Lifeboat - Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
January 30, 2015 in Eigg category

FRIDAY 6TH FEBRUARY @ 5PM, Isle of Eigg Community Hall, admission £7/£5. Lifeboat is the extraordinary true story of Bess Walder and Beth Cummings. Set in World War II, it is a story of courage, a story of survival and a story of enduring friendship.  On Friday 13 September 1940, a ship, The City of Benares, set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the relentless bombing and dangers of war torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed and sank. Only eleven of the evacuees survived. Two fifteen year old girls, Bess

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The 2014 Eigg Feis, 9th to 11th July
July 02, 2014 in Eigg category

3 Dy Feis on Eigg, featuring fiddle, guitar, percussion, button box accordion, double bass, group work, ceilidh dancing, gaelic games and shinty.

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Wild Lochaber Festival on Eigg
October 15, 2013 in Eigg category

Come and join in the Wild Lochaber Festival on Eigg on THURSDAY 23rd MAY, when the Scottish Wildlife Trust Ranger, John Chester, will be taking a tour focusing on the Eigg Evening Bird songs. The tour will commence at 9:00PM from the Old Shop. Festival price will be £2 for adults. SWT Members and children will enjoy a free tour.

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