,000 …